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This yellow brick road leads to Melbourne, Australia. I'll be studying in Geelong, which is about 2 hours away.
No, I’m not off to see a wizard. I’m not even really going to Oz. This winter intersession, I’ll be studying abroad in Australia, which has been colloquially referred to as “Oz” because of the Australian tendency to shorten and abbreviate words. Thus, “Australia” becomes “Aus,” which is pronounced like “Oz.” Get it?
Of course, there may be some connection to the L. Frank Baum novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation called The Wizard of Oz. Like the fictional Oz, Australia is a distant and beautiful land, albeit with many more marsupials. Or at least, that’s what I’ve heard. I won’t know for sure until I see for myself in a little over a week.
Picture is modified version of original photo from:
http://www.sabrehq.com/destnations/melbourne.htm
