# Introduction **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317 "2013-09-20T15:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DylanMcKean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@DylanMcKean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DylanMcKean)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/1 "2013-09-20T15:34:42Z")
Hi everyone it’s Dylan McKean here, I’m from Australia and working in an organization which works on the wildlife. Anyway I join this forum because most of the material here is quite interested i find this really amazing i hope we guys spend good time here. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/2 "2013-09-20T15:39:31Z")
Reported for forum change, but welcome nonetheless. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/3 "2013-09-20T15:40:54Z")
Welcome Dylan. It’s nice to see all the ESL work that is being done in Australia is paying off! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/4 "2013-09-20T16:33:41Z")
Welcome to the dope and the quixotic fight against ignorance. Have fun and enjoy the local wild life. PS: don’t let the forum change of this thread get you down, it happens to the best of us. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/5 "2013-09-20T16:36:36Z")
Howdy! Tell us about your critter work. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/6 "2013-09-20T17:21:53Z")
Did anyone else totally read OP in an Australian accent? lol ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/7 "2013-09-20T18:01:54Z")
Is there something I don’t understand about the way Australians form a sentence? I mean, accent is one thing - but that’s looking like ESL. I absolutely LOVE it when someone from China, India, Africa, whereever learns english in australia or england. The mixing of accents is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/8 "2013-09-21T06:03:35Z")
I want to know why the government of Australia denies the dangers of drop bears. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/9 "2013-09-22T21:20:50Z")
Hiya, **Dylan**. Good to see you! ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/10 "2013-09-22T21:41:07Z")
Based on this and Dylan’s two other posts, I’m not so sure he could pass a Turing test. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/11 "2013-09-22T21:54:53Z")
You think **Dylan’s** a big ol’ bot? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/12 "2013-09-23T01:36:34Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Did anyone else totally read OP in an Australian accent? lol It’s like that scene in _Crocodile Dundee_ where he leans out of the cab in Manhattan to introduce himself to the pedestrians and says, “I’m in town for a while and maybe I’ll see you around.” ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/13 "2013-09-23T02:32:03Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Welcome Dylan. It’s nice to see all the ESL work that is being done in Australia is paying off! At first I was wondering how you knew he worked for Earth Sanctuaries Limited, particularly as ESL went bankrupt in 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/14 "2013-09-23T02:40:53Z")
Welcome! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/15 "2013-09-23T08:26:03Z")
13 posts into an Aussie thread, and nobody has yet said: “G’DAY, MATE” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introduction/669317/16 "2013-09-23T09:11:07Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Did anyone else totally read OP in an Australian accent? lol No.