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John Savage wrote:
>
> peter@fourier.newcastle.edu.au (Peter Moylan) writes:
> >
> > A couple of weeks ago I used the expression "can't see the wood
> > for the trees" in a posting to comp.lang.modula2.  Somebody asked
> > me if I was Dutch; apparently this expression is common in Dutch
> 
> By this enquiry, your questioner, Somebody, has also underscored
> an observation that use of this phrase betrays its speaker's non-
> native [Australian] background.

Wrong.

Your comment betrays the non-native background of your brand of English;
specifically, it indicates that you learnt it from the idiot box.

Do you say "zee" for the last letter of the alphabet?

Ned