2007-02-15 22:42:48 · 8 answers · asked by yogi 1 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
'coz we pronounce Australia right and therefore when abbreviated it becomes Oz! we like to shorten words... :P we hav many nicknames for our country...'stralia, down under, Oz, the best place in the world (i think i just made that one up)...
2007-02-15 22:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by ~ B_e_K_z ~ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because that's how we Aussies pronounce Australia...Oz-tralia not Awstralia. And we love to shorten things so it became Oz.
2007-02-15 22:51:54 · answer #2 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because it's Oz-tralia ... just the sound of the name, plus it's a land unlike any other with many strange creatures (just like the fictional Oz).
2007-02-15 22:51:13 · answer #3 · answered by jackalanhyde 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe because we are called Aussie's which when you say it sounds like Ozzies so then you get the term oz for the country Australia.
or because we live in the emerald city with dorothy and the great wizard of oz and the wicked witch-just kidding :)
2007-02-17 01:41:08 · answer #4 · answered by FORKY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aussie. Aus. Oz. It's just a shortened version of Aussie. Nothing to do with the Wizard of .....
2007-02-15 22:54:27 · answer #5 · answered by jammer 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's an abbreviation. Oz-tralia.
2007-02-15 22:50:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Australia, aussie, ozzies, aus, OZ, cuz the way it sounds!! oi oi oi
2007-02-18 01:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by Christar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-16 16:31:11 · answer #8 · answered by stevepaint 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋