Comments on: croc warning_cairns https://languageonthemove.com/croc-warning/croc-warning_cairns/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Sun, 07 Jan 2024 22:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Ingrid Piller https://languageonthemove.com/croc-warning/croc-warning_cairns/#comment-105245 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 22:04:25 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/croc-warning_cairns.jpg#comment-105245 In reply to Brigitte lambert.

There are different types of stupidity, for sure … in terms of visitors death stats, both groups are quite similar (and way behind accidental deaths of visitors from the UK):
Leggat, P. A., & Wilks, J. (2009). Overseas Visitor Deaths in Australia, 2001 to 2003. Journal of Travel Medicine, 16(4), 243-247. doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00302.x
Willcox-Pidgeon, S., Miller, L., Leggat, P. A., Peden, A. E., Brander, R. W., Wilks, J., & Franklin, R. C. (2023). The characteristics of drowning among different types of international visitors to Australia and how this contributes to their drowning risk. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(3), 100050. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100050

]]> By: Brigitte lambert https://languageonthemove.com/croc-warning/croc-warning_cairns/#comment-105236 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 01:53:40 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/croc-warning_cairns.jpg#comment-105236 Decades ago I noticed croc warning signs in German and Japanese only. I figured the Japanese really had no knowledge about the dangers whereas the Germans were more adventurous.

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