It’s a long way from the Outback of Australia to the Wiregrass of Alabama. That is the life journey so far of Amanda Shenton.

She was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia and came to the U.S. in 2013. She bought a tiny camper and went on her own tour of her new country. An unguided tour. She didn’t make it far. She got to Alabama’s Wiregrass and stayed.

Shenton decided to make a video on the popular and sometimes controversial social media site TikTok. She launched her account, gdayfromtheusa. That link says it all. “Gday” is the popular Australian greeting. “From the USA” tell what and where this video account is about.

Shenton is herself the star of her videos. She started posting videos of herself pronouncing certain American words, mostly Alabama words and places, in her Australi

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