Amazon

Reader's Digest 6月号の記事 'Life in these United States' からの引用です。

My neighbor was on a mission trip to South America, so his wife attended a dinner party alone. When the woman seated next to her asked why her husband hadn't come along, my friend explained, "He's been on the Amazon for four days."
The woman was impressed, "Really? Whatever is he buying?"

今やAmazonと言えば南米のAmazonよりGAFAの一角を占めるAmazonを連想する人が多いのですね。