In Australia:
We dont go around in Acubra hats and stubbie shorts drinking Fosters. (not always
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We do not have Koalas and Kangaroos as pets, nor do we see them unless we go to a zoo. Koalas are endangered and Kangaroos are considered as pests by farmers.
We do not all live within a kilometre of a beach and walk around in our swimming costumes and sandals all year round.
We do not live in the outback eating grubs in towns where inbreeding is the done thing! There are about 19 million people in Australia and the majority of us live in cities. The largest city in Australia is Sydney with a population of close to 4 million. Sydney isn't the capital, though. The capital is called Canberra, in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory...how creative)
We do not always have 'barbies' and 'chuck another shrimp' on them. When Aussies have barbecues, it's mostly sausages and steaks.
All Australians don't sound like Paul Hogan from ‘Crocodile Dundee’." Or more recently, Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter. Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin intentionally use very, very thick accents. We sound less like those two than most people believe.
Australia was founded as a convict settlement by the British in 1788 (and no, we area’t all criminals). The native aboriginals were forced out of their lands and dominated by white man (to this day the government is still trying to settle native land rights claims). Australia is a hugely multicultural country, full of people from all walks of life and all places across the globe. Yes, the Australian accent is different to most, and some find it hard to understand, even fellow Australians can sometimes misunderstand each other, but it is not as bad as some films depict.:LOL:
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I'd like to hear about you guys:
e.g. in Germany, everyone doesn't have blue eyes and blonde hair
e.g. in Bosnia, not everyone's an idiot... it's just that we have a poor ambassador among us
We dont go around in Acubra hats and stubbie shorts drinking Fosters. (not always
)We do not have Koalas and Kangaroos as pets, nor do we see them unless we go to a zoo. Koalas are endangered and Kangaroos are considered as pests by farmers.
We do not all live within a kilometre of a beach and walk around in our swimming costumes and sandals all year round.
We do not live in the outback eating grubs in towns where inbreeding is the done thing! There are about 19 million people in Australia and the majority of us live in cities. The largest city in Australia is Sydney with a population of close to 4 million. Sydney isn't the capital, though. The capital is called Canberra, in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory...how creative)
We do not always have 'barbies' and 'chuck another shrimp' on them. When Aussies have barbecues, it's mostly sausages and steaks.
All Australians don't sound like Paul Hogan from ‘Crocodile Dundee’." Or more recently, Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter. Paul Hogan and Steve Irwin intentionally use very, very thick accents. We sound less like those two than most people believe.
Australia was founded as a convict settlement by the British in 1788 (and no, we area’t all criminals). The native aboriginals were forced out of their lands and dominated by white man (to this day the government is still trying to settle native land rights claims). Australia is a hugely multicultural country, full of people from all walks of life and all places across the globe. Yes, the Australian accent is different to most, and some find it hard to understand, even fellow Australians can sometimes misunderstand each other, but it is not as bad as some films depict.:LOL:
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I'd like to hear about you guys:
e.g. in Germany, everyone doesn't have blue eyes and blonde hair
e.g. in Bosnia, not everyone's an idiot... it's just that we have a poor ambassador among us
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), and the things that the tourist industry tries to capitalise on the most. For a more realistic Australian accent, listen to Nicole Kidman and Mel Gibson's interviews (not in movies where they make the poor Aussies fake it). Russell Crow's real accent is actually considered quite thick.
