Cultural Differences Explained




Aussies:    Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.
Canadians:  Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when
             abroad.
Americans:  Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.
Brits:      Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.

Aussies:    Believe you should look out for your mates.
Brits:      Believe that you should look out for those people who belong
             to your club.
Americans:  Believe that people should look out for & take care of
             themselves.
Canadians:  Believe that that's the government's job.

Aussies:    Are extremely patriotic to their beer.
Americans:  Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to
             the point of blindness.
Canadians:  Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be
             bothered to sing them.
Brits:      Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform
             the anthem.

Americans:  Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.
Canadians:  Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels.
Brits:      Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.
Aussies:    Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches,
             to Britain, where everybody loves them.

Americans:  Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and
             basketball.
Brits:      Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby.
Canadians:  Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey,
             hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.
Aussies:    Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in
             every sport they play them in.

Americans:  Spell words differently, but still call it "English".
Brits:      Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English".
Canadians:  Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans.
Aussies:    Add "G'day", "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say
             in an attempt to get laid.

Brits:      Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Aussies:    Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Americans:  Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor
             in a backwards country.
Canadians:  Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor
             in a backwards country.

Americans:  Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.
Canadians:  Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.
Brits:      Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.
Aussies:    Drink anything with alcohol in it.

Americans:  Seem to think that poverty & failure are morally suspect.
Canadians:  Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect.
Brits:      Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure
             are inherited things.
Aussies:    Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.




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