Differences

[Fitzy]

sorry,

but not very funny.....

 

[Jeddah Aquanaut]

We do not talk about baseball!

I'm sure you don't, especially after Game 1. Good luck...
GO SOX!P.S. Check out Whine and Cheeze (Who's your PADI daddy?)

 

[Jeddah Aquanaut]

Aussies dislike being mistaken for Poms 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.

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Aussies believe you should look after your mates.
Brits believe you should look after those that belong to your club.
Americans believe people should look after themselves.
Canadians believe it's the governments job.

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Aussies are extremely patriotic about their beer.
Americans are extremly patriotic about their flag.
Canadians can't agree with the words to their anthem.
Brits don't sing the words to their anthem, they prefer a big brass band to perform it.

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Americans spend their lives watching TV.
Canadians don't, but only because they can't get more American channels.
Brits pax a tax just so they can watch five channels.
Aussies export their programs that no-one there watches, to Britain, where everyone loves them.

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Americans will talk endlessly about football, baseball and basketball.
Brits will talk endlessly about football, cricket and rugby.
Canadians will talk endlessly about hockey, hockey, hockey.
Aussies will talk endlessly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they play them at.

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Americans spell words differently but still call it English.
Brits pronounce words differently but still call it English.
Canadians spell like Brits but pronounce like American
Aussies add G'Day and Mate to everything they say.

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ASB

That's so funny, and so true. I am from the States, but have been living abroad since the late 1980's. Was in Australia this summer-Caloundra. Went diving with Pro Dive in Cairns. Loved it. Love the country/people/way of looking at life/well...EVERYTHING. 1st time I ever saw a drive-thru bottle shop and homemade beer makings and brewing kits in K-Mart. Gotta love it. Say, if youz guys call Brits Poms, what do they call Aussies?

 

[Potapko]

Our friends in Austalia had the problem of being called Brits when they visited us in America. She would often be heard to say. " ai aint no pohmy maite!"

She said it definitly came from not being called a "Prisoner Of Her Majesty"

Something to do with the British putting prisoners on ships and sending them off to Australia and............

 

[Afraid_of_Fish]

I'm sure you don't, especially after Game 1.

ahahaha. Amen.

Let's go Sox!!

 

[wapyaly]

We just had some building work done on our house, I thought the bricklayer was Irish, but he was infact south african!! Oops.
I thought pom came from the french for apple so some reason?
Thought the poem was great. It made me laugh anyway!

 

[wapyaly]

Here we go, from www.aussieslang.com
pom, pommy, pommie
noun:- A person from England, probably derived from Prisoner Of Mother England.

 

[mudrat77]

Aussie shark bait,

that is dead set tops, the Mickey Mouse if you like!!!

 

[CathyI8205]

In Boston right now, no one is talking about anything except baseball.

Baseball is all there is! Especially now!

Go Cards!

 

[STUEY2]

Aussies dislike being mistaken for Poms 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.

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Aussies believe you should look after your mates.
Brits believe you should look after those that belong to your club.
Americans believe people should look after themselves.
Canadians believe it's the governments job.

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Aussies are extremely patriotic about their beer.
Americans are extremly patriotic about their flag.
Canadians can't agree with the words to their anthem.
Brits don't sing the words to their anthem, they prefer a big brass band to perform it.

**********

Americans spend their lives watching TV.
Canadians don't, but only because they can't get more American channels.
Brits pax a tax just so they can watch five channels.
Aussies export their programs that no-one there watches, to Britain, where everyone loves them.

**********

Americans will talk endlessly about football, baseball and basketball.
Brits will talk endlessly about football, cricket and rugby.
Canadians will talk endlessly about hockey, hockey, hockey.
Aussies will talk endlessly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they play them at.

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Americans spell words differently but still call it English.
Brits pronounce words differently but still call it English.
Canadians spell like Brits but pronounce like American
Aussies add G'Day and Mate to everything they say.

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ASB

THATS ALL TRUE! BUT TRY BEING FROM TASSIE AND CONSTANATLY BEING ASKED "WHERE'S YOUR SECOND HEAD."
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MY SCAR?