Tag: Pommies Brits

  • The Difference Between Aussies, Americans, Canadians and Brits

    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 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 their country.
    Canadians: Can’t agree on the words to their anthem, so they can’t 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 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, more 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’ve ever played.

    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 put a heavy accent to every
    word to sound cool.

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

    Americans: Love cold, bad-tasting beer.
    Canadians: Love strong, bad-tasting beer.
    Brits: Love warm, bad-tasting beer.
    Aussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it.

    Americans: Think that poverty & failure are morally wrong.
    Canadians: Think that wealth and success are morally wrong.
    Brits: Think that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited rights.
    Aussies: Think that none of this matters after several beers.