Cultural Differences Explained

Americans, Brits, Canadians and Aussies!

We all speak English, but that's where the similarities end!

Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for 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 patriotic to the point of blindness.
Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they bother to sing it.
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 TV.
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.

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.
Aussies: Will jabber on about how they beat the Brits in every sport they play.

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.

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 stuff in a backwards country.
Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap stuff 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.
Aussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.

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-Love it! Being a dual national (Brit/American) I can appreciate it all!
Georgiana S

-Try calling an Aussie a Brit! I made that one at a routine traffic stop. The cop sounded English so I ask what part of Britain he was from... luckily I was able to blame the mistake on having spent too many years immmersed in the Texas drawl...
Kathleen ♥ L

-Just try calling most British people 'Brits'. Most of us dont' like it all.
Ishbel R

-That was pretty funny. I once mistook a Brit for an Aussie and you should have SEEN the look he gave me! Also, don't mistake a Chinese for a Japanese ... they don't like that, either! :)
Barbara C

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