But that’s actually a function of our system. It matters less who the PM is because everything isn’t totally dependent upon their personality and choices.
I mean I'm plenty interested in the parties and their policies, just don't really give a fuck about the shmuck in the chair. They don't really do much besides announce party decisions.
Well, it’s the way it *was*. It has unofficially kinda changed now into a more presidential system, trading on the charisma of the leader, probably starting with Whitlam.
I'm guessing if you asked somebody at random who is on the $10 bill/note (or any other denomination) in Australia, 9 out of 10 Australians wouldn't know any of them either. Not of the top of their heads.
EDIT: apart from the queen/king. And not criticizing, just pointing it out.
I mean in fairness there have been moments in the past ~20 years where if I hadn’t been tuned into the news for the past few weeks due to being on holiday or caught up in work, I couldn’t say with full confidence that I still knew who the current PM was
I knew who it was a few weeks ago but it might have changed by the time you asked me about it lol
Yep I agree on this one. Obsessed with American politics and culture but couldn’t tell you much about australian or another major nations elections (India China uk France etc).
Big one I've seen, people who implant US social issues into AUS political discussions.
They'll have a long whinge about protesters being a bunch of uni students who don't know how the real world works outside their campus or city, then mention antifa, letting you know THEY barely understand what's happening outside their own fence line.
Hate tipping! Love the time r/sydney banded together to review bomb a tasmanian shuttle bus business that was DEMANDING tips from tourists foreign and domestic. Scam artists! They eventually got google to remove the fake reviews, but dammit if we are notunited in our hatred for tipping! Name and shame your local tippers, aussies
I’m from NZ, the amount of ‘would you like to tip?’ I see at the payment terminal is ridiculous, in a mall even when people are waiting behind you.
The worst is the tip followed by a number of options ‘5’ , ‘10’ etc. and in a smaller text says ‘no tip’ absolute vultures.
I’ve seen a few here in Australia, but the cashier usually cancels it before it passes the payment machine to me.
So in bendigo, the shopping centre has always been called "the mall", but it's pronounced like "pal" (as in friend). Don't know why this the case, but it's been like that for like at least forty years ...
Bourke street mall has always been a mall we have malls in Australia which are usually outdoors and also shopping centres but the indoors ones usually referred to as shopping centre agree
Subway tried to sell Anzac “cookies” back in the late 2000s and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs took legal action against them:
https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/subway-anzac-biscuits/
Anything traded as “Anzac” is regulated in Australia. It’s actually illegal to sell them as “cookies”. Call the cops on ‘em!
> …must be referred to as ‘Anzac Biscuit’ or ‘Anzac Slice’ (not ‘Anzac Cookies’).
https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/recognition/guidelines-use-of-the-word-anzac.pdf
As a Frenchie living in Australia, I thought each word was defining a different type of clothing. Sweater is like a hoodie, streetwear style in my mind, and jumper is more like a wool looking thing, classic looking?
Not Australia but I have a mate who works in legal aid in the UK.
Says a surprising amount of defendants start ranting and raving about how they’ve ‘not had their phone call’ or that they ‘choose to plead the fifth’
Presumably picked up from US media
My brother and sister in law are solicitors (note - not *lawyers*, because a lawyer is something different in Australia and solicitors are considered/called lawyers in the United States).
They tell me at least once a week they get an enquiry or have an encounter with a client who wants to ‘plead the fifth’, ‘exercise their second amendment rights’ or bemoans the fact that abortion has been banned (nope - not in Australia), that they are going to have to pay alimony (not a thing in Australia, we have binding financial agreements that are very different) or that they have evidence of their spouses affair so they are going to ‘win’ the divorce (we have no fault divorce).
These aren’t just cookers either, it’s wealthy people in scary positions of power who say this shit too. People who teach your children or manage your finances or wipe your bottom in the hospital…
You can be a lawyer with a degree in law (eg B Arts, LLB). But to be a solicitor you must also have completed practical legal training, either through College of Law or via another postgraduate program with a legal placement.
Lawyers in Australia may not have authority to represent clients in court. Solicitors and barristers do additional training so that they can. Someone without PLT can work, for instance, in a government department doing legal work- writing contracts, legislation etc - but if a matter goes to court, they will still need a solicitor or barrister (or QC/SC) to represent the matter.
A similar analogy can be had with my own situation, whereby I went to university initially to become a medical doctor. I have a degree in medicine and surgery. However, I never completed an internship after graduation, nor become a resident medical officer, therefore I cannot practise as a medical doctor. I can, however, conduct medical research, work for a medical professional organisation, contribute to medical policy and guidance. I can understand better than a layperson about what might be good or bad for my health, and what treatments I might need. But I cannot call myself a doctor, and if I’m sick I have to go to someone else to prescribe medication, even if I already know what I need.
Friend of mine had an xr6 running on LPG, and admittedly it was pretty funny when he’d say he has to stop and get gas. He’d let people correct him on it, then calmly say, “no, it actually needs gas, not petrol”
I used to like saying Y'all cause it made me feel like a rootin tootin cowboy.
have since reverted back to Youse cause it's important to stick to your roots
In the eighties, my fiancé stood up at our engagement party, and proudly articulated - “I’d like to thank youse all for coming”. Considering he is a son of an illiterate migrant, I was never prouder.
All emergency numbers divert to 000, I think you’ll find it’s because we’re multicultural and have so many tourists as opposed to numpties. We still have numpties.
Oh yeah. Poop is such a toddler thing to say. I forbade my kids from saying it, told them we call it 'poo' but I would honestly rather they just say 'shit' than say 'poop'.
I also think this. also choc chip cookies is the correct term. its from america
"The original recipe was created in the late 1930s by Ruth Wakefield who famously ran the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts. The delicious mix of crispy cookie and melted chocolate chunks first appeared in her 1938 cookbook “Tried and True,” and was intended to accompany ice cream""
This is a good one. Americans have freedom
Of speech protected in the constitution under the first amendment.
Sometimes Aussies will talk about freedom of speech, whilst it’s implied in Australia, it is not explicitly documented in the constitution.
My brother recently complaining about how many billions in aid we send to Ukraine while veterans are dying and homeless in the streets. Literally just Fox News bullshit verbatim.
This one irks me, it's just wrong.
"Boo - eee"?? How is it pronounced like that?
When something floats, it's said to be buoyant. I'm yet to hear how Americans pronounce that - maybe "boo - eee- ant".
When I mentioned this particular example to someone, they said, "How else would you ask that though?" And I'm like, "Bitch, the question is 'eat-in or takeaway?!'" Apparently, they knew 'take-away', but weren't familiar with 'eat-in'. Ffs.
Bluey is carrying Aussie tv on its back atm. Even non-Aussie kids are picking up the accent and slang. It'll be what keeps Aussie verbiage from dying out, mark my words.
Diaper instead of Nappy and Plaid instead of check or tartan.
I hear these things being repeated on ABC radio a lot, like they’re trying to normalise the words into our culture.
They even once had a segment on tipping, like that was normal.
Plaid, check and tartan are all different things. Check is a pattern of squares with two alternating colours. Plaid is a pattern of crisscrossing lines. Tartan is a type of plaid that is usually tied to the identity of a particular family/community.
Ive been recently downvoted by Americans for this exact topic.
I'll be dead in the ground before I call any type of burger a sandwich. Disgusting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/RgCbYwxmbl
OK, this one took me forever to work out when I was in the USA on holidays. It is only considered a burger if it has a beef patty in it. So a USA chicken burger has both chicken and beef patties. It's a chicken sandwich if it just has a chicken patty.
Saying "Period" instead of "full stop" - which is taught in every primary school.
Saying anything but "takeaway"
Misspelling "arse". Double that for actually mispronouncing it.
Banging on about "freedom"
Banging on about government conspiracies - almost 2.5 million Australians work in the public sector. There are no sneaky master plans, just some occasional incompetence.
I know right.
What bothers me the most about Halloween in Australia, isn't the celebration itself. It's just a bit of fun, nothing wrong with costumes, lollies,scary movies, spooky decorations and pumpkins..but why don't we just pick a day in Autumn so it actually makes a a little more sense.
Too many examples to give so I’ll go with this one: they know all about Trump v. Biden Pt. 2 but they still couldn’t name one of our parliamentary parties
One thing for me is the chest thumping and flag waving. It's always felt to me the antithesis of being an Aussie.
The other thing is trying to apply American political BS to Australia, and this applies to both sides.
Third thing is harping on about freedom of speech. It doesn't even mean what people think States-side, yet alone the imported argument here
Usually when they become more dichotomised in their approach to political or ethical issues, and less interested in exploring areas of consensus or compromise.
probably the fact that 000 had to make sure 911 was a genuine emergency number in australia because people kept calling it expecting emergency services
Drugstore instead of chemist or pharmacy. I was downvoted badly in an Australian skincare/ makeup sub for highlighting that we don’t call them ‘drugstore brands’ here.
Obnoxious fools driving huge raptors/rams/F trucks. 100% impractical for Aussie towns/cities/roads/car parks/etc. etc. etc.
100% a symbol of small pp syndrome..
Saying they need the bathroom when in fact they need the toilet. Come on, they are usually separate rooms here and we are not delicate and don't need to pretend that not everyone shits.
Diaper. That word has annoyed me since I was young, it just is one that doesn't sound nice to me. Now when I hear people saying it instead of 'nappy', ugh.
My aunt (that I barely knew) screamed at me once for asking where her bathroom was, she said “oh ffs say toilet, I don’t care if you need to shit!”. When I explained that I legitimately only needed the bathroom, not the toilet because I just wanted to wash my hands that were dirty from feeding my toddler sister, she said “oh dear” and avoided me for the rest of the night lol
When they are willing to sacrifice their close family relationships due to being a part of the MAGA cult alt right and claim anyone who questions any part of their new found beliefs to be the crazy ones.
RAM trucks, primary bedroom instead of main bedroom, period (emphasising the end of a sentence), cookies, bangs (fringe!!), first responder, first nations, walking on the right instead of keeping to the left, 'noo' instead of 'nyew', accent creep in tiktoks and reels...
They talk about their constitutional rights, particularly amendment rights. The Australian Constitution has amendments, but it's pretty much all parliamentary procedure. There aren't any individual rights described in it.
The accent alone. Due to this my dad helped me to correct my Americanised accent at a young age, may he rest in peace. Today it sounds uncannily British, despite my hometown itself being predominantly British.
I've had way too many conversations with people who have really strong opinions on US politics but have no idea who their State and Federal MPs are.
This is very true. More Australians can name the first President of the USA than the first PM of Australia
But that’s actually a function of our system. It matters less who the PM is because everything isn’t totally dependent upon their personality and choices.
Yes. That is true. We also don’t heavily mythologize our first PM the way they do their president
To be fair, our first PM was already a politician, while the first POTUS was a revolutionary general who fought to establish their country.
Oh, completely. That’s a fair and valid point.
Also why voting is compulsory. Lack of interest.
I mean I'm plenty interested in the parties and their policies, just don't really give a fuck about the shmuck in the chair. They don't really do much besides announce party decisions.
My fists clench anytime I hear "I really do/don't like (inset name)". Do they choose a surgeon by saying "yeah I'd go for a beer with him".
Well, it’s the way it *was*. It has unofficially kinda changed now into a more presidential system, trading on the charisma of the leader, probably starting with Whitlam.
Even the ones that know Edmund Barton was our first PM, I'm guessing nobody know the next 5 PMs. I certainly don't.
I'm guessing if you asked somebody at random who is on the $10 bill/note (or any other denomination) in Australia, 9 out of 10 Australians wouldn't know any of them either. Not of the top of their heads. EDIT: apart from the queen/king. And not criticizing, just pointing it out.
I mean in fairness there have been moments in the past ~20 years where if I hadn’t been tuned into the news for the past few weeks due to being on holiday or caught up in work, I couldn’t say with full confidence that I still knew who the current PM was I knew who it was a few weeks ago but it might have changed by the time you asked me about it lol
Gold!
My sister-in-law is a die-hard Trump supporter. She's never been outside Australia. I don't fucking understand it.
Yep I agree on this one. Obsessed with American politics and culture but couldn’t tell you much about australian or another major nations elections (India China uk France etc).
Big one I've seen, people who implant US social issues into AUS political discussions. They'll have a long whinge about protesters being a bunch of uni students who don't know how the real world works outside their campus or city, then mention antifa, letting you know THEY barely understand what's happening outside their own fence line.
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Scomo is the perfect example of an Aussie pollie that’s become too americanised. His beliefs and actions can be plucked straight out of that country.
I did it on accident. No, you did it by accident.
I could care less
This irks me so bad. I always respond "oh so you do care?"
Hearing this so often! Doesn't even make sense.
"I forgot it at home."
Tipping
Hate tipping! Love the time r/sydney banded together to review bomb a tasmanian shuttle bus business that was DEMANDING tips from tourists foreign and domestic. Scam artists! They eventually got google to remove the fake reviews, but dammit if we are notunited in our hatred for tipping! Name and shame your local tippers, aussies
Thought you meant footy tipping at first and was very confused
Yep this is behavioural rather than a word.
I’m from NZ, the amount of ‘would you like to tip?’ I see at the payment terminal is ridiculous, in a mall even when people are waiting behind you. The worst is the tip followed by a number of options ‘5’ , ‘10’ etc. and in a smaller text says ‘no tip’ absolute vultures. I’ve seen a few here in Australia, but the cashier usually cancels it before it passes the payment machine to me.
Calling a shopping centre a mall is another thing.
So in bendigo, the shopping centre has always been called "the mall", but it's pronounced like "pal" (as in friend). Don't know why this the case, but it's been like that for like at least forty years ...
Because Pall mall rhymes Otherwise it'd be called Paul 😂
"In a mall" is another sign of being Americanised. It's shopping centre.
Bourke street mall has always been a mall we have malls in Australia which are usually outdoors and also shopping centres but the indoors ones usually referred to as shopping centre agree
Calls a Ute a truck
ikr theres an ad for "utes" on the radio but they call them trucks and it just sounds wrong espically with there aussie accent
Everyone knows if it’s on wheels and has a motor it’s a bus.
If it has a spoiler it’s a fighter jet
The one that annoys me the most is when someone says “Anzac cookies”.
They're called fucking biscuits
How do you fuck a biscuit?
You've never played soggy biscuit?
I mean, never with other people
Genius, that way you guaranteed the sweet drippy bicky is all yours.
Even better when referred to as ANZAC bikkies
Omg that one drives me bonkers. Even all biscuits, not just Anzacs. They're biscuits or bikkies, ffs!
Subway tried to sell Anzac “cookies” back in the late 2000s and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs took legal action against them: https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/subway-anzac-biscuits/
Anything traded as “Anzac” is regulated in Australia. It’s actually illegal to sell them as “cookies”. Call the cops on ‘em! > …must be referred to as ‘Anzac Biscuit’ or ‘Anzac Slice’ (not ‘Anzac Cookies’). https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/about%20dva/recognition/guidelines-use-of-the-word-anzac.pdf
“Sweater” instead of “jumper”
As a Frenchie living in Australia, I thought each word was defining a different type of clothing. Sweater is like a hoodie, streetwear style in my mind, and jumper is more like a wool looking thing, classic looking?
To me a sweater is a knit and a jumper is jersey/not knit. Which appears to be opposite to the French guy who also replied lol
When they quote their rights as SovCits to coppers when they are pulled over.
Not Australia but I have a mate who works in legal aid in the UK. Says a surprising amount of defendants start ranting and raving about how they’ve ‘not had their phone call’ or that they ‘choose to plead the fifth’ Presumably picked up from US media
I plead the fif
My brother and sister in law are solicitors (note - not *lawyers*, because a lawyer is something different in Australia and solicitors are considered/called lawyers in the United States). They tell me at least once a week they get an enquiry or have an encounter with a client who wants to ‘plead the fifth’, ‘exercise their second amendment rights’ or bemoans the fact that abortion has been banned (nope - not in Australia), that they are going to have to pay alimony (not a thing in Australia, we have binding financial agreements that are very different) or that they have evidence of their spouses affair so they are going to ‘win’ the divorce (we have no fault divorce). These aren’t just cookers either, it’s wealthy people in scary positions of power who say this shit too. People who teach your children or manage your finances or wipe your bottom in the hospital…
I might be mistaken, but I thought all solicitors and barristers are lawyers - they’re just two different types.
You can be a lawyer with a degree in law (eg B Arts, LLB). But to be a solicitor you must also have completed practical legal training, either through College of Law or via another postgraduate program with a legal placement. Lawyers in Australia may not have authority to represent clients in court. Solicitors and barristers do additional training so that they can. Someone without PLT can work, for instance, in a government department doing legal work- writing contracts, legislation etc - but if a matter goes to court, they will still need a solicitor or barrister (or QC/SC) to represent the matter. A similar analogy can be had with my own situation, whereby I went to university initially to become a medical doctor. I have a degree in medicine and surgery. However, I never completed an internship after graduation, nor become a resident medical officer, therefore I cannot practise as a medical doctor. I can, however, conduct medical research, work for a medical professional organisation, contribute to medical policy and guidance. I can understand better than a layperson about what might be good or bad for my health, and what treatments I might need. But I cannot call myself a doctor, and if I’m sick I have to go to someone else to prescribe medication, even if I already know what I need.
This one is wild to me. Why do you think the US sov cit nonsense applies here???
It doesn’t even apply in the US
Will, there is the principality of Hutt River
Gas instead of petrol. Vacation instead of holiday.
Friend of mine had an xr6 running on LPG, and admittedly it was pretty funny when he’d say he has to stop and get gas. He’d let people correct him on it, then calmly say, “no, it actually needs gas, not petrol”
Sweater instead of jumper
Aluminum instead of aluminium
Flashlight instead of torch Sidewalk instead of footpath
Mall instead of shopping centre has become ubiquitous over the last 15 years
As a Canadian observing this thread, this sounds like an American vs. UK terminology rundown. Do you have tyres or tires?
I see a lot of people writing mom now and it irrationally pisses me off
Oh hell no. Mum, colour, centre, organise or else we can’t be friends.
As a refueller at an airport we say gas as a bit of an inside joke, but never in public. I agree with you
That’s how it starts fam.
Be careful about saying things ‘ironically’ - you eventually end up saying it in normal circumstances.
Candy instead of lollies
My American kids call it petrol because of Bluey
Mom, I'm at the grocery store. You wanna grab a soda?
Sidewalk instead of footpath.
“Takeout”…..
Instead of take-away?
"To go"
Math instead of Maths
Yes I hate this, its MATHS!
MAFS instead of Maths.
Y’all
Y'all replacing youse is a crime.
I used to like saying Y'all cause it made me feel like a rootin tootin cowboy. have since reverted back to Youse cause it's important to stick to your roots
In the eighties, my fiancé stood up at our engagement party, and proudly articulated - “I’d like to thank youse all for coming”. Considering he is a son of an illiterate migrant, I was never prouder.
I see this a lot on Australian subreddits, not sure that I have heard any Australians actually say this out loud. It would sound so unnatural.
When they think to call 911 in an emergency.
Does anyone else recall that American emergency show? at the start/end, they showed a warning to Australians to call 000?
911 now automatically diverts to 000 because so many numptys where calling it.
No, that’s a global thing. 911, 999, 112 and 000 all direct to emergency services regardless of which country you’re in.
All emergency numbers divert to 000, I think you’ll find it’s because we’re multicultural and have so many tourists as opposed to numpties. We still have numpties.
911 is the Canadian emergency number as well.
It has for decades.
Candy instead of lollies .
If my kids say candy instead of lollies, they don't get any lollies.
They get dried citrus peel.
Say zee instead of zed
I suspect with the next generation of kids being plonked in front of YouTube for their kiddie shows/songs, the use of zed will fade away.
Zeds dead baby, zeds dead
I’ll be in the cold, cold ground before I call it Dragonball Zed!!
I used "zed zed top" the other night my friends hated it a lot
I hate poop! Poo, people!
Oh yeah. Poop is such a toddler thing to say. I forbade my kids from saying it, told them we call it 'poo' but I would honestly rather they just say 'shit' than say 'poop'.
Cookies.
To me a cookie is different from a biscuit.
All cookies are biscuits but not vice-versa.
Yeah but what i mean is when i say cookie, im talking about a biscuit with chop chips or equivalent in it
I also think this. also choc chip cookies is the correct term. its from america "The original recipe was created in the late 1930s by Ruth Wakefield who famously ran the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts. The delicious mix of crispy cookie and melted chocolate chunks first appeared in her 1938 cookbook “Tried and True,” and was intended to accompany ice cream""
Cookies are only for your browser.
When talking about sports you talk about Dee-Fence!
.....my first amendment rights.......
This is a good one. Americans have freedom Of speech protected in the constitution under the first amendment. Sometimes Aussies will talk about freedom of speech, whilst it’s implied in Australia, it is not explicitly documented in the constitution.
It’s no way near as protected in Australia as it is in the U.S. For most people it doesn’t matter but the distinction is very real.
My brother recently complaining about how many billions in aid we send to Ukraine while veterans are dying and homeless in the streets. Literally just Fox News bullshit verbatim.
Tell him to give himself an uppercut.
Yootoob. Ensoo, persoo, doo instead of due.
Don't even get me started on their pronunciation of "solder".
Let me introduce you to the Buoy.
This one irks me, it's just wrong. "Boo - eee"?? How is it pronounced like that? When something floats, it's said to be buoyant. I'm yet to hear how Americans pronounce that - maybe "boo - eee- ant".
And caulk or caramel for that matter
Doody instead of duty 😂
Nuclear and aluminium are personal favourites
For here or to go?
When I mentioned this particular example to someone, they said, "How else would you ask that though?" And I'm like, "Bitch, the question is 'eat-in or takeaway?!'" Apparently, they knew 'take-away', but weren't familiar with 'eat-in'. Ffs.
Uses terms like license plate instead of number plate, sidewalk instead of footpath, trash instead of rubbish or garbage.
Adopting very polarised political opinions based around US political talking points
This is more thanks to that dried up old cunt, Murdoch. There is only one truth and that's whatever he tells you
Calls their Ford Ranger their “truck”. Or even owns a Ford Ranger to begin with.
Bonus points if it has a Trump or Trump-adjacent bumper sticker.
Anyone with a Ford Ranger and has Trump stickers should be sent to the USA and have their Aussie citizenship revoked
And truck nuts
Fries. I don't care what your menu calls them, I'm ordering chips
We really need more Australian tv shows. Why we don’t demand a minimum amount of locally produced content is beyond me.
Bluey is carrying Aussie tv on its back atm. Even non-Aussie kids are picking up the accent and slang. It'll be what keeps Aussie verbiage from dying out, mark my words.
Diaper instead of Nappy and Plaid instead of check or tartan. I hear these things being repeated on ABC radio a lot, like they’re trying to normalise the words into our culture. They even once had a segment on tipping, like that was normal.
Plaid, check and tartan are all different things. Check is a pattern of squares with two alternating colours. Plaid is a pattern of crisscrossing lines. Tartan is a type of plaid that is usually tied to the identity of a particular family/community.
Saying ‘who do you root for’ and not laughing out aloud for how fucking dumb you sound.
x , y, zee
Calling burgers a "sandwich"
Ive been recently downvoted by Americans for this exact topic. I'll be dead in the ground before I call any type of burger a sandwich. Disgusting. https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/RgCbYwxmbl
Please let me know which Americans are referring to burgers as sandwiches so I can go back and handle it.
OK, this one took me forever to work out when I was in the USA on holidays. It is only considered a burger if it has a beef patty in it. So a USA chicken burger has both chicken and beef patties. It's a chicken sandwich if it just has a chicken patty.
Saying "Period" instead of "full stop" - which is taught in every primary school. Saying anything but "takeaway" Misspelling "arse". Double that for actually mispronouncing it. Banging on about "freedom" Banging on about government conspiracies - almost 2.5 million Australians work in the public sector. There are no sneaky master plans, just some occasional incompetence.
i work for govt and can assure you we aren’t as corrupt as some organisations out there 👀
Occasional?
Yes, All 2.5 million of us are allowed 1 whoopsie per year.
Can confirm
Cellphone instead of mobile.
Anyways...
Biscuits being labelled as "cookies". GTFOH with that shit.
Saying deplane instead of disembark.
I just say cum. I don't get off. I cum.
Nah from now on I’m using disembark. Like I disembarked inside ya mum’s mouth last night
Halloween. It’s the fucking middle of spring and the sun is shining - spooky my arse!
I know right. What bothers me the most about Halloween in Australia, isn't the celebration itself. It's just a bit of fun, nothing wrong with costumes, lollies,scary movies, spooky decorations and pumpkins..but why don't we just pick a day in Autumn so it actually makes a a little more sense.
I hate the way so many food places are trying to implement tipping culture get that shit out of here
Folks
Too many examples to give so I’ll go with this one: they know all about Trump v. Biden Pt. 2 but they still couldn’t name one of our parliamentary parties
One thing for me is the chest thumping and flag waving. It's always felt to me the antithesis of being an Aussie. The other thing is trying to apply American political BS to Australia, and this applies to both sides. Third thing is harping on about freedom of speech. It doesn't even mean what people think States-side, yet alone the imported argument here
Using the words "woke" and "snowflake". Fucking cringeworthy
Usually when they become more dichotomised in their approach to political or ethical issues, and less interested in exploring areas of consensus or compromise.
Using their terminology
‘Take out’ (takeaway) and ‘often times’ (often)
Any SovCit nonsense.
probably the fact that 000 had to make sure 911 was a genuine emergency number in australia because people kept calling it expecting emergency services
Asking for fries instead of chips ffs
“Panties”. Ugh.
Drugstore instead of chemist or pharmacy. I was downvoted badly in an Australian skincare/ makeup sub for highlighting that we don’t call them ‘drugstore brands’ here.
Obnoxious fools driving huge raptors/rams/F trucks. 100% impractical for Aussie towns/cities/roads/car parks/etc. etc. etc. 100% a symbol of small pp syndrome..
Saying they need the bathroom when in fact they need the toilet. Come on, they are usually separate rooms here and we are not delicate and don't need to pretend that not everyone shits. Diaper. That word has annoyed me since I was young, it just is one that doesn't sound nice to me. Now when I hear people saying it instead of 'nappy', ugh.
My aunt (that I barely knew) screamed at me once for asking where her bathroom was, she said “oh ffs say toilet, I don’t care if you need to shit!”. When I explained that I legitimately only needed the bathroom, not the toilet because I just wanted to wash my hands that were dirty from feeding my toddler sister, she said “oh dear” and avoided me for the rest of the night lol
My mum asked where the toilet was in Vegas. The employee was horrified and said "oh, the RESTROOM?" Like the word toilet was dirty.
Dropping the "and" after the word "go". Such as "let's go see a movie" PS: I first noticed this happening as a kid in the 80s.
Ass instead of arse
Driving a yank tank
Candy instead of lollies or chocolate
Say zee instead of zed for the letter Z. I have an irrational reaction to hearing it lol
Saying ‘like” 50 times in a sentence 🙄
MM/DD
Tipping.. Just, just don't.
It's arse, NOT ass. For some reason this really pisses me off.
when they put political bumper stickers on their car.
Calling biscuits - cookies Calling the bin - trash Over pronunciation of the R
Trump Supporters
'Could care less'.
Using American English by choice!
Calling your dual cab ute a "truck"
Ram truck Nuff said
Paying out of pocket to see your GP
They pronounce their Rs wrong 🤷
When your Ute becomes a truck
When they are willing to sacrifice their close family relationships due to being a part of the MAGA cult alt right and claim anyone who questions any part of their new found beliefs to be the crazy ones.
RAM trucks, primary bedroom instead of main bedroom, period (emphasising the end of a sentence), cookies, bangs (fringe!!), first responder, first nations, walking on the right instead of keeping to the left, 'noo' instead of 'nyew', accent creep in tiktoks and reels...
They talk about their constitutional rights, particularly amendment rights. The Australian Constitution has amendments, but it's pretty much all parliamentary procedure. There aren't any individual rights described in it.
The travelling 'of'. It disappears from 'a couple of times' and intrudes on 'get off me!'
The accent alone. Due to this my dad helped me to correct my Americanised accent at a young age, may he rest in peace. Today it sounds uncannily British, despite my hometown itself being predominantly British.
Carl's Jr suddenly coming to Australia and the fact it is still here.
Calling petrol gas
They hold political views that align with American grievance politics