CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES EXPLAINED

This is an old joke, but at a time when many people are making outrageous generalizations about people in other countries, I thought a bit of levity was in order:

Cultural Differences of English-Speaking Countries Explained

flag 1 On being mistaken for another nationality:

  • 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.

On looking out for others:

  • 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’s the government’s job.

flag 2 On patriotism:

  • Aussies: Are extremely patriotic about 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 it.
  • Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.

On television:

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

flag 3 On sports:

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

On English spelling and pronunciation:

  • 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: Speak with such a heavy accent no one can be sure it’s English at all..

flag 4 On shopping:

  • 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.

On economic success:

  • Americans: Seem to think that poverty and 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: Know that none of this matters after several beers.
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2 Responses to CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES EXPLAINED

  1. Charly Z says:

    Lots of laughs.

  2. Jan Haugland says:

    Yeah this was brilliant, and spot on!

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