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20 Feb
A Cultural Difference Primer

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 97 18:59:03 -0800
To: Fun_People
Subject: A Cultural Difference Primer

Forwarded-by: Lani Herrmann <lanih@info.sims.berkeley.edu>
Forwarded-by: Robert_Clayton@ed.gov
Forwarded-by: Pete Kraemer
Forwarded-by: Bruce Guthrie@nmaa.org

Cultural Differences Explained
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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.
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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.
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Aussies:   Are extremely patriotic to 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 them.
Brits:     Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the
	   anthem.
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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, which no-one there watches, to
	   Britain, where everybody loves them.
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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,
	   and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.
Aussies:   Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every
	   sport they play them in.
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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 in
	   an attempt to get laid.
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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.
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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.
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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 things.
Aussies:   Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.
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