wombat42

If you don't want to be identified as a Pom and want to blend in,
whatever you do don't play cricket, it will be a dead give away when you keep getting out for a duck.

Siren & Brian

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA




Siren's b/h

Pollyana

Aussies can outdo us for whinging anyday!

However, at the risk of being told this is a veryold joke - "How do you know when a plane load of Poms has landed.....?"

"The engine stops but the whining noise goes on....."

gedge

From a kiwi we know..

What's a pom's favourite drink?


Whine!

Badge

I heard somewhere: Poms whinge, Aussies complain.

Apparently there is a difference?!

BTW : I heard a Pom talking to an Aussie work colleague on the tram the other day. It was very unfortunate. There was something about her intensity, lack of point, and accent (couldn't place it) that made her sound VERY negative and flat. I could see the Aussie thinking "We've got a right one here". Even I was cringing.

Then I realised why Aussies call some of us whingers. Aussies whinge (or complain) but they often do it with a joke, or have a point, or with black humour.

I don't miss the London accent for sure.

BM

Sharpy67

Yeah, us POMS do whinge. I think they all do it in the UK now to such a degree thats its the norm!

As to Aussies complaining You want to hear the Aussies I work with, especially those from interstate. The comments and Language from the NSW and Victoria guys that have moved here and their views on how backward they think Queensland/ Brisbane is

MandyM

Having lived here for seven years and been married to an Australian for six of them, I am definitely of the opinion that they whinge a lot more that we do. You should have been here when we won the rugby. Sour grapes, or what. English people over here are generally really happy to be here and whatever you do, don't tell them you don't like Vegemite!!!!

MandyM

Sorry, I've just thought of the one I did the most when I first came here. I arrived in Melbourne in the middle of January when the weather was up around 40 degrees. An English person's first reaction at the sight of sun is to throw open the windows and let it in and enjoy it. Not here. Close the curtains/blinds to keep cool otherwise your house will be like an oven.

Jaykay

I did this last year while I was living in the UK with the warm summer we had. Would go out in the morning having kept all the curtains and windows closed, looking forward to coming home at 5pm, to put the fan on and circulate the cool air in the house.

Unfortunately him outdoors didn't understand this concept and as he worked shifts, he'd come home at 2pm and open the whole house up, so that by the time I got home the house was stifling and we had to sleep with sweat pouring off us!!!

I think I've converted him now, although he hasn't done a full summer over here yet so will wait and see!!

Pollyana

How to spot a Pom....