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Why would it be? I live in London and often see ozzies wearing Ozzy football shirts. It's like their badge. I saw a kiwi the other day wearing a t-shirt with a map of NZ and the slogan "Born here" emblazoned on it. No big deal.

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you obviously don't live in the redlands. this place is crawling with poms. if i'd known that at the start, i wouldn't have moved here. and i've said that to all of my friends. yes, even the poms.

derek

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oh, and my neighbours are aussie, kiwi and aus/pom couple but the pom has been here since he was 15 and is more aussie than vegemite

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Totally serious. I'm a poorly Social Worker off sick with a shoulder injury and toooooo much time om my hands. I should really be out there ripping the hearts out of families.....

So, do you know the origins of the song????

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Oh yes! Ill only be wearing my best tracky dacks....and always wear me thongs (flip flops!) does champagne come in cans?!:blink:

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:D:D

I'm not going to read any other posts in this thread because I'll probably get all annoyed!!

Anyway, as a born Australian I can say that in the dark years of John Howard, Australia went from being a subtely proud nation to a flag-waving country of patriotic maniacs who have usurped the Americans in the over the top patriotism department.

These days a flag-embalzoned British person will probably attract a lot of (fairly) lighthearted digs from Australians. The problem is that the current youngsters in Australia think they are the best people living in the best place, and they're not all that happy about anybody liking anywhere else. I have experienced this firsthand - I was born in Australia but raised in an Eastern European family, and I have always identified far more with Europe (having spent a lot of time living and working in the UK as well). Anything negative I have to say about Australia draws nasty attacks from Australians.

What I am trying to say is that it is nice to try and integrate completely into Australian culture, but at the same time the intolerance for any other culture that was around when my family arrived around 1950 is once again rearing its ugly head, and I have no problem with people from elsewhere stirring things up!!

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Good on yer! I have a union jack up in my bedroom, but nobody sees it but me, well I live in Adelaide you see.....;)

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Are you an Aussie?

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i can't say i've ever noticed aussies not liking it when people like (or even prefer) another country but if you do point anything negative about oz (and sometimes even if you don't) they over react or take it the wrong way
i have especially noticed this where sport is concerned - the same boring repetitve crap (they don't seem to realise that the english these days do not give a shit about cricket for example) and the soap dodger jokes:zzz::zzz:zzzzz
say something witty and cutting in response and your an arrogant pommy bastard!!





















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I just tell them Cricket is the most boring sport ever invented.

Seems to work.

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Its free dress today at my 9 year old's school in support of the people affected by the fires in Victoria.

My son got his England shirt out of the wardrobe and my 1st instinct was to ask him to wear something else as its a bit of an obvious choice and might be misunderstood. Then I thought, sod it, its his shirt and he loves it so I let him wear it.

He's not putting it on to make a point, show off, overly identify with the UK as opposed to Australia. He is just footy mad and loves to support England in football matches. In his mind while he is having a kick about during break he will be playing for England. I think that's fair enough.

By the way, he also has an Australian rugby top that he bought in Sports Soccer in the UK. He bought it because he had a great time in Australia on holiday and he liked the colours! You can over analyse some things you know :)

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Political Correctness has got a lot to answer for......

You were right to simply let him wear a shirt he likes wearing....

It's hard to remain level-headed whilst living in a country where the authorities want to ban Xmas because it might offend a religious minority?

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not yet. later this year.

i'm a pom, and deeply ashamed

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All countries seem to have 'politically correct' extremists working their way into positions of power or influence.
Check this link, its a news article about a UK council that renamed their Christmas celebrations as their ‘'Winter Light Festival' and even got their decision criticised by all religious groups.

http://www.religiousintelligence.com/news/?NewsID=3212


We're heading to Brisbane in a few weeks and don't expect to be accepted and make loads of friends straight away, we're going to be the ones working to fit in with the culture of our new home and are fully prepared to take the pom jokes in good humour and not react by criticising Australia.

I'm sure that any general Australian anti-foreigner attitute won't even come close to what you find in the UK.

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i've found that i'm accepted by aussies for the person i am rather than anything else. but then again i've never worn an england top in my life.

my aussie mates outside work rarely, if ever, mention the fact that i'm a pom. i'm just their mate derek.

at work it is slightly different, but all the comments are in good humour. if i'm thrown something and i drop it they say i'm definitely a pom ( a reference to the cricket) and such like.