Re: Are Australians boring?
 

I tend to agree. The social interaction or lack off would be the single biggest issue to remaining here. It can take time to get a handle on it, but understand what you mean. A number confuse the issue with other things from reading some responses though.

Re: Are Australians boring?
 

You should have come up to the SFS on saturday. Lots of beers in the pub, super game(for A league) and lots of beers and banter in the pub after.

Re: Are Australians boring?
 

If we're talking purely on banter, then I find that they are not as sarcastic as many of us Brits are or understand it quite the same way as we do. I often have to think twice before I speak as I'm naturally a piss taker and sarcastic sod but I feel that they are more sensative to that kind of banter.
When we first arrived in Ozz, I recall asking a bunch of AFL players if they thought that soccer would be the number 1 sport here in 30 years time due to the high influx of Europeans and Asians - what a conversation stopper!! ha ha.

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My downfall!!!!

Re: Are Australians boring?
 

Dare I say it, but it will anyway, perhaps ask an Aussie who's been living in London for 6 or 7 years if they think the average brit is boring. I can guarrentee the answer will be yes.

As for the suburbs, well you wouldn't find me living in Croydon or any other London, low cost, family suburb because it's just plain boring - bit like I wouldn't live in any Sydney suburb outside 15km from the CBD

Those who have got off their ar8es to be adventuours and travel to the other side of the world are going to expect that everyone is not boring. I'm afraid it doesn't happen and there are people out there without passports :p.

Re: Are Australians boring?
 

We're all different. I don't miss sarcastic Brits to be honest.
You can have banter and good conversation without 'sarcy' or 'piss taking'.

Australians do dry comments, irony and tongue in cheek which is right down my alley as I am a self-confessed master at it (lol).

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The burbs are awful mate. We go there occasionally and to be honest, it is 'boring' and yes, I have been to houses where there is barely conversation. You could be anywhere.
Everyone has this dead look in their eyes.

(Part of this was the fact that when everyone has had pre-school kids for years there is too much distraction...and shear fatigue...)

Re: Are Australians boring?
 

+1

I love the British humour, I'm neither Australian nor British, I socialise mainly with the Brits because of it. I like the way how they go about things.

Re: Are Australians boring?
 

When I first came over her, 4 years ago, I really missed the sense of humour. It really adds to the homesickness. I mix with brits and aussies and have good friends on both sides, and I just dont know why it is but when Im going to a party with friends from back home I always have a great time, have sore sides laughing and really feel as if I belong. When I mix with my Australian friends, I enjoy myself but never to the extent I do with the other group. This is just how it is with me.

Re: Are Australians boring?
 

Certainly one of the things we missed when living in Australia was the banter, the good humoured piss taking. I often felt as though I was treading on egg shells at times, being careful not to say something about Australia that someone would find offensive. I do find a good few Aussies to be fairly thin skinned and many are givers not takers. It is the way they are but it did wear a little thin at times. Not necessarily boring but a bit too sensitive.

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God we are all different! Have to admit Chris, I have never felt the need to be sensitive around Australians, and there has always been enough banter - but not the negative kind. I generally don't seem to associate with the sort of Australians who would take offence over their country or indeed themselves. In fact I find Australian banter very good-humoured - whereas English banter I find can get quite negative.

In general I find Australians are not as gobby as people make them out to be - they are not the most loudest, uncouth, sarcastic people.

Whereas English people have a international reputation (once upon a time) as being reserved - yet so many seem to be basically 'gobby' characters who need backchat etc.

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I found that as well. If I was taking the mickey out of some crap TV show I'd sometimes get the retort: "Well if you don't like it, why don't you ...."

So I did. It's nice being back. I don't think Australians are boring per se, they were just a bit dull to me. Now I'm back I really appreciate hearing the way British people talk - as portrayed by Bill Bryson and Alan Bennett.

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Really...ho ho...when we lived in Sydney the 'dullest' family we knew were English. We invited them over with our Australian friends and it was noticeable that they wouldn't enter the conversation, or keep up with it and ate holding their knives and forks like pencils... They excused themselves as 'being a bit boring'. Nice family - when we went to their house, all their English friends were of the 'watch DVD- source and buy English produce' kind...it's a diverse world out there folks...

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:lol:

Also, do love the way Bill Bryson expresses his observations.

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Yes I guess we will all have different experiences. The difference for me is I wouldnt dream of taking the piss out of my Aussie friends cause they wouldnt like it and might be offended whereas my other friends from back home would expect it and give it back and thats what our humour is mostly based on. So because of that I feel more relaxed and enjoy myself more with my friends from back home because its all Ive ever been used to. Also I have a strong accent and have to speak slower and occasionally repeat things which I get tierd of doing.