Aussie Bashing
Aug 27th 2008, 3:42 am
#61
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Re: Aussie Bashing
I am an Australian by birth, and I am more negative about the place than anybody I've ever met (or read from on the internet!!
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I think it really is one of those places you either love or hate. Unfortunately for me, I lean more towards the 'hate'.
I can be too negative at times, but I hope some of what I say is helpful. Especially for those who move out here thinking they are reaching a 'Britishified' paradise.
Oh, I know that feeling.
I was so miserable living in Korea that the tiniest thing would send me crazy. Luckily there was a forum full of negative expats that I frequented to whinge!!
).I think it really is one of those places you either love or hate. Unfortunately for me, I lean more towards the 'hate'.
I can be too negative at times, but I hope some of what I say is helpful. Especially for those who move out here thinking they are reaching a 'Britishified' paradise.
Oh, I know that feeling.
I was so miserable living in Korea that the tiniest thing would send me crazy. Luckily there was a forum full of negative expats that I frequented to whinge!!
Aug 27th 2008, 7:56 am
#62
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Re: Aussie Bashing
I am an Australian by birth, and I am more negative about the place than anybody I've ever met (or read from on the internet!!).
I think it really is one of those places you either love or hate. Unfortunately for me, I lean more towards the 'hate'.
I can be too negative at times, but I hope some of what I say is helpful. Especially for those who move out here thinking they are reaching a 'Britishified' paradise.
Oh, I know that feeling.
I was so miserable living in Korea that the tiniest thing would send me crazy. Luckily there was a forum full of negative expats that I frequented to whinge!!
).I think it really is one of those places you either love or hate. Unfortunately for me, I lean more towards the 'hate'.
I can be too negative at times, but I hope some of what I say is helpful. Especially for those who move out here thinking they are reaching a 'Britishified' paradise.
Oh, I know that feeling.
I was so miserable living in Korea that the tiniest thing would send me crazy. Luckily there was a forum full of negative expats that I frequented to whinge!!
Aug 27th 2008, 6:49 pm
#63
Joined: Oct 2005
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Re: Aussie Bashing
I'm not having any problems at all. Neither are my kids. And, I'm not English...We have Canadian accents. I was only trying to point out to the OP some of the problems faced by people who I've seen post on here over the years.
We did actually move interstate when my husband couldn't find work in SA, but like you said, once he got in with an Aussie company he's now a hot commodity. (Don't tell him that though. It will certainly go to his head.)
I actually love living in Australia and as a matter of fact booked my citizenship test today for the 11th Septemer.
We did actually move interstate when my husband couldn't find work in SA, but like you said, once he got in with an Aussie company he's now a hot commodity. (Don't tell him that though. It will certainly go to his head.)
I actually love living in Australia and as a matter of fact booked my citizenship test today for the 11th Septemer.
. Like you say that move elsewhere seems to work for a lot of people. Kids with Canadian accents probably have it good as nobody will be able to figure out where their accent is from half the time.
Aug 27th 2008, 11:49 pm
#64
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Re: Aussie Bashing
My kids are starting to gain a little of the Aussie twang, and my accent is softening, but my husband is constantly mistaken for American.
Aug 27th 2008, 11:59 pm
#65
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Re: Aussie Bashing
We're usually Irish, Welsh or Scotish and even when you say which one haven't you said they, as in the Aussies, still struggle to get the right one.
