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Sep 3rd 2009, 2:05 am

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Does anyone else find other British expats a little embarrasing at times?

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:06 am

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Does anyone else find other British expats a little embarrasing at times?

Shut up, you're embarrassing

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:10 am

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Shut up, you're embarrassing

Explain.

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:10 am

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Explain.

Don't want to, you'll just be embarrassed.

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:12 am

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Does anyone else find other British expats a little embarrasing at times?

British Expat cringe you mean?

Yes!

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:14 am

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British Expat cringe you mean?

Yes!

Exactly.

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:15 am

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Does anyone else find other British expats a little embarrasing at times?

Why would anyone be embarrassed by what someone else does?

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:15 am

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Erm.......who ya got in mind?

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:17 am

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Erm.......who ya got in mind?

Yeah! We want details, names and addresses!

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:17 am

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Erm.......who ya got in mind?

No one on here. I meant in real life.

I find the ones most embarrasing with really thick regional accents who slag off the Uk at every opportunity, but whinge when they can't buy bisto.

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:19 am

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No one on here. I meant in real life.

I find the ones most embarrasing with really thick regional accents who slag off the Uk at every opportunity, but whinge when they can't buy bisto.

- yeah i have some people in mind now.

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:21 am

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- yeah i have some people in mind now.

You know the ones I mean. They are the ones on Australia Day dressed head to toe in Australian garb, completely drunk by 10.30 am.

They have usually lived in Australia for about 3 months.

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:23 am

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Why would anyone be embarrassed by what someone else does?

Because I have self respect?

I don't want to be associated with some of my "fellow countrymen".

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:26 am

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Re: British Expats

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Why would anyone be embarrassed by what someone else does?

Not someone else, but I was in a cafe in Melbourne last weekend and found a copy of the international edition of the Daily Express - big union jack beaming on the front page. Reading it made me fairly embarrassed to be British - I hope noone else in there read it!

Sep 3rd 2009, 2:27 am

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No one on here. I meant in real life.

I find the ones most embarrasing with really thick regional accents who slag off the Uk at every opportunity, but whinge when they can't buy bisto.

A couple of years ago my newly arrived, eldest brother threw a tantrum in front of the Telstra guy because he couldnt get wireless internet in his suburb. Unfortunately for my nob of a brother, nobody in Australia could give two shits that he thinks hes the Alan Sugar of Adelaide.

How embarrassing.

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