scot47

I have never noticed any Anti-Australian sentiments. As someone here pointed out this sort of abominable behaviour could equally well have been committed by a London-based crew.

Pom_Chch

No one is on high horses. It's the opposite really. We totally acknowledge that this sense of humour goes on in the UK too. Look at the whole Jonathan Ross and Andrew Sachs prank call. No one is saying it's the Ozzy sense of humour is to blame because this same stuff happens here. We're not picking on them because they're Ozzy's, we're picking on them because it was disgraceful and distasteful.

vikingsail

I agree. To say otherwise is inflammatory - but I am sure there are a few 'chips on the shoulders' out there.

materialcontroller

Yep. The tide has definitely turned against Aussie's here in the UK and they are now no longer welcome. We're sending them all back home, beginning with this guy:

http://www.channel4.com/news/bus-sta...ation-decision

Zen10

I doubt it. You only have to read the countless comments in the Telegraph and Mail about how Britain should be leaving the EU and strengthening ties with the Commonwealth countries. They love Australians and NZers in general and see them as brothers. Also, they know their own Russell Brand style humour is just as bad as Aussie stuff so only the most embittered and prejudiced are going to hold that against them.

quoll

Nah, not met any ill feeling - I am a Pom of course but the accent still lingers and no end of folk have picked up on it and asked if I am an Aussie (at which point I wax lyrical about how bloody brilliant it is to be home!) but not had any negativity.

DS gets ribbed in the workplace for being Aussie (he's a born Brit too!) but he doesn't mind, it's all part of his identity and makes him stand out in his workplace which, in his case, is good (one of his colleagues was gobsmacked when I mentioned that he had been born in Bristol!). He does cop a few jibes when the Aussies lose at cricket/rugby/Olympics but that's the worst it has got.

ldollard

Why in the world would they be, two people did that prank and they didn't cause that nurses suicide either, she was clearly deranged, no one kills themselves over something like that unless they had previous mental health issues, not to mention how unbelievably selfish it was to abandon her two kids.

In short I highly doubt any Aussies or people from NZ are getting backlash except from D!$kheads.

scot47

In Scotland I have only heard positive comments about Aussies in general. I am not referring to the vile behaviour of these two radio presenters but in general terms.

I remembr in particular a couple of Scots who had been in Korea in a Scottish regiment during the Korean War. On witnessing how Aussie soldiers spoke to their officers they were amazed - and envious !

chris955

To be honest I hear good and bad about Aussies just like most other nationalities.

Still Game

All Aussies shouldn't be tarred with the same brush, absolutely correct (it's sticky and has hairs on it eeek)

Anyway, to judge all Aussies by the actions of two DJ's (whether you think of it as a prank gone wrong or something more sinister is another conversation) however, to judge all Aussies the same would be to 'tar' all Brits as having the pure arrogance and stupidity of Brand and Ross when they 'pranked' Andrew Sachs leaving vile messages on his answerphone about his granddaughter.

Everyone is different!

spouse of scouse

Speaking of Aussies being on the nose, why are we called Pongos in the UK?!! Or in Liverpool, at least, other parts are probably more polite :-) The Scouser told me about the nickname but I'm not sure if he's being a Tom Pepper (practising my colloquialisms) :-)

chris955

I must admit pongo is a new one, I cant say I have ever heard it to be honest. Someone was pulling your leg I reckon

spouse of scouse

That's what I get for marrying a scouser

At any rate, he's not laughing or joking today, was bitten by a redback spider in the garden. Once he's better, I'm going to kill him. Pongo indeed.

scot47

I have heard "Pongo" used in a more general sense - just as an insult to refer to squaddies in UK regiments. It may come from this, which I found on Wikipedia -

"Pongo, chimpanzee, star attraction in 1884 at the Zoological Park in Walton, Liverpool"