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Forum: Australia
Apr 24th 2013, 2:06 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

no, it's not taking the piss....
I say something between m'bun and Mel'brn....
Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2013, 1:02 pm
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

hmmm...actually a good observation - Australia is probably more like this than the UK, that's for sure.
Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2013, 10:21 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

There would be class distinctions in the US too. In general the higher the education the better the speech.

Australia can be very city vs country - so I can hear a bit of a country accent in a...
Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2013, 3:59 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

Agreed, I don't even understand how people even do business.
I much prefer a white collar Melbourne accent.
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2013, 10:47 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

Agreed, but I think 'we're doing it for the adventure' sounds better than 'we're bored and my mother-in-law is driving me mad'. (In my case, it was a case of 'I've already had the adventure, now I'm...
Forum: Australia
Apr 19th 2013, 4:20 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

I get so much sick leave I have trouble using it up! And I've never managed to take all my vacation leave in any job, in any country!



I agree with the 'sense of adventure' criticism hiding...
Forum: Australia
Apr 18th 2013, 12:50 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

The tops, as worn, variously, by students, who get black skin from them.
If they sneeze when 'donning', attribute to the remnants of CS gas still in the fabric.....
Forum: Australia
Apr 17th 2013, 6:04 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

For me, this is one of the key differences between the UK, and Australia and Canada. The latter are 2 countries where the population lives in regional (state or provincial) cities. In the case of...
Forum: Australia
Apr 17th 2013, 3:54 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

I think part of the problem with smaller cities on the edges of large unpopulated countries is that there is no where to go for people marginalised. So they tend to end up in view. In other...
Forum: Australia
Apr 17th 2013, 1:54 am
Replies: 165
Views: 44,912
Posted By BadgeIsBack

Re: Australia better than Canada?

I'm reminded of an old scene from a kid's programme I watched (when I wasn't a kid) where a character said 'I don't want to go to Vancouuuvrrrrrrrrr'. This character clearly had reservations.
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