raiderisgaminonya
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you are down under so it is like being underwater where you are related to big white sharks and eat seaweed whilst wearing funny hats with sausages on string. you are very primitive hence the name bronze aussie relating to bronze age and you have funny games like toilet racing. Plus your mom carrys you in a pouch til you are like 5 or something and people have crocodiles for pets. |
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mhiaa
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Nah, only the ignorant ones. Someday, I'll visit there. It's on the list of countries yet to visit. |
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Chaz
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Nope. We do not. I have read quite a bit about your country. You absolutely fascinate me. You have come a long way from the "penal colony" that you once were. Australians live in country along side some of the world's deadliest creatures, and have managed not only to survive but to win the respect of the world. Australians are a "class act." |
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Sean
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hehe yea they do, just like they believe us Canadians all live in little igloos with parkas on.
gotta love it eh? |
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tuppenybitz
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as usual someone always mentions Australia's start as a penal colony in there answer about Australia
do Americans not know their history? about the thousands of convicts transported to America way before the Australia penal colony ever existed |
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tm1trish
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No, I have a few Australian 'puter friends and I think it would be quite funny to try to get them to eat grub worms. I get the idea except for that great accent and better health habits that they are much like Americans. Australia is one of the top two places I want to travel to some day. Ireland is the other top two. |
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donsfan
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Only the arrogant ones. Years ago we had an American boy stay with us in Australia for an exchange program for teenagers,it was great for my sons {3} and for the young man, he was a delight to have and we all got along famously.One thing was very obvious, that Americans are not really told anything of the outside world unless it has something to do with them{no offence}He thought ACDC were American,knew nothing of the dilemmas in ours or any other place my sons talked about.We have their gridiron games on our TV but I know of Australians who struggle to find anywhere to watch our game in the states. |
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NOLA guy
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No, but that doesn't mean most Americans actually know much about Australia.
Most Americans get their impressions of Australia from the entertainment media, and that means productions like "Crocodile Dundee" and "Crocodile Hunter". The focus is on rural Australia, and it's not that different from rural America (except for the different wildlife). Even then, there are scenes of Sydney - if only "stage setting" backdrops like the harbor bridge and the opera house. Also, the Olympics were held in Sydney and there was a lot of coverage of the city.
Australians also mostly "know" about America from the same entertainment media. There are many, many films and TV shows set in the USA but they give an image of America that is as inaccurate as the image of Australia presented in "Crocodile Dundee". Yes, there must be someone like Dundee in Australia, but he would hardly be the norm. The image of America you see at the movies or on TV is the same.
Remember that the next time you watch a film set in America.
...And tuppenybitz is correct - what is now the state of Georgia was originally a penal colony (mainly debtors). I don't know if children in Georgia learn that in school or not. other colonies (like Louisiana) received many prisoners from Europe during their early days.
Cheers! |
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OnTheMove
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No, we do not.
When I think Australia (to which I have never been), I imagine the American Southwest. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes boring scenery, and a lot of rural space. I also imagine medium and large cities that look like ours near your coasts.
I'd guess you eat much the same foods as us as well. (What the heck is a witchity grub anyway?) With the exception of something called Vegemite, which I have never seen here in America in my life ;) |
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Danielle S
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um i'm an american and i've never even HEARD of that so obviously no not all americans do. |
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anzen12
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I am an Aussie living in the US for a while. To be honest, Americans don't think about Australia at all unless some reference comes up on television or in a newspaper.
If they are forced to give an opinion its more likely to be some vague comment about kangaroos, spiders or whatsisname on that program about crocodiles. Its no more or less than the average American thinks about any other country in the world.
They know we live in regular houses just like they do. |
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PuppyPrince
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Like others have said, most Americans don't think about foreign countries or their inhabitants at all. Most of them are insular, arrogant, loud-mouthed and ignorant, and proud to be that way. Shame but true! |
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the_beave
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Where do you Ausies get these ideas of us? I've heard some pretty crazy stereotypes from you guys about us, but this one is pretty funny.
Do Australians get these ideas of us from comedians or something? Not trying to be rude or anything...just wondering. |
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i.kone16
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hell to the yes |
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tabitoe
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To Baraka Obama: You say Australians set their own cliches? What, you mean like 99% of Americans are too fat,stupid, lazy and big headed? You guys are the most beig headed assholes on this planet! You all love your selves far TOO MUCH! Here, let me tell you what the rest of the world thinks of you all in America: You are ALL FAT, you are ALL STUPID, you are ALL LAZY and let's not forget youare ALL BIG HEADED! |
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Wendy A
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I'd say Australia has been on THE place to travel for a while and saying that I think would insult the average American. |
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doug4jets
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Nooooooooooo. An occasional vegemite sandwich perhaps, but no witchity grubs!
*Cheers* |
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styzlerfical
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actually, most americans dont know anything about australians except the crocodile hunter and that the country is somewhere down under.
oh, and that there's some crazy instrument they play down there.
no offense.
americans are ridiculously self-centered. did i mention that i am one?
(for the record, the US is the size of Europe. thats a lot of one country to think about. how much do you think the typical spanish guy knows about all the other countries in europe? not a lot. so why should we be expected to be experts on every friggin country, when we have our own to deal with? you all have your own stereotypes of americans too. we're as diverse as you are. so stop feeling all misunderstood) |
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shane b
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where is australia |
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dondon
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YES! And the more of them I meet, the more I believe it. |
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