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Your definition of "Aussie"?

Discussion in 'Australia, NZ, Pacific' started by Independant thinker, Aug 29, 2015.

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  1. Independant thinker

    Independant thinker Banned

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    Once I worked in a factory and all the employees were asian. When I used the term "white people". They all flinched. They got hurt by it. I noticed they always called white Australians "Aussies". When I thought about it, I realized I kinda liked it.

    What are your thoughts on this?
     
    Independant thinker, Aug 29, 2015
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  2. truthvigilante

    truthvigilante Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Pretty simple I thought. Anyone that's a citizen.
    Why would they be hurt by term white people and why would you kinda like this reference?
     
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    Awesome!...

    ... dey helpin' us out...

    ... with our forest fires out west!

    Go Aussies!!!
     
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  4. Independant thinker

    Independant thinker Banned

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    I d know. They seemed to call white Australians Aussies. Mind you they were not born here so that might have had something to do with it.
     
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    kgeiger002 Active Member Past Donor

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    Interesting concept....how about this one. Can a "white" african who comes to the US (and is legalized as American) list him/her self as "African American" on a job resume?
     
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    Not if it's not the done thing. :)
     
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  7. truthvigilante

    truthvigilante Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    In that instance it makes sense. Obviously their children who maybe born here will obviously respond much more differently. Australians now are from varied backgrounds, but obviously our British background is still very predominate.
     
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    Yes I agree. Their children might be called Aussies.
     
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    There is no such person as an "Aussie". People who get called "Aussies" should say they are being racially vilified. If Black Americans; Aboriginal-Australians and Muslim-Australians want discriptors in their name titles, then why shouldn't everyone else be allowed to have the same thing? Irish-Australians; German-Australians; British-Australians; ect ect. Therefore, there is no such person as an Australian, because everyone originally came from somewhere else. Lets all be recognised under our original "name discriptors" rather than who we are now.
     
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    Citizenship AND self identification as.
     
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    I think of blonde haired people....and kangaroos that smell like grape soda pop, but I think the latter has to do with the Aussie Shampoo. True story. I smell grapes when I hear the term.
     
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    Ok! Where did the black Australians come from before the British started importing them?
     
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    Lol kangaroos stink! I don't even like the smell of raw kangaroo meat.
     
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    I'm like that with lamb. I start getting my heave on if I am within a couple blocks of a kabob joint as I find that smell so revolting
     
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    Aussies don't need defining they are!

    Chuck a shrimp on the barbie mate best steak you ever ate, in a minute!
     
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    What makes an Aussie

    The ability to eat Vegemite, quaff beer, guzzle Lamingtons by the dozen barbeque anything that does not actively crawl off of a fork - and chase what does......, Wear "footy shorts" with a singlet and thongs and NOT be embarrassed
    Knowing what a "Bogun" is
    Knowing that we do speak a somewhat different version of English - even if we do not always remember what it is
    [​IMG]

    But then I LIVE in :The outback" :D

    - - - Updated - - -

    That is because it has been killed incorrectly
     
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    I know Asian Aussies; Chinese, Japanese and Thai descent. All but my Japanese friend who moved to Australia about 25 years ago and is an Australian citizen (which is very rare for Japanese) are third or fourth generation Aussies. They all call themselves Australian.

    The Japanese guy probably has the strongest sense Australianess because he's single and only mixes with non Japanese. My Chinese and Thai friends still have strong roots in their original cultures. The Thai is still fluent in Thai language and Theravada Buddhist. He's married to an Australian of Irish Catholic descent. My Chinese friend is as Australian as you can get. She can't speak a word of Mandarin (neither can her parents) but still observes many Chinese customs especially Chinese New Year. Another interesting observation, they've all kept the family names but have Anglicised given names. Even my Japanese friend has a very Australian nickname (easier to say than his Japanese name) which he prefers to use instead of his Japanese given name.

    To be fair, Australians come in all flavours and colours. We are just so diverse, that's the nice thing about being Australian.
     
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    Australia doesn't even make it into the top 10 when it comes to beer consumption. Europeans have it all over us.
     
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    You have listed all the reasons I don't refer to myself as an Aussie. I am much more than that. The other reason is I don't want to be lumped in with all the others that call themselves Aussies.
     
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    But we try harder :D
     
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    Admittedly posted with tongue firmly in cheek

    I think though we do have a distinctive sense of humour as evidenced by the famous (or infamous) Aussie replies to tourist questions "(can't remember if I have posted this one before)

    http://funny(*)(*)(*)(*).com.au/aussie_tourism.html
     
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    In Germany the term "Aussies" is associated with someone being backward and dumbarse.

    When kids over here want to make fun of someone for being dumb, they say: aussie oi oi oi. :roflol: :roflol:


    Its really very funny hearing them say it with ascents.
     
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    Whats Hannibal Lectors favourite food...........................steak dianne...........
     
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    You can say lots of bad things about paedophiles, but at least they drive slowly past schools.
    There is a specail Aussie humour found nowhere else and we tend to be very irreverent. Also we do not have social classes to the extend of most other countries.
     
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