Aussies becoming too much like Americans

[MarcMaverick]

Is it just me or are there more Aussies speaking in the American vernacular and have copied the American Mannerisms?

For instance in TAFE the other day my colleagues in my classroom were talking and started calling each other by virtue of associating each other as friends as "Buddy" and/or "Pal".
I'm thinking "Huh?"
I thought we were- and still are, hopefully- in Australia and our way of associating with each other as friends as "Mate" or "Cobber" or "Bloke".

Good God: What Next! Are we going to memorize the "Star Spangled Banner" and forget about "Advance Australia Fair" and "Waltzing Matilda"? Crikey!!
We Are Aussie Mates. NOT Yank Buddys.

 

[FootyJunkie]

You are just pissed off that the Melbourne Demons missed out on the Playoffs, as well as a chance to compete in Grand Final CXIII to become World Champions.

 

[Team Mo']

Having a TV mostly producing American shows and all of blockbuster movies being from the States can do that to you. Also I don't think becuase you don't talk like a bogan you are a American. There is nothing wrong with talking the "English" language.

When you start talking "hip hop" speak or adding Americanism like Championship or Corn Dogs then you might be morphing into a Yank.

 

[Call Me Cake]

Do we all have to be bogans?

Answer: Nope.

 

[Tex_21]

Yeah, shits me to tears. Espescially morons who think that Z is pronounced "Zee". It's "Zed" you **********s!

 

[Magnum]

Fo Shizzle

 

[DoubleO7]

... ma nizzle.

 

[BomberGal]

Also I don't think becuase you don't talk like a bogan you are a American. There is nothing wrong with talking the "English" language.

When you start talking "hip hop" speak or adding Americanism like Championship or Corn Dogs then you might be morphing into a Yank.

I hope this is supposed to be ironic. The word is 'speaking'. And more often than not it's the Americans who get this one wrong.

 

[strung_out7]

like oh my god like seriosly like no way.

gives me the shits

 

[Falchoon]

De deeefence
re reeeeecover


Big change in the last 0-5 years

 

[Johnson#26]

Michael Voss:

'OMG tha Lionz dee-fence was awwwsome'.

Circa Ch10 07-08.

 

[DoubleA]

"Cobber"

huh?

 

[kira]

Is it just me or are there more Aussies speaking in the American vernacular and have copied the American Mannerisms?

For instance in TAFE the other day my colleagues in my classroom were talking and started calling each other by virtue of associating each other as friends as "Buddy" and/or "Pal".
I'm thinking "Huh?"
I thought we were- and still are, hopefully- in Australia and our way of associating with each other as friends as "Mate" or "Cobber" or "Bloke".

Good God: What Next! Are we going to memorize the "Star Spangled Banner" and forget about "Advance Australia Fair" and "Waltzing Matilda"? Crikey!!
We Are Aussie Mates. NOT Yank Buddys.

if being Australian, requires people to speak like Steve Irwin.... then i'm out buddy

but seriously, there are the odd signs of american nuances.... but 'buddy' 'pal' are pretty weak arguments

 

[smasha]

Is it just me or are there more Aussies speaking in the American vernacular and have copied the American Mannerisms?

For instance in TAFE the other day my colleagues in my classroom were talking and started calling each other by virtue of associating each other as friends as "Buddy" and/or "Pal".
I'm thinking "Huh?"
I thought we were- and still are, hopefully- in Australia and our way of associating with each other as friends as "Mate" or "Cobber" or "Bloke".

Good God: What Next! Are we going to memorize the "Star Spangled Banner" and forget about "Advance Australia Fair" and "Waltzing Matilda"? Crikey!!
We Are Aussie Mates. NOT Yank Buddys.

Bonza post matee.

What about the word chow that everyone seems to use now to say goodbye?

A eurosnob word.

Mate,I'm not a can of dog food.

 

[AG]

Bogans are on the decline then.

 

[DoubleO7]

Bogans are on the decline then.

Doubtful, just picking up on a different type of speaking. More American Ghetto/unbecoming talk than usual. I don't know which is worse, Bogan or Ghetto...

 

[AG]

Doubtful, just picking up on a different type of speaking. More American Ghetto/unbecoming talk than usual. I don't know which is worse, Bogan or Ghetto...

True.

 

[Tex_21]

Bogan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ghetto

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Who the **** says cobber to describe a friend? Fair enough to call someone mate, but how often would anyone be saying "Going out with my blokes"? Sounds ****ing *ed.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Bogan>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ghetto

Do you wear a Solo shirt by any chance?

 

[Tex_21]

Do you wear a Solo shirt by any chance?

A what shirt?

 

[BigBadCam]

It was more profound when the hip hop culture was taking hold and all the kids were running round in FUBU and listening to Tupac. Interestingly enough, I'm reading a book at the moment called, 'Under the influence - A history of Alcohol in Australia', by Ross Fitzgerald and Trevor Jordan, and it talks in the second chapter about beer advertising...

"...as Australian as 'football, meat pies, kangaroos and HOlden cars', is not in fact an unambiguous icon of Australianness... Advertising agency George Patterson, for example, who developed the football, meat pies, kangaoos and Holden cars commercial for Carlton brewereis borrowed it from General Motors in the US, whose advertisements featured baseball, hot dogs, apple pies and Cheverolet..."

"Even the brand most recognised overseas as Australin, Fosters, was created by two American brothers, W.M and R. Foster."

Just how American are we? Does the bogan culture borrow a lot from the United States?

 

[The_Eagles]

Who gives a rats ass if we're taking some American terms. The anglo-western countries are completely compatible and related

 

[isthisavailable]

Americans are known for (generally) being very patriotic.

Thus, this thread seems overly American to me.

 

[Fire Storm]

Bloody oath.


Im an Aussie bloke and proud.


Solo shirt? I'd KILL to have one of them. I thought all my christmas's had come at once when the Fully Loaded Man came on the scene!