I read in this mornings paper that most Australians think that there mother country is America, whereas the Americans think that they are British which in turn upsets the British who think that the Australians should keep themselves separate from the UK. My question is, Who do they belong to?
2007-11-26 23:14:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
they belong to themselves.. they're independent of anyone else.. like the US, they were once colonised by the british, and australia was more of a prison than a colony.. hence the australians actually disrespect the british for that. as for america, where did that come from?
2007-11-26 23:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by Christopher H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't quite agree with you. The European Queen's picture is on Australian money. Australian accents are very similar to British accents. Come on, you guys are way British. That's not a bad thing. However, Australia's customs may be closer to America's in many ways compared to the British.
As for Americans thinking they are British, we know most of us descended from Britain, but we also know we are almost nothing like them culturally. We're a hodge podge cultural mess, because there are so many people in U.S.A. from many different countries.
2007-11-26 23:44:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't agree. I'm an American in Australia, and if anything, I see strong ties to the UK. The queen's picture is on the money here, email is "British" English, there are a large percentage of Brits here (known as POMs or POMEs), they drive on the left side of the road, Vegemite is like Malamite (or however it's spelled), and historically most Aussies were from England.
Yes, there are some similarities to the US. But not as many. And as for Americans, I'm happy to be American (true red, white, and blue....thank you).
2007-11-26 23:19:49 · answer #3 · answered by sci55 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about that at all. I guess no-one belongs to anyone else but I never felt that the Aussies felt their mother country was the States. Australians are very patriotic and I don't think they see any other country as their mother country.
2007-11-26 23:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by flyingconfused 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 05:35:02 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one by and large anymore, from an Aussie friend recently who said that the majority want to be totally independent from the UK, and i think that's about right.
2007-11-26 23:19:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They belong to the UK.
2007-11-26 23:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by elizadushku 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please excuse my dopey sister, she had shat her brain cell out this morning, let me put it back in for her (plop), ther you go love.
Australians aren't all white, she doesn't realise that there are arabic, chinese, Japanese, greek, italian and vietnamese comunities in Australia.
2007-11-27 08:30:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
as long as they stay in Australia..i don,t care who they think they are
2007-11-26 23:21:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
austrialia is cool, they can be whatever they want to be
2007-11-26 23:19:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋