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Acting more Australian to foreigners for a laugh only to realise I'm being less Australian than I would be with other Australians. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sometimes I try to play up the Australian accent/stereotype to foreigners for a bit of a laugh, only to then get in to a conversation with other Australians and realise I was actually playing it down.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I'm fine until some of the slang gets in there. I know some, but there's definitely more I don't and hearing it on Aussie YouTube channels sometimes has me running to google if the context alone doesn't cut it.

Unrelated, but what would be the best community to ask about tourist stuff? Wife and I would like to visit but I'd like to do some reading and maybe get some opinions if I see anything not already answered. Cheers!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Go to western Australia, go to the beaches, be disappointed by every other beach you ever go to in your entire life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Hah, we were actually thinking Queensland for the dinosaur museums and fossils. I love the water, but wife isn't such a big fan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

More to do in Queensland tbf

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Definitely. That's just something we really wanted to do (wife is really into fossils, particularly amolites)