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\nAussies: Believe you should look out for your mates.
\nBrits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club.
\nAmericans: Believe that people should look out for and take care of themselves.
\nCanadians: Believe that that\'s the government\'s job.
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\nAussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.
\nCanadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad.
\nAmericans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.
\nBrits: Can\'t possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.
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\nAmericans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.
\nCanadians: Don\'t, but only because they can\'t get more American channels.
\nBrits: Pay a tax just so they can watch 5 channels.
\nAussies: Export all their crappy programs, which no one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.
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\nAmericans: Love to watch sports on the idiot box.
\nBrits: Love to watch sports in stadiums so they can fight with other fans.
\nCanadians: Prefer to actually engage in sports rather than watch them.
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\nAmericans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball and basketball.
\nBrits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer and rugby.
\nCanadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.
\nAussies: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they played them in.
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\nAmericans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English."
\nBrits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English."
\nCanadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans.
\nAussies: Add "G\'day", "mate," and a heavy accent to everything they say
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\nBrits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
\nAussies: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
\nAmericans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor in a backwards country.
\nCanadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor in a backwards country.
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\nAussies: Are extremely patriotic to their beer.
\nAmericans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness.
\nCanadians: Can\'t agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them.
\nBrits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.
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\nAmericans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.
\nCanadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.
\nBrits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.
\nAussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it.
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\nBrits: Are justifiably proud of the accomplishments of their past citizens.
\nAmericans: Are justifiably proud of the accomplishments of their present citizens.
\nCanadians: Prattle on about how some of those great Americans were once Canadian.
\nAussies: Wollow on about how some of their past citizens were once outlaw Pommies, but none of that matters after several beers.
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\nAmericans: Seem to think that poverty and failure are morally suspect.
\nCanadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect.
\nBrits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things.
\nAussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.
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\nCanadians: Encourage immigrants to keep their old ways and avoid assimilation.
\nAmericans: Encourage immigrants to assimilate quickly and dump their old ways.
\nBrits: Encourage immigrants to go to Canada or America.
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\nCanadians: Endure bitterly cold winters and are proud of it.
\nBrits: Endure oppressively wet and dreary winters and are proud of it.
\nAmericans: Don\'t have to do either, and couldn\'t care less.
\nAussies: Don\'t understand what inclement weather means.
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\nAussies: Have produced comedians like Paul Hogan and Yahoo Serious.
\nCanadians: Have produced many great comedians, like John Candy, Martin Short, Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, and all the rest at SCTV.
\nAmericans: Think that these people are American!
\nBrits: Have produced many great comedians, but Americans ignore them because they don\'t understand subtle humor.\r\n
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Someone sent me this years ago and it still makes me laugh to this day.



Cultural Differences Explained

Aussies: Believe you should look out for your mates.
Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club.
Americans: Believe that people should look out for and take care of themselves.
Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job.

Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.
Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad.
Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.
Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.

Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.
Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels.
Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch 5 channels.
Aussies: Export all their crappy programs, which no one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.

Americans: Love to watch sports on the idiot box.
Brits: Love to watch sports in stadiums so they can fight with other fans.
Canadians: Prefer to actually engage in sports rather than watch them.

Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball and basketball.
Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer and rugby.
Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.
Aussies: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they played them in.

Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English."
Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English."
Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans.
Aussies: Add "G'day", "mate," and a heavy accent to everything they say

Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Aussies: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor in a backwards country.
Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas and liquor in a backwards country.

Aussies: Are extremely patriotic to their beer.
Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness.
Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them.
Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.

Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.
Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.
Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.
Aussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it.

Brits: Are justifiably proud of the accomplishments of their past citizens.
Americans: Are justifiably proud of the accomplishments of their present citizens.
Canadians: Prattle on about how some of those great Americans were once Canadian.
Aussies: Wollow on about how some of their past citizens were once outlaw Pommies, but none of that matters after several beers.

Americans: Seem to think that poverty and failure are morally suspect.
Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect.
Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things.
Aussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.

Canadians: Encourage immigrants to keep their old ways and avoid assimilation.
Americans: Encourage immigrants to assimilate quickly and dump their old ways.
Brits: Encourage immigrants to go to Canada or America.

Canadians: Endure bitterly cold winters and are proud of it.
Brits: Endure oppressively wet and dreary winters and are proud of it.
Americans: Don't have to do either, and couldn't care less.
Aussies: Don't understand what inclement weather means.

Aussies: Have produced comedians like Paul Hogan and Yahoo Serious.
Canadians: Have produced many great comedians, like John Candy, Martin Short, Jim Carrey, Dan Akroyd, and all the rest at SCTV.
Americans: Think that these people are American!
Brits: Have produced many great comedians, but Americans ignore them because they don't understand subtle humor.
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