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Un-Australian

Craig

World Traveller
I have lived in Australia for the best part of 12 and a half years, and yet to this day I have NFI what the term "Un-Australian" is supposed to mean? Any clues?
 

Mr Casson

Well-known member
Being Australian, or un-Australian for that matter, is whatever the hell we want it to be.

Ftr:
Australian = Good
un-Australian = Bad

Cop that.
 

Son Of Coco

Well-known member
It's usually what you call a bloke just before you glass him for looking foreign/not kissing the flag/not kissing the Southern Cross tattoo on your arse.
 

dirtyboots

Member
i take the insult 'unaustralian' as a compliment. it indicates that you haven't devolved into a mindless stereotype based around myth and conjecture.
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
At the risk of being serious for a brief moment I find it curious that Un-Australian & Un-American are in common parlance, despite somewhat nebulous definitions, but we never accuse one another of being Un-English.

We do say tho something "isn't very British", which seems pretty much synonymous with something that "isn't cricket".
 

Uppercut

Well-known member
Doesn't really have the same negative connotations though, just suggests something that British people might not normally do. Like admit to being good at something, or confront someone for jumping a queue. I'm not sure there is an equivalent term here.
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Doesn't really have the same negative connotations though, just suggests something that British people might not normally do. Like admit to being good at something, or confront someone for jumping a queue. I'm not sure there is an equivalent term here.
That's what I was saying, tbf. Saying something "isn't very British" doesn't suggest the speaker is displaying national chauvanism in the same way as those who bandy accusations of being Un-Australian seem to do.
 

Langeveldt

Soutie
I felt hugely un-English when meeting a few of my friends from school for the first time in years the other day.. That strange mix of orderly queueing, decent driving, asking about the weather, and it being fine to say c*** every few words has confused me ever since I left the country
 

Burgey

Well-known member
We do say tho something "isn't very British", which seems pretty much synonymous with something that "isn't cricket".
Like Murray Mints, sub fielders when not injured and bowlers hopping off the field after a spell to get some coaching and some freshening up before returning to the field?

Btw, agree with the sentiments of dirtyboots tbh.
 
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Pothas

Well-known member
Not met one myself it must be said but I am reliably informed they have existed.

Australia on the other hand......seems a fairly ridiculous concept which only exists in silly Baz Luhrmann films
 

Burgey

Well-known member
Not met one myself it must be said but I am reliably informed they have existed.

Australia on the other hand......seems a fairly ridiculous concept which only exists in silly Baz Luhrmann films
Agreed. Australians should leave toss pot period dramas to the Poms. They do them best.
 
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