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[Charlie]

do you think Australia is like america and why? I think is is from all of the movies we watch. what do you think?

[hulunes]

i have no opinion at all for them,who owned differet characteristic and spirit but both show the advanced thought to world.maybe a certain movie indicate difference or similar,but in real life,i think they are not like in nature.

[scab_dog]

Charlie, on Apr 26 2005, 08:24 PM, said:

do you think Australia is like america and why? I think is is from all of the movies we watch. what do you think?

Well, America is Upside Down They Use a Different System from us (Australia) they dont use the Metric System. And They Drive on the Left Side rather on the Right Side, USA is runned by the Precident (Bush) But Australia is by the Queen of England. We have Holden But They Ripped us of by ripping of Holden Cars. They are The First Fattest Country in the World, but Australia is Second Fattest Country in the world. Australia's Address is .com.au but Americas is .com. America Has Nuclear Wepons and Australia Dont. AMERICA is spelt Different Than AUSTRALIA, the differences keeps on going, so Yeah, I dont think Australia is like America. Every Coumtry is Unique.

[clagnol]

I can't tell if you were being serious about the Queen Mum ruling Australia. I hope to Vishnu that you were not.

[scab_dog]

clagnol, on Apr 26 2005, 09:18 PM, said:

I can't tell if you were being serious about the Queen Mum ruling Australia. I hope to Vishnu that you were not.

I'm Telling o Krishna I'am

[FuChelle]

I think Australia and America are different, but Australia is becoming more and more like America...Especially in the sense of what's on TV...Australia seems to be showing more and more American shows, which is a shame. I like the old Aussie TV shows.
I think the music is very similar too. Australia seems to be getting more American music than Aussie music...
The movies are similar too...all the movies seem to be coming from America .
I think from all the movies and TV shows, Australians are kind of being taught to act American, which is a little scary. But yeah, that's just my opinion.

Other than that Australia and America do have their differences. Australia uses the metric system, America doesn't. Australia and America spell things differently like colour and color. America has a president, Australia has a Prime Minister. Australia and America have different slang terms, which is something I like...I hope the Aussie slang never changes. lol. And the list goes on...

[brandice]

My best online friends have always been Australian, and I agree there are a lot of different slang terms. Sometimes I don't realize how rude something completely clean might be taken.

Also, there are difference in the gun laws, they are stricter in Australia. There's difference in what sorts of medicine that you can buy over the counter- they are stricter in America.

[tom169]

No.
I dont know why i just think they are completly different.

[theRealSheep]

Being Australian myself, I would say that Australia is as 'Americanized' as any other country. As in, we have the fast-food outlets, the high budget Hollywood movies, etc...
You have to remember that Australia is only a very 'young' country compared with the rest of the world, only being colonised by the British just a bit over two hundred years ago. Although the closest neighbour is Asia, Australia seems to try very hard to keep up with the rest of the Western World [like USA, UK and Europe].

[Munchie]

Well the A at the beginning and the A at the end of the spellings are same

Well I havent had the pleasure to go visit both continents yet but im sure they both have very different lifestyles . Also I havent heard of a kangaroo in America, please fill me in if you have



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