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ValaVarda
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I learned most of what everyone else has said here. Some words I felt stood out are: Pash, bogan, rissole, footy, whinge and sook.
Things ABOUT Australia & its people that I didn't know before:
- Australian Big Brother is set up way better than America's. It is also so much more artistic and moving; they made me care and FEEL what the HMs were going through.
- Australian people seem really freaking awesome.
- Australia is FULL of gorgeous locations. I started "exploring" Australia's cities and natural beauty online after watching the show. Now I MUST come travel it.
- Australians and Americans are both similar in some ways and different in other ways. However, Australians are different in a TOTALLY different way than Brits are different to Americans. I know this sounds weird, but in America we have a lot more knowledge of British celebrities, culture, music, etc. I see British people on our media (popular shows, movies, news outlets, reality shows, etc.) way more often than I see Australians. I also see news from the U.K. more often than from Australia. So now I kinda "get" Australians better than I did before.
I also noticed that the Australian HMs said, "I can't be bothered", like, all of the freaking time on the show.
In Northern California, we would say, "I need to be left alone"/"I need to be alone", or "I can't deal with this shit right now". It's funny because I don't think we say these similar phrases as often as the HMs said "I can't be bothered" on BBAU. It's a very specific feeling that everyone often feels, but we don't have a good way of explaining it. So I've actually caught myself thinking and even occasionally saying it now, especially when I'm stressed at work lol.
Things ABOUT Australia & its people that I didn't know before:
- Australian Big Brother is set up way better than America's. It is also so much more artistic and moving; they made me care and FEEL what the HMs were going through.
- Australian people seem really freaking awesome.
- Australia is FULL of gorgeous locations. I started "exploring" Australia's cities and natural beauty online after watching the show. Now I MUST come travel it.
- Australians and Americans are both similar in some ways and different in other ways. However, Australians are different in a TOTALLY different way than Brits are different to Americans. I know this sounds weird, but in America we have a lot more knowledge of British celebrities, culture, music, etc. I see British people on our media (popular shows, movies, news outlets, reality shows, etc.) way more often than I see Australians. I also see news from the U.K. more often than from Australia. So now I kinda "get" Australians better than I did before.
I also noticed that the Australian HMs said, "I can't be bothered", like, all of the freaking time on the show.
In Northern California, we would say, "I need to be left alone"/"I need to be alone", or "I can't deal with this shit right now". It's funny because I don't think we say these similar phrases as often as the HMs said "I can't be bothered" on BBAU. It's a very specific feeling that everyone often feels, but we don't have a good way of explaining it. So I've actually caught myself thinking and even occasionally saying it now, especially when I'm stressed at work lol.
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