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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It makes some sense. Australia is not that unlike the US: there’s a lot of geographical spread, people more or less speak the same language, much of it is car-centric so you won’t have to get used to walking/cycling everywhere as you might in Europe, plus there’s a more or less functioning state healthcare system and much fewer guns in the hands of the general public. On the downside, the wildlife wants to kill you, and the locals will call you a “bloody seppo bastard” (rhyming slang for American, from “septic tank”/“yank”), though sometimes affectionately.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

i have literally never heard the term seppo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Seppo if they're trying to be derogatory. Otherwise it's just yank.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

“yank” sounds seriously old-fashioned, like something from the Crocodile Dundee era.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

In my friend group it’s like the american equivalent of pommy for brits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Spoken by someone who has no idea.