British influence in Canada vs. Australia (preschool, bars, budget)

[irish_bob]

of course australia is more british , canada looks to the usa first and foremost

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I get what's meant by mannerisms.


Do people talk with their hands?


Do they greet each other with a kiss (or kisses) or a handshake?


How much personal space is socially acceptable when talking to someone?


Stuff like that.

Historically then, I'd say Brits would be more conservative, us next, and Aussies the least conservative in the ones you've listed.

Today? I don't know. People seem to hug and kiss and be much more " open " than they used to be.

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by irish_bob

of course australia is more british , canada looks to the usa first and foremost

Not in all things. I have had conversations with New Zealanders, who think, like I do, that Australians BEHAVE more like Americans, and English Canadians and New Zealander's behave in similar ways.

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Victoria, BC, has built an entire tourist industry around being British; high tea at the Empress Hotel downtown every day, lots of shops selling British woolens, and other cliché features. As to the rest of Canada, I hadn't noticed any British-isms, though I haven't been to the east coast. There are so many immigrants in Canada now, too, that any British flavor has been watered down and can be easy to miss.

You will find it in government and certain institutions right across Canada. It's everyday living that it varies across the country.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Natnasci

Historically then, I'd say Brits would be more conservative, us next, and Aussies the least conservative in the ones you've listed.

Today? I don't know. People seem to hug and kiss and be much more " open " than they used to be.

That's just us finally rubbing off on you guys!

[Natnasci]

Originally Posted by Acajack

That's just us finally rubbing off on you guys!

Not in my case.I come from a family of huggers and kissers LOL.

Also growing up with a lot of Italians influenced me as well.

The Dutch really have taken on Swiss thing of kissing 3 times instead of two. It gets a bit much sometimes.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Natnasci

You will find it in government and certain institutions right across Canada. It's everyday living that it varies across the country.

Yeah, the public institutional foundations are quite British basically all across Canada. Even in Quebec in fact.


Although more recent tweaks are more often than not American-influenced.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Natnasci

Not in all things. I have had conversations with New Zealanders, who think, like I do, that Australians BEHAVE more like Americans, and English Canadians and New Zealander's behave in similar ways.

I think Aussies act like Aussies, not Americans.

Canadians seem American to me.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Natnasci

Not in my case.I come from a family of huggers and kissers LOL.

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Hey, I know where your Mémère was from!

[Ralph_Kirk]

Set a television program in Anglophone Canada and USians hardly notice it's not the US. We tend to notice programs set in Australia.