Do Kiwi's Hate Aussies? (living in, friendly, health)
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So i was waiting in the smoking area for my plane in Singapore to go to Tokyo and this guy asks me what time it is, i say the time and ask if he's Australian, he looks very angry at me, walks away and yells "New Zealand guess nobody heard of that country before"...
1 month ago i was sitting in a bar in Tokyo and the same thing happened but this time with a Canadian guy (i thought he was American) but he just said no man i'm from Canada but no problem i get that a lot but after that he was very anti-American and said all they can do is scream U.S.A. and stuff like that.
So i was waiting in the smoking area for my plane in Singapore to go to Tokyo and this guy asks me what time it is, i say the time and ask if he's Australian, he looks very angry at me, walks away and yells "New Zealand guess nobody heard of that country before"...
1 month ago i was sitting in a bar in Tokyo and the same thing happened but this time with a Canadian guy (i thought he was American) but he just said no man i'm from Canada but no problem i get that a lot but after that he was very anti-American and said all they can do is scream U.S.A. and stuff like that.
I can't speak for Kiwis per se, but I would suggest that just like that Canadian fellow who was misinterpreted as being American, most Kiwis don't like being mistaken for an Aussie.
Obviously Aussies can easily pick up on a Kiwi accent, but it may be harder for others.
To me it sounds more South African than Australian.
There are heaps of Kiwis living in Australia, most are fairly quiet and agreeable people, and don't mind a joke about themselves.
If they all hated the place they wouldn't come here.
So i was waiting in the smoking area for my plane in Singapore to go to Tokyo and this guy asks me what time it is, i say the time and ask if he's Australian, he looks very angry at me, walks away and yells "New Zealand guess nobody heard of that country before"...
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Kiwis are better dressed and better spoken than Aussies, so its rare to be mistaken. Was that guy saying a lot of random stuff like "hey digger", "bonza" and "Cracker", oh and "Australia the bloody best country in the world".
If he was well spoken and coherent you can usually assume they are a Kiwi not Australian :P
However that guy sounded like a bit of a nut job.
Generally no Kiwis dont hate Aussies at all, definitely enjoy giving one a hard time every now and again and that very much works in reverse.
Last edited by Battleneter; 06-12-2011 at 06:41 PM..
From my experience, there's a friendly rivalry between NZ and Oz, like two brothers teasing and picking on each other but you know there's no deep animosity or hatred. Lots of sheep jokes which must get really tiring for Kiwis but they put up with it and give it back as good as they get with their IQ jokes.
Of course, like some sibling relationships, there will be the exception where there is more negative feelings, for some personal reason.
I don't find the Canadian-American version as friendly, from the Canadians. Some, I found, have a real nasty attitude towards Americans. It always puzzled me but it's there. I don't find that attitude as prevalent coming from Americans towards Canadians. They seem to have a lot of admiration for their northern neighbours.
So i was waiting in the smoking area for my plane in Singapore to go to Tokyo and this guy asks me what time it is, i say the time and ask if he's Australian, he looks very angry at me, walks away and yells "New Zealand guess nobody heard of that country before"...
1 month ago i was sitting in a bar in Tokyo and the same thing happened but this time with a Canadian guy (i thought he was American) but he just said no man i'm from Canada but no problem i get that a lot but after that he was very anti-American and said all they can do is scream U.S.A. and stuff like that.
He's may have being asked the same question hundreds of times, throw in a bit of tiredness and maybe some jet lag and you get the end response.
No real feeling of hatred between the two countries as far as i know.
I'm a Kiwi and have lived here for almost three years. We have a very healthy friendly sort of rivalry that must never be taken too seriously. I flatted with a range of people in the UK including Aussies and Kiwis. You do get the odd one or two that takes things a bit far (and the media on both sides likes to stoke the fire especially when sporting events or bust airlines are concerned...), but by and large we get on well and are similar in many ways.
I did the OE thing and spent a day at Gallipoli around 10 years ago and definitely felt a strong kinship between the two nations.
These days when I go back to NZ I actually find the Kiwi accent slightly amusing and can see where the whole "fush 'n chups" jibbing stems from!
Kiwis are better dressed and better spoken than Aussies
Pfffttt LOL, good one. *slaps knee*
Kiwi's seem to like Australians - at least that was our experience when we went there as a sports team.
*Some of them* *Sometimes* suffer from 'little' syndrome. They come from a tiny place - not even big enough to technically be a continent, not many people from other countries could point it out on a map.
Unknown, tiny, isolated and overshadowed by Australia.
They don't hate Aussies but *some of them* *sometimes* might feel a little overpowered by OZ.
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