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Interesting order - what separates Australia from NZ, and Ireland from the UK?
What would Canada be less similar than Canada?
I think New Zealand maintains a closer cultural relationship and similarity with the UK than Australia does. Ireland is more religious and down to earth than the UK, which are traits it shares with America. Australia and the US both have more extraverted cultures than Canada.
I think New Zealand maintains a closer cultural relationship and similarity with the UK than Australia does. Ireland is more religious and down to earth than the UK, which are traits it shares with America. Australia and the US both have more extraverted cultures than Canada.
How does NZ maintain a closer cultural relationship and similarity to the UK than Australia?
Are you saying NZ is less religious and down to earth than Ireland?
What's extroverted about Australian culture?... and what does that even mean?
How does NZ maintain a closer cultural relationship and similarity to the UK than Australia?
Are you saying NZ is less religious and down to earth than Ireland?
What's extroverted about Australian culture?... and what does that even mean?
Without getting into those specific questions, as an Aussie I notice a lot of differences between here and NZ and they're apparent pretty quickly. Some are subtle, but others not so much like the comparative lack of Mediterranean, Eastern European and Middle Eastern influences in NZ.
Ireland and the UK? As a tourist I found them very different in a lot of ways.
I think New Zealand maintains a closer cultural relationship and similarity with the UK than Australia does. Ireland is more religious and down to earth than the UK, which are traits it shares with America. Australia and the US both have more extraverted cultures than Canada.
British people are a lot more down to earth than is often portrayed, and I don't recall cities such as Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast having many airs and graces, indeed in some cases you would be lucky to even understand the accents.
In terms of Australia and New Zealand, the UK has close sporting and cultural links through Rugby and Cricket, whilst it often feels easier to relate to Australians/New Zealanders. There sense of humour is often very similar to ours for instance.
The same can be said in terms of cultural links with Canada, however there is not the sporting rivalry in terms of Canada.
Ozzies love to get one over on us, and vice versa, and so do the New Zealanders, but it's mainly harmless banter and fun.
The truth is, that the Anglosphere countries generally have a fairly close relations, and a common bond.
There are ceremonies in London and other cities to mark ANZAC day and the brave ANZAC soldiers, whilst the famous Bulford Kiwi has recetly been cleaned and refurbished and the US Cemetery in Cambridge and Commonwealth War Graves at Brookwood are both well maintained.
There are around 138,000 Australians in the UK, and there are 1,262,204. Brits in Australia, with a significant number of Australians having British Ancestry.
Australian areas of London have been traditionally centred around Earl's Court but have also included Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham, Shepherd's Bush, Putney etc
There around 60,000 New Zealanders in the UK and 80% of NZ's claim some form of British Ancestry, whilst there are 272,436 British born people living in NZ.
There are around 82,000 Canadian-born people were living in Britain, however many Canadians have British ancestry, and there are 531,584 residents of Canada (representing approximately two per cent of the population) who were British-born.
Without getting into those specific questions, as an Aussie I notice a lot of differences between here and NZ and they're apparent pretty quickly. Some are subtle, but others not so much like the comparative lack of Mediterranean, Eastern European and Middle Eastern influences in NZ.
Ireland and the UK? As a tourist I found them very different in a lot of ways.
I don't see these apparent differences between Australia and NZ, other than a few more kebab shops.
Perhaps you could be more specific?
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Originally Posted by Mark Rizzo
I think New Zealand maintains a closer cultural relationship and similarity with the UK than Australia does. Ireland is more religious and down to earth than the UK, which are traits it shares with America. Australia and the US both have more extraverted cultures than Canada.
Down to earth certainly isn't how I would describe the US in general.
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