Do Australians consider their culture closer to Britain's or America's?

Les wrote:

Karma Police wrote:

Why would you run 800, but then a mile at championships?

I don't think there's any American championships that run the mile -- for nationals and colleges it's 1500m. For high schools, the weird half-metric, half-English distance of 1600m.

The NCAA indoor championships run the mile. High schools in a few states run 1500m and 3000m. Pretty much all the others run 1600m and 3200m. Big meets will generally run the mile and 2mile though.

I'm American and have met a number of Australians and Brits. I tend to think Aussies are MUCH more like Americans than Brits are like Americans, but that doesn't necessarily mean Aussies are more like Americans than they are like Brits. I have heard quite a few Aussies and Kiwis say they were more accepted in American than they were in England also.

I guess for me the breakdown seems to be that their vernacular and views on foreign policy seem to be closer to British, but their good and friendly attitude and sense of humor seems to be more American. But what do I know!

I know from a running perspective all the top juniors are heading to the US! Patrick Tieran, Jordy Williamz,Sam McEntee, Todd Wakefield, Chartt Miller, and new Wisconsin recruit Morgan McDonald. Even one of Australia's top junior triathletes is heading to over to run.

Australia is more like the US than UK. Yea there are the little things but in general globalization has well and truly hit the land down under.

Dsmond wrote:

Australia is more like the US than UK. Yea there are the little things but in general globalization has well and truly hit the land down under.

Been there often?

probably 18 years too long in the good old ACT

Well, the language offers some insight:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/26/is-aussie-slang-dying-out

I have often thought Australians and Canadians are similar. Most people in both countries don't get the whole gun thing in the states. Religion is a much more personal matter in both countries. Don't even start on health care.

Canada will have a white minority by 2030, Australia by 2050.

America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand had the great advantage and a flying start in the race to become modern, advanced, civilised and superior societies - as they were originally colonised by the British.

Look at the current state of countries colonised by other than the British.

Indeed - “the transplanted culture of Britain has been one of humankinds most successful experiments.”

Now it has all been thrown away and we face another Dark Age as the barbarians prevail - given a helping hand by our traitorous politicians.

I think you are correct.

More American

You must have been living under a rock to think Sydney is more British, is way more American than British. Sydney has a big surfing culture just like the U.S which Britain does not have.

Lots people drive American style Pickups and Utes everywhere here. The Ford Ranger Pickup is the one of the top selling vehicles here. British don't drive them.

Fashion, Aussies dress almost the same as Americans. LA and NY baseball caps are worn everywhere along with all the college style and street style of the U.S.

Houses and streets of all the newer suburbs are just like the U.S.

Then look at the NRL, even though it's a British sport. We have cheerleaders and team mascots just like the U.S. The whole presentation of the sport in influenced from the NFL

Even our cops are all armed just like the U.S. British cops don't even carry.

He is actually wrong. American culture is largely embraced here by most people in Sydney. It is everywhere from a national basketball team to cheerleaders at sporting games, to surfing culture and a local country music station, to American pickups being driven everywhere The list is endless.

Have you been back to the US in the last 7 years? We've just been flooded with like 7.5 million illegals.

Down under do girls have nice asses or nice arses? And if you like to do it in the backdoor, is it called 'buggering' like it is in the UK?

Missing from the discussion is Canada. Like Australia, established by the British, big, lower population and trying not to be too Americanized.

Canadas language is split. Many people spell much like the Americans while better educated go British.

Ssimilarly with spoken language.

sense of humour and art more British.

That seemed to age well with Tieran and McDonald winning NCAA titles. Hmmmmm.....a post 9 years ago hahaha

Well my theory is that the hotter the weather is somewhere, the crappier the beer can be because the people who live somewhere hot are more likely to be dehydrated and will drink crap beer as long as its cold.

So Americans/Brits will probably find Australian beer crap, while within Australia people from the Southern, colder states will find that Queensland beer is crap.

Which states did you visit in your recent trip?