1 00:00:10,900 --> 00:00:13,410 G'day, guys! Welcome to this episode of Aussie English. 2 00:00:13,420 --> 00:00:17,230 Today, I have a little something different for you guys, a 3 00:00:17,230 --> 00:00:19,120 little something different. 4 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,420 So, today, I have the pleasure of sitting down for a chinwag 5 00:00:22,690 --> 00:00:26,890 with Charlie, who is one of the two man team from real 6 00:00:26,890 --> 00:00:28,620 English with real teachers. 7 00:00:28,630 --> 00:00:31,000 These guys are over on YouTube where you will see the first 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,050 part of this interview. 9 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:33,750 This is the second part. 10 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:36,280 So, I highly recommend that you check out the first part, 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,550 whether or not you do it before or after this episode. 12 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,460 It doesn't matter that much as we talked about a lot of 13 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:44,740 different things in our sit down. 14 00:00:44,740 --> 00:00:47,890 So, Charlie is from Britain originally, although, I think he 15 00:00:47,890 --> 00:00:49,600 was saying his father is Australian. 16 00:00:49,930 --> 00:00:51,790 So he's living in Australia at the moment. 17 00:00:52,270 --> 00:00:55,660 And he wanted to chat to me about differences between 18 00:00:55,660 --> 00:00:57,970 British culture and Australian culture. 19 00:00:58,030 --> 00:00:59,860 So, we talk about a whole bunch of different things, 20 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:02,200 comparing British versus Australian culture. 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,920 Specifically, things like Christmas and holidays and 22 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:07,330 schooling, everything like that. 23 00:01:07,370 --> 00:01:10,090 OK. So, it's a pretty interesting interview if you're 24 00:01:10,090 --> 00:01:13,000 interested in the differences, the subtle differences 25 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:15,850 between Britain and Australia. 26 00:01:15,850 --> 00:01:17,890 It's also obviously a good chance for you to practice your 27 00:01:17,890 --> 00:01:20,500 listening comprehension with different accents today. 28 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,370 And beyond that, guys, keep an eye out if you're a member of 29 00:01:24,370 --> 00:01:28,450 the Premium Podcast, as I'm going to upload the entire hour 30 00:01:28,450 --> 00:01:32,800 long interview on the website for you to access as a members 31 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,090 only episode. 32 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,470 Anyway, guys, this has been a long enough intro. 33 00:01:36,610 --> 00:01:37,600 Let's get into it. 34 00:01:43,810 --> 00:01:48,340 Yeah. So, one thing that I've thought about asking 35 00:01:48,340 --> 00:01:52,240 you, because a lot of my students, they have different 36 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,680 vocabulary based on that country, like a lot of Russians, 37 00:01:55,690 --> 00:01:57,790 they call their cousins, their sisters and brothers. 38 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:01,020 And I wanted to... I just wanted to check with Australians. 39 00:02:01,030 --> 00:02:03,010 I imagine it's fairly similar to Britain. 40 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,570 But what would you like... 41 00:02:04,570 --> 00:02:07,780 What would you class as family for you? 42 00:02:09,290 --> 00:02:12,880 That's a good question, I think, well, obviously, genetic 43 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,420 ties to anyone who's actually, you know, blood related to 44 00:02:16,420 --> 00:02:18,700 me. That'd be generally family. 45 00:02:19,330 --> 00:02:22,450 I think we can extend that to very close friends sometimes. 46 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,730 But I think by and large, I wouldn't refer to, you know, 47 00:02:27,340 --> 00:02:29,590 really, really close friends as brother or sister or 48 00:02:29,590 --> 00:02:31,810 anything like that or cousins. 49 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,260 I might. OK. Sometimes with children, so, now that I have a 50 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:38,440 son and I hang out with friends who are very close, I might 51 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,910 refer to them as Uncle So-and-so to my son who wants to get 52 00:02:42,910 --> 00:02:45,010 him to kind of associate this person with, okay, this 53 00:02:45,010 --> 00:02:48,550 person's not just friend or not just some old person that 54 00:02:48,550 --> 00:02:50,410 Pete knows, but to kind. 55 00:02:50,410 --> 00:02:51,910 Yeah. To kind of try and bridge that gap. 56 00:02:51,970 --> 00:02:54,370 But yeah, it is different, I think, across cultures. 57 00:02:54,370 --> 00:02:56,680 I know that especially in Asian countries, they tend to have 58 00:02:57,730 --> 00:03:01,200 a lot of different labels for, you know, 59 00:03:02,230 --> 00:03:04,570 members of the family, friends, they'll even refer to 60 00:03:04,570 --> 00:03:07,390 people, I think, in Indonesia they would refer to older men 61 00:03:07,390 --> 00:03:10,150 as uncle to show respect, and they have those kinds of 62 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:11,470 things, which is really interesting, but yeah. 63 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,470 Yeah, so, it's fairly... 64 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:16,450 It sounds fairly similar. 65 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,800 Yeah. But would you would you like spend Christmas with 66 00:03:20,890 --> 00:03:23,830 the wider extended family like the cousins and the 67 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:25,140 grandparents and even the great grandparents if you're lucky 68 00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:29,380 to have them around. Absolutely. Well my son's got great 69 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,480 grandparents, but my grandparents, I would always, yeah, 70 00:03:32,530 --> 00:03:34,750 spend Christmas with them. And this will be something that's 71 00:03:34,750 --> 00:03:36,970 different for both of us. Christmas here is always hot. 72 00:03:37,420 --> 00:03:38,470 So, I'm very used to associating Christmas with... 73 00:03:38,540 --> 00:03:40,900 It's confusing me so much seeing Christmas trees. 74 00:03:40,940 --> 00:03:42,640 Right now. Well, it's so funny, too, for us. 75 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,590 Right? Because we'll get the Christmas tree and we'll put 76 00:03:44,830 --> 00:03:47,050 tinsel on it, and, you know, which is meant to represent the 77 00:03:47,050 --> 00:03:49,870 snow. And yet, we'll walk outside and go to the beach with a 78 00:03:49,870 --> 00:03:51,840 surfboard and play cricket and stuff. 79 00:03:51,970 --> 00:03:56,080 And that kind of like compartmentalisation of the mind 80 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,330 doesn't seem to be very obvious until later on. 81 00:03:58,330 --> 00:04:01,840 You're like, why do we watch all these snowy movies about 82 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,220 Christmas when it's summer? 83 00:04:03,370 --> 00:04:04,960 And then you realise, oh, they're from the northern 84 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:06,880 hemisphere? Of course. You know, that's when it's a winter. 85 00:04:06,910 --> 00:04:09,780 But yeah so, I think that would be culture shock for me. 86 00:04:09,790 --> 00:04:12,940 The first time I ever spend Christmas in the northern 87 00:04:12,940 --> 00:04:16,660 hemisphere, I would be like, this is weird, really weird, 88 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:20,500 you know,. But I would imagine a good weird, wouldn't it be 89 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:23,070 like? Oh, this is what it's meant to be like? 90 00:04:23,380 --> 00:04:26,010 Well, that's hard, right, to know what's meant to be. 91 00:04:26,020 --> 00:04:28,540 I guess it would make sense in terms of that, but I'd be... 92 00:04:28,630 --> 00:04:30,490 I'd be like, so this is the time where everyone has 93 00:04:30,490 --> 00:04:33,760 barbecues and goes outside and we spend time walking around, 94 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,700 going to the beach, surfing, you know, and yet you would, 95 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:39,550 say, go to Canada and spend it inside because it's negative 96 00:04:39,550 --> 00:04:42,640 30 outside. I'd be like, but it's the holidays. 97 00:04:42,670 --> 00:04:43,890 You're meant to be out and about. 98 00:04:45,090 --> 00:04:48,580 It's true. Okay. So, you've got a real, like, associations 99 00:04:48,580 --> 00:04:52,360 to Christmas and barbecues, outdoor, on the beach. 100 00:04:52,690 --> 00:04:53,750 Yeah. 100%. 101 00:04:53,750 --> 00:04:55,390 And it's set up differently. 102 00:04:55,390 --> 00:04:57,130 I think... I don't know what it's like in Britain, but I 103 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:58,360 know that in America you... 104 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,940 they have massive holidays, I think from like September 105 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,130 until January or something. 106 00:05:03,130 --> 00:05:07,210 Right. They get like three months off, because I think 107 00:05:07,210 --> 00:05:09,680 it's... Is it then that they get the big gap, because they 108 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,460 want to enjoy the outdoors and outside before winter. 109 00:05:13,820 --> 00:05:17,000 Whereas in Australia you will have little chunks of holidays 110 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,280 throughout the school year, and then over Christmas, it's 111 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:21,920 like a month and a half, maybe like six weeks. 112 00:05:21,950 --> 00:05:24,620 You don't get like some massive, massive break to enjoy the 113 00:05:24,620 --> 00:05:28,220 Summer. We get the 6 weeks. We get to six weeks in July, 114 00:05:28,310 --> 00:05:29,550 August. Okay. 115 00:05:29,550 --> 00:05:32,270 Yeah. And then we... So that's the Spring Break equivalent 116 00:05:32,270 --> 00:05:35,120 in America, right? Where they get a big chunk over spring. 117 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:37,940 I think Spring Break is Easter. 118 00:05:38,390 --> 00:05:39,920 Okay. Yeah. 119 00:05:40,010 --> 00:05:44,570 I don't know how quite to answer that query, but... 120 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:48,900 Yeah. So, we get the six weeks in the middle of the summer, 121 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:51,530 the peak of our summer. 122 00:05:51,620 --> 00:05:55,400 And then we get, like, half term in October time, maybe 123 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:59,480 November, and then December is the Christmas holiday. 124 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,550 Crazy. It's funny how they get set up around that though. 125 00:06:01,550 --> 00:06:05,030 Right? Like, around the seasons more so than the holidays, I 126 00:06:05,030 --> 00:06:09,000 think. Yeah, yeah, most definitely. 127 00:06:09,420 --> 00:06:12,360 And so, it's completely flip reversed for you guys. 128 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:16,800 And, do you still enjoy watching the 129 00:06:16,950 --> 00:06:19,410 festive films like in the snow and things like that? 130 00:06:19,620 --> 00:06:21,330 I think it's just something you never question, because you 131 00:06:21,330 --> 00:06:24,210 grow up and you just... They're always the big ones from 132 00:06:24,210 --> 00:06:26,410 America or even from... I remember 'Love Actually'. 133 00:06:26,430 --> 00:06:29,040 Right. That came out from Britain, and that was a Christmas 134 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,600 film, right? And you just don't... 135 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:33,900 It's just... you know, it's summer, but when we flick on the 136 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:37,560 telly, the TV, you're going to see a lot of different movies 137 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:38,610 from America and Britain. 138 00:06:38,610 --> 00:06:39,950 And they're all going to be snowy movies. 139 00:06:40,110 --> 00:06:41,190 'Home and alone', right? 140 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:43,470 That was all that snow and everything when he was in New 141 00:06:43,470 --> 00:06:44,760 York over Christmas, and you just... 142 00:06:44,910 --> 00:06:47,250 you never think about it. Okay. 143 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,400 Okay. So, you don't really connect it, but you just know 144 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,910 that the rest of the world is experiencing a snowy 145 00:06:53,910 --> 00:06:56,390 Christmas. Yeah. You just know that's their Christmas, 146 00:06:56,390 --> 00:06:57,480 that's their version of it. 147 00:06:57,540 --> 00:06:59,850 It's always has snow and ours just always has summer, you 148 00:06:59,850 --> 00:07:02,160 know. And they'll have the jokes here in Australia where 149 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,580 you'll see Santa in like boardshorts on the beach with his 150 00:07:05,580 --> 00:07:06,690 surfboard or something. 151 00:07:07,470 --> 00:07:08,730 Oh, that's great. 152 00:07:08,820 --> 00:07:11,760 I like that. Do you think there are any films out there of 153 00:07:11,790 --> 00:07:15,030 Aussie Christmas, like, celebrating the fact that you're on 154 00:07:15,030 --> 00:07:16,410 the beach? I think there should be. 155 00:07:16,410 --> 00:07:18,270 There's one I remember watching as a kid, though, I don't 156 00:07:18,270 --> 00:07:21,690 know if it was specifically focussed on Christmas. 157 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,280 It's called 'Bush Christmas'. 158 00:07:23,460 --> 00:07:26,580 I think. It's one of Nicole Kidman's first movies. 159 00:07:27,420 --> 00:07:29,790 And she's like fifteen and ginger. 160 00:07:29,970 --> 00:07:31,830 She had red hair when she was young. 161 00:07:32,190 --> 00:07:35,170 So, that's a really interesting one about kids and they, you 162 00:07:35,170 --> 00:07:37,570 know, I think they get stuck in a well. 163 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:39,630 Something interesting happens out in the bush. 164 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:42,060 So, it's a good way of seeing what Bush life is like out in 165 00:07:42,060 --> 00:07:43,260 rural areas of Australia. 166 00:07:43,290 --> 00:07:44,910 And I think it's over Christmas, obviously. 167 00:07:44,940 --> 00:07:46,810 But, um, yeah, from like the 80s. 168 00:07:47,070 --> 00:07:48,990 That was a good movie. I remember watching as a kid during 169 00:07:48,990 --> 00:07:50,400 Christmas. 'Bush Christmas'. 170 00:07:51,060 --> 00:07:52,830 'Bush Christmas'. I'll watch it. 171 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,410 Maybe I'll watch it this Christmas, because it's my first 172 00:07:55,740 --> 00:07:58,410 Christmas away from home and I'll be on the beach. 173 00:07:58,740 --> 00:08:02,700 Man, you should. And I think, too, you know, we associate 174 00:08:03,270 --> 00:08:06,090 things like... what is it like Australia Day? 175 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,850 That is around January, I think January 25th (26th*), right? 176 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:10,890 And so, we have... we used to have. 177 00:08:10,890 --> 00:08:13,830 I don't know what the channel's called anymore, but it was 178 00:08:13,830 --> 00:08:17,190 Triple J, a certain radio station, and they used to count 179 00:08:17,190 --> 00:08:21,450 down the 100 most common songs on that day, because everyone 180 00:08:21,450 --> 00:08:24,000 would be at the beach hanging out, you know, for Australia 181 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,270 Day. So, that's interesting too in terms of if you ask the 182 00:08:27,270 --> 00:08:29,310 average Aussie what Australia Day is all about, they'll be 183 00:08:29,310 --> 00:08:30,440 like, ah, it's a piss up. 184 00:08:30,450 --> 00:08:32,940 You go have a barbie and listen to Triple J and just get 185 00:08:32,940 --> 00:08:34,050 smashed, you know? 186 00:08:35,210 --> 00:08:37,440 That sounds like the Aussies that I've met. 187 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:41,550 Pretty much. Yep. Oh, that's funny. 188 00:08:41,850 --> 00:08:46,350 Okay. And so, that must mean that you've got a bit more of 189 00:08:46,650 --> 00:08:50,940 an awareness of, like, the other side of the world or, 190 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:52,770 you know, north hemisphere. 191 00:08:52,930 --> 00:08:54,630 'Cause in England, we didn't really... 192 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,960 we never obviously really heard about the equivalent in the 193 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,820 southern hemisphere. Well, you've got 'Home and Away' and 194 00:08:59,830 --> 00:09:01,380 'Neighbours', right, on TV? 195 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:02,540 Those two TV shows. 196 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:04,500 That was about it. 197 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:06,570 This is true. Yeah. That is our cultural awareness of 198 00:09:06,570 --> 00:09:07,850 Australia. 199 00:09:07,850 --> 00:09:09,070 Well, I think that's the thing, right? 200 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,330 We have little brother syndrome where we're inside a house 201 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,970 looking out. And I think you guys are inside a house looking 202 00:09:14,970 --> 00:09:18,700 in or maybe looking out one window towards the US, right? 203 00:09:18,780 --> 00:09:21,300 Yeah. And so, I think, it's kind of like, do you know the 204 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:23,580 relationship between Norway and Sweden, where I think 205 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:27,570 it's... Sweden obviously produces a ton more TV shows and 206 00:09:27,570 --> 00:09:29,610 everything. So all the... I think the Norwegians can 207 00:09:29,610 --> 00:09:32,220 understand the Swedes, because they watch all their TV, and 208 00:09:32,220 --> 00:09:34,020 the Swedes don't understand the Norwegians, because they 209 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:35,600 don't care. Right? 210 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:38,510 And so, I think it's like that, but a massive scale. 211 00:09:39,180 --> 00:09:42,540 Britain's not too bad, 'cause you guys have a closer 212 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:44,550 affiliation, I think, with Australia, as we're in the 213 00:09:44,550 --> 00:09:47,610 Commonwealth still. But I think the US definitely. 214 00:09:47,610 --> 00:09:51,450 Like, I've spoken to people from the US in my accent just 215 00:09:51,450 --> 00:09:53,520 like this. And they'll be like, I don't understand you. 216 00:09:53,730 --> 00:09:55,100 And you'd be like. 217 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:56,650 I don't think I've got a strong accent. 218 00:09:56,700 --> 00:10:01,100 It's different, but it's not like, you know, Scottish or, 219 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,010 you know, Southern Texan or something where it's so strong. 220 00:10:05,250 --> 00:10:07,380 But because we're watching movies all the time... 221 00:10:07,380 --> 00:10:09,570 like, I can hear American accents and tell you where they're 222 00:10:09,570 --> 00:10:12,690 from. You know, I can't imagine that someone... 223 00:10:12,690 --> 00:10:14,940 and British as well, you know, you watch Game of Thrones and 224 00:10:14,940 --> 00:10:16,830 you get so used to..., oh, that's you know, that's from 225 00:10:16,830 --> 00:10:18,780 Yorkshire, that's from Scotland, or whatever. 226 00:10:18,780 --> 00:10:20,340 And you like, I see how they doing that. 227 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,440 But because we're so exposed so exposed to your accents and 228 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,710 to American accents and everything and culture, you know, we 229 00:10:28,710 --> 00:10:31,230 know a lot about it, but you quite often made Americans who 230 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:33,780 will just be like, dunno, the next thing about Australia. 231 00:10:33,810 --> 00:10:36,060 What's the capital? Isn't Sydney the capital of Australia? 232 00:10:36,930 --> 00:10:39,680 Yeah, yeah, sure. Canberra. 233 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,250 I know that one. Just like New York. New York's the capital 234 00:10:41,250 --> 00:10:44,580 of America, right? Yeah. 235 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:47,010 I had some eye opening moments. 236 00:10:47,020 --> 00:10:51,030 I was applying to go to the gym in Ohio, America. 237 00:10:51,540 --> 00:10:56,190 And the lady said, oh, I've met a couple 238 00:10:56,190 --> 00:10:58,620 of people from where you're from. 239 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:00,510 They were really friendly. They're really nice. 240 00:11:00,750 --> 00:11:01,980 And then... Who you calling my people? 241 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,820 Yeah. And then... well. And then, I said, oh, okay. 242 00:11:05,850 --> 00:11:10,010 I'm from near London, and she said, oh, no, these guys, they 243 00:11:10,010 --> 00:11:13,770 were from England. How long does it take to get to London 244 00:11:13,770 --> 00:11:15,240 from England? I was like, wow!? 245 00:11:15,460 --> 00:11:17,520 Good question. That's ,meta, like... 246 00:11:18,580 --> 00:11:22,860 Yeah. How long is a piece of string? 247 00:11:22,860 --> 00:11:24,750 Jesus, that is crazy. What was it like for you, though, 248 00:11:24,780 --> 00:11:28,500 coming to Australia were the accent's tough to wrap your 249 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:30,720 head around, especially the stronger, broader accents? 250 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,450 Or was it just add this is, you know, much of the same 251 00:11:33,450 --> 00:11:37,890 thing. Because my dad's a half Australian... 252 00:11:37,890 --> 00:11:40,150 Gotcha. ...I've always had a little bit of an influence. 253 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,410 He's always tried to make me support Australia when I go to 254 00:11:43,410 --> 00:11:45,090 school, when I get beaten the shit out of. 255 00:11:45,740 --> 00:11:49,800 But, so yeah, I've always had the exposure there . 256 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,740 And it's hilarious, when we'd go on a trip to Australia, my 257 00:11:52,740 --> 00:11:56,460 dad is very, very, like, he speaks middle class English, 258 00:11:56,850 --> 00:12:01,200 BBC kind of language or accent, and he gets 259 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,010 off the plane. He's like, g'day, mate. 260 00:12:04,010 --> 00:12:05,390 How's it going? 261 00:12:05,390 --> 00:12:06,560 Like, what?! 262 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,420 Blends in. Yeah, yeah. 263 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:12,690 But yeah, it's good fun noticing the differences. 264 00:12:13,110 --> 00:12:15,900 How do you get us too in terms of being part of the 265 00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:18,360 Commonwealth? Because I always wonder that... 266 00:12:18,390 --> 00:12:21,150 I know that, you know, I can imagine the Queen kind of looks 267 00:12:21,150 --> 00:12:23,410 down and knows a little bit at the other countries that are, 268 00:12:23,490 --> 00:12:26,130 you know, this is where we sent all of our criminals, you 269 00:12:26,130 --> 00:12:30,720 know. But I always wonder what it's like looking at 270 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,730 Australia from the outside, because obviously from the 271 00:12:32,730 --> 00:12:33,810 inside, we're very... 272 00:12:34,190 --> 00:12:37,020 you know, well, I know what to expect and what it is, but. 273 00:12:37,050 --> 00:12:39,420 Did you have certain preconceived notions? 274 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:40,680 Or, I guess you grew up with it. 275 00:12:40,710 --> 00:12:43,530 Does the average Brit have preconceived notions of what an 276 00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:45,360 Aussie is or what our culture's like? 277 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,920 I think... I don't know if 278 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:54,420 it's accurate to say this, but I think the people 279 00:12:54,420 --> 00:12:57,870 that travel outside of Australia, the Australians that 280 00:12:57,870 --> 00:13:02,250 travel outside of it, aren't actually the accurate 281 00:13:02,340 --> 00:13:04,060 stereotype of Australia. 282 00:13:04,110 --> 00:13:07,530 So, they might be giving you a false name, and... 283 00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:10,440 A bad one or a good one? 284 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:14,940 Well, the majority of them certainly feel like very, 285 00:13:14,940 --> 00:13:18,450 very comfortable just expressing who they are and how they 286 00:13:18,450 --> 00:13:20,880 feel at any moment in time. 287 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,550 Yep. And they love a good drink and they love a good party 288 00:13:24,030 --> 00:13:28,020 and they love to get their tops off and wear shorts and 289 00:13:28,020 --> 00:13:30,390 thongs in the most inappropriate weather. 290 00:13:30,630 --> 00:13:33,030 I think that tends to be the same thing for Brits here. 291 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,150 Right? The Brits... Like, if I were to go to Bondi, Bondi 292 00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:39,630 Beach, right now, the average Brit that I'm going to meet is 293 00:13:39,630 --> 00:13:44,190 going to be probably 22 years old, wasted, and, you 294 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:48,420 know, has a pretty strong maybe central northern accent, 295 00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:50,340 right. They don't... I mean, there'll be some Southerners, 296 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:51,530 but quite often you'll meet these... 297 00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:52,940 You know, what's going on there, mate? 298 00:13:52,940 --> 00:13:55,890 Isn't it great over here! You know, you you'd just be like, 299 00:13:56,340 --> 00:14:00,040 I'm pretty sure this doesn't represent the average Brit. 300 00:14:00,820 --> 00:14:03,680 Yeah, well, it confuses me now because I 301 00:14:05,340 --> 00:14:07,730 think that kind of does in a way. 302 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:08,960 Oh really? Okay. 303 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:10,720 Because I can't comment. I haven't been there yet. 304 00:14:10,890 --> 00:14:13,260 So, one day I'll be able to be like, oh, my God, this is 305 00:14:13,380 --> 00:14:15,750 exactly Bondi Beach, but worse weather. 306 00:14:18,330 --> 00:14:20,340 Yeah, it does highlight... 307 00:14:20,340 --> 00:14:23,190 like, when you go abroad to different countries and you hear 308 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,900 the Brits that are abroad, it makes me think, oh, wow, this 309 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:30,840 is really what we sound like to other countries, and... 310 00:14:31,330 --> 00:14:33,690 It's funny with America, because it tends to be that you 311 00:14:33,690 --> 00:14:37,910 don't meet any conservative Americans ever 312 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:39,660 when you... when you're in Australia. 313 00:14:39,810 --> 00:14:43,890 So, every single American I'll meet will be from New York... 314 00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:45,900 Well, probably mostly California. 315 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:47,550 So, they're pretty much Australian. 316 00:14:48,270 --> 00:14:49,800 And they come... in terms of culture. 317 00:14:49,860 --> 00:14:50,880 And they come over here. 318 00:14:50,910 --> 00:14:53,110 They're very... they're incredibly left-leaning, 319 00:14:53,820 --> 00:14:57,240 open-minded, pro-gay marriage, smoking weed, whatever. 320 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,800 Like, they're like, you know, do whatever you want. 321 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,930 And you're like, where are all the Trump supporters? 322 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,070 And then, you realise there's like a huge demographic that 323 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,690 just never think, oh, I'll go for a holiday in Australia! 324 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,990 Yeah. Or they don't even think about getting a passport. 325 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:11,730 Yeah, yeah, exactly. Exactly, right. 326 00:15:11,820 --> 00:15:14,910 And I would imagine... I interviewed a guy on Aussie English 327 00:15:14,970 --> 00:15:18,900 recently from Yorkshire, and he was a chimney sweep, and he 328 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:21,420 told me that for the first time, 30 or 40 years of his life, 329 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:25,130 he never left his suburb or something. 330 00:15:25,140 --> 00:15:28,980 He met his wife, who was 40 minutes away in Doncaster or 331 00:15:28,980 --> 00:15:31,530 something, and he'd never left Sheffield or something like 332 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:32,700 that. And was just like, what? 333 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,550 What?! Like, how do you not leave... 334 00:15:36,070 --> 00:15:39,090 You...? That's like me driving to Geelong from here, which 335 00:15:39,090 --> 00:15:40,270 is twenty five minutes away. 336 00:15:40,290 --> 00:15:42,180 Like, how do you not...? 337 00:15:42,180 --> 00:15:43,950 And that's a big thing between our cultures, right? 338 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,210 My dad always says in Australia, 100 years is a long time. 339 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,320 In Britain it's not. In Britain, 100 kilometres is a long 340 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,700 way. And in Australia it's not. 341 00:15:53,730 --> 00:15:56,370 Right? So, was that a weird thing to get your head around 342 00:15:56,370 --> 00:15:59,640 when you came here that you could drive in any direction 343 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:03,120 effectively for four days and it's going to be the same 344 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,660 accent. The countryside'll change a little bit. 345 00:16:05,670 --> 00:16:08,010 You'll see different animals, but you'll have the same 346 00:16:08,010 --> 00:16:11,340 people. Whereas, obviously in England or Britain, you can 347 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:13,980 drive for maybe, what, one day and then you're in a 348 00:16:13,980 --> 00:16:15,360 different country? Oh, not even. 349 00:16:15,530 --> 00:16:17,160 Yeah. Just an hour. To get to Scotland, right, you can do 350 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,080 that a day. Oh yeah. 351 00:16:19,110 --> 00:16:21,420 You could do that in like 10 hours or something depending on 352 00:16:21,510 --> 00:16:24,090 exactly where you are in the south. And that's from here to 353 00:16:24,090 --> 00:16:25,320 Canberra or here to Sydney. 354 00:16:25,410 --> 00:16:28,380 Right? And that's probably like if Australia was this big, 355 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,060 that's that, right? 356 00:16:30,420 --> 00:16:32,190 That's ten hours. 357 00:16:32,970 --> 00:16:34,080 Yeah. It's a different animal. 358 00:16:34,090 --> 00:16:38,160 It's a weird one to get your head around, but I 359 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,750 think, it's also satisfying getting on the road and 360 00:16:42,750 --> 00:16:46,650 actually managing to go quite a distance, 'cause in the UK 361 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,850 you spend five hours on the road and you pretty much move a 362 00:16:50,850 --> 00:16:53,790 couple of miles. It's so congested and there's so many 363 00:16:53,790 --> 00:16:55,590 cities that the roads are going around. 364 00:16:55,650 --> 00:17:00,270 Whereas, in Australia, like, we went down from the Gold 365 00:17:00,270 --> 00:17:02,460 Coast to Sydney and it took about 10 hours. 366 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,360 I think we changed on, like, twice. 367 00:17:05,420 --> 00:17:07,820 We had two roads. 368 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:12,180 That was it. It's funny, yeah, when you look at the maps of 369 00:17:12,180 --> 00:17:14,490 Europe, like, if you look at the map of Europe and you look 370 00:17:14,490 --> 00:17:17,550 at roads and it's just, like, you could literally... 371 00:17:17,580 --> 00:17:21,160 there's no patch of earth that's kind of like you couldn't 372 00:17:21,180 --> 00:17:22,950 walk to from the side of the road. 373 00:17:23,370 --> 00:17:26,220 Whereas in Australia, around the cities it's like that in 374 00:17:26,220 --> 00:17:29,640 suburbia, but as soon as you get outside the cities, you 375 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,640 know, there's just farmland, forest, bush. 376 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,120 There's so much space that's just not utilised because it's 377 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:38,580 arid environment. And I think that's a big difference, too, 378 00:17:38,580 --> 00:17:41,400 right, that everyone thinks Australia's huge, and it is, but 379 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:42,780 it's not usable. 380 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,990 You can't... we can't farm most of Australia. 381 00:17:46,110 --> 00:17:50,080 You can't really use the desert for anything, you know, 382 00:17:50,590 --> 00:17:52,020 really. So, it just gets left alone. 383 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,300 Alright, guys. So I hope you enjoyed that episode. 384 00:18:00,300 --> 00:18:04,260 Once again. Go check out Real English with Real teachers. 385 00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:06,420 If you guys are working on your British English, this is a 386 00:18:06,420 --> 00:18:09,030 great YouTube channel to go and check out. 387 00:18:09,030 --> 00:18:10,500 They interview a lot of different people. 388 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:13,260 They talk about a lot of different topics that will help you 389 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:15,960 with your everyday English, and you'll get to practice your 390 00:18:16,020 --> 00:18:18,570 listening comprehension of British English. 391 00:18:18,570 --> 00:18:20,730 Once again, Charlie, thanks so much for inviting me on for a 392 00:18:20,730 --> 00:18:21,750 chat. It was good fun. 393 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:24,200 It was a good chinwag. There was lots of slang in there. 394 00:18:24,210 --> 00:18:28,050 And I hope a lot of the information was interesting, to say 395 00:18:28,050 --> 00:18:31,110 the least, in terms of Britain versus Australia. 396 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,390 Anyway, guys. Don't forget, again, if you want to check out 397 00:18:33,390 --> 00:18:36,450 the entire hour long interview, sign up to the Aussie 398 00:18:36,450 --> 00:18:38,280 English Premium Podcast. 399 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,490 Just go to AussieEnglish.com.au, 400 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,040 and you can get access to that, and you'll be able to listen 401 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,900 to the hour long interview. 402 00:18:46,350 --> 00:18:47,520 That's it for today, guys. 403 00:18:47,710 --> 00:18:49,080 I appreciate you listening to me. 404 00:18:49,110 --> 00:18:50,970 I appreciate you joining me, as always. 405 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:52,890 And I'll chat to you soon! Peace!