• @[email protected]
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        1310 months ago

        52nd*

        Canada and UK act all haughty about being superior to the US but we have MAGA here and the UK has similar, and there is a reason they are called TERF island.

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        510 months ago

        We’ll see once we sink their tea again!

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        10 months ago

        Nah, that’s Australia. Australia and the US are closer allies than UK and the US.

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          10 months ago

          I read that linguistically, Australian English is closer to American than British versions. Having never yet been there but occasionally having a Violet Crumble when available, I can believe it.

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            210 months ago

            It’s a mix of both. For basic things like elevator vs lift, Aussies will generally understand both words and use them interchangeably.

            Historically there was a lot of British influence, but these days I feel like it’s definitely getting closer to US English. A lot of media (movies, TV shows, YouTube creators, etc) in Australia is American, and a lot of American slang enters the vernacular that way.