Wearing a University of Queensland jersey in Quebec confuses the heck out of the Quebecois. WTF? Another place starting with Q?????? At least you've got an in as you aren't English or American
Or worse, an Anglo Canadian!! Quebeccers can't tell accents, so if you are an Anglo, their first reaction is contempt, thinking you are an Anglo Canadian. Once they find out you aren't Canadian, they are still hostile, but at least won't spit on you.
Tabernac!
Not ashamed of where I am from but when travelling don't like to advertise "tourist". Obviously when you speak it is usually a giveaway.
On our just completed 8 weeks in Europe more people mistook us for Saffers than Aussies. One (very good) waitress in a michelin starred restaurant in Knightsbridge refused to believe that we were Australians. We were even mistaken for Brits and Canadians.....
I think we need a new thread here. Having just come back from the pool shop, I need a master class and further instruction as to where my money went...
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I do not need to advertise where I am from. My accent is a dead giveaway.
Oh, and I first heard "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!" back in 1994 on a Contiki tour by a sheila from Broken Hill. Never stopped yelling it. I still think it is disgusting everytime I hear it....
I was once charting to some beggars in LA and they asked where ai was from. i said Australia, and when asked where that was I replied with the ususal 'downunder, kangaroos, sydney opera house' sort of things. They asked if that was near New Zealand. What the?...