Australian myths

[hatter_anon]

Seriously, no-one in Australia actually drinks Fosters. Do they?

Comments

[monkeygirldiva]

no... that's why there's so much of the swill overseas - it's all exported. :)

[hatter_anon]

That was my theory too. I don't seem to have convinced the locals. Luckily I can say 'I don't drink beer' but it does make me sound very 'un-Australian.' Between that and the Adelaide accent I'm confusing the hell out of everyone :)

[monkeygirldiva]

hehehe... i do the same... i think my australian accent came back when i moved to bangladesh (i lost it completely in egypt because no one could understand me) though some people, particularly americans, still don't seem to be able to pick it.

[hatter_anon]

Maybe people just genuinely don't know what we sound like, after all most of the Australian accents you hear on TV over here are so broad you could cut them with a knife.

When I had lots of people ask me 'are you from New Zealand?' I figured they were playing it safe (I always ask 'are you Canadian?' never 'are you American?' - the American's don't care and the Canadian's are much happier) but when a whole heap started asking 'are you from South Africa?' I figured they just didn't have a clue.

[ticklethepear]

Did you know that Foster's in the US is diluted? Apparently the real stuff doesn't comply with US standards.

I thought everyone in Aus drank 4X.

[hatter_anon]

That's just the crazy Queenslanders.

[ticklethepear]

Who can't spell "beer."

[leftvegdrunk]

A few years back they pioneered the wide-mouth tinnie and a few mates and I drank a shitload of it for that reason alone. Didn't last long, though.