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Australians, a couple of questions for you
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| floyd741 |
So in my sociology class we were talking about cultural differences as far as socializing and stuff. We had a little thing where we were given a scenario- 'In Melbourne, Australia you are asked by someone if you would like to go to their house for tea. You ask what time and they tell you at about 7.' Right, then we were asked 2 questions- 'What time would you arrive?', and 'What would you expect to do when you arrived?'. Of course as we are americans most people said they would arrive a couple of minutes earlier or right at 7, and they expected to have tea (as in the beverage).
The teacher then told us that in Melbourne, Australia, the following would be true- we would be expected at 7.30 or 8. Then she told us that "tea" would consist of lamb chops, sausage (shags), chips (fries), vegetables, salad, and desert.
So is all that true? If I was tld to arrive at 7 in australia would I be expected at 7.30 or 8? And is that really what tea is? |
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| Lira |
I thought only Brazilians did that :p
(although of course, we drink coffee instead of tea... and coffee means cake, bread cheese and - surprise! - coffee) |
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| Teezdalien |
| It's snags, not shags.;) |
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| floyd741 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Teezdalien
It's snags, not shags.;) |
lol, she even said "Shag like in Austin Powers". |
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| Lira |
| Australians are a horny bunch. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| Do the wild niggers scare the otta you or what? |
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| Teezdalien |
| What, the coons? Yep fukin coonland out here mate. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by floyd741
So in my sociology class we were talking about cultural differences as far as socializing and stuff. We had a little thing where we were given a scenario- 'In Melbourne, Australia you are asked by someone if you would like to go to their house for tea. You ask what time and they tell you at about 7.' Right, then we were asked 2 questions- 'What time would you arrive?', and 'What would you expect to do when you arrived?'. Of course as we are americans most people said they would arrive a couple of minutes earlier or right at 7, and they expected to have tea (as in the beverage).
The teacher then told us that in Melbourne, Australia, the following would be true- we would be expected at 7.30 or 8. Then she told us that "tea" would consist of lamb chops, sausage (shags), chips (fries), vegetables, salad, and desert.
So is all that true? If I was tld to arrive at 7 in australia would I be expected at 7.30 or 8? And is that really what tea is? |
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That is one of the most retarded things I've ever heard and I hope your post was a joke? Firstly, the fact that your education system thinks such trivialities are worth studying, secondly, the fact that your teacher has no idea what they are talking about, and thirdly, how specific it is. That's like us having a class where the teacher said 'if you got invited over in America, you'd be given a hamburger, a glass of coca-cola, and apple pie for desert.'
'Tea' is simply a synonym for 'dinner' used by the lower class, and this should not be surprising since the English have been using this word for decades (i.e. high tea). If someone invites you over at around 7pm, then yes, you probably wouldn't arrive right at that time unless they had specifically said '7pm sharp', but they wouldn't necessarily expect you there an hour late either. It's just like when someone throws a party, not everyone gets there right on the dot. |
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| Domesticated |
| In fact, I'm certain that post was a joke. No education could really be that ingenuous, could it? |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by floyd741
So in my sociology class we were talking about cultural differences as far as socializing and stuff. We had a little thing where we were given a scenario- 'In Melbourne, Australia you are asked by someone if you would like to go to their house for tea. You ask what time and they tell you at about 7.' Right, then we were asked 2 questions- 'What time would you arrive?', and 'What would you expect to do when you arrived?'. Of course as we are americans most people said they would arrive a couple of minutes earlier or right at 7, and they expected to have tea (as in the beverage).
The teacher then told us that in Melbourne, Australia, the following would be true- we would be expected at 7.30 or 8. Then she told us that "tea" would consist of lamb chops, sausage (shags), chips (fries), vegetables, salad, and desert.
So is all that true? If I was tld to arrive at 7 in australia would I be expected at 7.30 or 8? And is that really what tea is? |
Shags :stongue: |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Shags :stongue: |
It reminds me of that episode of Futurama where they go and visit the 'Old New York' theme park which has all the year 2000 exhibits and they get it all completely wrong.
What the hell is the point of teaching something like this? |
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| Dervish |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
:stongue:
'Tea' is simply a synonym for 'dinner' used by the lower class, and this should not be surprising since the English have been using this word for decades (i.e. high tea). |
Agree with the bs class sentiment, but thats a scottish thing rather than english I think.
And aye around 8 would mean "I'll have the ready a bit after 8, if your round earlier I'll be embarrassed that it's not ready." |
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