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Originally Posted by JAMIEKERRIE
Dear all, we are very curious to find out people's opinions re whether us Brit's ever really get accepted by the Aussies, or would we/are we always just regarded as "pommes?"...
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This won't be a problem... Australia has less than 20 million people. Almost half are either direct immigrants or sons/daughters of immigrants... and 75%+ plus can still tell you their family's counry of origin.
The firm I work for is areal hotch-potch of nationalities... Scots, English, Irish, Italians, Greeks, French, Dutch, Germans, Yanks, Kiwis, Chinese, Vietnamese, Singaporeans, Philippinos, Argentinians, .......
As I have said elsewhere... I have been here ten years, still speak with a Scots accent, took out citizenship a few years ago, and have written Aussie environmental regulations...
My mate Steve (English) has been here almost 40 years...came as a kid of a ten-pound-pom... speaks with an Aussie accent and does all "Aussie things" ...never took out citizenship, (so technically is still a Brit).
My Uncle came here in the 1950s as a kid... still has a half-scotish accent... served in the Aussie Army... yet never took out citizenship.
One of the guys in my office is French...speaks with a French accent...drives a ute, goes camping up in the bush, goes fishing, drinks beer and does a mean barbie...
Another one of my guys was born here... of Macedonian parents... speaks with a slight european accent... eats "wog-food"..
You will fit right in.... 8)