Downunder English versus Queen speak

Like the Tim-Tam guzzling, ‘crikey’ spouting Aussie, national stereotypes are likely to be a recurring theme here. For you Poms, the work’s been done for me in this article “Worst stereotypes of England” 

Open to England: Good call about not everyone speaking the Queen’s English. I teach English in the Netherlands and I can’t tell you the number of times students have asked if I’m going to teach them my personal (and evidently lowly) brand of Aussie English, or ‘proper English’ - still waiting for a definition on that one…!

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