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So Aussie NBA basketballer Andrew Bogut

pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
edited July 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
Often gets asked in America

'How do you speak such good English'

Really?

Apparently we don't speak English in Australia...


He also says, that trash talk on the court consists of

'Go back to Australia, you don't belong here'

and 'I'm going to come and find you in summer'

Just an FYI
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  • Given to...Given to... Posts: 4,988
    Loved him when he was a Runnin' Ute!

    I am a Utah Ute fan, but haven't followed him into the NBA. Could give a rats ass these days concerning that rag tag bunch of bawlers.
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  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,365
    haha trash talk.. bogut would dish out just as much as he copped.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Often gets asked in America

    'How do you speak such good English'

    Really?

    Apparently we don't speak English in Australia...

    How f***ing stupid can people be :fp:
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Often gets asked in America

    'How do you speak such good English'

    Really?

    Apparently we don't speak English in Australia...

    How f***ing stupid can people be :fp:


    pretty friggin stupid apparently. *shakes head*
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  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,365
    im surprised he can even drive a car, considering we all ride our kangaroos everywhere.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Did they expect him to turn up to training wearing an akubra hat looking like Crocodile Dundee?
    I bet they were shocked when he turned up in his training gear.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    maybe they thought he was austrian.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    catefrances wrote:
    maybe they thought he was austrian.

    Like that scene in Dumb & Dumber. :lol:
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Where is the actual story/interview about this? Because after doing some internet searches the only thing I can find about this topic, is this actual topic.

    I don't believe that he is "often" asked that. American's general view of Australia probably isn't accurate (it's likely a mashup of Crocodile Dundee, Crocodile Hunter, Mad Max and Men At Work videos) but I don't know of anybody who thinks Australians don't speak English.

    Unless, as somebody mentioned, it's just trash talk.
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Often gets asked in America

    'How do you speak such good English'

    Really?

    Apparently we don't speak English in Australia...


    He also says, that trash talk on the court consists of

    'Go back to Australia, you don't belong here'

    and 'I'm going to come and find you in summer'

    Just an FYI

    I'm an Aussie living In the US and I have got asked what language I spoke when I was in Australia several times... It's demeaning and had no idea people can be that sheltered not to know simple things like that.
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Zoso wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Often gets asked in America

    'How do you speak such good English'

    Really?

    Apparently we don't speak English in Australia...


    He also says, that trash talk on the court consists of

    'Go back to Australia, you don't belong here'

    and 'I'm going to come and find you in summer'

    Just an FYI

    I'm an Aussie living In the US and I have got asked what language I spoke when I was in Australia several times... It's demeaning and had no idea people can be that sheltered not to know simple things like that.
    the fail of fellow Americans in this post is strong I need the whole crew of star trek doing a face palm.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    I am Australian and I speak Croatian to my parents and relatives and English to everyone else.
    So I guess if an American was to ask me I'd have to go easy on them :lol:
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  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,365
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    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Zoso wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    Often gets asked in America

    'How do you speak such good English'

    Really?

    Apparently we don't speak English in Australia...


    He also says, that trash talk on the court consists of

    'Go back to Australia, you don't belong here'

    and 'I'm going to come and find you in summer'

    Just an FYI

    I'm an Aussie living In the US and I have got asked what language I spoke when I was in Australia several times... It's demeaning and had no idea people can be that sheltered not to know simple things like that.

    you are who i was thinking about when i read this thread. silly americans. :lol::lol::lol:
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    SatansFuton wrote:
    Where is the actual story/interview about this? Because after doing some internet searches the only thing I can find about this topic, is this actual topic.

    I don't believe that he is "often" asked that. American's general view of Australia probably isn't accurate (it's likely a mashup of Crocodile Dundee, Crocodile Hunter, Mad Max and Men At Work videos) but I don't know of anybody who thinks Australians don't speak English.

    Unless, as somebody mentioned, it's just trash talk.


    http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-pre ... 6410919417

    Scroll down to the bottom...

    Also, many years ago... my uncle was in Texas he had this conversation with some lady

    Texan: 'Why sir I like your accent'

    my Uncle: 'Why thank you, I like yours too'

    Texan; 'What you talkin' about? I ain't got no accent.'
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  • SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    pn3jfa1 wrote:
    http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-pre ... 6410919417

    Scroll down to the bottom...

    I'm not seeing it. Is it in the video? Because that's not available in my region.

    pn3jfa1 wrote:

    Also, many years ago... my uncle was in Texas he had this conversation with some lady

    Texan: 'Why sir I like your accent'

    my Uncle: 'Why thank you, I like yours too'

    Texan; 'What you talkin' about? I ain't got no accent.'

    :lol: I think your uncle probably took that the wrong way. That is the oldest, dumbest, and corniest "joke" (joke is in quotes because I've never found it that funny, it one of those stupid things people say jokingly though) that people say all the time around here.

    It's possible somebody said it sincerely, after all there are stupid people in the world, and most people can't hear their own accent. But I think maybe they were just having a little fun with your uncle.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
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