Why do Australians talk like this?

Question

Everytime I see an Australian on TV, they say "crikey matey, oh bloody h**l good day, isn't it bloke?! crikey, it's a bloody kangaroo, matey! g'day! crikey!"

Why do you guys talk like this? Are you embarrassed when you watch an Australian talk on American TV?

Answer 1

Americans are very gullible and he made a fortune from you

Answer 2

stupid American writers who write TV/movie shows are the ones who tell actors what to say Australians DO NOT talk like that

bloody    mate    g'day are used quiet often but not all the time & crikey was only used by 1 wanker & he is dead now cos he was a wanker

Answer 3

I think it's cute how they talk. :)

Answer 4

I highly recommend any American with a question like this go and watch the movie "Broken Arrow". Jack Thompson plays an American general in that. Listen to him. Does that sound like an American accent to you? No? Well that's about how much the average "Australian" character in American TV sounds like the rest of us.

Answer 5

It's stereotyped. We are not all like that. Hahah! We talk normally like Americans. (But with a different Accent).

- And like NO ONE says "G'day maaate!"  we say "Hi!" or "Hello!" or "How are you?" etc...  

:-)

Answer 6

haha that's so stereotypical=]

Yeah sure some people use them words but not all the time

Answer 7

lol we find it as hilarious as you do

if you speak like that you'd just get bagged for being a bogun

...i've never actually met anyone speak so bogun before and i've lived here all my life, i've even spent 8 weeks in a country town

lol boguns are just hilarious

Answer 8

What the h**l?

We don't talk like that, and I detest that stereotype of australians in that we all talk like that and thats just all we say. I've never ever said that term. Is 'every aussie you see on TV' jst Steve Irwin?

I hate that stereotype of us. eg. on the 'Bindi the Jungle Girl Show', the was asked by a 9 year old american girl what her fave Aussie pastime was. What did she say? 'Croc hunting'. Uhh... Bindi Irwin, that is NOT an australian pastime.

Answer 9

These are the lines that American directors give Aussie actors, because that's how Americans expect us to speak.

I get embarrassed watching an Australian doing an American accent, because it seems that only an American accent is acceptable in movies or on TV.

Answer 10

I think TV programs are made for their specific audiences.

You probably see some programs made specifically for America, that have that specific type of language because Americans THINK we speak like that, and therefore the producers give you what you expect.

Most of the programs that I saw in the UK, that had Australians talking, rarely had that sort of vocabulary, but did have the "normal" Aussie accent.

Answer 11

We actually talk normally. What you see is the stereotype. Which is surreal because no one actually talks like this

It's like the whole thing saying we have kangaroos jump in our yards. So not true.

Answer 12

We don't, I have never in my life said "crikey matey, oh bloody h**l good day, isn't it bloke?! crikey, it's a bloody kangaroo, matey! g'day! crikey!"

I think you are referring to ONE particular Aussie who, though now sadly deceased, is still extremely popular on American television.

It seems we are all still being judged by his over the top language and crazy antics.

He was one of a rare breed of eccentric Australians.

We don't all talk like that.

I do say "G'day", but after all I do live in the country and I'd say the majority of country people say "G'day mate", to each other, from time to time.

At least American television producers and writers have stopped giving us Cockney accents like they did back in the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

Answer 13

i live in country Australia and i say 'G'day' daily, but thats about it! i have never said 'crikey' or know of anyone in 'real life' who does.

Answer 14

we dont talk like that at all..

well ive never come across anyone who does in my life that is..

but yes... i am embarassed to see how we are portrayed. really.. we speak just like americans. ok not with that strong southern accent, but like when i watch an american show i cant hear the difference really wen i speak. like yes... sometimes there is.. but generally no difference.

its stupid how people think we speak and act... like we have tourist coming over expecting to see kangaroos jumping around the street. let me just say i have only ever seen kangaroos either dead on the side of the road... or in wildlife parks.

Answer 15

Everytime?? you see an Australian??

bullsh*t............only one you would have seen saying that is Steve Erwin and he took you guys for fools and made a lot of money out of you while doing it

are Americans really that gullible?LMAO

why are americans so ignorant about the world outside there borders? lack of education i guess

Answer 16

Struth!, you chums are fair dinkum hood winked.

The good oil is that the stuff your talking about is called 'strine' and is no longer used in the cities, because by crikey there are no Strines left in the cities. They've all gone bush and have left the cities to all those wog blokes and the wankers who watch too much US TV shows and think that they live in America, not Australia.

PS: Crikey is short for "Jesus Christ!" (as a swear word). It used to be: "crikey moses!" and before that "crikey moses and all the saints!"