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UsualSuspect WayToRussified Joined: 08 May 2003 Posts: 324 Location: The Land of Oz	Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:44 am    Post subject: Ender, No worries. A Russian friend of mine ran across two lost guys there and one said he worked for an IT company in Adelaide. Not sure whether he was a native Russian or not. Back on Topic now.... Usualsuspect
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Ender WayToRussified Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 498 Location: Urals	Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:13 pm    Post subject: UsualSuspect wrote: Ender, No worries. A Russian friend of mine ran across two lost guys there and one said he worked for an IT company in Adelaide. I don't worry. I've just tried to write grammatically correct sentence. UsualSuspect wrote: Not sure whether he was a native Russian or not. Back on Topic now.... I know there is enough large amount russian people work in Adelaide. They often enlist their former friends, colleagues and simply other russians. Now question about Australia. I understand Australia is multinational country where people of many nations live together. What are the stereotypes of australians about people of other nations? Russians, chinese, new-zealanders, poles, germans, japanese, etc?
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UsualSuspect WayToRussified Joined: 08 May 2003 Posts: 324 Location: The Land of Oz	Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:15 pm    Post subject: Ender, I'll give you MY opinions. Others may well wish me dead or disagree but here goes. Russians are grossly stereotyped by your average media over here. You're either a "Natasha" (foreign bride marrying for money) or drink vodka at a frightening rate. If you aren't those two then "Boris The Blade" (from the movie "Snatch") will fit the bill. My wife (russian) tells me the russian community appears to split into the "White/Chinese" Russian's and "The Newcomers". I hope it isn't like this all over Australia. Our older citizens dislike Asian's due to Japan's war efforts but most people aren't like that. Poles and German's? Foreigners. I can say I haven't run into many Poles in my travels but they have an active community here in my City. New Zealanders (Kiwi's)? After the velcro and gumboots come off at the airport ( ) then they are just like us. On a serious note, we (Aus/Kiwi's) go way back. We make jokes at each others expense often enough but get on well, except for a certain sporting incident which resulted in our PrimeMinister apologising to the Kiwi PM. Personally, I believe Multiculturalism is a bit of an urban myth. Lot's of ethnic communities still face difficulties assimilating and "white is right" attitude is still too common. Either benign or malignant. The reverse is that we have a wide range of different peoples from all over the world who are doing just fine. Funnily enough a lot of immigrants I know who have taken citizenship are more patriotic toward Australia than I am (or ever want to be). If that sounds negative, bear in mind I am a jaded and bitter cynic. Made even more so by my experiences dealing with Australian Immigration, and how much I loathe politicians. What a can of worms I may have opened. Usualsuspect
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bunker6 Frequent Guest Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 37 Location: Princeton, NJ / St. Petes, Russia	Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:09 pm    Post subject: I know Russians to call the bull bars "kangaroo bumpers" cause they believe it's an Australian thing and there's so many kangaroos there you can't drive a mile without hitting one.
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Ender WayToRussified Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 498 Location: Urals	Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:48 pm    Post subject: bunker6 wrote: I know Russians to call the bull bars "kangaroo bumpers" cause they believe it's an Australian thing and there's so many kangaroos there you can't drive a mile without hitting one. Stupid fashion. There are two types of "kengurins" - real one (death for a pedestrian in case of traffic accident) and fake one (huge damages to a car exterrior in case of very minor accident). First one isn't necessary on russian roads, second one make people laugh at its owner.
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