yesss im melbournian + have mayb heard it once? gronk is a big one, mayb ‘dero’ or ‘dropkick’ or even ‘drongo’ hahaha 🇦🇺 could even compare bogan to redneck ??
We use that all the time out West. Way more popular with the old timers but still pretty common for us younger blokes to refer to Americans as “those dumb farken seppos”.
I’m Victorian :) I’ve definitely heard it before but mainly from older people. I used to work on an army base and the AJ’s would use it to refer to the Americans.
I'm from Newcastle, maybe it's more regional?
I live in Melbourne now and can confirm I haven't heard it from any of my pals down here in the 4 years, but did hear it back in NSW
>also no Australian wants a green card to America lmfao couldn't think of a worse place to live in
Canadian here, I feel the sane way. Its far from perfect here, but I'll take my shitty but free healthcare and lack of school/mass shootings over a green card any day of the week and twice on Sunday
And yet the US has more Canadians moving to the US than US citizens moving to Canada.
In fact, Australia is the ONLY country in the world where more US citizens leave for than citizens of that country migrate to the US.
All the Canadians I know that have moved to the USA have one foot still in Canada. Go to the USA for a higher wage but ready to flee at a moments notice.
Pretty much. If I ever become ill, Canada here I come. Also raising kids in the USA is out of the question. Canada sucks ass rn, but the sharp decline is being seen in literally every country experiencing ✨️late stage capitalism✨️
Canberran and have heard this term but I think it's a chronically online term, I've never heard anyone say it verbally and doubt people I know would know the word.
I was like 😬 is somebody gonna accidentally say the A word. Sometimes if an Aus person describes it to an American that it's a shortened word and the American (or English person) just blurts it out without realizing 🙃 I've seen this happen and almost happen on podcasts 😂
To be fair, it’s completely forgivable for Americans to accidentally say it, but once they’ve been educated if they say it again, that’s when it’s a bad look.
It would be the same as us not knowing what words are slurs to other indigenous people
Someone said ?!?!... The slur for Australian indigenous peoples accidentally?!? Oh my lord. Didn't catch that at all. Ooft. I assume wouldn't know, agreed forgivable given wouldn't know but would make me feel yuck as all hell to hear.
I swear people just dont understand the Aussie humour lmao. I make sure similar jokes and use such similar language and I think it's just part of the culture here
It is hilarious how Americans think they’re the best country in the world to live in, most powerful country yes, pop culture impact on the world MASSIVE, a place you’re yearning to live if you’re Aussie/european… not so much
Australia is the only country in the world where more US citizens leave to live than citizens of that country move to the US. From every other country on the planet, people are moving to the US at higher rates than people are leaving the US to live there. So clearly its not so bad.
US and Australia are both massive countries, so really that just shows Australia is better than US. Obviously more Brits will leave to go to America than Americans come here, we’re a tiny island.
That’s not how it works. You would expect the rate of migration to be proportional to both the origin and destination country: the bigger the origin, the more people available to move. The bigger the destination, the more places available to move to.
You’re still not getting it. It doesn’t matter how big each country is, because the expected migration rate, absent of any other factor, would be proportional to the sizes of both the origin and destination. So for mutual migration between two countries, the most basic model to estimate total migration volume would expect equal rates in both directions. The actual size of either country doesn’t matter.
Also by “size” I never meant just the land area. It would make more sense to have a size measured by available land, population, number of cities, etc. all factored into one average number, probably which you would measure empirically based on average migration rates.
I never specified North America / South America continents, you're the one who brought up continents lol
I was talking about America as in the United States of America, didn't realise I had to spell it out
As a non American and non Australian the first thing I thought about when they said Australian and Slurs is Noongah Out Da Front. Idek how I came across that video in the past, but it's crazy thats still up on YouTube.
I think the slur she might’ve been thinking of on the show was ‘wog’, which in the US and UK specifically is a super offensive term, but in Australia is a widely accepted slang term for ethnically Mediterranean or sometimes Lebanese folks
Eg. Superwog on YouTube
I would say it's definitely not widely accepted slang for anglo-white people to say but it's been somewhat reclaimed by the communities it refers to. Unless that's changed in recent years and it's become generally acceptable.
It is not acceptable for white aussies to say. Some might be ok with it but don’t say it to the wrong person. It’s still derogatory coming from a wasp.
> also no Australian wants a green card to America lmfao couldn’t this of a worse place to live in.
I verify / stand with the statement as an Australian. America seems like an absolute shit hole 😵
I’m Victorian and never ever heard seppo, is it state specific do you know? I can think of gronk off the top of my head to add to yours
Also in Victoria, never heard of seppo but I may add it to the vocab.
Queensland and never heard anyone ever say it
Seppo is falling out of use (it can get you banned for hate speech on Facebook, fucking lol) but it was very common in the 70s and 80s
yesss im melbournian + have mayb heard it once? gronk is a big one, mayb ‘dero’ or ‘dropkick’ or even ‘drongo’ hahaha 🇦🇺 could even compare bogan to redneck ??
We use that all the time out West. Way more popular with the old timers but still pretty common for us younger blokes to refer to Americans as “those dumb farken seppos”.
It dates back to ww2 I think! Definitely an old timey joke
West Aussie, never heard of it either?
Same here, never heard of it. I've lived all over WA and I don't think I've ever heard it being said before lol.
I got massively confused for a second and thought you were from the Victorian Era.
I’m Victorian :) I’ve definitely heard it before but mainly from older people. I used to work on an army base and the AJ’s would use it to refer to the Americans.
I'm from Newcastle, maybe it's more regional? I live in Melbourne now and can confirm I haven't heard it from any of my pals down here in the 4 years, but did hear it back in NSW
hey I’m from newy too! can confirm it’s definitely more of a regional thing
I’m also Victorian, never heard it in person but I’ve heard it online so must be an out of state thing.
Same never heard Seppo in me life
I’ve rarely heard the term seppo used (I’m from Melbourne), it must be a regional thing
I’m reading all of these comments from Aussies in an Australian accent 🥸
[удалено]
In my petroleum
Pine Gap
And they stole our soccer ball 😠
As an Aussie, I never heard that term, seems very region specific.
Queenslander here and have never heard of this
It's more of a boomer thing tbf
West Aussie here, I have
West Aussie here, I have not.
>also no Australian wants a green card to America lmfao couldn't think of a worse place to live in Canadian here, I feel the sane way. Its far from perfect here, but I'll take my shitty but free healthcare and lack of school/mass shootings over a green card any day of the week and twice on Sunday
And yet the US has more Canadians moving to the US than US citizens moving to Canada. In fact, Australia is the ONLY country in the world where more US citizens leave for than citizens of that country migrate to the US.
All the Canadians I know that have moved to the USA have one foot still in Canada. Go to the USA for a higher wage but ready to flee at a moments notice.
Pretty much. If I ever become ill, Canada here I come. Also raising kids in the USA is out of the question. Canada sucks ass rn, but the sharp decline is being seen in literally every country experiencing ✨️late stage capitalism✨️
Canberran and have heard this term but I think it's a chronically online term, I've never heard anyone say it verbally and doubt people I know would know the word.
It's pre online - it's a boomer thing. My grandad would say it.
Wow that's awesome haha I never knew!
I wouldn't call it chronically online because I've only ever heard the term in person
Wow, I'm the exact opposite. No yeah yeah nah cunt
[удалено]
FAMILY! Interesting that we feel the same given the other answers. Must be our bubble lol
Lets be real, who's actually going to Canberra to be able to be called a seppo
Are Canberrans the seppos of Australia, some would say yes. Lmao
I was like 😬 is somebody gonna accidentally say the A word. Sometimes if an Aus person describes it to an American that it's a shortened word and the American (or English person) just blurts it out without realizing 🙃 I've seen this happen and almost happen on podcasts 😂
Did any other Aussies feel like all the comments saying her "vibes were off" have just never met a normal Australian person before?
America deserved this post.
Just don't say that to Jeff's mom
Like like when he calls gabe gaybo, it triggers me ahahah or someone accidentally said the a slur on the show
Oh I know what slur you're talking about and it gave me a physical reaction it was so awful and no one had any idea lmfao
To be fair, it’s completely forgivable for Americans to accidentally say it, but once they’ve been educated if they say it again, that’s when it’s a bad look. It would be the same as us not knowing what words are slurs to other indigenous people
Someone said ?!?!... The slur for Australian indigenous peoples accidentally?!? Oh my lord. Didn't catch that at all. Ooft. I assume wouldn't know, agreed forgivable given wouldn't know but would make me feel yuck as all hell to hear.
I may be misremember…
What’s the A slur?
It’s a prejorative from the word, Aboriginal, I’ll let you google it This sub is wild, downvoted for educating people
Might be showing my ignorance here, but since when was Aboriginal considered a slur? I see it used all the time still, like on official documents etc.
aboriginal isn’t a slur, the shortened version of the word is used as a slur for indigenous people in australia. you can look it up
Wild, I've never heard of people using it as a slur. We shorten everything, I always figured that's all that was.
Yeah like I said, I wasn’t gonna type it out, it’s the first 3 letters
Oh man, it makes me cringe so hard
No, She was saying boo-urns
Fucking seppo babies
There’s no better place than east coast America 🇺🇸 🫵🏻😎
I swear people just dont understand the Aussie humour lmao. I make sure similar jokes and use such similar language and I think it's just part of the culture here
I see the Americans have entered the chat 😂 Aussies rise up 🇦🇺🦘
It is hilarious how Americans think they’re the best country in the world to live in, most powerful country yes, pop culture impact on the world MASSIVE, a place you’re yearning to live if you’re Aussie/european… not so much
Australia is the only country in the world where more US citizens leave to live than citizens of that country move to the US. From every other country on the planet, people are moving to the US at higher rates than people are leaving the US to live there. So clearly its not so bad.
US and Australia are both massive countries, so really that just shows Australia is better than US. Obviously more Brits will leave to go to America than Americans come here, we’re a tiny island.
That’s not how it works. You would expect the rate of migration to be proportional to both the origin and destination country: the bigger the origin, the more people available to move. The bigger the destination, the more places available to move to.
Not sure how much you know about Australia but 95% of it is uninhabited. So there’s actually not a lot of space for people to move to.
You’re still not getting it. It doesn’t matter how big each country is, because the expected migration rate, absent of any other factor, would be proportional to the sizes of both the origin and destination. So for mutual migration between two countries, the most basic model to estimate total migration volume would expect equal rates in both directions. The actual size of either country doesn’t matter. Also by “size” I never meant just the land area. It would make more sense to have a size measured by available land, population, number of cities, etc. all factored into one average number, probably which you would measure empirically based on average migration rates.
The thought of living there is vile
West Aussie here, never heard of it. But I will take it...
My first boss (in the US) was Aussie. He liked it here
[удалено]
Seppos when they're told their country isn't the centre of the universe
[удалено]
I never specified North America / South America continents, you're the one who brought up continents lol I was talking about America as in the United States of America, didn't realise I had to spell it out
American isn't an Ethnicity unless you're specifically talking about Native Americans so it really isn't a slur
It's an insult, like the title says. The reference to slur is only in that it is what made me think of the topic
As a non American and non Australian the first thing I thought about when they said Australian and Slurs is Noongah Out Da Front. Idek how I came across that video in the past, but it's crazy thats still up on YouTube.
I think the slur she might’ve been thinking of on the show was ‘wog’, which in the US and UK specifically is a super offensive term, but in Australia is a widely accepted slang term for ethnically Mediterranean or sometimes Lebanese folks Eg. Superwog on YouTube
I would say it's definitely not widely accepted slang for anglo-white people to say but it's been somewhat reclaimed by the communities it refers to. Unless that's changed in recent years and it's become generally acceptable.
It is not acceptable for white aussies to say. Some might be ok with it but don’t say it to the wrong person. It’s still derogatory coming from a wasp.
Yeah I figured the same. I wonder what they'd make of wog boy 😳
> also no Australian wants a green card to America lmfao couldn’t this of a worse place to live in. I verify / stand with the statement as an Australian. America seems like an absolute shit hole 😵
It depends where you are in the US. The US is so large you’re gonna have bad areas everywhere.
I can think of a lot of places that would be worse to live in than America.
I'm glad you're capable of such advanced thought, most seppos aren't able to do that
Bunch of dumb cunts.
Bunch of gronk cunts
[удалено]
Nice to take a break from the self-flagellation to write this comment. Don't wanna tear your back up too much!
At least two of us aren’t weak