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Cultural Differences Explained

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Aussies: Dislike being mistaken for Pommies (Brits) when abroad.

Canadians: Are rather indignant about being mistaken for Americans when abroad.

Americans: Encourage being mistaken for Canadians when abroad.

Brits: Can't possibly be mistaken for anyone else when abroad.

Aussies: Believe you should look out for your mates.

Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club.

Americans: Believe that people should look out for & take care of themselves.

Canadians: Believe that that's the government's job.

Aussies: Are extremely patriotic to their beer.

Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness.

Canadians: Can't agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them.

Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.

Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.

Canadians: Don't, but only because they can't get more American channels.

Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.

Aussies: Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.

Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and basketball.

Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby.

Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.

Aussies: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they play them in.

Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it "English".

Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it "English".

Canadians: Spell like Brits, pronounce like Americans.

Aussies: Add "G'day", "mate" and a heavy accent to everything they say in an attempt to get laid.

Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.

Aussies: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.

Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.

Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.

Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.

Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.

Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.

Aussies: Drink anything with alcohol in it.

Americans: Seem to think that poverty and failure are morally suspect.

Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect.

Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things.

Aussies: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.

  • 2 weeks later...

Fantastic Elsie :o

BTW does the G'day thing really work?

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Thanks guys. :D

Reith, unfortunately (or fortunately?), it never works with me. The accent is too heavy and he usually consumes all alcohol in the amphur. Not a guy of my dream. Anyone that doesn't leave alcoholic drinks for me is not going to lay me. :o

Thanks guys. :D

Reith, unfortunately (or fortunately?), it never works with me. The accent is too heavy and he usually consumes all alcohol in the amphur. Not a guy of my dream. Anyone that doesn't leave alcoholic drinks for me is not going to lay me. :o

sounds like my kind of guy :D

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:D Gday Lovely, any chance of a shag mate? :D

Ain't gonna work, mate :o

:o Gday Lovely, any chance of a shag mate? :D

If she says no, ask whether she minds laying down while you have one :D

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If she says no, ask whether she minds laying down while you have one :o

You seem to have an answer to every question, Doc :D

:D Gday Lovely, any chance of a shag mate? :D

If she says no, ask whether she minds laying down while you have one :D

Last time I tried that line, I ended up wearing one. :o

:D Gday Lovely, any chance of a shag mate? :D

If she says no, ask whether she minds laying down while you have one :D

Last time I tried that line, I ended up wearing one. :o

A flying one Bronco ?

:D Gday Lovely, any chance of a shag mate? :D

If she says no, ask whether she minds laying down while you have one :D

Last time I tried that line, I ended up wearing one. :D

A flying one Bronco ?

should have quit while I was behind :o

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