Lol. Yeah, I don't think i've actually heard that used, but it would make perfect sense, what with the inherently lazy shorten everything approach Ozzies take to language... XDFieldy409 said:
It's maybe not too common to say IRL but I've noticed in the internet culture of our people (Finn also...) that everytime Finland gets mentioned somewhere it's the "Suomi Mainittu" (Finland Mentioned) captions all over the place. Mainly to show how small a country we are (just roughly over 6 miljon inhabitants).Lieju said:
I think we also go on about 'sisu' and 'Talvisodan henki', although the latter might be an older thing? And it used to be taken seriously, so not sure if it's equivalent to 'Murica'...Guffe said:It's maybe not too common to say IRL but I've noticed in the internet culture of our people (Finn also...) that everytime Finland gets mentioned somewhere it's the "Suomi Mainittu" (Finland Mentioned) captions all over the place. Mainly to show how small a country we are (just roughly over 6 miljon inhabitants).Lieju said:
Another one might be the "Torilla tavataan" (Let's meet at the marketplace) everytime we win something
And if someone tells us how lame we are, we also go to our beloved White Death (Simo Häyhä) to show how awesome we are
But this is mainly in the internet culture of our people (that includes me, Lieju and maybe 5 other people)
Actually I think it originated with the comedian Gallagher. He had a routine he would do, where he would make fun of, but also praise, the goofy sides of American life. And he would frequently punctuate the routine with a really redneck style, jingo-esque, fist pumping reply of "Murica!" That's the first time I remember hearing it. Maybe the meme itself has roots in something else, but that's where I first heard it.Abomination said:
I like football too much, I just can't stand watching the England national side *shudder*.Res Plus said:It's almost like you don't like football! Not entirely sure every match is "dull", nor every fan who chants "England" a vile racist. In my experience, there's odd England fan who is Muslim, an immigrant and black.wooty said:
In the interests of balance, may I suggest "Little Englander". It's a dog whistle terms used by people into knee jerk, "look at me" left wing politics; those who like to sneer at people who don't like or agree with the same things they do: posturing self-hate, obsessing about identity semantics, trying to ban things due to manufactured "offence" or trying to introduce a new tax to vote bribe some trendy minority or to enforce some social engineering obsession and "protect people from themselves", sugar taxes, that sort of thing.
Funnily enough, given the left's self-perceived intellectual and moral superiority, it's an entirely misunderstood the term. It used to mean someone who thought England's influence should stop at its borders, as in the empire should be abandoned: something the left very much approves of, but it now is used as a lazy short hand to dismiss anyone who doesn't agree with various left wing foreign policy beliefs; entirely open borders, for example.
England is nothing these days if not a left/right tribal mess.
Being from Quebec, I know we tend to add "esti" (liberally translated as "Fuck yeah") to the province's name, in order to refer to something that's funny and somewhat unique to Quebec's overall culture.Redlin5 said:Stop talking about Vancouver's hockey team, they don't read the forums.Soviet Heavy said:
