Alvin Nouval

Between OZ and UK

Living in the southern part of the world makes Australian looks differently from their neighbor nations. If we compare them to the native of the land, Aborigine, or other people who live on the land among them; we may guess that perhaps their grandfather and their grand grandfather were not natively born on the earth of Australia. Actually, Australian came from the northern land of Europe, England. That’s why there are so many indicators to consider Australian as Englishman’s brother. Their ancestry connection can be proofed by the origin of their race, their language, and their way of thinking. Although they are comparable in some ways, Australian and Englishman can be differed into their accents and their behaviour.

Australian and Englishman are alike because of some reasons. As example, based on history written, around 400 years ago, the Englishman Isles were in a condition of continuous war. Not only different regions of Britain were fighting each other, but also the entire of the region was continually being invaded by mainland armies. As a result, in 1788, the Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English troublemakers along with soldiers were exported to the southern part of the world, where they laid a new state of Australia there few years later. Thus, why Australians nowadays looks like Englishman are because they once became United Kingdom natives. In addition, that is why Australian could speak English in their daily life as well as Englishman does because of their history. They can pronounce every single letter as fluent as Englishman does. So, similarly to Englishman, Australian uses English as their mother tongue. Therefore, because of the language and race similarity, Australian also pictures how Englishman people thinking. Like Englishman who are very secular and realistic, Australian constructed that way too. Both Australian and Englishman judge everything from logical aspect rather than divine aspect. Compared to their history, their language usage, and their mindset, Australian is Englishman.

However, meters matter in differences. As two nations who are living with distance trait, they distinct each other. For example, Australian speaks English differently contrasted to the way Englishman speaks even though they have a language in common. Australian English has been heavily influenced by American English. Consequently, Australians often use the American spelling for words such as 'organization’. Australian uses "the couple is happy," rather than Englishman "the couple are happy." Furthermore, another example that can distinguish Australian from Englishman is their contrast behaviour. Unlike Australian who is rather straight-forward and simple, Englishman is calm and likes to have a roundabout expression to say in their conversation. Besides, in contrast to Australian who is fighting with the wildlife of the desert, Englishman who lives under the grey sky of England is considered as more cultured and polite. In conclusion, explained from statements above, distance trait makes them different in some ways.

Although the two nations different in some aspects, they share more than one similarities. For instance, based on the passages above, we could comprehend that Australian is Englishman because of their similarities in the way of history, their language usage, and their mindset. On the other hand, they also distinguish each other based on their way to speak English and their behaviour. In conclusion, Australian and Englishman: different, yet alike.