Posted by so on May 18, 2005, at 13:25:48
In reply to wikipedia says..., posted by NikkiT2 on May 15, 2005, at 7:07:42
Is this supportive? Is it accurate? Would Australian-Brits living in London tend to feel put-down by these presumptions?
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> ... the millions of aussies that live in my area, that constantly moan about how awful London is, how horrible it is, how awful our laws are etc etc, yet come and live over here for 2 years or more, use our free health service, take all the bar / waitressing jobs (normally cash in hand so paying no tax or anything) yet still spend half their time slagging the country off.. THAT gets on my wick!!
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>Literature about in-group/out-group communicaiton suggests similar presumptions are held by in-group members about expatriate communities living in several cities around the world. But the presumptions -- that they complain without cause, that they take jobs from natives, that they disproportioinately exploit social welfare systems -- often have no more basis in fact than the "fake entymologies" volunteer authors of a British free encyclopedia cite as false definitions for the term in question.
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