20 Times Australia Confused The Hell Out Of The Rest Of The World

Alana is the staff writer on AWOL who thinks the…
There’s no doubt about it: Australia has a wild reputation around the world.
But sometimes, our reputation precedes us and people end up with more questions than answers. Like, what does it mean to “chuck a u-ey”? And how many people really die from drop bear attacks each year?
Sometimes the questions are hilariously inaccurate, sometimes they’re spot on, and sometimes Aussies are just as confused as everyone else.
Here are 20 people who are confused as hell by Australia:
#1
do Australians really call fanny packs “bumbags” this is life-changing
— knife millennial (@WontGetDown) November 5, 2016
#2
why do australians sound like they’re doing a bad impression of australians?
— Princess Bitch (@TheDizzyBeauty) May 23, 2018
#3
why do australians put their wine in bags
— jermy-wermy (@GLIBRIBS) September 5, 2016
#4
Why do Australians pronounce Australia like Awstrayleeur
— SpriteLee (@whoiscodymartin) November 29, 2018
#5
why do australians call it maccas
— pepperoni pizza (@okimbethany) November 8, 2017
#6
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#7
why do australians have the hot genes
— Grace (@partypoisonlive) December 3, 2018
#8
do australians really like vegemite or are they just fucking with us
— inactive af (@survivedsivan) December 14, 2015
#9
Why do Australians always end their sentences on a soprano?
— Andy Chadwick (@AndyPegChadwick) November 20, 2016
#10
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#11
why do australians use such weird words?
PRAM? SERVO? MACCAS? THONGS? SHEILA?
this is so weird. everyday it’s something new. just i-
— aeglan (@sufferingsweet) December 5, 2018
#12
why do Australians have to shorten everything?? Does Arvo mean Avocado or Afternoon????
— Charlotte Robinson (@charrobbo0) September 5, 2017
#13
Why do Australians even go to zoos
— chandni sembhi xoxo (@chandni_s_) March 8, 2015
#14
why do Australians abbreviate any word that’s more than 2 syllables? what do they do with all that saved time??
— bees?! (@a_bee_yo) October 25, 2018
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#16
Why do Australians love podcasts so much
— Nate Fisher (@NateMediaGood) May 8, 2018
#17
why do Australians put chicken salt on everything?
— Emily Boocock (@emzz__) September 11, 2016
#18
Why do Australians call a ‘slide’ a ‘slippery dip’. It’s just a slide.
— Natalie Christie (@Natalie_NGC) June 28, 2015
#19
Why the F do Australians drink alcohol out their shoe?
— con (@connorwaltss) July 25, 2017
#20
(Lead image: David Clode / Unsplash)
Alana is the staff writer on AWOL who thinks the best way to travel is by taking spontaneous detours and stopping at every local bakery to try the cakes. She writes a lot about Australian TV, Big Things, cursed food, and theme parks. You can follow her on Instagram @alana.dotcom. It’s mostly dogs she meets along the way.