Any Metal Fans Here?

[shockwolf]

Yep, we call ourselves Aussies all of the time and are fairly proud of it, I guess. And it is pronounced Ozzi, but it's really annoying when the Yanks (Americans <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Cowboy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':Cowboy:' />) pronounce it how it's spelled and sounding out the double SS instead of the ZZ sound lol! It just sounds really weird when Americans pronounce the word "Ossies."



I guess there are lots of nicknames for other nationalities too, but we have to be very careful about those. <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ph34r.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ph34r:' /> Unfortunately a majority of other nationalities don't like being referred to by their nicknames even when it's not meant in offence. I'm sure there are a few English out there that really hate being called a pom as there are probably also Americans that hate being called yanks.



I feel quite at liberty to throw the word pom around whether people like it or not though. Mainly because I am half a pom myself and a lot of them seem to think it's quite alright to throw the name "Convict" at Aussies, which in IMO is a bit below the belt. So tbh I think poms deserve any name an Aussie can throw at them good or bad. <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ras.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ras:' />





Who knows someday I might get to tell you some amusing nationality nicknames… erm… offline and where other people can't hear and read. lol <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/gathering.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':gathering:' />



Gah! Why all the emoticons??? What am I doing???