Any Nicknames for Canadians and Australians?

thedaffodils · May 21, 2008

Hi! Americans are Uncle Sam, Britons are John Bull, and New Zealanders are Kiwi.

What about Canadians and Australians? Do they have any nicknames? Thanks!:roll:

riverkid · May 21, 2008

thedaffodils said:
Hi! Americans are Uncle Sam, Britons are John Bull, and New Zealanders are Kiwi.

What about Canadians and Australians? Do they have any nicknames? Thanks!:roll:

Canucks and Aussies

Also,

Americans - Yanks / Yankees

Brits

Anglika · May 21, 2008

thedaffodils said:
Hi! Americans are Uncle Sam, Britons are John Bull, and New Zealanders are Kiwi.

What about Canadians and Australians? Do they have any nicknames? Thanks!:roll:

If you mean do they have personifications, then Australia has the Boxing Kangaroo. I am not sure that Canada has anything in particular. France has "Marianne".

"Kiwi" for New Zealanders is a nickname, like Yankee or Brit, rather than national personification.

Barb_D · May 21, 2008

Yes, as just mentioned, there's a big difference between a personification and a nickname. I've never, ever heard someone from the U.S. referred to as "an Uncle Sam," but it's pretty common to see something like "Uncle Sam will..." in reference to the US as a whole, or the US government.

thedaffodils · May 21, 2008

Barb_D said:
Yes, as just mentioned, there's a big difference between a personification and a nickname. I've never, ever heard someone from the U.S. referred to as "an Uncle Sam," but it's pretty common to see something like "Uncle Sam will..." in reference to the US as a whole, or the US government.

Thank you! I mixed the concept between " personification" and " nickname" because I used to use an English-Mandarin dictionary, which does not clarify enough. Now I prefer using English-English dictionaries. :roll:

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