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Old 04-02-2009, 04:41 PM   #1
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...we are now having debates about what it is to be British, and we're having something of a national identity crisis. But we have never as far as I know used terms like "Un-British"....
No we say "that's just not cricket" instead!
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Old 04-02-2009, 04:49 PM   #2
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No we say "that's just not cricket" instead!
what, even in Scotland?
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Old 04-03-2009, 11:27 AM   #3
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what, even in Scotland?
only with more 'hoots!' and 'Jimmys!"
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Old 04-03-2009, 01:31 PM   #4
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only with more 'hoots!' and 'Jimmys!"
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Old 04-05-2009, 08:57 PM   #5
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No we say "that's just not cricket" instead!
That's exactly what popped into my head as I was reading the OP limey. lol The same phrase is used here also.

We do use the phrase Un-Australian though. It's usually in response to someone doing something slack like the looting after the bushfires and floods. It's more to do with national pride than anything else I think. Most of us like to think Aussies will pull together in a crisis, and for the main part we do, so those who go against the grain are viewed with contempt by the rest of us.
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