Funny story my English teacher shared with us. An acquaintance of hers was in another country, just had fun vacation.. till he died. They had to fly him back to Austria for the funeral but instead of Austria they flew him to Australia
that has actually become quite a big running gag here in Austria - mostly seen in Souvenir shops (at least in Vienna). Thinking about buying a shirt for the next time I go abroad xD
Do you even know who hard it is to shoot an Emu? Those things can run faster then the speed limit in the middle of the city. The farmers found it easier to dig pitfall traps and build better fences then sending the army in with minimal ammunition, in the middle of the great depression.
Me, a german student, accidently pronounced it "Österrrreich" once and I todally sounded like hitler. My classmates now (sarcastically) call me "Der Führer". Well fuck.
When I visited Salzburg during my study abroad, I specifically got a t-shirt with a kangaroo holding an Austrian flag saying “Not Australia” I still find it mildly humorous.
I'm Australian and I screw that up a surprising amount of times. Went to Austria, saw souvenir shirts saying "no kangaroos in Austria" and I thought "yes there are kangaroos in Australia, and what's that got to do with this country?"
As an Austrian I can confirm that we are different from Australia. Oh wait its the other way round As an Australian I can confirm we are different from Austria
Those misunderstandings happen literally everytime you tell someone you’re from Austria. I once had a 12 hour flight talking to a swiss guy who for the whole duration of the flight thought I was from Australia even though we are neighboring countries and share a language lol
@@zjzr08 Well the flight was from Shanghai to New Zealand so maybe he heard Australia bc it was on his mind, but to be fair I continued to speak in English with him so it's partly my fault haha
My mom was in America for a year and went to school there and too many Americans thought that Austria was Australia and when my mom told them that they made a mistake they said that they are just gonna say Australia cause what does it matter(something like that) and when my mom told me that I thought like “sure the Americans wouldn’t shoot you if you told them u are going to call them the uk”
To be fair, I'm Australian and I've seen wild kangaroos, echidnas, wombats, kookaburras, koalas, and emus. It's not all that uncommon, and the stereotype exists for a reason. It might surprise you to know I like going for walks to a nearby empty lot with a lot of overgrowth because there are rabbits there, an invasive species.
its not all true though. if you live in the city its quite rare. Yeah it can still happen but its not as common as everyone thinks, if you live in smaller places however its much more common, it really just depends where you live.
Mia is fun it depends if you live in a city or isolated area tbh, even if you were closer to the ladder its too exaggerated then everyone says so even then its a crap stereotype
@@LilRyRyYT21 I live about 1 hour away from the city so I don't see them a lot like I said only when I go on school camp because they are in who knows where
Fun fact: I actually thought I was going on a trip to Australia with my family as a little kid and packed shorts and swimsuits, and was really confused when my mother told me I had to repack. Then I found out we were going to another country called Austria.
As an Australian I just wanna say you don’t eat Vegimite in a spoon, it’s like me eating butter out of a spoon. You put a bit, a BIT on toast and it is like butter with salt
A few years ago, friends from Wellington, NZ wanted to send a parcel to us in Vienna 🇦🇹. It actually went to Australia, back to NZ and arrived in Vienna 6 weeks later...
As a german I was really confused that Österreich is called Austria in english when I learned about this in school. This seemed like a random decision to me back then but one gets used to it rather quickly.
You can just write Australia and Österreich, and pray that your post office knows that the latter is Austria Or just write Itävalta (Finnish for Austria) for maximum pain Also, Finland in Swedish (the other official language of Finland) is "Finland".
@@notmeantforyoubruv3999 please stop being so ignorant. This is offending me deeply as we austrians really aren't to blame for what hitler did. And I don't want my country to be associated with this malicious human being that in no way deserved to live in the first place.
The biggest joke on the world would be if Australia (as it has for a few years beeing allowed to take part now) ever wins the eurovision song contest, and it would host it in Austria the year after...
I’ve lived in Australia my whole life and I’ve only seen a kangaroo around 6 times with my own eyes. You can probably tell I don’t go outside very often.
Yazid ACHARY-KHAN I live in Melbourne and I never see any. It’s weird how Australia is known for having kangaroos, huge dangerous spiders and other crazy stuff, yet you never see them everywhere when you actually visit. It’s only in the dry parts of Australia where you get abstract stuff like that.
When I tell someone on the internet I am from Austria. Them: Ooh how cool! I studied there! The koalas there are so cute!!1 Me: Wait what? Koalas? No not AustrALia I mean Austria! Them: oh... ok then... I must go, bye!
UA-cam algorithm be like: Bot1: It's time. Bot2: For what? Bot1: That video is finally 2 years old! Bot2: Oooh right. I'll put it in the reccomended then.
I once was in Canada, and had a hoodie on that said" no kangaroos in Austria only kuhlimoos (cows) And a friend from Canada intruduced me to someone, and guess what they said. Oooh you're from Australia? And she was serious
Mate you're just jealous that we don't get flooding, hurricanes and stupid droughts every other year, and that we actually have habitable temperatures.
Another funny one (happend to me a few years ago): Stranger: Where are you from? Me: I'm form Switzerland. S: Oh Sweden is a nice place. M: Nononono, Switzerland, not Sweden. S: What, Swaiziland? Where the fuck is this? M: God NO. I'm from Switzerland. The country which is well known for their Mountains, chocolat and watches. S: Do you mean Australia? Me: ......
Very good Information in this video but please, please remember that Australia wasn’t free of humans. There were the aboriginals and Torres straight islanders inhabiting Australia before anyone “discovered” it and they were enslaved and tortured. This needs to be known to the world.
They weren't enslaved or tortured. They were killed when they defended their land however and also were subject to the events of the stolen generation.
Working in tourism in Vienna, Austria, I once had a conversation with a middle-aged woman from the US asking me which language 'you speak here in Australia'. My answer that English is most commonly spoken there but here in Vienna we speak some sort of German left her thorougly confused - though that one woman probably doesn't represent a whole country when it comes to knowledge about where you're headed to on vacation. I guess many people in tourism can tell similar stories, regardless of country.
This is hilarious. I'm an Australian (kangaroos) living in Austria (schnitzels). I cannot believe so many struggle with the difference between the two!
Actually Australia wasn’t called terra Australus it was called terra nullus which means land owned by no one which was a lie because it was inhabited by indigenous Australians
No, it was called "Terra Australis". "Terra Nullius" is the British law which said that Australia was land belonging to no one - not the name of the country :)
sn0wyy it was declared terra nullius, but not named it, as terra nullius is a law rather than a name. Put it this way, if you filed for bankruptcy you would be bankrupt, but that wouldn’t be your name. You are right that the mainland was Terra Australis and Tasmania was Van Diemens land though
Me: "Hi I'm from Austria" Person: "Oh you mean the wonderful Country with the cute Koalas and the big Kangaroos. The Land with the big opera of Sydney, where everybody speaks this funny English accent?" Me: "Ahm no, Austria" Person: "Oh you mean the country which is in the middle of Europe, the one which lost the first world War and brought up Hitler?" Me: "Well ahm no... The one with the Kangeroos"
(0:55) Or use the country codes: AT (Austria), AU (Australia) The issue with the names Austria/Australia is that the names have so many letters in common, but AT/AU are half different from each other, and the difference is much greater. Using country codes on letters is allowed. You also don't have to write it in English, as you only have to write it in a valid language from where you're sending from. For example, sending from Canada, you can write Autriche/Australie which are more different from each other.
While skiing in the Austrian Alps, I met a bartender who was an Austrian-Austrailian. Her mother was an Austrian expat living down under thus she had citizenship by descent and was able to live and work in Austria without the need for any Visa.
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You should do one on Slovakia and Slovenia. If I got a cent every time somebody confused these two...
I watched this video fascinated as if I'm not an Australian who doesn't know our history or the difference already. (and for some reason I think lots of people are the same lol)
I always wonder why the names of Australia 🇦🇺 and Austria 🇦🇹 sound very similar but they're just totally different ye know. I know Australia is in Oceania while Austria is in the centre of Europe and it shares the borders with Germany 🇩🇪, Switzerland 🇨🇭, Italy 🇮🇹, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Hungary 🇭🇺, Slovakia 🇸🇰 and Czechia known as Czech Republic 🇨🇿. I also know the language of Australia is English and the language of Austria is German. You may find kangaroos, koalas, crocodiles, sharks and platypuses in Australia 🇦🇺 but not in Austria 🇦🇹. There may be some cattle, ibex and deer in Austria 🇦🇹. Anyway good morning from Ireland 🇮🇪
My gf is half Irish half Austrian. I know a few things about Ireland, for example that Cork is somewhere in the Southwest (I think), the British treated the Irish very well (cough cough) and you got a lot of potatoes, sheep and beer. Good evening from Austria 🇦🇹
Australia is a good place, It has nice oceans, bays, animals you can't see anywhere else in the wild, Not to mention koalas, the country folk are nice, Btw the weather is really unstable here, It's either really really hot or really really cold 🤷
About four years ago, my English teacher gave our class a task to write five questions about Austria. One of my friends accidentally wrote the questions about Australia, and the teacher got mad on him and said that she can't understand how can anybody confuse Austria with Australia. Now it turns out it can be, and that my friend was not the only one. Thanks for the video!
It's said that Germans live to work, Italians work to live and Austrians have a balance between the two. In general there is some minor animosity between Germans and Austrians but that's mostly joking about and culturally related. There is the idea of the very strict, no fun allowed, precise German and the more laid back, lenient Austrian. Bavarian culture (South German) and Austrian culture are quite similar though, in regards to food and language, the geography is mountainous and forested, architecture has a distinct "alpine" feel to it and there is the "lederhosen" culture (google it and look at some images, you'll get what i mean). North Germany is quite different though even to Bavaria itself, generally things get alot flatter and more farmlandy north of Munich, the people and architecture become more samey and uninteresting. Frankly, and speaking from firsthand experience, North Germany, is just kinda drab and uninteresting. Apart from some really worthwhile cultural sites and cities like Berlin there is just not alot happening there. The Suburbs and farmland all look the same, the geography is flat and the people are diligent and proper workers but not much fun at parties.
What I would say if I worked at an airport here in Melbourne: Welcome to Melbourne where the only thing worse than the weather, is the wildlife. Enjoy your stay!
I've been to melb twice in my life (once for a couple of days, once for a week), and yeah the fucking protests. I'm trying to catch a tram here? Like yes animal lives are important, but please don't do it on the goddamn tram lines. It's raining and my suitcase is 22kg. I have to walk up hill with it to my airbnb (my suitcase had a lot of books in it that i bought while i was in melb) now bECAUSE THE TRAM LINES WERE CLOSED DUE TO YOUR PROTEST. I was waiting for 20 mins for a tram that I didn't even know wasn't running until someone told everyone who was waiting at the station .-. Protests are ok if you don't impede on a whole bunch of people like that :/
Australians get it mixed up too. Mainly when selecting what country they're from online, not really when saying it outloud or writing it. Just reading it. Source: Me.
Just a question, but are you aware that the second half of your name translates to "DER LINGGWIST" and not, as you maybe tried to write, "DER LINGUIST"? Because the latter would be "ᛞᛖᚱ ᛚᛁᛝᚢᛁᛊᛏ"
To be absolutely specific on the etymology of Austria and Australia: 'Austria' derives from a Latinization of Old High German 'Ōstarrīhhi' which meant "eastern empire". The 'ōstar' part ultimately comes from the ancient common ancestor of English, German, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit and many other Indian and European languages where the predecessor of 'ōstar' meant "in the direction of dawn". 'Australia' derives from the term for a mythical continent known as 'Terra Australis Incognito' which meant "unknown southern land" in Latin. 'Australis' was the adjectival form 'auster' which means 'southern' but originally meant 'the southern wind'. The southern wind in question, the sirocco, is actually to the southeast of Rome and was originally associated with the east. Early Romans that still spoke that ancestor language I mentioned earlier called that wind "the wind in the direction of dawn" using the same word that gives us 'ōstar' in Old High German. All to say that, ultimately, the 'austr' part of 'Australia' is actually related to the 'austr' part of 'Austria'.
I also make videos in Austrian dialect now. You can watch them over here: ua-cam.com/channels/CbvX81KC1LCOn8jjsqoR7Q.html
legit read that as Australian dialect
Tapakapa cheese
jasmin • me too
@@aemmonia1150 yeah same
Australian
I dont have this Problem: ÖSTERREICH UND AUSTRALIEN
Tell a 'murican to pronounce Österreich. He will struggle so hard.
Österreich and Auschtralie
Ich hab als Kind Australien mit Italien verwechselt...
Same MEIN FREUND
*Großdeutsches Reich
''Where are you from?''
''Austria!"
"Oh, kangaroos?"
"No, Hitler."
That's even better than Kangaroos.
Cursed comment
You won't believe how many times I've had to say that
NEIN
@@david8907 kana mog deitschlaund
As an Austrian I don‘t know how people can switch those countries 😂
Apparently I visited Japan last year they though how often do spiders rain in your country. I was like huh!?!?!
Is so
I feel like no one in Europe would really make that mistake either.
definitely didnt accidentally read Australia instead of Austria
Aussies also don’t get it wrong
Funny story my English teacher shared with us. An acquaintance of hers was in another country, just had fun vacation.. till he died. They had to fly him back to Austria for the funeral but instead of Austria they flew him to Australia
I'm actually Austrian-Australian! My Austrian grandparents fled Austria in the 30s and came to Australia!
I see, an Austrialian!
@@miigon9117ahh, I see what you did
Hey! Im from Austria and you pronounced "Österreich" pretty much perfectly. Respect! :)
I sure hope so, cause I'm from Austria as well.
Oh, das kam unerwartet! xD
Are there any kangaroos?
Kann passiern ^_^
Der Moment, wenn man als Österreicher einem englischsprachigen Kanal eines Österreichers folgt XD *Inception*
Was in Austria last week and saw a lady wearing a T-shirt that said "No kangaroos in Austria"
Great video btw, keep up the great work.
Snipr boi I saw a mug that said that(in Austria).
I have a hoodie that says no kangaroos, only kuhlimoos in Austria (kuhlimoos are cows )
that has actually become quite a big running gag here in Austria - mostly seen in Souvenir shops (at least in Vienna). Thinking about buying a shirt for the next time I go abroad xD
@@yasashiineko9069 i can confirm that
Queen
Another quick way to remember:
Australia: Lost against Emus
Austria: Didn't lose against Emus
Fun totally legit fact:
The 'al' in "Australia" derives it origin from the Great Emu War and stands for *Australia Lost*
Antonio Vivaldi got it. Austria lost to Emus.
Or just dont be dumb
Do you even know who hard it is to shoot an Emu? Those things can run faster then the speed limit in the middle of the city. The farmers found it easier to dig pitfall traps and build better fences then sending the army in with minimal ammunition, in the middle of the great depression.
Stop trying to find execuses for losing to a bird
It’s not “Australia”
It’s Straya
Austria is Austria
I have never heard a local call it 'straya'. Unless your in NT, nobody calls it 'straya'.
@@georgia389 "welcome to straya mate"
@@georgia389 and Queensland mate
@@itsdoever Only really up near north QLD.
I am Australian, this was weirdly entertaining
Same
I think you must be from austria, cuz nobody else than austrian can pronounce Österreich so perfectly.
Max Thats it time to stalk
Max Thats it oder ein deutscher oder ein Schweizer.
Look at the channel about. He is.
Me, a german student, accidently pronounced it "Österrrreich" once and I todally sounded like hitler. My classmates now (sarcastically) call me "Der Führer". Well fuck.
@@foximacentauri7891 Your grammar is totally like Hitler.
Aaaaaand UA-cam just recommend us this 2 YEARS LATER!
Yep.
Typical Australian greeting: Oi!
Typical Austrian greeting: Oida!
No surprise
*OI*
When I visited Salzburg during my study abroad, I specifically got a t-shirt with a kangaroo holding an Austrian flag saying “Not Australia”
I still find it mildly humorous.
In Austria we say: No kangaroos, only Kuhlimuhs!
🐮
I'm Australian and I screw that up a surprising amount of times. Went to Austria, saw souvenir shirts saying "no kangaroos in Austria" and I thought "yes there are kangaroos in Australia, and what's that got to do with this country?"
I am an Aussie, and i can honestly say, i have receive far to much austrian mail, like, an unhealthy amount
Leah Andrews me too
You can say that again
Cuz da posties are SUPERRR slow! He ruined my lawn with his stupid bike
1:28
Did anyone noticed the present is shown by a *FIDGET SPINNER* ?!
Yes🤦♂️
I come from Australia and I really don't know how people can mix these countries up
Ikr
I'm born in Austria and have lived in Australia since I was 1 year old and half of this still surprised me
I just feel like whenever someone mixes up Australia and Austria, sad titanic music should be playing in the back, eh probably just me.
1:01 I think when sending any letter from America, it's best to add Europe probably better still to add Earth as well
As an Austrian I can confirm that we are different from Australia. Oh wait its the other way round As an Australian I can confirm we are different from Austria
Those misunderstandings happen literally everytime you tell someone you’re from Austria. I once had a 12 hour flight talking to a swiss guy who for the whole duration of the flight thought I was from Australia even though we are neighboring countries and share a language lol
Oida ned sei ernst
How can the guy not know especially speaking German? :o
@@zjzr08 Well the flight was from Shanghai to New Zealand so maybe he heard Australia bc it was on his mind, but to be fair I continued to speak in English with him so it's partly my fault haha
@@akantorman1 vielleicht nedmal so bled, weilst sunst eh nix verstanden hättst wenn er zum schweizerisch reden angfangt hätt. Dann liaba englisch 😂
My mom was in America for a year and went to school there and too many Americans thought that Austria was Australia and when my mom told them that they made a mistake they said that they are just gonna say Australia cause what does it matter(something like that) and when my mom told me that I thought like “sure the Americans wouldn’t shoot you if you told them u are going to call them the uk”
To be fair, I'm Australian and I've seen wild kangaroos, echidnas, wombats, kookaburras, koalas, and emus. It's not all that uncommon, and the stereotype exists for a reason.
It might surprise you to know I like going for walks to a nearby empty lot with a lot of overgrowth because there are rabbits there, an invasive species.
its not all true though. if you live in the city its quite rare. Yeah it can still happen but its not as common as everyone thinks, if you live in smaller places however its much more common, it really just depends where you live.
I live in Australia and I have only seen wild Animals on school camps lol
Mia is fun it depends if you live in a city or isolated area tbh, even if you were closer to the ladder its too exaggerated then everyone says so even then its a crap stereotype
@@LilRyRyYT21 I live about 1 hour away from the city so I don't see them a lot like I said only when I go on school camp because they are in who knows where
Mia is fun dont see what alot ?
I think my favorite moment of mix up is when during the Austrian wine poisoning crisis both Japan AND China banned Australian wine.
Fun fact: I actually thought I was going on a trip to Australia with my family as a little kid and packed shorts and swimsuits, and was really confused when my mother told me I had to repack. Then I found out we were going to another country called Austria.
Dislikes are from Australians trying to like the video
Underrated
Well, you are not off.
Bc they see upside down
*”what dislikes?”*
LoL 😂😂😂😂😂
As an Australian I just wanna say
you don’t eat Vegimite in a spoon, it’s like me eating butter out of a spoon. You put a bit, a BIT on toast and it is like butter with salt
*It's bitter mate!
Billy The glitched circle Um, try not eating it expired
@@jerrydong8224 Yep, They are not expired and they are still bitter...
@@jerrydong8224 Are you a Aussie?
Billy The glitched circle Well I was born in Australia in Melbourne but I’m originally from China but I haven’t been to China so sure
Do you come from a land up over
Trent Pugh do I see do I see the lightning
This song is literally called down under and you said up over
@@blobfishchin r/wooosh
I’m Australian, it’s offensive to us that people mix up Austria with us
And the other way around
@GamerX yeah but it's still pretty offensive:/
nah it's not really offensive at all.
Oh, likewise
Why?
A few years ago, friends from Wellington, NZ wanted to send a parcel to us in Vienna 🇦🇹. It actually went to Australia, back to NZ and arrived in Vienna 6 weeks later...
The first time Australia ever won an Olympic gold medal, they played the Austrian national anthem. :-/
BAHAHAH
It’s called support childddd
Ooft, Don't bring up that horrible time in history. :'(
As a german I was really confused that Österreich is called Austria in english when I learned about this in school. This seemed like a random decision to me back then but one gets used to it rather quickly.
@MYlife genauso wie allemagne und niemcy, fast identisch
You can just write Australia and Österreich, and pray that your post office knows that the latter is Austria
Or just write Itävalta (Finnish for Austria) for maximum pain
Also, Finland in Swedish (the other official language of Finland) is "Finland".
And then we have, Sweden, Sverige and RUOTSI
@@lilypad2 Ruotsi most likely came from the Rus people who inhabited Sweden. I guess nobody told them it had a new name lol
Me: I’m Austrian
My British Classmates: YoU MEaN AuStRaiLiAn?
iSkillz no i mesn Austria like Hitler
@@notmeantforyoubruv3999 please stop being so ignorant. This is offending me deeply as we austrians really aren't to blame for what hitler did. And I don't want my country to be associated with this malicious human being that in no way deserved to live in the first place.
Paint Box cool
Paint Box maybe take a joke next time bud
Paint Box well we Germans don’t want to be associated with him anymore either 🤷♀️
im Austrian lol and mix ups dont happen often and people who do mix it up dont live long lives...
The biggest joke on the world would be if Australia (as it has for a few years beeing allowed to take part now) ever wins the eurovision song contest, and it would host it in Austria the year after...
I’ve lived in Australia my whole life and I’ve only seen a kangaroo around 6 times with my own eyes. You can probably tell I don’t go outside very often.
I’ve seen like 30 in the last month. What part of Australia do you live in? I’m in coastland Queensland
same, like bruh I live in coastland Queensland but I’ve only ever seen kangaroos at zoos...
The Spyrexian bro same-
Yazid ACHARY-KHAN
I live in Melbourne and I never see any. It’s weird how Australia is known for having kangaroos, huge dangerous spiders and other crazy stuff, yet you never see them everywhere when you actually visit. It’s only in the dry parts of Australia where you get abstract stuff like that.
When I tell someone on the internet I am from Austria.
Them: Ooh how cool! I studied there! The koalas there are so cute!!1
Me: Wait what? Koalas? No not AustrALia I mean Austria!
Them: oh... ok then... I must go, bye!
Koalas are endangered
So true
I love how this is a video about the history of Australia yet there is no mention of the first Australians, the indigenous Australians.
UA-cam algorithm be like:
Bot1: It's time.
Bot2: For what?
Bot1: That video is finally 2 years old!
Bot2: Oooh right. I'll put it in the reccomended then.
this guy taught me more in 4 minutes and 28 seconds than i learnt in 12 years of history class
Maybe you should have paid better attention in class then.
I once was in Canada, and had a hoodie on that said" no kangaroos in Austria only kuhlimoos (cows)
And a friend from Canada intruduced me to someone, and guess what they said.
Oooh you're from Australia? And she was serious
Lol
I’m from Australia, why is this in my recommended?…
Senpai Jules me too
Since the video has to do with australia, youtube recommends it’s to you because of relevance
Mabye UA-cam actually thinks you're from Austria and is trying to change you
@@LeaveNow. exactly
"Not just to the ignorant and uneducated" proceeds to list groups known for being ignorant and uneducated
Why the heck are there such recent comments this was made 2 YEARS AGO
Rgg
In finland austria is itävalta which directly translated means ”eastern power” and I find that hilarious
Doesn't quite fit that much anymore :D But I think it would be a good name for Russia 🤔
the finlandian term for Austria was invented most likely at a time, when the Austrian Impire still existed. That time, it was really an eastern power.
You know what's also hilarious? Your language 😛🇫🇮
@@IRosamelia I don't find it very hilarious
2:26
dont forget that the british fleet stole this land from the aboriginals, the aboriginies were there first ya dingus
tru, no one really picks those facts though
lmao he aint ausssie thats why he aint be knowing, you dingass
Can't steal unless someone else owns the land first, and the aboriginals weren't about land ownership and all that.
As a mainland Australian I thank you at 2:42 for not shamelessly include Australia's shame of Incest Isle- I mean Tasmania. ;)
Bruh 😂
Mate you're just jealous that we don't get flooding, hurricanes and stupid droughts every other year, and that we actually have habitable temperatures.
@@anon8740 opinions on your sister?
@@enderguardian7443 Unfortunately I don't have one :(
I might have to trap a tourist and, tragically, contaminate the gene pool
Another funny one (happend to me a few years ago):
Stranger: Where are you from?
Me: I'm form Switzerland.
S: Oh Sweden is a nice place.
M: Nononono, Switzerland, not Sweden.
S: What, Swaiziland? Where the fuck is this?
M: God NO. I'm from Switzerland. The country which is well known for their Mountains, chocolat and watches.
S: Do you mean Australia?
Me: ......
B : Where you from
C : I'm from Austria
B : oh..... I know!!! Kangoroo
C : ??? No..... Hitler
where is A?
You copied this comment word for word.
@@JovanLemon wym
@@Varmint111 Word for word?
@@andre1dewilbert it means
A: *says joke*
B: *says exact same joke*
1. Australians are just British Texans
2. I am Aussie
3. We smile like this 🙃🙃
Very good Information in this video but please, please remember that Australia wasn’t free of humans. There were the aboriginals and Torres straight islanders inhabiting Australia before anyone “discovered” it and they were enslaved and tortured. This needs to be known to the world.
They weren't enslaved or tortured. They were killed when they defended their land however and also were subject to the events of the stolen generation.
RelGames They were considered animals. If they got in the way, you’d kill them.
James Saunders that’s a pretty smart idea. I should do that
Slovakia & Slovenia: first time, huh?
Me, an American: Wait you guys are two separate countries??
And don't forget the Croatian region of Slavonia, my history teacher constantly mixed up Slovenia and Slavonia and it was incredibly annoying.
same with Iraq and Iran, Niger and Nigeria, Libya and Liberia, etc.
@Lana, i suppose people in the US also have problem with distinguishing Georgia
Why is this suddenly getting recommended all of a sudden?
Working in tourism in Vienna, Austria, I once had a conversation with a middle-aged woman from the US asking me which language 'you speak here in Australia'. My answer that English is most commonly spoken there but here in Vienna we speak some sort of German left her thorougly confused - though that one woman probably doesn't represent a whole country when it comes to knowledge about where you're headed to on vacation. I guess many people in tourism can tell similar stories, regardless of country.
I will never understand how people switch these countries up, its not that hard ffs!
In the Netherlands we call them Oostenrijk 🇦🇹 and Australië 🇦🇺, there you go problem solved.
why am i watching this i’m australian
This is hilarious. I'm an Australian (kangaroos) living in Austria (schnitzels). I cannot believe so many struggle with the difference between the two!
Why would you ever leave Australia to live in Austria? Australia is the most beautiful country in the world! 😍
@@lukeknoxxmusic Australia is Shit. No servers for gaming and Giant spiders, also its fucking hot there.
As a resident of NSW (New South Wales) I have to say, people need a geography lesson.
Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Österreich!
Zwaungsvastootlichn is bei uns so a hagliche Gschicht, do dad i aufpassn ;)
Äh meinst nicht dem Kaiserreich?
Hi, i am also Australia
Actually Australia wasn’t called terra Australus it was called terra nullus which means land owned by no one which was a lie because it was inhabited by indigenous Australians
No, it was called "Terra Australis". "Terra Nullius" is the British law which said that Australia was land belonging to no one - not the name of the country :)
actually it was known as Terra Nullius and Van Diemens land
sn0wyy it was declared terra nullius, but not named it, as terra nullius is a law rather than a name. Put it this way, if you filed for bankruptcy you would be bankrupt, but that wouldn’t be your name. You are right that the mainland was Terra Australis and Tasmania was Van Diemens land though
Youse are all wring it's Land Downunder
Yes, it was not called terra nullis , but decleard that. It was called Van Demions Land or smthn
Austria - Australia
Sweden - Switzerland
Turkiye - Turkmenistan
Slovenia - Slovakia
Georgia - Georgia (state)
Batman - Batman (city)
Russia - Prussia
Turkey - Turkey (animal)
Indians - Indians (native American)
Lithuania - Latvia
Ireland - Iceland
Mandarin - Mandarin (language)
Turkish - Turkic
What makes Lithuania - Latvia so much worse is that the countries are neighbors
India - Indiana
Argentina - Argelia
The funny thing about Switzerland is that they have a similar name to Sweden and a similar flag to Denmark.
Turkmenistan - Turkestan (KZ region)
In Turkish *Avusturya* means Austria and *Avusturalya* means Australia so yes we switch them alot. Especially me.
Me: "Hi I'm from Austria"
Person: "Oh you mean the wonderful Country with the cute Koalas and the big Kangaroos. The Land with the big opera of Sydney, where everybody speaks this funny English accent?"
Me: "Ahm no, Austria"
Person: "Oh you mean the country which is in the middle of Europe, the one which lost the first world War and brought up Hitler?"
Me: "Well ahm no... The one with the Kangeroos"
Me: no the country with the most beautiful landscape on Earth and the place where karens don't exist
when you're austrian and australian and people always get you mixed up
(0:55) Or use the country codes: AT (Austria), AU (Australia)
The issue with the names Austria/Australia is that the names have so many letters in common, but AT/AU are half different from each other, and the difference is much greater. Using country codes on letters is allowed.
You also don't have to write it in English, as you only have to write it in a valid language from where you're sending from. For example, sending from Canada, you can write Autriche/Australie which are more different from each other.
While skiing in the Austrian Alps, I met a bartender who was an Austrian-Austrailian. Her mother was an Austrian expat living down under thus she had citizenship by descent and was able to live and work in Austria without the need for any Visa.
You should do one on Slovakia and Slovenia.
If I got a cent every time somebody confused these two...
Well it's still not as bad as how many times Slovenia and Slovakia are mixed up.
It is.. believe me
Omg Slowene is my mothertounge and i mix it up in the keyboardlayout on windows every fucking time xD
I still dont know where those are XDD
politicians from both countries meet every so often to swap their mixed up post
this guy should make a video on it
I watched this video fascinated as if I'm not an Australian who doesn't know our history or the difference already. (and for some reason I think lots of people are the same lol)
Austria and Australia: *exist*
Mustache man: I'll take anything I can get
I am citizen of both Austria and Australia. I am both Australian and Austrian.
OMG MY FRIEND LITERALLY THOUGHT AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRIA WERE THE SAME FUCKIN PLACE FFS
What happens when you write "Australia, Europe" on a letter and on an other "Austria, not Europe"?
Austria, Australia
I always wonder why the names of Australia 🇦🇺 and Austria 🇦🇹 sound very similar but they're just totally different ye know.
I know Australia is in Oceania while Austria is in the centre of Europe and it shares the borders with Germany 🇩🇪, Switzerland 🇨🇭, Italy 🇮🇹, Liechtenstein 🇱🇮, Slovenia 🇸🇮, Hungary 🇭🇺, Slovakia 🇸🇰 and Czechia known as Czech Republic 🇨🇿.
I also know the language of Australia is English and the language of Austria is German.
You may find kangaroos, koalas, crocodiles, sharks and platypuses in Australia 🇦🇺 but not in Austria 🇦🇹. There may be some cattle, ibex and deer in Austria 🇦🇹.
Anyway good morning from Ireland 🇮🇪
you can also find most of those animals in austria too. It´s called a ZOO
@@arkiza Yeah I knew that. I'm sure most of those animals might be found in some Austrian zoos.
I live in the Austrian Alps but I saw a lot more kangaroos than ibexes in my life 🦘🐐
@@123jakob1234 Really?
My gf is half Irish half Austrian.
I know a few things about Ireland, for example that Cork is somewhere in the Southwest (I think), the British treated the Irish very well (cough cough) and you got a lot of potatoes, sheep and beer.
Good evening from Austria 🇦🇹
As if this pops into my recommended 2 years later.
I never mixed Australia and Austria. Hmmm. Maybe it’s because I’m in Australia...
Don't feel bad for messing it up, I'm Australian myself and I used to get confused about it too until I was about nine
Australia is a good place,
It has nice oceans, bays, animals you can't see anywhere else in the wild,
Not to mention koalas, the country folk are nice,
Btw the weather is really unstable here,
It's either really really hot or really really cold 🤷
IKR LOL THE WEAthER
Avagamer 18 summer makes me wanna die brooo
@@acey1590 i like the summer because i absolutely hate being cold.
You havent heard about rottnest. Its an island off the western australia coast
Super Kanal, sehr lustig und informativ zugleich :)
About four years ago, my English teacher gave our class a task to write five questions about Austria. One of my friends accidentally wrote the questions about Australia, and the teacher got mad on him and said that she can't understand how can anybody confuse Austria with Australia. Now it turns out it can be, and that my friend was not the only one. Thanks for the video!
Just remember Austria is German for "Eastern Realms" and Australia is for "Southern Land".
Your pronunciation of Österreich is good ( this comes from someone who lives is Australia)
Lol, he is Austrian
@@cheetha3717 didn't know that
It is not good ._.
@@nusswahl3032 I think it is..
@@nusswahl3032 It is, in Austrian accent
First I was surprised that you can pronunce Österreich correctly, than I checked and saw that you have an German channel as well...
I think he is Austrian, not German.
I was 6 when I found out about this ay, set my DS location to Austria and couldn't figure out why it wasnt in english.
Y would UA-cam recommend this 2 years later when I’m Australian?
Just imagine if Antarctica was called Australia instead.
To any Austrians, how similar is Austrian culture to South German vs North German culture?
-An Australian
It's said that Germans live to work, Italians work to live and Austrians have a balance between the two. In general there is some minor animosity between Germans and Austrians but that's mostly joking about and culturally related. There is the idea of the very strict, no fun allowed, precise German and the more laid back, lenient Austrian.
Bavarian culture (South German) and Austrian culture are quite similar though, in regards to food and language, the geography is mountainous and forested, architecture has a distinct "alpine" feel to it and there is the "lederhosen" culture (google it and look at some images, you'll get what i mean). North Germany is quite different though even to Bavaria itself, generally things get alot flatter and more farmlandy north of Munich, the people and architecture become more samey and uninteresting. Frankly, and speaking from firsthand experience, North Germany, is just kinda drab and uninteresting. Apart from some really worthwhile cultural sites and cities like Berlin there is just not alot happening there. The Suburbs and farmland all look the same, the geography is flat and the people are diligent and proper workers but not much fun at parties.
Friendly Bandit imma give u like just coz of how long that would’ve taken to type.
Friendly Bandit Did you just write a novel?!
What I would say if I worked at an airport here in Melbourne:
Welcome to Melbourne where the only thing worse than the weather, is the wildlife. Enjoy your stay!
I've been to melb twice in my life (once for a couple of days, once for a week), and yeah the fucking protests.
I'm trying to catch a tram here? Like yes animal lives are important, but please don't do it on the goddamn tram lines. It's raining and my suitcase is 22kg. I have to walk up hill with it to my airbnb (my suitcase had a lot of books in it that i bought while i was in melb) now bECAUSE THE TRAM LINES WERE CLOSED DUE TO YOUR PROTEST. I was waiting for 20 mins for a tram that I didn't even know wasn't running until someone told everyone who was waiting at the station .-.
Protests are ok if you don't impede on a whole bunch of people like that :/
Australians get it mixed up too. Mainly when selecting what country they're from online, not really when saying it outloud or writing it. Just reading it.
Source: Me.
Bebx |
me: "i don't think they actuall-"
you: "source; me."
me: _awkward silence_
Interestingly, the two names come from the same indo european root, meaning south, but it changed to east in the Germanic languages.
Just a question, but are you aware that the second half of your name translates to "DER LINGGWIST" and not, as you maybe tried to write, "DER LINGUIST"? Because the latter would be "ᛞᛖᚱ ᛚᛁᛝᚢᛁᛊᛏ"
@@derkritiker1522 yes
I'm Romanian and I do not understand HOW you can mix these 2 countries up, especially if you're the US fucking president.
Yes! Greetings from Sweden, my girlfriend is Moldovan-Romanian 💪
Guys you won't believe what i've found in Austr *Ali-A*
No please
*Intro plays*
Bah Bah da Bah Bah da Bah Bah da
I’m already packing
@@jaisstuff4 I'm British
Grey, you sound funny in this video. How is Brady?
Organon lol
Is this a joke or do you think this is grey because it’s not grey
@@Doggywoof1 woooosh
@Doggy Woof
R/woosh
@Trash Sonic cartoons no
Excuse me Tapakapa will this be on the test?
D08 yes
@@heylolp9 Shit! DID I MISS THE TEST??
To be absolutely specific on the etymology of Austria and Australia: 'Austria' derives from a Latinization of Old High German 'Ōstarrīhhi' which meant "eastern empire". The 'ōstar' part ultimately comes from the ancient common ancestor of English, German, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit and many other Indian and European languages where the predecessor of 'ōstar' meant "in the direction of dawn". 'Australia' derives from the term for a mythical continent known as 'Terra Australis Incognito' which meant "unknown southern land" in Latin. 'Australis' was the adjectival form 'auster' which means 'southern' but originally meant 'the southern wind'. The southern wind in question, the sirocco, is actually to the southeast of Rome and was originally associated with the east. Early Romans that still spoke that ancestor language I mentioned earlier called that wind "the wind in the direction of dawn" using the same word that gives us 'ōstar' in Old High German. All to say that, ultimately, the 'austr' part of 'Australia' is actually related to the 'austr' part of 'Austria'.
People think we ride on kangaroos..... *honestly*
Also, if u try vegemite- *dont eat a whole spoonful....* it’s a spread- not a snack... 😒
Just a joke about the kangaroo riding tho
inihccecb Is it though? Americans aren’t exactly the brightest people.
@@diabolus.1604 They're mostly racist.
@@diabolus.1604 No, not a single American thinks they ride kangaroos, they arent even the right shape.
@@nesy5041 No, stop listening to the news here. Also stay out of the south.