Just to let the rest of the mudcatters into what Bob&I are discussing here, Sydney is "a global city" according to all the pollie speak. Many in NSW regard Macquarie St (code for the "movers & shakers" in Sydney, as that's where Parliament House is located) as believing that "the west" of the state begins at Parramatta (about 40km west of the Opera House) and "the far west" as starting at Katoomba (at the top of the Blue Mountains) east of Bathurst.

Americans would understand the same "insiders vs outsiders" notion by referring to the Loop around the inner part of Washington DC. I'm not sure of the Poms' equivalent; they invented "provincial" as a pejorative but ...

Anyway, Bob's right about the linguistics; to Sydneysiders I'm really a mexican (ie I'm really a Victorian) and Sydneysiders don't really understand the linguistics south of the border.

Cheers, Rowan