"It sounds like the sort of dialogue an American would write for a supposed Brit (reminds me of that bloody awful character in Frasier"

... and that sort of garbage is what used to annoy Aussies about Hollywood's portrayal of Aussies...

The problem always traces back to the assumption (by Americans themselves!) of the incredibily low intelligence of Americans, rather than the (European style) faith of generally pitching things just a little ABOVE the average to encourage self education of the masses.


"shrimp"

Argggh! Don't come the Raw Prawn with me! We Aussies don't have "Shrimps" - although the English do (potted shrimps) - we only have "Prawns" - and if we did have "Shrimps", they would be tiny things - "Prawns" are HUGE... often an ounce or two EACH PRAWN...