[poobear]

This is the second time I've heard Austria compared to Australia lingo ‘shrimp on the barbie’ “funny stuff”.

Austria speaks German.
Australia officially English with the exception of the Native tribes and those who sailed from other Island Nations.

Oh, nevermind...

[MrB]

[4Liberty]

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/au.html#People

Germany -
Languages:
German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3%. (2001 census)

[rednesss]

Lloyd: That's a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?
Lady at bus stop: Austria.
Lloyd: Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie!
Lady at bus stop: Let's not.

From "Dumb and Dumber" (1994)

Just to clarify why I said that.