quicko: adjectives for each

One of the overriding differences between Americans and Australians, according to a handful of Australians I was chatting to the other day, is that Americans are optimistic, whereas Australians are (I was waiting for the obvious antonym here but got:) cynical (which I think they think sounds smarter and, as an added benefit, less Scrooge-like).


I think there's a decent chunk of truth in that, as far as sweeping generalizations go.