I'm a Kiwi, but also a Londoner as I came here in my 20s and stayed.
Wow! that explains it. So, Brax, what about you, are you an import too from somewhere downunder?
Btw, can one of you please clarify whether you keep to the left when out and about? Daughter has been annoying and saying to me that over in the UK, you stay in the right. She is teaching her mum to suck eggs. Also, not that the Brits are reserved and not to make eye contact at them or greet them when out and about. What happen if I did, would I turn to stone? lol
These pesky young ones can be so '"know it all".