Myth Busters, Canadian Style!

Cory Lover said:
Hey,

Well, I have came to a sad conclusion, Americans don't know that much about Canada (there will always be exceptions). In the chat room I joked and said Canada's Parliment buidlings are made out of ice, everyone thought I wasn't joking:werd: Sad.

Ok, so here is my plan. I want anyone that has a question about Canada to ask it. It could be "Does Canada have snow all year?" or "Do you guys have cities with more then 1,000 people?". I'm at your service for all of your Canada questions. I know that there are gonna be some whacky questions, or who nows I may get no questions, but the point of this is to bust some myths, Canadian Style!

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I have a large group of canadian friends from another site and I'm always embarassed how little we americans know about Canada in comparison with what you know about us.
 
jpappy789 said:
Are you guys really that polite, as seen in the movie Canadian Bacon, starring John Candy and the waitress woman from Cheers?
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Well, we are polite, yes, but not surgary sweet. And if you get on our bad side, we'll toss you in the middle of Nunavut and feed ya too the polar bears, or, just call ya yankee 1 million times :grinyes: jk
 
Wippit Guud said:
"The Truth About 'Aboot'"

As a Canadian working in a call center that deal predominately with American ISPs, I can assure every single Canadian here that yes, we say "aboot". Or at least something close to it that those from the US hear. We just don't hear it.

Don't believe me?

I want every Canadian to say about, out loud, but really slowly. The sound you will hear is "A-bow-oot" And I can even tell why: the french! "OU" in french is pronounced "oo", so their languange has had an influence on ours.

- the more you know.



But I rarely, if ever, say "eh".
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I disagree entirely on this one. I am from Quebec, and not one person from herem or Ontario for that matter says aboot.
 
and another thing to keep in mind. "Life in canada" is extremely different depending where you're from. Life of a typican montrealer living in Quebec is drastically different than a Canadian living in Nunavut...

only being able to speak from a Quebecer perspective, I love life here.


- I get 4 full seasons, Summer, gets HOT, winter's cold, Fall is wonderful to look at,

- our province is mostly built on immigrants. because of the whole mess with the french and english, everyone who came here stuck with their roots. The "melting pot" attitude didn't happen here. That's why i like to refer to Montreal as a city with many different cities from around the world, all in one.

- there's ALWAYS something to do here. it could be 4:00 AM, there will always be a place to go, a 24 hour bar or club, restaurants, and busy streets.

- people accept and respect others.

- you can get good food from practically any nationality you want,

- You can walk anywhere in the city and not be afraid.

- We got good beer,

- McDonalds sells Poutines here,

- and we got a GREAT hockey team!!!! :D:D:D
 
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