Doctor_Insano said:
I'm also from Canada.
we don't all say "aboot" that's east coast mainly.
the west coast isn't always stoned, just a lot of them.
everyone west of the rockies dislikes alberta,
everyone east of the rockies dislikes everyone else nobody and but ontario hates quebec.
quebec doesn't really hate anyone (but the people in Ontario), but the Bloc Quebecois (french poliical party) hates everyone. Our politics are pretty mean, and most of us all get together and hate ALL of our political parties.
we have the largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the world, and we sell medical grade uranuim to everyone.
our army is one of the best trained in the world, it's just poorly managed ans woefully underfunded.
We all like beer. canadian beeer, you know.. beer with alcohol in it. LOTS OF ALCOHOL!
we are the masters of sarcasm. (You don't say...)
most of us like british comedy over american comedies, we know what a "lift" most british wording is means. We also use British spelling over the US spelling.
we do not have an accent: the rest of you do, but ours is pretty nondescript and changes throughout the country.
we do not try and pet wild animals, although for some reason a lot of tourists think it would be "neato" to pet a bear, we know bears EAT people.
it snows everywhere except for the west coast (they get snow for a few days a year) in the winter. And Toronto (when they get snow they call in the army to shovel themselves out... And they're never going to live it down, either.)
it's waay too hot everywhere else during the summer, except when it rains.
we are fairly patriotic, but subtle about it. (Go Canada!)
we have more guns per capita then the US, and most of our shootings are actually hunting accidents. Wait... really? First I've ever heard of this.
manitoba's hunting color is white, it snows during hunting season... 'nuff said. Okay, then... No one else knows that, bud. But, if you say so...
Canadians also really like to use the terms:
-'nuff said.
-slippy (No, not slippery, slippy) [maritimes]
-When referring to someone it's bud, not dude [again, maritimes]
-We pronouce tour 'tor' not 'toor' [maritimes again]
-booterin' it (to go someplace fast... legging it up the hill) [maritimes again... I really spend too much time there.]
-'Chucking' something means to throw something
-Scallops are pronounced 'Scawl-lups' (don't believe what most of Canada says, the maritimes fish the damn things, they know how to pronounce it!)
-Dalhousie is pronounced 'Dal-how-zee' NOT 'Dal-hoo-zee' like the rest of Canada will try to tell you (it's named after a person, dammit, pronounce his name right!)
-What Americans call a 'toboggan' is actually a 'toque' which is a type of hat. A 'toboggan' is actually a type of sled. Get it right, Americans.
-the only time we say 'eh' is while asking a question. Example: "I know, eh?" It's like saying 'right?' at the end of a sentence.
-The last letter of the alphabet (z) is pronounced 'zed', not 'zee' like most people think.
-It's 'Ketchup' not 'Catsup', no matter what other people will try to tell you.
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-No, our weed is not legal, we just have a lot of people that like to smoke it anyway
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-No, we don't all love Celine Dion or Nickleback (most of us are ashamed of them, really)
-Yes, we probably apologize too much. Sorry for that.
-Yes, everyone makes fun of the Toronto Maple Leafs (don't correct my spelling, that's the hockey team's name!) except for most Torontonians.
-We are not all Lumberjacks (though, it'd really be cool.)
-Our police are not all Mounties, meaning, they don't all ride horses in their red uniforms with the weird poofy pants and the strange sticky-up hat. They only wear that at special events, anyway, but we've got normal policemen, too.
-We don't live in igloos and ride polar bears to school, though, most everyone knows that.
-The annual seal hunt does not kill baby seals, no matter what Paul and Linda (is that her name?) McCartney will try to tell you. The annual seal hunt is a tradition and doesn't do much wrong. If you want to get protective of the seals, get mad at the industrial seal fishing. (Those guys are really inhumane! Even Canadians get mad about them!)
-Bagged milk seems to only be common in Ontario and Eastern Canada. Though, most people tend to still buy cartons.
-Tim Horton is a god for creating the franchise that no Canadian can live without.
-We are quite proud of our bacon, maple syrup and poutine (a french dish consisting of french fries with gravy and cheese curds. Most people love it, I can't stand it.)
-Quebec is not a bilingual province. They speak french. The only legally bilingual province is New-Brunswick, though Ontario will try to tell you otherwise.
-Yes, the average distribution is 2.5 people per square kilometre, we have that much land.
-We are not a socialist country. Our country is currently being run by Conservatives, so I have no idea where people get the idea that we're socialists.
-We do allow gay marriage, but that doesn't mean that everyone is gay. (I'm not quite sure how people came up with that misconception, anyway...)
-The legal drinking age for most of Canada is 19, except in Quebec where it's 18 (which causes some fun for people on the Quebec-Ontario border...)
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...Whew. I think that's everything. If not... Then people have a lot of misconceptions about us. I have tried to put places for pronunciation, too seeing as that differs throughout the country.
