Gentle Canadian stereotype? Never heard of it. I always imagined Canadian stereotypes covered in baby seal blood and stuffing their faces with roasted moose (mooses? meese?).
Where the hell does the "gentle" Canadian stereotype come from?
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To be honest I've never heard of this stereotype being assigned to Canada. My go-to's tend to be making fun of the accent, but beyond that there is little aside from the association with the French to make fun of. And to be honest, is it really that bad of one? I live in America, and I can't stand people:
A) South of the Mason-Dixon Line (hill billies and bible-thumpers)
B)From anywhere on the east coast, especially, NY, Jersey, or Boston (enough said)
C)Some Californians (most are actually really nice)
Points being, even Americans don't like other Americans, and most people have some level of nationalism. Being polite is hardly a stereotype to be ashamed about.
It could be worse, you could be American, British, French, German, Australian, Chinese, Swedish, Mexican... or any nationality other than Canadian.
Oh and Canada is just America's hat.
A) South of the Mason-Dixon Line (hill billies and bible-thumpers)
B)From anywhere on the east coast, especially, NY, Jersey, or Boston (enough said)
C)Some Californians (most are actually really nice)
Points being, even Americans don't like other Americans, and most people have some level of nationalism. Being polite is hardly a stereotype to be ashamed about.
It could be worse, you could be American, British, French, German, Australian, Chinese, Swedish, Mexican... or any nationality other than Canadian.
Oh and Canada is just America's hat.
All I know for sure is that our drinking age is two years lower than the Americans'. Quebec's is even lower.
And we don't obey the drinking limit anyway.
Now if you'll excuse me, it's blackfly season, and I need to run for the arctic before I get eaten alive. *grabs the beer and runs*
And we don't obey the drinking limit anyway.
Now if you'll excuse me, it's blackfly season, and I need to run for the arctic before I get eaten alive. *grabs the beer and runs*
Probably in assosiation to the stereotype that Americans (& Australians) are assholes, therefore Canadians must be gentile by comparison.
canadians typically pride themselves on their levelheadedness.
Canadians have an deepseeded ability to laugh at our own expense that other nationalities have a trouble with. Americans only really laugh at their media or their politics, if they laugh at all. Canadians laugh at every facet of canadian life.
Also, on the whole, canadians tend to be more polite, although that's truly a stereotype, and there are plenty of canadian dickweeds.. but when we visit other countries, we tend to identify ourselves as canadians (flags on the backpack), and I for one (and many like me) are gracious to our host country.
Canadians have an deepseeded ability to laugh at our own expense that other nationalities have a trouble with. Americans only really laugh at their media or their politics, if they laugh at all. Canadians laugh at every facet of canadian life.
Also, on the whole, canadians tend to be more polite, although that's truly a stereotype, and there are plenty of canadian dickweeds.. but when we visit other countries, we tend to identify ourselves as canadians (flags on the backpack), and I for one (and many like me) are gracious to our host country.
I guess you and I won't be friends then... Shame..Guitar Gamer said:
Je n'aurai pas ton amitié. Ceci est une histoire triste. Je me demande: "Quel est la journé que le Canada anglais et le Canada français seront finalement des amis?"
It's probably came around because the stereotypical American is mean and gun toting , thus meaning the world needed someone who was nice on the North American continent.
P.S. I don't find the American stereotype to be true, in fact I have two friends that are American and they are not mean and gun toting
P.S. I don't find the American stereotype to be true, in fact I have two friends that are American and they are not mean and gun toting
I saw that episode of King of the Hill. It made me cringe. I don't know what you mean by Gentle, they came off as rude assholes to me. I don't like how they explained their dickish behavior as being that of a typical Canadian, and not the fact that Canada has it's share of pricks just the same as America. Oh well...
The only thing about the Canadian stereotype that really bugs me is the accent. I live on the west coast of Canada, so I can't say I have that much experience with the rest of it besides a few visits to Ontario and Saskatchewan, but I have never heard anyone talk with a so-called Canadian Accent that so many stereotypical portrayals use. I'm pretty sure it's the Newfoundland accent, but it doesn't explain why it's applied to the rest of Canada. Damn Newfies.
The only thing about the Canadian stereotype that really bugs me is the accent. I live on the west coast of Canada, so I can't say I have that much experience with the rest of it besides a few visits to Ontario and Saskatchewan, but I have never heard anyone talk with a so-called Canadian Accent that so many stereotypical portrayals use. I'm pretty sure it's the Newfoundland accent, but it doesn't explain why it's applied to the rest of Canada. Damn Newfies.
Canadians are people like everyone else...do we actually have to DISCUSS stereotypes now? they are just so not cool at this time in our world.
je suis desolet (or how ever you say it) je ne pas parle frainces bien.................. also that bit of language is actually learned, not translated but it was so badly spoken I guess you probablt already knew thatRandom argument man said: