Canada Ping!
Posted on 06/29/2013 9:15:24 AM PDT by rickmichaels
The flag thing makes me laugh In Kiev Ukraine a few years ago a bus load of Canadian tourists walked past me and my Ukrainian friends. My friends asked why they all wore little Canadian flags on their backpacks. I told them that was so no one would mistake them for Americans
I’ve heard plenty of Canadians say “aboot”. I also have heard one in particular say, repeatedly, “a-GAIN” instead of “again” as most Americans would pronounce it. He claims to have been verbally abused, along with his wife and children, for being Canadians while living in the U.S.
is there such a thing as fake curds?
Eh?
I love malt vinegar on fries and birchbark beer.
I have watched Corner Gas and
#10 They were almost all hockey nuts. Or table hockey.
#9 Oscar , your right.
#8 On the show where they tried to convince Oscar he was an American they said Canadians were didn’t hold strong opinions. They were really firm about that!
#7 Davis liked shooting guns Oscar cased cats up trees with guns. Some of you must like guns.
#6 I know they wanted a dotor to live in their town. Can’t really say on this one.
#5 Hank made fun of the American guy.
#4 Davis sold that alarm to Oscar and Emma.
#3 It must be a regional thing. They didn’t on the the show but I had a neighbor who moved here did.
#2 They said goverment waste money and “the” tax guy turned out to kinda nice. But then the gas inspector shout down the station. You do have a bit of a bureaucracy going there.
#1 I don’t think maple tree vs beaver ever came up. Hank didn’t like trees because they didn’t make sounds if the fell in the forest. I saw the Canadian flag on the show all he time but I don’t recall a beaver. We know that big, little vs prairie dog, gopher canceled each other out.
In general from watching Conner Gas it seems like a pretty nice county.
A little quirky at times but nice.
I’d follow Oscar around all the time just to keep him wound up. LOL
Canada Ping!
Loved your article! I feel that since I have French-Canadian blood (Quebec) and Scot-Canadian blood (Nova Scotia), I can say a couple of things — and they are not really negative.
My Canadian relatives in Montreal always said “aboot” and “eh”, but maybe because that was such a long time ago (30s, 40s, 50s) and there wasn’t the influx of nationalities as there is now. Also, I’m Massachusetts born and raised, but married into New Jersey. The only people here who say Joisey, are not New Jerseyans.
I have such fond memories of the year I lived in Montreal as a kid (Mother was getting her citizenship verified) and could even sing “O Canada” from heart. Still can! And — they were big hockey fans. Maybe because there was a relative playing for the Canadiens?
Anyway — I liked this article and plan to send it to my American brothers.
I’m a Michigander so I’m overrun by Icebacks. LOL
Who was your relative who played for Les Canadiens?
I used to date a girl in Windsor. I used to harass her about her gratuitous overuse of the letter “U”.
Its COLOR dammit.
BTW, it is a job, not a jab. I have a jab down at the lumber yard.
And I feel for anyone named Scott in the States, being addressed Scat. Lovely.
I had a sales rep once, originally from Ontario province, who pronounced “about” that way. Some Virginians as well as descendants of those who settled the barrier islands from Maryland down to the Outer Banks do as well. “Oot and aboot the hoose,” out and about the house.
Funny story about that sales rep, I had a rush job, needed samples. To save time we met halfway at a little steakhouse just off the interstate in a small town. Had “marinated steak” as a lunch special, he asked what sort of marinade. The little country gal waiting our table looked stumped for a bit, then lit up and blurted out “wayuul, jus awl kahndsa spahsses” ( well, just all kinds of spices). The rep’s jaw dropped, he almost fell out of his chair. “”In WHAT???”
A funny story about who's "safe" where.I've done a lot of traveling,including to English speaking countries.During those travels I was always asked if I was Canadian,particularly in Australia.This is strange because I sound far more like Jerry Seinfeld than Red Green.Once,in Australia,I was asked again if I was Canadian.I laughed,as I always did,and said no,I'm an American.He seemed like a nice guy so I asked him why he thought I was Canadian.He said "we Aussies can't tell your accents apart so,to be on the safe side,we always lead with Canadian"."Why?",I said."Because when an American is mistaken for a Canadian he's not angry or insulted.But when a Canadian is mistaken for an American he can get a bit miffed".
Also,I'm a dual citizen (US/Ireland).I always travel with my Irish passport because in many parts of the world we're hated and even subject to kidnapping,etc...whereas nobody hates the Irish (except maybe for the Brits).
There's a Brit comedian named Eddie Izzard who's hilarious.Check him out if you've never heard him.He once did a gig in the US during which he got talking about different pronunciations in Britain and the US.He gave a couple of examples,one of which was "you say erb and we say herb...because there a f**cking "h" in it".
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