They say “sorry” more often than the Brits
Sorry, they love Americans but thank G*d for the border
They don’t carry guns, and prefer beers at the cottage to protests - even peaceful protests
What’s some other weirdo Canadian traits?
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They say “sorry” more often than the Brits
Sorry, they love Americans but thank G*d for the border
They don’t carry guns, and prefer beers at the cottage to protests - even peaceful protests
What’s some other weirdo Canadian traits?
by Anonymous | reply 120 | August 19, 2020 2:29 AM |
Saying "garage" this way: "gradge." ("A" like the a in "hat.")
by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 8, 2020 7:02 PM |
They HATE to be confused as Americans!
by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 8, 2020 7:03 PM |
Kraft Dinner.
Every Canadian I’ve met named Bruce has been a self centered pothead.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 8, 2020 7:04 PM |
Canada sounding pretty good to me so far. Any Canadian dudes want to make me your spouse?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 8, 2020 7:10 PM |
Weird Protestant work ethic -- when I go on vacation there I am quizzed about whether I've worked hard enough to sit around and do nothing. I rent a cottage in Muskoka every year and the owners from surrounding cottages are very critical (mildly joking, but passive aggressive nonetheless) of the fact that I don't spend most of the morning fixing, painting, straightening, planting, etc., and therefore don't "deserve" the beer. I'm laughing on the outside, but I get deeply irritated when they drop in uninvited and then mooch beers from me because their wives don't let them drink during the day.
Other than that, it's a spectacularly beautiful country and the people in cities are worldly and sophisticated.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 8, 2020 7:11 PM |
I'm kind of intrigued by poutine, but I'm glad I didn't grow up with it. Gravy on cheese and fries? Sounds like a calorie bomb.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 8, 2020 7:11 PM |
So close to the US border, but not-so-great teeth!
by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 8, 2020 7:13 PM |
Parkade. Eh (it's actually "Hey" in many cases). Nasty case of tall poppy syndrome, addicted to mediocrity. Weird anodyne indifference to the catastrophic state of the economy, now and in the future. Vote for blatantly corrupt politicians and then defend the choice with self-righteous fury, as though they're born-agains and you just questioned the divinity of Jesus. Celebrate passive-aggressivity. OK with being ruled over by an elite that is effectively a neo-aristocracy.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 8, 2020 7:22 PM |
R8 so many big words. 🤔
by Anonymous | reply 9 | August 8, 2020 7:24 PM |
Apparently so boring it only got 9 posts. Say what you will about Brits and Americans, we aren't boring.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | August 8, 2020 7:58 PM |
They love to fuck moose
by Anonymous | reply 11 | August 8, 2020 8:06 PM |
Foreskins. Except for the 1950s and 1960s when they wanted to be more like Americans, most Canadian baby boys were circumcised. It doesn't happen anymore except for religious reasons because Canadians want to be thought of as more European than American.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 8, 2020 10:23 PM |
OP, PLEASE pay attention! We already had this thread!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 13 | August 8, 2020 10:30 PM |
The CBC, which I like, but it runs commercials. It's supposed to be the national public broadcaster. So why does it run commercials on its TV network? I don't know of any other nation's PUBLIC broadcaster running TV ads.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | August 8, 2020 10:37 PM |
R5 in Muskoka ? Do you know Dan Levy ? What's he like ? (also, are you Dan Levy ?)
by Anonymous | reply 15 | August 8, 2020 10:41 PM |
Their parliament has the same kind of morons in it that run Oklahoma. I have a feeling there have been several occasions when we almost found that out in a big way.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 8, 2020 11:14 PM |
Sirup on everything.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 8, 2020 11:53 PM |
R16: Most Stupid comment on DL today.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 9, 2020 12:50 AM |
[quote] Nasty case of tall poppy syndrome
They get that from the British
by Anonymous | reply 19 | August 9, 2020 2:17 AM |
Out for a rip!
by Anonymous | reply 20 | August 9, 2020 2:47 AM |
R12 : the catholics are the ones with foreskins.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 9, 2020 3:00 AM |
They love curling.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 9, 2020 3:15 AM |
They say pasta to rhyme with faster (without the r), eh?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | August 9, 2020 3:23 AM |
r4, I might be down for it
by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 9, 2020 3:43 AM |
You're not using "eh" properly.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | August 9, 2020 3:58 AM |
They pledge allegiance to the old British hag.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | August 9, 2020 4:04 AM |
R24 you flirt.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | August 11, 2020 5:18 PM |
Canadian Bacon. Isn't it just ham?
R6, in the 70s and 80s, we called them Disco Fries. Mozzarella is used instead of cheese curds. These greasy delights were perfect to soak up all the alcohol after being out for a couple hours.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | August 11, 2020 6:34 PM |
Hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey and more hockey!!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 29 | August 11, 2020 6:40 PM |
The Loonie!
by Anonymous | reply 30 | August 11, 2020 6:41 PM |
[quote] Sirup on everything.
It's SYRUP, you halfwit.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | August 11, 2020 6:43 PM |
Peameal bacon, which IS ham but is super delicious.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | August 11, 2020 6:44 PM |
Ugh, so true, r29. My neighbour used to play as a young adult (40 years ago) and that's all I hear. He has hockey statuettes around the house, hockey towels, hockey bedsheets, hockey jackets, hockey wall light, hockey beer glasses, and he watches hockey every Saturday night.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 11, 2020 6:44 PM |
I don't think it's too jarring to hear someone say "aboot" or "soory" or whatever.
But as an avid HGTV fan I did notice Canadians have an odd way of pronouncing "house" - almost like "Hoose?"
by Anonymous | reply 35 | August 11, 2020 6:50 PM |
R31 “All dressed”? Where are they going?
by Anonymous | reply 36 | August 11, 2020 6:55 PM |
At this point, there are more people in Canada whom, to quote Gordon Downie -- deceased lead singer of the Tragically Hip, a mediocre Canadian band -- "don't give a fuck about hockey" than people who do.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | August 11, 2020 6:56 PM |
R34, and don’t you dare call the house when Hockey Night in Canada is on!
by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 11, 2020 6:57 PM |
Poutine is amazing.
Big differences between Anglo and French Canadians.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 11, 2020 7:02 PM |
The monarchy owns this thread. So bizarre that North Americans retained a British monarch. R8 checks out, in my experience. Canadians are indeed polite, but not always friendly or pleasant. They’re not the same things.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | August 11, 2020 7:05 PM |
^^^They seem kind of passive-agressive to me. Your comment that politeness is different from being friendly/pleasant is on point.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | August 11, 2020 7:12 PM |
*aggressive
by Anonymous | reply 43 | August 11, 2020 7:13 PM |
They don't just engage in passive-aggressive behaviour, they actually pride themselves on it and celebrate it, it's this gross little national in-joke. Like the monarchy, they inherited it from the English.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | August 11, 2020 7:16 PM |
R44 I've never been to Canada, but I've hung out with Canadians here in the U.S. I know what you mean. The chip on their shoulder and the passive-aggressive cuntiness is annoying, but also pathetic. I always meet their passive-aggressiveness with brutal directness, and that seems to shut them up quick.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | August 11, 2020 7:19 PM |
Canadian Bacon is American, they eat peameal bacon which is not industrial and very much like ham, in the old days when it was hand cured it was a different thing entirely.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | August 11, 2020 7:23 PM |
They call electricity (as a utility) "hydro". I assume it comes from "hydroelectric power". This always throws me because I always think it means water, not power.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | August 11, 2020 7:24 PM |
I think they’re amazingly patient with their bad southern neighbor.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | August 11, 2020 7:36 PM |
Yeah, hockey night and don't call them when JEOPARDY! is on. But that's for another thread, r38.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | August 11, 2020 7:54 PM |
They're like us - only better, and nicer, and less violent.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | August 11, 2020 9:09 PM |
Everything‘s in metric! Like WTF with it!
by Anonymous | reply 51 | August 11, 2020 9:52 PM |
One of my best friends 'became' Canadian. She married a Canuck woman and has lived in BC for a decade now. I adore visiting. I love the Gulf Islands. When I'm there, I feel like the "edge" has been taken off of things. Of day-to-day life. Everything just feels easier and a bit slower and less up-in-your-face.
If that's weird, I'll take it.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | August 11, 2020 10:50 PM |
Canadians are delightful.. Nice, friendly, polite, humble. Many handsome athletic guys. And they have Dan Levy. Perfect people.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 11, 2020 11:02 PM |
[quote] Peameal bacon, which IS ham but is super delicious.
Pretty sure ham is from the leg and peameal bacon is pork loin
by Anonymous | reply 54 | August 11, 2020 11:06 PM |
BACK bacon
by Anonymous | reply 56 | August 12, 2020 12:56 PM |
Thank you r53. Did you know that the French are incredibly charming, intelligent and so lucky to have so much "culture", history and tradition. Great people.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | August 12, 2020 1:13 PM |
Hey OP, they have lots of guns. They say "Sorry" but they don't mean it. They think their education system is better than it is.
No question: best male stripper industry in the world
by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 12, 2020 1:19 PM |
Everyone in Toronto wears Canada Goose coats. EVERYONE. Not bad in and of itself but how can so many people afford them?
by Anonymous | reply 59 | August 12, 2020 1:22 PM |
Some really bizarre pronunciation and speech patterns.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 12, 2020 1:26 PM |
[quote] Not bad in and of itself but how can so many people afford them?
There are fakes and knockoffs.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | August 12, 2020 3:46 PM |
R57. We actually look up to you. I don't know of ANY french person who hasn't dreamed once of dropping everything and emigrate to Canada. Québec also has the sexiest porn stars in the world. La belle province .YOU are our future dear.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | August 12, 2020 5:00 PM |
I grew up a few miles north of Canada. I could be there in 20 minutes from my house without traffic. I loved visiting there and shopping (and drinking)!
by Anonymous | reply 63 | August 12, 2020 5:10 PM |
[quote]I grew up a few miles north of Canada.
Did you grow up on the North Pole?
by Anonymous | reply 64 | August 12, 2020 6:22 PM |
R63 Detroit??
by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 12, 2020 6:33 PM |
That's very flattering, r62. I must say there is a very strong cultural affinity between Quebec and France - it's a nice feeling when you travel to feel "at home" in certain parts of the world. We laugh at Macron and Trudeau hugging it out all the time but I see two men who are just extremely comfortable to be in each other's company due to language, culture, history, interests, etc. You can see it - like cousins together.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | August 12, 2020 8:43 PM |
Gros bisoux to you to cousin. (=Viens en France je te suce à te faire péter les couilles). It means ' xoxo' folks.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | August 12, 2020 8:48 PM |
Anglo Canadians from Ontario have a huge inferiority complex about being Canadian. They are constantly bragging about their healthcare, how safe they are, how much better they are, etc. In reality, Canada's homicide rate is high. In the west, it's only low compared to America. The homicide rate for their first nations people is higher than that of African Americans. If first nations constituted 12% of the Canadian population, their homicide rate would be the same as ours. Their healthcare is also only good compared to America. Canadian healthcare is frequently ranked second-to-last among western nations. This kind of hyper defensiveness and inferiority gets really mind-numbingly dull after you hear it 1000 times.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | August 12, 2020 8:59 PM |
Correct R65.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | August 12, 2020 10:32 PM |
R15 I am not Dan Levy nor do I know him. Years ago many famous Canadians had homes in Muskoka so you never know.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | August 12, 2020 10:42 PM |
R63 is Sarah Palin.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | August 12, 2020 11:16 PM |
90% of Canada's entire population lives within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | August 12, 2020 11:17 PM |
R63 is Sarah Palin.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | August 13, 2020 1:06 AM |
If you add the people who disappear and are never found to the murder rate, Canada has a high rate indeed. With so many uninhabited places to hide bodies, how does anyone in Canada ever get caught?
by Anonymous | reply 74 | August 13, 2020 1:43 AM |
R74, yup, I think that vast majority of them are first nations people too.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | August 13, 2020 1:54 AM |
They have washrooms, not restrooms.
Tim Hortons is mediocre even by fast food standards and there's one on every corner.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | August 13, 2020 1:55 AM |
1. I find it weird that they look down their nose at America on race issues, but ignore their atrocious treatment of the first nation population in their country.
2. Bags of milk.
3. The seemingly lax punishment for people that commit horrific crimes. Spare me the 'but, in America...' crap. people like Karla Homolka and the lunatic that snapped and cannibalized another Greyhound passenger can't be reformed and need to be separated from society.
4. That they look down their nose at American celebrities despite the fact many of 'our' shitty/untalented celebrities are actually Canadian.
5. Bags of milk.
6. Canadian deplorables exist and Canadian maggots exist.
7. Rob Ford being an elected offical and anyone from his family being trusted to hold office after he died.
8. Bags. Of. Milk.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | August 13, 2020 2:12 AM |
Saying "zed" instead of "z" is weird.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 13, 2020 2:22 AM |
Bagged milk isn't really a thing anymore, I haven't seen it since the 80s, when they still had milk delivery in many cities.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | August 13, 2020 2:25 AM |
Half of the population lives below the red line. lol
by Anonymous | reply 80 | August 13, 2020 2:26 AM |
R79, I visited Montreal and Quebec City three years ago and it was still a thing in grocery stores.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | August 13, 2020 2:30 AM |
Nobody cares about Quebec, though it's typical of them to be 30 years behind the rest of the country.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | August 13, 2020 2:32 AM |
Child stars on Nickelodeon in the 80s named Moose, Alasdair and Amyas.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | August 13, 2020 2:36 AM |
R66 I agree with you. What happens when the French and Canadians are together is simply indescribable. Of course there is their common history which makes them cousins. And that's no a way to put it, they really are cousins. Canada was first called "Nouvelle France", before the English invaded the land by surprise.
Quebecers find it hard to forgive the French for it, but when the French and Quebecois decide to work together, it's always fruitful and in a good mood. Trudeau and Macron are the best example. Although I have the feeling they have not spoken to each other for several months. Since the pandemic. They haven't seen each other since they made fun of Trump at Buckingham Palace. They no longer exchange tweets but it is quite possible that they have decided to be more discreet and to call or send each other messages. A friend of mine from Quebec makes me discover the musical called "Starmania". A masterpiece of the Franco-Quebec musical comedy of which Cindy Laupers (The world is stone), and Peter Kingsbery (ex Cock Robin) have made an Englishversion. also learned that Celine Dion could not have had the career she has without a French songwriter named Jean Jacques Goldman who wrote her most beautiful songs in French, before her global successful song for Titanic. Quebec is a really special place that I like to go because the people are really really nice people, without the hypocrisy that I can see in the USA. Can't wait to come there again. The sooner the better. Love Canada!
by Anonymous | reply 86 | August 13, 2020 3:02 AM |
Quebec isn't like the rest of Canada at all. For starters, the rest of Canada hates them and Quebec hates them too. I don't know which one hates the other the most. I will say I loved almost everything about Montreal and QC when I went there. The roads sucked but everything else I loved--the people, architecture, scenery, food, nightlife, etc. Quebec City is truly stunning and I loved walking through it. I would love to go back.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | August 13, 2020 3:11 AM |
Also, I didn't find anything weird among the Canadian. They are simple kind and very hospitable people. Whether they are Anglo or French, they are all adorable. And the country is stunning and so green! Oh and the Poutine is a thousand times delicious than any disgusting American burgers.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | August 13, 2020 3:14 AM |
R87 Québécois were in Canada long before the British so saying no one like them is not true. The British don't like them you should have said! Of course, they invaded them and committed some massacres. Because Québécois have a big pride and they don't want to lose their french and i think not only it's totally understandable but they are right! Btw, Montréal is in Québec and there are a lot of tourists there. Québec IS Canada! Stop spreading your hatred on them, that's ridiculous.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | August 13, 2020 3:29 AM |
I used to go to Mexico every January and there were always tons of Canadians vacationing. It is their Florida, so to speak. They were all a blast to party with, especially the one I fucked while he was on his honeymoon. Sadly I could not go this year.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | August 13, 2020 3:42 AM |
R89, I think you misread what I typed. I love Quebec--that's what I said in my post. But I have heard from countless Anglo Canadians how "backwards" Quebec is to the rest of Canada and how they are just a drag on the country and they expect special privileges. I'm not saying I agree--this is just the sentiment I have heard over and over again.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | August 13, 2020 3:55 AM |
R91 From the Anglo... As always.
All I wish for is for them to live in peace, anglo and french.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | August 13, 2020 4:11 AM |
R92, I hope that happens...I'm just not holding my breath.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | August 13, 2020 4:17 AM |
R64 & R71 would you please look at a map instead of jumping to conclusions? Thanks.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | August 13, 2020 4:55 AM |
Strange liquor laws. State owned LCBO for hard liquor and wine and The Beer Store (formerly Brewers’ Retail) for the obvious. They keep the beer in the back, you order at a counter and they bring it out to you. Things may have changed since I was last in Canada in 2012 though.
Cigarette packages with disgusting pictures of cancer victims on them.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | August 13, 2020 6:54 AM |
Universal health care, paid maternity leave, paid vacation, legal pot... and the list goes on and on. Oops, guess these things are only "weird shit" for Americans. Every other country has those things too. Lets just say I would feel safe in Canada. I would be stressed and worried every day about my future if I was living in the US. I can't even fathom going bankrupt just because I get sick.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | August 13, 2020 7:00 AM |
Quebec is weird. The nazi language police. The province refuse to offer services in English and they force everyone to communicate in French. Basically if you're anglophone you have no rights in Quebec. Meanwhile the French communities in the English speaking provinces expect to be able to talk French and have services in French. So.... the bilingual laws are only for the French. If you're English, you're out of luck. This is also why people moved from Montreal to Toronto, hostile language laws. Lots of businesses abandoned Quebec for Ontario. That's why Toronto grew to be the biggest city. It used to be Montreal.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | August 13, 2020 7:10 AM |
You're right. There is so much hypocrisy in Canada, which claims to be a bilingual nation. How many people in BC or Alberta actually speak French?
by Anonymous | reply 98 | August 13, 2020 7:56 AM |
R97 French were there first, you invaded their land and you are now crying that they don't want to speak English in Quebec? The audacity!
by Anonymous | reply 99 | August 13, 2020 9:35 AM |
Dock Parties
by Anonymous | reply 100 | August 13, 2020 10:16 AM |
R99 "French were there first, you invaded their land ... " There were people living in what is now Quebec before the French arrived. The French referred to the original inhabitants as "les sauvages".
by Anonymous | reply 101 | August 13, 2020 10:49 AM |
Great Canadians IMO : -Dan Levy -Catherine O'hara -the guy who plays ' Jake the carpenter ' in Schitt's Creek -Gabriel Clark -William Seed -Datalounger R66 -Kate Mcgarrigle -Martha Wainwright -Rufus Wainwright -Léonard Cohen -Donald Sutherland -Jacques Cartier -William Shatner -Ryan Reynolds -Richard Rucculo's big, throbbing, red, veiny dick
by Anonymous | reply 102 | August 13, 2020 1:09 PM |
It's not a perfect situation in Canada that's for sure, r91. My background is both - French and English. French Canadian grandparents and English (one from England) grandparents and oddly enough the English side didn't like the other - it was muted, but definitely there. That was back in the 80s however. So I've been pardon the expression, straddling both cultures all my life. I lived in Australia for approx 8 years and yes, there were perceptions, and challenges when I left Canada in 1991. What ticked me off was when I was on the plane back to Canada in 1998 and chatting with flight attendant and we got on the to hot topic of Separation - Quebec Separation. I was astonished to hear that basically nothing had changed since I left Canada. Ticked me right off. But it tells you that things may never change - c'est la vie. It's like an old married couple - they complain, they bitch, they threaten to leave, but...in the end, they've got a nice house, nice kids, nice cottage, nice country...so they stick together. That's Canada. Not Perfect. But Perfect just the way it is.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | August 13, 2020 3:03 PM |
r103 = OP
by Anonymous | reply 104 | August 13, 2020 3:03 PM |
Regina, SK rhymes with vagina.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | August 13, 2020 3:09 PM |
Passive aggressive about their passive aggression and no sense of humor about it. They may seem polite but behind that is seething judgement of you while putting themselves on a pedestal as a reward for their own repressed “polite” behavior. Many gossip endlessly to cope and this is where some levity can be found. Canadians are great gossips.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | August 13, 2020 3:31 PM |
r106 nails it. I was born in Calgary, grew up in the US, have dual citizenship and have spent many years in both countries. I prefer Americans. There are Canadian types I like very much, but far too many are exactly as r106 describes. They're thoroughly unpleasant people, and I'll choose American brashness and occasional obnoxiousness over the superficially polite but deeply weird, sterile, humorless coldness so common in Canada.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | August 13, 2020 4:48 PM |
[quote]superficially polite but deeply weird, sterile, humorless coldness so common in Canada
You're hitting a sore spot r106 and r107. I can't argue against that. I don't where it comes from but I have my theories. I was raised in a rural setting growing up and forced to move to Toronto for high school. Deeply depressing time for me. I found there is a deep divide between (using as an example) Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. Very different people to the point where I think I suffered a form of culture shock at 13 when we moved. I never got over it and left the Province entirely as soon as I could. I blame the Anglo-Saxon influence for one thing. I also think weather has a role to play. A friend who was former diplomat in Canada (from South Africa) said the German diplomats stationed in Ottawa found it so cold they classified Ottawa as a "hardship post" (therefore hardship pay). I also think we're at heart kind of "loners'. We're a tiny population when you look around us for such a large land mass. I remember some university course I took that said if it wasn't for migration to the U.S., weather, etc, Canada would probably have a population of 100 Million. We're only about 38 Million right now. It's a very complex topic. I can't disagree with you though.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | August 13, 2020 4:58 PM |
^^^don't know where
by Anonymous | reply 109 | August 13, 2020 4:59 PM |
R106’s description reminds me of Southerners in the US. They come off as sweet as that iced tea they drink and polite as a slice of pecan pie, but when you get to know them you realize they regard outsiders with hostility, resentment and suspicion.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | August 13, 2020 6:01 PM |
R110 Especially if' outsiders ' eat their chicken , burn their furniture and steal their mother's jewels.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | August 13, 2020 6:07 PM |
[quote] It's like an old married couple - they complain, they bitch, they threaten to leave, but...in the end, they've got a nice house, nice kids, nice cottage, nice country...so they stick together. That's Canada. Not Perfect. But Perfect just the way it is.
R103, that's pretty much the sentiment I've heard from Anglo Canadians--they feel that Quebec expects to be treated differently (special privileges) and is always threatenting to leave. I've heard many Anglos say they wish Quebec would secede if it would just make them shut up.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | August 13, 2020 6:45 PM |
R106 and R107 Canadians sound like U.S. Midwesterners, when it comes to being nice to you face and gossiping behind your back.
I do admire the Canadians here who are honest and willing to discuss what's good, bad, weird, and different about Canadians in a thoughtful way.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | August 13, 2020 9:25 PM |
The natives of Quebec give their French interlopers the greeting they deserve.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | August 14, 2020 12:49 AM |
Hot!
by Anonymous | reply 115 | August 14, 2020 1:42 PM |
R106 & R107, see my post upthread. They can be wonderful people but that passive aggressiveness can be exhausting.
And R110, you hit the nail on the head about the connection to Southerners. Deeply judgmental and true unkindness is just below the surface.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | August 18, 2020 12:26 AM |
[quote] Canadians sound like U.S. Midwesterners
R116, to me, Anglo Canadians are like more attractive Minnesotans. Polite but passive aggressive and not very social with outsiders. The politeness is a form of following (unwritten) rules. People from Wisconsin and Iowa are much nicer.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | August 18, 2020 12:30 AM |
[quote] [R106]’s description reminds me of Southerners in the US. They come off as sweet as that iced tea they drink and polite as a slice of pecan pie but when you get to know them you realize they regard outsiders with hostility, resentment and suspicion.
Just like Miss Valdosta Feed and Grain!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 118 | August 18, 2020 7:29 AM |
Fuck off R99. First nations’ peoples were in Canada long before the fucking French.
And fuck off everyone that thinks whatever happens in Ontario is the way all of Canada is. Fucking cottages and milk bags don’t happen anywhere else. Ontario , Quebec and (Manitoba) have the lakes to go with the cottages. I don’t aspire to live in a cottage and never have. Fucking mega mosquitos go along with that dream.
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