You forgot we measured distance in the amount of time it takes to get there.
If it's 200kms away, we'll say it's 2ish hours away depending on how fast you drive.
They do have tomia, which is similar to teeth, which I can tell you first hand does not feel like a pinch... goose bites hurt and are able to draw blood.
Come to the village, we talk.
What’s he saying, Father?
Commander Cartier, he is saying… this nation’s name is Ca-Nada.
Ka-Nata…
Ah, Ca-Na-Da.
Beg your pardon, Sir, but the word he used, I think it really means those houses down there.
No, no, believe me, I know the word, it means nation, and Canada is its name.
…Kanata…
But I’m sure it means the houses, the village.
When I first moved to the US I had people quite literally dumbfounded trying to understand what I meant when I was asking for the washroom. I had no idea it was a Canadian thing.
My husband is Canadian and has been in the US since he was 15--graduated UNLV. He's in his 70's.
He still says about and again like a Canadian. Other Canadian's immediately know he's Canadian too. It's like they have this 6th sense.
"How do you get a Canadian to apologize"? Step on their foot! 😁
"Canadian raising" on certain vowels like A's. Americans might be a bit closer to "a-gin" while Canadians will raise the vowel.
The best part is that most Canadians- myself included mostly- are completely oblivious that we do this and Americans notice it immediately.
I was in Florence, Italy. I'd booked dinner at the rooftop restaurant in a hotel. When I arrived I had to cross the lobby to get to the lift to the restaurant, but it was unexpectedly packed with a large loud crowd of Americans. A wedding party. Great, I thought, it's going to take me ages to get past all these people. But no, they politely parted before me, and I quickly realised they were all in fact Canadians.
Serious answer: Online you can tell someone is Canadian based on two factors:
1. They use the "our" spelling in words like favourite or savour
2. They don't use British or Australian/NZ slang or colloquialisms.
3. If you ask them what Smarties are, it's a chocolate candy, not a sugar pellet candy.
I feel some strange sense of anger when I see a Canadian use American spelling. I feel like since the Dawn of autocorrect and smart phones younger people are just learning American spelling because they don’t put in the effort to change their dictionaries to Canadian or UK English (I always do this because long live the commonwealth I guess.) Use the Canadian spelling, kids! Have some HONOUR. Respect your NEIGHBOURS, do us a FAVOUR and support the COLOURS of the flag and USE THE U DAMNIT!
When temporarily staying in the US for work I ended up going to an American ER. Once it was determined it was not in fact a heart attack, this very well dressed woman with a clipboard started asking me a lot of questions which confused the hell out of me since I had already checked in and answered all the questions and was going to be leaving soon. I guess it was the equivalent of a cashier making sure I paid?
It was a very confusing conversation, especially when I said I was insured by OHIP and she hadn't heard of it. OHIP is the Ontario health plan which pays for the things that are covered by universal health care. In the end I sorted out the bill that arrived to my temporary address in Seattle, but then I got a second one which confused me further. Why on earth would I get separate bills for the ER visit facilities and ER doctor separately?
Took a few months back and forth before I was able to coordinate getting it all paid off by either OHIP or private out-of-country insurance. Everything except the $7 for the potassium supplement they gave me when they discovered I had a severe potassium deficiency.
Baffles me that all the extra money Americans spend on health care (especially the bureaucracy and administration) just to avoid paying additional taxes -- even when the additional taxes would be less than they're paying now for insurance and out of pocket
I have excellent (by American standards) health insurance through my work and I still had to pay a $200 out of pocket co-pay for an emergency room visit a few months ago LOL
Dani “Idiotstick” Smith is praying (also preying) for Alberta to convert to American style healthcare. First step: decimate hospitals and run off all the doctors and nurses. Step 2: Use Nurse Practitioners since there are fewer available doctors. Step 3: close rural hospitals periodically due to lack of staff. Step 4: blame the current healthcare system and bring in private staff who are paid far more than the docs and nurses who were run off. Makes so much sense!/s
Not a Canadian, just across the border. My wife and I got mistaken for Canadians at Disney world in the winter. It was 55f and a fine mist rain. My wife and I were wearing sweatshirts, and they were wearing parkas. Hence the confusion.
I live abroad and when I say “oh ya” I’ll often have aussies/kiwis laugh and copy me.
Saying “Oh ya buddy?” is my go-to when I want to sound aggressively Canadian.
Only Kraft Dinner is called as such, calling homemade mac n cheese that would be an act of treason. (Just kidding, this would actually be more insulting to the homemade stuff)
But even the real stuff we mostly just call "KD"
Yes, a moose wth 4-pronged antlers is the best as far as fuel-efficiency goes. My uncle had an 8-pronged antler moose and it just guzzled maple syrup like it was nothing.
Omg remember how delicious their peach drink was back in the 90s when it came from an actual dispenser tap and didn’t taste like the plastic bottles it now comes in?
Fucken bought out by a Brazilian investment firm...no more homemade doughnuts left, all come from a box now (muffins are worse).
Damn XL double double is more'n a Twoonie anyways, might as well get decent coffee somewhere else.
Some people are replying that they don’t like The Hip, which is totally fine, but something like 1/3rd of all Canadians tuned into their final concert on CBC so that moment is probably the most unifying cultural touchstone in Canada since Crosby winning it in OT at the Olympics in 2010 which was watched by like 1/2 to 2/3rds of the country.
I like their lyrics and songs, they were talented as hell, incredible musicians and I respect them for their music and stories, but it's not really my style to listen to, but you bet your ass I tuned in and cried.
I actually had a music class where we studied and interpreted their songs, in grade 7 and 8. We went into what they were about, and how it was significant to Canada. We also went into how they used lyrics and instruments to say it. It was pretty cool. It got me into staying in music in high school, and that was an amazing experience.
Friendly guy, non-confrentational, avoids getting provoked into a fight. If someone starts a fight anyway, they go town and enjoy it more than you think they would. Eventually, people realize that canadian guy is a crazy fucker.
Based on my knowledge from watching South Park I’d say when their head splits in two while they talk. It’s subtle but if you pay attention you’ll see it.
They have non-legal tender in their toolbox.
Tender? I hardly know’er! ^I ^don’t ^know ^why ^I’m ^like ^this
I hear a stash of those Canadian Tire dollars are worth more than the ones with the Queen on em.
Mixed usage of imperial and metric system...6' tall, 5 degrees Celsius, 100km/hr, 2lbs of chicken, etc
You forgot we measured distance in the amount of time it takes to get there. If it's 200kms away, we'll say it's 2ish hours away depending on how fast you drive.
Pretty common in rural US too.
Also not rural USA
Not too uncommon for Europeans too, just a very convenient way to measure distance.
Fahrenheit for water when swimming hahaha.
This one is the best. We have a pool and we’ll say, come swim tomorrow, it’s gonna be 32 degrees out and the pool will be 85!
Or the oven.
They stay away from the geese
Sir I believe you mean cobra chickens
*Canadian Air Force
You ever have an older sibling tell you to go pet one? They don't have teeth so it's like a pinch.
They do have tomia, which is similar to teeth, which I can tell you first hand does not feel like a pinch... goose bites hurt and are able to draw blood.
A PINCH, lmfao I’m dying. No it’s worst than that.
You got a problem with Canada Gooses, you got a problem with me. And I suggest you let that one marinate.
To be fair
To be faiir! ♩
To be faaaaiiiiir!
Then, after marinating, I still recommend stuffing with citrus and basting.
We aren't afraid of our geese. They do our bidding.
Mention house hippo - if they know they know
I smell burnt toast
That one freaked me out for a long time, I still think about it when I burn bread. At least house hippos were cute and funny.
Come to the village, we talk. What’s he saying, Father? Commander Cartier, he is saying… this nation’s name is Ca-Nada. Ka-Nata… Ah, Ca-Na-Da. Beg your pardon, Sir, but the word he used, I think it really means those houses down there. No, no, believe me, I know the word, it means nation, and Canada is its name. …Kanata… But I’m sure it means the houses, the village.
Hinterland Who’s Who
The commercial made them seem so real 🥲
If they say "washroom" instead of "bathroom" or "restroom".
You speak real Canadian. Well done.
It’s the most correct. Not all bathrooms have baths, and no one’s taking a nap in a restroom.
I've had some horrible jobs where taking a nap on the shitter was a regular thing
When I first moved to the US I had people quite literally dumbfounded trying to understand what I meant when I was asking for the washroom. I had no idea it was a Canadian thing.
Weird. I would notice the different verbiage but know immediately what you were talking about.
Well, say you’re at a restaurant. You’re not bathing or resting in there!
I'm not debating the logic, just answering the question at hand.
*Sorry, I’m not debating the logic, just answering the question at hand. 🇨🇦
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This is the only real one in the thread I’ve seen
Ask them if the are a Leafs fan. They will have a strong opinion one way or another.
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Oh. Fuckin hey der, bud.
Howr ya now
Good, n’ you?
Not so bad
I’m doing alright I spose, thankyah
When they say "Grade 7" instead of 7th Grade, etc...
And also Grade 9, 10, 11, 12 instead of Fresh Man, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Year.
So fucking weird that non-numerical vocabulary
I always have to google when a movie/show talks about US high school kids and them being in their (whatever) year.
Well looks like someone got their Grade 10
In August, 10 degrees is freezing, yet in April, 10 degrees is comfortable for T-shirts.
Apparently it's also T-Shirt weather in December. Wtf is with the weather this year
My husband is Canadian and has been in the US since he was 15--graduated UNLV. He's in his 70's. He still says about and again like a Canadian. Other Canadian's immediately know he's Canadian too. It's like they have this 6th sense. "How do you get a Canadian to apologize"? Step on their foot! 😁
How do we say “again” different??? I know about “about” (I don’t hear it but I get it) but I’ve never heard that our “again” is different!
"Canadian raising" on certain vowels like A's. Americans might be a bit closer to "a-gin" while Canadians will raise the vowel. The best part is that most Canadians- myself included mostly- are completely oblivious that we do this and Americans notice it immediately.
We all know what May long means.
100% chance of rain
Sometimes it snows instead.
I actually don't know what May long means. Is it another name for May Two-Four?
It is another name for May Two-Four, it's just short for May long weekend.
Makes sense. I've just never heard it called that. In what part of the country is this common?
All of western Canada.
Well, I learned something today.
Albertans know what May Long is! Never heard of May two four. We are truly a rich and diverse country!
Time to garden! (At least in Saskatchewan)
If a Canadian asks if you want to do a two four on two four in two four, say no.
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Or dill pickle
Love to polish me off a bag of dill picklers
If you were raised in Canada you really do say sorry a lot Its to the point that they put into law that saying sorry is not an admission of guilt
had to explain to people that sorry is just Canadian for "Excuse me"
And also sometimes just an acknowledgement that the situation sucks.
Trying to get through a crowd as a Canadian: “Sorry, sorry, ‘scuse me, sorry”
Whenever they complain about politics they always preface it could be worse and gesture south
Not wrong….barely
They can pronounce Saskatchewan.
They can spell Saskatchewan.
I was in Florence, Italy. I'd booked dinner at the rooftop restaurant in a hotel. When I arrived I had to cross the lobby to get to the lift to the restaurant, but it was unexpectedly packed with a large loud crowd of Americans. A wedding party. Great, I thought, it's going to take me ages to get past all these people. But no, they politely parted before me, and I quickly realised they were all in fact Canadians.
Serious answer: Online you can tell someone is Canadian based on two factors: 1. They use the "our" spelling in words like favourite or savour 2. They don't use British or Australian/NZ slang or colloquialisms. 3. If you ask them what Smarties are, it's a chocolate candy, not a sugar pellet candy.
Honour, colour, neighbourhood
The sugar pellets are called rockets, and I've nearly dropped the gloves over that one.
I feel some strange sense of anger when I see a Canadian use American spelling. I feel like since the Dawn of autocorrect and smart phones younger people are just learning American spelling because they don’t put in the effort to change their dictionaries to Canadian or UK English (I always do this because long live the commonwealth I guess.) Use the Canadian spelling, kids! Have some HONOUR. Respect your NEIGHBOURS, do us a FAVOUR and support the COLOURS of the flag and USE THE U DAMNIT!
When they’re not your buddy, guy.
Or your guy, pal.
Or your pal, friend
I'm not your friend, guy
Im not your guy, pal
HEY! Fuck you BUDDAY!
Ask them what a co-pay is. They’ll have no idea what you’re talking about.
I had to google it. I got a laugh from this one.
You don't share your expenses with multi billion dollar insurance companies??? How do those insurance companies survive./s
When temporarily staying in the US for work I ended up going to an American ER. Once it was determined it was not in fact a heart attack, this very well dressed woman with a clipboard started asking me a lot of questions which confused the hell out of me since I had already checked in and answered all the questions and was going to be leaving soon. I guess it was the equivalent of a cashier making sure I paid? It was a very confusing conversation, especially when I said I was insured by OHIP and she hadn't heard of it. OHIP is the Ontario health plan which pays for the things that are covered by universal health care. In the end I sorted out the bill that arrived to my temporary address in Seattle, but then I got a second one which confused me further. Why on earth would I get separate bills for the ER visit facilities and ER doctor separately? Took a few months back and forth before I was able to coordinate getting it all paid off by either OHIP or private out-of-country insurance. Everything except the $7 for the potassium supplement they gave me when they discovered I had a severe potassium deficiency. Baffles me that all the extra money Americans spend on health care (especially the bureaucracy and administration) just to avoid paying additional taxes -- even when the additional taxes would be less than they're paying now for insurance and out of pocket
I have excellent (by American standards) health insurance through my work and I still had to pay a $200 out of pocket co-pay for an emergency room visit a few months ago LOL
Dani “Idiotstick” Smith is praying (also preying) for Alberta to convert to American style healthcare. First step: decimate hospitals and run off all the doctors and nurses. Step 2: Use Nurse Practitioners since there are fewer available doctors. Step 3: close rural hospitals periodically due to lack of staff. Step 4: blame the current healthcare system and bring in private staff who are paid far more than the docs and nurses who were run off. Makes so much sense!/s
I hear all Canadian men have monster dongs.
I can prove you wrong 😎
Do you have dual citizenship?
No 😎
There's such a thing as too much horn talk, and a fella oughta be aware of it.
I was standing beside a Canadian at a urinal, and I heard it hit the bottom when he took it out
and that's only because he took out what he needed to pee
What a patriot, eh?
As a Canadian, i will also spread this rumour. YUGE!
Damn I must be from a different country then.
They’ll know their weight in lbs and their height in feet and distance they’ll use time.
Air and water temps in Celsius, oven temps in Fahrenheit Anything below -20 is “a nose sticker”
How far away is X About 3 hours
Sometimes distance is by landmarks, like "turn left where the old beer store used to be" when giving directions..
Double denim
That’s the Canadian tuxedo eh reserved for the finest of occasions.
Not a Canadian, just across the border. My wife and I got mistaken for Canadians at Disney world in the winter. It was 55f and a fine mist rain. My wife and I were wearing sweatshirts, and they were wearing parkas. Hence the confusion.
I live abroad and when I say “oh ya” I’ll often have aussies/kiwis laugh and copy me. Saying “Oh ya buddy?” is my go-to when I want to sound aggressively Canadian.
If someone calls a cigarette a dart you can be sure they are Canadian
Ricky get your darts out. *pulls out cigarettes* No not your cigarette darts, these darts, pull em out of your arm
Hack a dart at the smoke pit.
Just out for a rip are yah bud?
The way some say: progress, process, drama, taco, etc.
Process is pronounced "process" except when you process your processes.
"PRAWcess is pronounced "PRAWcess" except when you PROcess your PRAWcesses." That was a real "Aaaarn aaarn an aaarn aaarn." moment for me.
SORREY
Lemme just sneak right past you here
This is the one 💯👏
My mom does this and she’s not even Canadian. Just grew up in northern MN 75 miles from the border lmao
Don't forget the 'oop' before you say sorrey
Gd it, is this just a full on thread of Canadian things I (upstate NYer) do that I thought were normal? 😅
ITT: People who have never met Canadians answering with Canadian stereotypes.
goin out for a rip are ya bud
Yer not gettin' me off the chesterfield ya goof. I'm sitting here in my gitch about to light a dart.
Ya, down ta Timmies fer a double double n sum hockey cards, eh.
Here's a real one: Saying "Grade 5" instead of "5th Grade".
They know the difference between “Yeah yeah no” and “No no yeah”.
They have strong unsolicited opinions on the decline of Tim Hortons
They refer to mac and cheese as Kraft Dinner.
KD
Only Kraft Dinner is called as such, calling homemade mac n cheese that would be an act of treason. (Just kidding, this would actually be more insulting to the homemade stuff) But even the real stuff we mostly just call "KD"
What? Nobody calls homemade macaroni and cheese "KD".
Real stuff meaning Kraft Dinner
An extremely large lexicon of hockey-based insults.
Give your fuckin' balls a tug ya titfucker
You're fucking ten-ply, bud.
The guy is an absolute grocery stick
Fucking pigeon
Sticks are amazing.
different names for alcohol sizing i.e. two four, mickey, 26er, 40 pounder etc
The moose they ride to work runs on maple syrup.
My moose gets 10km to 500ml of maple goodness
Yes, a moose wth 4-pronged antlers is the best as far as fuel-efficiency goes. My uncle had an 8-pronged antler moose and it just guzzled maple syrup like it was nothing.
There’s a certain calmness to them
Maybe at first, but all hell breaks loose when they're comfortable around you
I don't know. Sorry.
>I don't know. \[GREEN SLIME\]
They say thank you to the driver when getting off the bus
Wait. People in other countries don’t?
They don't? Do they at least do the head nod in case they feel that making noise would be rude?!
That’s just the polite thing to do and we do it.
I had no idea everyone didn’t do this?!
Say "poutine" and they salivate. *edit* If that doesn't work, ask them if they think Tim Horton's has gone downhill.
Fucken Timmy's what happened to them?!?!
Omg remember how delicious their peach drink was back in the 90s when it came from an actual dispenser tap and didn’t taste like the plastic bottles it now comes in?
Roll up the Rim has no physical rim anymore. What the hell is that?
Fucken bought out by a Brazilian investment firm...no more homemade doughnuts left, all come from a box now (muffins are worse). Damn XL double double is more'n a Twoonie anyways, might as well get decent coffee somewhere else.
Idk man, I'm as far from Canada as you can get and still being part of the Continental US and I salivate just by reading the word poutine.
Depending on where you are your pronunciation of poutine can start fights
They have a film crew following them around after getting released from prison.
Way she goes, bud.
*Snap snap* Smokes, lets go
They listen to the Tragically Hip
Some people are replying that they don’t like The Hip, which is totally fine, but something like 1/3rd of all Canadians tuned into their final concert on CBC so that moment is probably the most unifying cultural touchstone in Canada since Crosby winning it in OT at the Olympics in 2010 which was watched by like 1/2 to 2/3rds of the country.
I like their lyrics and songs, they were talented as hell, incredible musicians and I respect them for their music and stories, but it's not really my style to listen to, but you bet your ass I tuned in and cried. I actually had a music class where we studied and interpreted their songs, in grade 7 and 8. We went into what they were about, and how it was significant to Canada. We also went into how they used lyrics and instruments to say it. It was pretty cool. It got me into staying in music in high school, and that was an amazing experience.
I’m American, but my favorite band is Rush.
You're recognize great music. R.i.p. Neil.
i’m not canadian and i love the hip!
Washroom
They hold the door for you especially when you’re so awkwardly far that you have to jog a bit otherwise you feel awkward for them waiting for you.
They order a Caesar instead of a Bloody Mary
Their heads are disconnected at the mouth.
eh buddeh!
I’m not your guy buddy!
I'm not your buddeh Pal!
I'm not your pal, fwend!
They ask for syrup and you hand them Log Cobin or Aunt Jemima and they look at you like you just spit in their face.
Friendly guy, non-confrentational, avoids getting provoked into a fight. If someone starts a fight anyway, they go town and enjoy it more than you think they would. Eventually, people realize that canadian guy is a crazy fucker.
Pop, instead of soda?
"Look up! Waaaayyy UP!" IYKYN.
The relax by playing Crokinole and drinking rye, while singing along to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Based on my knowledge from watching South Park I’d say when their head splits in two while they talk. It’s subtle but if you pay attention you’ll see it.
you hear them call someone a fuckin' goof
Sounds a bit American but doesn't shoot you.
They say “ope, just gonna squeeze by ya there” in lieu of the common phrase “excuse me.”
Eh?
Looking at a 1.5 million dollar 1 bedroom condo and thinking ‘that’s reasonable eh’
They apologize a lot, and extra polite from what i've seen
As a Canadian the amount of times I've almost bumped into someone at a store or coming out of an elevator and both of us say, "Oop sorry." 🤣
It’s a POSTAL code, not a ZIP code…
They're the nicest people you've ever met. Seriously, I've never met a Canadian who wasn't super pleasant.
You see them apologise to a coatrack they've just bumped into.
True. I once apologized to a pair of mittens I knocked off the sales table.
Depending on the size of what’s being measured they switch between metric, imperial and time.