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Cultural differences between Canadians and Americans...
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northway



Joined: 05 Jul 2010

PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

shifter2009 wrote:
Americans usually riot when we WIN the championship, Canadians riot when they LOSE. It's the little stuff.


New Englanders tend to riot regardless.
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ghettofabulous



Joined: 29 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm from the american midwest, and i've traveled to canada a couple times. once when i was in toronto, i went into a grocery store to use the restroom. i asked the clerk "where's the bathroom?" and she looked at me like she didn't understand me, so i asked again, and got another blank look. so then i asked "where's the washroom?" and she was like, ooooohhhhh.....and then told me where it was. i think she was just being a stuck up b****. like she just couldn't understand what a "bathroom" is......
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young_clinton



Joined: 09 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

goniff wrote:
kind of a poor man's second rate USA?
you know
if you want to emigrate to the USA and can't get in
try Canada!


Why would a person necessarily want to immigrate to the USA over Canada except for the weather?
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goat



Joined: 23 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

young_clinton wrote:
goniff wrote:
kind of a poor man's second rate USA?
you know
if you want to emigrate to the USA and can't get in
try Canada!


Why would a person necessarily want to immigrate to the USA over Canada except for the weather?


more: sports... universities... museums... beaches... diving... sailing... casinos... diversity... ............................................. I could go on forever.
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Tundra_Creature



Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

shifter2009 wrote:
Americans usually riot when we WIN the championship, Canadians riot when they LOSE. It's the little stuff.


Naw, man. Canadians riot regardless of whether we win or lose, cuz we're special like that. Wink Just depends in the city and the team.

Hmm... lemme think of a difference. Canadians spell color 'colour' and gray 'grey'. We also don't have any songs about partying on beaches.
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komerican



Joined: 17 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Same same. I mean what significant difference is there between someone from Australia/America/New Zealand/ Canada and GB? They are all basically the same white anglo saxon protestant (WASP) culture/countries.

But maybe people don't want to hear that, kiki.
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nukeday



Joined: 13 May 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

komerican wrote:
Same same. I mean what significant difference is there between someone from Australia/America/New Zealand/ and a Canada? and GB? They are all basically the same white anglo saxon protestant (WASP) culture/countries.

But maybe people don't want to hear that, kiki.


Well, there are varying degrees of ethnic diversity in each country, but if you're looking at just the majority, I agree with you. Minor differences in political opinions and food, but that's it. I feel the same way about China and Korea.
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komerican



Joined: 17 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nukeday wrote:
komerican wrote:
Same same. I mean what significant difference is there between someone from Australia/America/New Zealand/ and a Canada? and GB? They are all basically the same white anglo saxon protestant (WASP) culture/countries.

But maybe people don't want to hear that, kiki.


Well, there are varying degrees of ethnic diversity in each country, but if you're looking at just the majority, I agree with you. Minor differences in political opinions and food, but that's it. I feel the same way about China and Korea.


I agree. China and Korea are more similar than say Korea and Japan.

But still the WASP countries are even more similar to each other. China and Korea are different ethnically which does influence culture to some extent whereas WASPs are pretty much the same in all their countries.
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nukeday



Joined: 13 May 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

komerican wrote:

I agree. China and Korea are more similar than say Korea and Japan.

But still the WASP countries are even more similar to each other. China and Korea are different ethnically which does influence culture to some extent whereas WASPs are pretty much the same in all their countries.



But the States and Canada are also different ethnically. The population of minorities is very sizable in the US (I don't know Canada's stats) and come from different places than those in Canada. That changes the country, even the so-called WASPs.
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

komerican wrote:
Same same. I mean what significant difference is there between someone from Australia/America/New Zealand/ Canada and GB? They are all basically the same white anglo saxon protestant (WASP) culture/countries.


Not much difference. They all practice the same form of superior legal system: the common law system.

Anyway, WASPs are no longer singularly dominant in the American system. Look for example to the US Supreme Court. Every justice is either a Jew or a Catholic.
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kenglish



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i met a canadian dude in japan couple of years ago, real nice fella, who would always add 'ya?' at the end of every sentence. 'we should get on the subway, ya?' 'i can't digest some of the foods here, ya?' it was pretty amusing at start but never got to hang around him long enough for it to get annoying.
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joelove



Joined: 12 May 2011

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tundra_Creature wrote:


Hmm... lemme think of a difference. Canadians spell color 'colour' and gray 'grey'. We also don't have any songs about partying on beaches.


I never did. Can't remember really but think most teachers/profs used American spelling too. Newspapers, however, did use "neighbour" (which firefox here underlines in red, as in misspelled, hehe) if I'm not mistaken. I guess Canadians could go either way on the spelling of some words.
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metalhead



Joined: 18 May 2010
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

joelove wrote:
Tundra_Creature wrote:


Hmm... lemme think of a difference. Canadians spell color 'colour' and gray 'grey'. We also don't have any songs about partying on beaches.


I never did. Can't remember really but think most teachers/profs used American spelling too. Newspapers, however, did use "neighbour" (which firefox here underlines in red, as in misspelled, hehe) if I'm not mistaken. I guess Canadians could go either way on the spelling of some words.


I still have no idea why you Canadians try so hard to be like Americans (well, with the exception of Quebecois and Newfs, but they aren't really Canadian in any case).
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Tundra_Creature



Joined: 11 Jun 2009
Location: Canada

PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

metalhead wrote:
joelove wrote:
Tundra_Creature wrote:


Hmm... lemme think of a difference. Canadians spell color 'colour' and gray 'grey'. We also don't have any songs about partying on beaches.


I never did. Can't remember really but think most teachers/profs used American spelling too. Newspapers, however, did use "neighbour" (which firefox here underlines in red, as in misspelled, hehe) if I'm not mistaken. I guess Canadians could go either way on the spelling of some words.


I still have no idea why you Canadians try so hard to be like Americans (well, with the exception of Quebecois and Newfs, but they aren't really Canadian in any case).


I'm from Quebec and I consider myself very much Canadian, thank you.
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myenglishisno



Joined: 08 Mar 2011
Location: Geumchon

PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When Canadians try to be patriotic and try to assert our own culture, it's us trying to be different than Americans. Americans see that as annoying (as has been pointed out repeatedly in this thread).

I personally get beyond annoyed when Americans chest thump and put every other country down.

People have been really quick to jump down Canadians' throats in this thread but it definitely isn't a one way street.
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