The World's view of Canada

[NineOneFour]

http://www.politiekebarometer.nl/

27 seats? Fuck me sideways.

[Daan]

Sideways, do you mean that i have to take a knife and cut a whole in the side of your body and than put my thingy in it. I'd rather not, even if it is only because i am straight.

[NineOneFour]

Sideways, do you mean that i have to take a knife and cut a whole in the side of your body and than put my thingy in it. I'd rather not, even if it is only because i am straight.

[MrJonno]

Canada a more civilised version of America or a more free market version of a European democracy but generally everyone likes Canadians whereever you go in the world unless they mistake you for an American (you have exactly the same accents)

[NineOneFour]

Canada a more civilised version of America or a more free market version of a European democracy but generally everyone likes Canadians whereever you go in the world unless they mistake you for an American (you have exactly the same accents)

That would be a "no".

[BrettA]

LOL!!! As ex-RCN - but out ~4 decades ago - please consider this rabbited (stolen). The (likely) Brit - pbuh - who did this one seems to be unaware that HMCS is fer Canadian vessels (unless this is really an RN 'ship'). And I voted 'Yes'.

[Reverend Blair]

(you have exactly the same accents)

Er...I have a Saskatchewan accent, which is kind of halfway between an Alberta accent and a Manitoba accent.

[BrettA]

...unless they mistake you for an American (you have exactly the same accents)

LOL... I just noticed this, thanks to the Rev. I was in Florida last week and two of the people on a course were from Alabama - we weren't even close to the same accents, though we had fun about it.

[Fact-Man]

Canada a more civilised version of America or a more free market version of a European democracy but generally everyone likes Canadians whereever you go in the world unless they mistake you for an American (you have exactly the same accents)

Well, not really.

In the Canadian spoken language "eh" is the singlemost commonly used word, it may appear is speech as either a prefix or a suffix and may appear in speech at almost any point. For example, a Canadian might be overheard to say,

"Hey, eh? What's up, eh? Eh, I mean, eh, what's goin' on eh? Eh?

And no American even knows this word,

Also Canadians pronounce the word "about " "aboot," and no American ever does that.

I can speak with some authority on this because I've lived about half my life in America, where I was born and raised, and half of it in Canada, to which I immigrated for its civility and sanity and low population.

But even before I came to Canada I displayed a Candian flag on my backpack when roaming the world, hoping to avoid being pinned as a Yank and a possible agent of the CIA.

I never did learn to use the word "eh" though and I still pronounce "about" the American way. In fact, when i hang out in a Canadian Pub I'm often mistaken as an American, after 40 fookin' years here!

Canada's a great country and I love it and wouldn't trade it for the world. But it is an odd country in many ways, the most pronounced being that it entails a vast geography but has few people, somewhere around 30 million last I checked. That's barely half of the population of Mexico City. Fully 85% of Canadians live within 100 miles of its border with America, so the remaining part is practicaly devoid of humans.

The political shenanigans of our Prime Minsiter, Mr. Harper, don't get much news out here in BC, where we are separated from both him and the rest of the country by the great spine if the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Harper appears to be a big deal from Alberta eastward, but he doesn't amount to a hill of beans here in BC. We kind of go our own way here and there's more influence from California and the US West coast than anywhere east of the Rockies.

Oh Canada!

[BrettA]

Canada a more civilised version of America or a more free market version of a European democracy but generally everyone likes Canadians whereever you go in the world unless they mistake you for an American (you have exactly the same accents)

Well, not really.

In the Canadian spoken language "eh" is the singlemost commonly used word, it may appear is speech as either a prefix or a suffix and may appear in speech at almost any point. For example, a Canadian might be overheard to say,

"Hey, eh? What's up, eh? Eh, I mean, eh, what's goin' on eh? Eh?

And no American even knows this word,

True... Though Americans use "huh" in virtually the same way and to the same or possibly greater extent - though many only realise that when it's pointed out after the "eh"-stuff.

Also Canadians pronounce the word "about " "aboot," and no American ever does that.

Nonsense - "some authority" or not - since when an American tries to mimic our "about" (their "aboot") and we say "about" right afterwards, anyone hearing the two immediately recognises that they ain't close to sounding the same. We just don't use the American way of "abeooouuuut" (or whatever - lol).

[Deep Sea Isopod]

LOL!!! As ex-RCN - but out ~4 decades ago - please consider this rabbited (stolen). The (likely) Brit - pbuh - who did this one seems to be unaware that HMCS is fer Canadian vessels (unless this is really an RN 'ship'). And I voted 'Yes'.

Oh yeah. I didn't spot that.

Did you get your veterans tie pin in 2005?

[MrJonno]

Americans and Canadians can tell the difference between their accents but no one else can and as we are talking about a world view that means they have the same accent.

Same with New Zealand and Australia

[BrettA]

Did you get your veterans tie pin in 2005?
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Didn't even know about it. But why not - Canada gives so little of this, so I'll try, thanks... if I was American, I'd even have a medal or two, IIRC (not a complaint - just an observation).

Americans and Canadians can tell the difference between their accents but no one else can and as we are talking about a world view that means they have the same accent.

Same with New Zealand and Australia

Your experience differs from mine, Mr. Jonno - I certainly know Brits (for example) who can easily pick out, say, a deep southern accent v. a Boston accent v. a strong Newfie accent v. many others, though of course some Americans and some Canadians are very difficult to differentiate.

[Ameri Boi]

Seen after the US beat the Canadian hockey team:

So true

[MissingNo.]

I feel silly for asking this but weren't the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois going to overthrow the Conservatives? What ever happened to that?