18 Mar 2011, 10:12 pm
Vigilans wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
I don't see any difference between Canadians and Americans.
Come on! That's like saying Austria is the same as Germany!
Or Ireland = England.
Or China = North Korea.
18 Mar 2011, 10:20 pm
jmnixon95 wrote:
Vigilans wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
I don't see any difference between Canadians and Americans.
Come on! That's like saying Austria is the same as Germany!
Or Ireland = England.
Or China = North Korea.
Or
Ukraine = Russia
Moldavia = Romania
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Do they have a similar lifestyle, mentality, taste in food, music et cetera?
Lifestyles, yes somewhat similar, though I believe Canadians are more active. Mentality, not so similar. Most Canadian politics are center-left and most Americans are center right. Additionally, as we have health care and other beneficial social reforms, we're not all perpetually pissed off and taking it on each other senselessly. So we hate each other a lot less. Food & music, probably quite similar
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I've listened to the likes of Sum 41 (Canada), American Hi-Fi (US) and so on, and i have to say that the music is almost idetical to one another, they also tend to be more obese than people from most other countries, maybe it has something to do with canada being americas little brother?
We're not really their 'little brother' we've been close partners for a long time. Usually it is ill-informed Americans (probably from the South or Midwest) who consider Canada a 'little brother' or '51st state'
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Didn't Canada use to be a part of the US?
Never. After the US was established, the UK established British North America over much of the area that would become Canada. In 1867 several independent British dominions got together and formed Canada. The last part of Canada to join the confederation was Newfoundland & Labrador, in 1949
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19 Mar 2011, 7:04 am
Vigilans wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
I don't see any difference between Canadians and Americans.
Come on! That's like saying Austria is the same as Germany!
I think she probably means on an individual level. Often in the US when you're hanging out with a group of people or at work and someone says, "Oh so and so's Canadian" everyone looks their way in surprise. It took m a year or so to realize that most of HGTV's shows are Canadian. The accent from the native English speakers as opposed to the French Canadians, is only subtly different than the US Midatlantic one.
A lot of us also have family from both countries. It's not obvious which parts of my family are from there and which are from hte US.
19 Mar 2011, 8:03 am
19 Mar 2011, 8:23 am
Canadians have a better sense of humour. Especially the french speaking ones 
19 Mar 2011, 12:29 pm
Raptor wrote:
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Do they have a similar lifestyle, mentality, taste in food, music et cetera?
To answer the OP as it was asked, wihtout muddying it like some have with their political obsessions:
I've only been to a few of the western provinces (Alberta, BC) but just from that it was hard to tell I was outside the US if you look at the US as a whole.
Same general style of housing and city layout, lifestyle very similar, food, music, etc..........
Mentality in the US is way too diverse to compare it against anything else.
Yawn
Could you answer anything without muddying it simply by the fact that its you answering in typically snide fashion? I doubt it
19 Mar 2011, 2:34 pm
Laz wrote:
Canadians have a better sense of humour. Especially the french speaking ones
Not true.
Look who made 4chan.
19 Mar 2011, 2:59 pm
jmnixon95 wrote:
Laz wrote:
Canadians have a better sense of humour. Especially the french speaking ones
Not true.
Look who made 4chan.
aka the butthole of the web
I didn't know a Quebecer made it!
19 Mar 2011, 3:00 pm
Moot's Canadian? Huh, didn't know that. 
Or maybe I did...
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19 Mar 2011, 8:44 pm
19 Mar 2011, 10:00 pm
I am Canadian.
I have noticed that Americans don't tend to take their shoes off in their houses. Or in other people's houses. All the Canadians I know always take their shoes off. It would be disrespectful not to in Canada.
Also, Canadians say "sorry" a lot. Like if someone isn't paying attention to where they're going, and they walk into you, if you're Canadian you're likely to say "sorry" to the person who walked into you. Unless you're in Montreal... j/k... kind of
19 Mar 2011, 10:50 pm
19 Mar 2011, 10:51 pm
cave_canem wrote:
Also, Canadians say "sorry" a lot.
They're much like the British and Irish in that regard.
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19 Mar 2011, 11:23 pm
20 Mar 2011, 6:45 am
Tequila wrote:
Quebec and its deranged obsession with everything French (apart from actual, proper French) is a completely different kettle of fish though.
A subset of the population in Quebec is obsessed, I would agree. Not all of them, though.
Regarding the proper French remark - it was funny, when I was on vacation in Paris, I was watching TV there one afternoon, and I kept thinking to myself, how strange it is that this show, which is in French, has French sub-titles. Then I saw one of the characters pull out a Canadian $20 bill...
It explains, though, why I got along just fine using my French in Paris, but when I try in Quebec they don't understand me.
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