Differences Between Canada and the USA

I think I am staying in America......:P

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

- it's pickerel (pronounced "pick-rill") NOT walleye (that one drives me nuts!)

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Pickerel are completely different fish than a walleye. They are very close to a northern pike.


An American will say, "Hot day!" A Canadian will say, "Hot day, eh?" meaning "It's a hot day, isn't it?"

This is something deeper than spelling or pronunciation. It goes to the heart of the less-assertive Canadian character. The United States was born when Americans revolted against King George III and asserted their independence. Canada never came to a similar point of self-assertion and that little word "eh?" is their refusal even to assert that it's a hot day without inviting somebody else to verify it.

One definition of a Candian is "a North American who refuses to join the revolution".

Another way to tell the difference between a Canadian and an American is to invite the suspected Canuck to lunch and watch him eat. If he's really upper crust, he'll eat like an Englishman, with knife and fork held firmly in his right and left hands. He'll cut with his knife, pack the results on the back of his fork and convey the food to his mouth with the fork still in this left hand.

Many an American eats with knife and fork, too, but in a different way. He takes the knife in his right hand and the fork in his left to cut up the food. Then he puts the knife down and takes the fork in the right hand to convey the food to his mouth.

A common garden-variety Canadian does the job differently. He doesn't use his knife at all, except for particularly stubborn steaks and other such tough foods. Instead he takes the fork in his right hand and leaves the knife beside his plate. Then he cuts the food with the edge of the fork and feeds himself with the fork held in the same hand.

But suppose all these tests are inconclusive. There's one more, rather dangerous, way to tell a Canadian from an American. Just remark to the suspect that Canadians and Americans are so much alike that it's hard to tell one from the other. If the person involved is an American, he'll probably agree.

But if he's a Canadian he'll let you know, in no unterms, that you're wrong. And that stubborn sense of difference is one main reason why the two countries, despite similarities, remain separate.

Great thread! Very funny. You don't have to cross the border to have cultural differences. I grew up in N.Y. and traveled around the country in a band years ago. Talk about culture shock. I live in L.A. now but you can never take the N.Y. out of me. We are a unique breed. :sabduel:

If it's in season, on the end of my fishing rod and I've got a pan and some butter....it's lunch! :)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Aleesha dear, now do take a deep breath because this is terribly shocking information but do you know I lived years in the vast wasteland of northern Michigan...WITHOUT MY TIMMIES FIX! (you probably just fainted dead away or broke into sympathetic sobs for my awful experience - I was very brave, I only whined weekly after the first couple of years).


Toledo however has a Timmies! Yes!!!!! I can now get my beloved double double and crueller! Life is good! :carrot:

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oh you poor thing... *picks self up and brushes off the dust bunnies* i can't believe you went through such a horrible existance!!!!

thank the gods you are now living near a timmies... tell me dear... did timmies make the transition to the USA without loosing it's uniquely addictive 18% fat cream? *takes a sip and stuffs a triple chocolate donut in her mouth*

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Originally Posted by Laooda

:confuse: :weirdface :confuzd: :confused: :hmm: :confused: ....... what?

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oh my dear dear uniporn... i mean unicorn... *clears throught* when we roll up the rim to win... we are looking for our prize under the rim! we even have a handy dandy little invention to assist us, so we don't have to use our teeth anymore!

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,53210

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You caught that huh???? :P

Ok... what, like sardines???? :confused: (I'm still lost, not a shocker) ! :oops:

They invented a rim rollin tool! Holy moly I LOVE IT! (through really as a Timmies purist one must chew at the rim whilst sucking back coffee and inhaling the adorable Timmies coffee smell....Starbucks folks have no idea what they are missing pay $6.00 for that stuff of theirs!)

I would say the Timmies here is almost as good as home Leesha. Missing the Timmies fanatics though LOL.

What are lost about Laura dear?

Hahaha! I guess I'm lost on what rim you guys roll? :8: And what do you win once you've rolled the rim??? :oops:

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

oh you poor thing... *picks self up and brushes off the dust bunnies* i can't believe you went through such a horrible existance!!!!

thank the gods you are now living near a timmies... tell me dear... did timmies make the transition to the USA without loosing it's uniquely addictive 18% fat cream? *takes a sip and stuffs a triple chocolate donut in her mouth*

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We don't need no Tim Hortons here...

Krispey Kreme, baby!! :salute: :sunny: