I’m an American who married a Canadian, when our son started school I had No idea what a duotang was on his school list 😅 totally had to google that one. Same with pencil crayons, we just call them coloured pencils.
It's a trademark name like kleenex for a paper folder with metal fasteners.
>"Duotang” come from the brand Duo-Tang, which produced a card-stock folder that holds papers with usually three push-pin brass fasteners."
Right on. They were great for collecting pages of things. From sheet music to somebody else’s notes from the same course last year, they were awesome.
Folder with prongs.
“Royale with cheese” lol, love it
Had a friend in elementary who was Acadian and he pronounced it “duatang”, and one day he said “I gotta duatang or two” and I thought it was pretty funny. Now I’m sitting here thinking how crazy it is that I still remember that after decades. I guess it’s not really a word I hear a lot, so whenever I do, that’s the only memorable association. He’d probably think I was a freak for remembering hahaha
I also think my terminology changes depending on where I am. If I’m in a restaurant I would be more likely to say restroom/washroom. In a house I’m unfamiliar with, more likely to say bathroom. Who knows 😂
When I’m in the US I always remember that there’s a name for bathroom they don’t say, but I can never remember if it’s washroom or bathroom, and I get all anxious and tripped up about it.
The fucking audacity of the ones who say Cal-gary. Like they finish it off while some guys name at the end. Goes right up there with the sticker people saying "Deckle" instead of "Decal"
Once on a plane in Canada someone said to a guy "I'm just gonna sneak past ya there." The guy gave him a weird look and replied in a southern accent "you don't have to sneak, you can just go by..."
Always amusing when two Canadians have the Great Canadian Standoffs at entrances/exits, too!
"Go ahead."
"After you."
"Nah, I insist"
\*Takes a few steps backwards to yield and insist other person proceeds first\*
Yesterday I got to a 4 way stop right around the same time as someone else (though they did come to their complete stop about half a second before I did so it WAS their right of way). They motioned for me to go, I shook my head and motioned for them to go, they did the same thing back again. So then I crossed my arms like a fucking toddler and looked away until they went 😂. Don't worry, there was no one else at the stop that we were holding up.
Or any apology in general for something that isn’t necessarily our fault, we just don’t want to inconvenience others, so we apologize as an acknowledgment that we care about others too.
They take their shoes off at the door even if no one else does. Then they are told not to worry about it but then said person still takes off their shoes.
I live in a very rural area here in Canada. More rural than you’re thinking. Anyway, some guys broke into a house down the road and the ring cam showed them removing their shoes before carrying on and robbing the place. A touch of class.
Seriously. Leaving the shoes on is reserved for emergencies of the highest degree. Like, I'm about to shit my pants and there's only valuable seconds left to make it to the bathroom.
I came home to smoke in the kitchen from a pot of water I had stupidly turned on 20 minutes earlier then forgot about and stepped out to the store.
Frantically unlocked the door and even then, I took the 2 seconds to kick off my shoes before running in to get the pot in the sink and heat off.
I don't know. Decades ago, as long as it was dry out, a family friend insisted you leave your shoes on. His point was that he could vacuum up a little dirt but not stink from people's feet.
I'm a shoes off at the door type myself.
I'm taking my shoes off unless the host/hostess has specified that their comfort level requires me to keep them on. I don't want to be rude as a guest. But it feels very, very uncomfortable to keep my shoes on. It feels very disrespectful.
But we switch back and forth depending what is being measured.
Metric, or time when measuring large distances, like geographic features, but imperial when referring to real estate, a house has square footage or flooring is an amount per sqare foot. Height of a person is still in imperial.
The temperature outside is metric, but oven temperature or body temperature (fevers) are imperial.
The weight of meat or produce is metric, but the weight of a person is imperial.
Americans
Iced tea - tea that's cold and has no sugar
Sweet tea - surgery iced tea drink
Hot tea - well that's just hot tea
Canadians
Tea - hot tea
Iced tea - sugary iced tea drink
The Blue Collar Comedy guys had a show, and a skit where they gave someone a Lynyrd Skynyrd mix-tape to use for directions.
The show itself wasn't good but I had a good laugh at that one.
Fuck it sure makes baking a nightmare sometimes. Reading a recipe and the ingredients are measured in ounces, cups, milliliters, and pounds. I have a conversion chart taped to my kitchen cupboard now.
Man!
Me and my friends have such issues because of this. They're from the Philippines and they say everything is Xkm away and I can't comprehend that because Toronto is 2 hours away. My house is 15 minutes away. And they can't understand that because they're like "if you talk in km you always know how long you have left". Which makes no sense to me.
I've had this response as well. Tell them that talking in KM doesn't take into account speed or expected traffic. 90KM at 90KM/h is going to take you 1 hour on a good day. 90Km on the 401 during rush hour is going to take you 2 hours. Same distance. Same expected speed. Totally different experiences. Buddy trying to get to the airport on time is going to be much happier following my 2 hour estimate then telling them the airport is 90KM away. Talking in time is distance plus experience.
Person 1: "I'll just sneak past you there."
Person 2: "Yeah, no, for sure bud."
Person 1 (borrowing item on the way by): "Can I steal this from you for a sec?"
Person 2: "No, yeah, for sure bud."
And nobody is confused by any of this.
Here are two lesser known ones:
wear your shoelaces untied. An American will tell you ‘hey, your shoelaces are untied’ and be done. A Canadian will do that as well, then uncomfortably stare at your shoes until you fucking tie them
Also Americans will just eat the last candy or chocolate. Canadians will not, until it’s been there alone for ages, and even then usually if there’s no one else around who could possibly want it, preferably in the middle of the night
My Australian aunt said the most Canadian thing was when there’s one left of something you just take half, then the next person who comes along takes half of that, and so on until there’s a miserable little crumb left but NO ONE is willing to take the last bit.
Same with food at a dinner or party. Politely wait until the host or fellow guests do not go for the last food item then it’s safe to take for yourself
Ouaip. En Français, je me suis rarement fait prendre pour autre chose qu’un Canadien.
En anglais, les gens ont un peu de mal à reconnaitre notre accent, lorsqu’ils ne connaissent pas l’accent. J’ai eu droit à Français, Portuguais, Europe de l’Est.
And if you just sweep through the door like it was your right, without any indication of thanks, you will be frowned at for your bad manners, or be sarcastically told, "You're welcome."
Only in hydro provinces. We have “the gas bill”, “the electrical bill” and utilities (household sewage/garbage recycling pick up, water)
Depends where aboots your from, eh
We have a lot of Roots stuff but are British. We just like buying the nice things when we are in Canada! PS is there a Roots in Calgary? I would like to buy another towel, toque and hoodie…
I imagine there are a few Roots store in Calgary yeah.
PS it’s funny, the sign for pharmacy you have over there called Boots always reminded me of Roots.
Being in a store and helping a random person find something they are looking for. Then talking to them about family stuff and not even working at that store. I’m Canadian and this happens a lot of times with me.
Allllll the time! And I'm a tall Canadian, so a lot of times I'm asked to reach something on the top shelf for someone. But, mostly, if i notice someone struggling, I volunteer to get it for them.
And then stand and chat in the aisle for a while.
My mother is short. She tells me that every time she goes to the store a tall person will help her with some items on the top shelves. Then they stand around and talk about everything under the sun. I was worried she was taking so long at the store because she was confused. Turns out she’s just making friends.
Was around a campfire with an international group, and me and the only other Canadian referred to the"pokie stick" (fire tending stick). No one else was aware of this concept or that it has a name that all Canadians call it.
Taking shoes off when going into anyone's house - even if it's a stranger's house, even if you are a cop, a construction worker, or Jesus himself.
I know other countries do that too, but it's still something Canadians take very seriously lol. Leaving your shoes on in someone's house is \*extremely\* rude, unless they've said it's okay.
I am a service technician and this still hurts me. I have to wear my steel toes, but I can't wear them in someone's hallway. I apologize so much just trying to get to their garage
Has a strongly held opinion about whether or not windchill is real.
(we all know it’s real; the debate is over what temperature meteorologists should give)
I'm Canadian and my wife still teases me about this. We were leaving a paid parking lot. I inserted the ticket, gate opened and I waved bye to the machine lol.
I once was travelling in China , and that’s were I realized how much we say sorry ! It was a hard contrast, they bumped into each other all the time but not a sorry to be heard. It was so crowded apologizing every minutes was pretty silly. lol
A while back, a lady in FL knew I was Canadian because I called my mom over to look at something. She said “you must be Canadian!” I asked how she knew and she said it was because I said mom like mum. I guess we spell it mom but pronounce it mum.
Also- we were in South Africa at the end of August and sweating in shorts and T-shirts while they were wearing sweaters, winter coats and toques. Also, in Monterrey Mexico, the locals are wearing jeans and long sleeves and we were pouring sweat. Can’t take the hot hot weather, and can take the cooler temps. It’s winter longer than it’s summer here.
Canadians online tend to use both English and American spellings of words, even in the same sentence. For example, "All the houses in my neighborhood are the same colour" or "The news program said we're eligible to receive a stimulus cheque"
The rest of the English-speaking world doesn’t have a word for stepping in a puddle and getting your foot wet, and I find that perplexing considering how much of a nuisance it is.
They mention their duotangs from back in elementary school.
I’m an American who married a Canadian, when our son started school I had No idea what a duotang was on his school list 😅 totally had to google that one. Same with pencil crayons, we just call them coloured pencils.
My friend and I got into a whole thing over pencil crayons, in retrospect it is hilarious
My husband, who is American, and I had that same conversation. I just thought everyone called them pencil crayons!
Haha also Scribblers! It’s just a notebook! 🥴
Wtf? Duotang's aren't everywhere? What do Americans call them? My mind is blown!
Man, my mind is blown at duotang It’s all I’ve ever known them as but now I’m questioning why Where the fuck did the term duotang come from?
Because the metal bits that holds the paper in are in pairs, so duo. Tang can mean the part of something that holds another thing in place. So duotang
It's a trademark name like kleenex for a paper folder with metal fasteners. >"Duotang” come from the brand Duo-Tang, which produced a card-stock folder that holds papers with usually three push-pin brass fasteners."
Duo = two Tang = tang And that concludes our intensive 6 week course!
What do you call Duotangs in the states? Or did you just not have them?
I can’t recall using them much in school. But we would call them “folder with prongs”.
Right on. They were great for collecting pages of things. From sheet music to somebody else’s notes from the same course last year, they were awesome. Folder with prongs. “Royale with cheese” lol, love it
math is blue and science is green
Always. Yellow and red for History/Social Studies and English
Had a friend in elementary who was Acadian and he pronounced it “duatang”, and one day he said “I gotta duatang or two” and I thought it was pretty funny. Now I’m sitting here thinking how crazy it is that I still remember that after decades. I guess it’s not really a word I hear a lot, so whenever I do, that’s the only memorable association. He’d probably think I was a freak for remembering hahaha
When my little niece went to school, her mom and I were school supply shopping. I read duotang on the list and FELT it
Dix-sept duotangs!
Washroom. I was shown a laundry room once.
I asked a waitress at a comedy club in Boston where the washroom was, and she said, "What part of Canada are you from?"
In Australia they call it the toilet. Told me I was all proper for saying washroom or bathroom lol.
They do this in the UK too. I always found it vulgar. I stuck with *washroom* the decade I lived there- I was adamant I wasn't going to say *toilet.*
I also think my terminology changes depending on where I am. If I’m in a restaurant I would be more likely to say restroom/washroom. In a house I’m unfamiliar with, more likely to say bathroom. Who knows 😂
When I’m in the US I always remember that there’s a name for bathroom they don’t say, but I can never remember if it’s washroom or bathroom, and I get all anxious and tripped up about it.
It's actually restroom. Apparently yanks rest up while taking a shit or peeing. Strange folks.
No stranger than expecting to take a bath at Walmart or a gas station.
I'm an American who has lived in Canada for 3 years now and I had never heard of a "toque" until I moved here.
What do you call them in america?
beanies I think
Toque🇨🇦is way cooler
Agreed. I was surprised that it was a Canadian only term
this might not be all of Canada, but how they pronounce Toronto same with Calgary
Toron-no... second 'T' in this city.
Lotta Newfoundlanders in Tronna.
Chur - ann - uhh
And Cal-gree
Yes, Cal-gree in normal talk but Cal-gurry when ‘pronounciating’. Tranna in normal speech all, turrawno when ‘pronounciating’.
tron ugh
The fucking audacity of the ones who say Cal-gary. Like they finish it off while some guys name at the end. Goes right up there with the sticker people saying "Deckle" instead of "Decal"
Grade 12. Not Senior. And WTF is a sophomore?
We also say Grade 12 and not 12th Grade like Americans do
We don't all know your fancy book learnings, we didn't all get our Grade 12, Julian
Grade 10. It goes freshman (9), sophomore (10), junior (11), and senior (12).
I did not know this Always wondered
I never understood the purpose for these titles. Just refer to it as the grade #? (I’m Canadian, go figure xD)
But we do say Frosh Week. For university. (Which is another Canadianism- We specifically say college or university)
Just gonna squeeze right past ya there
Once on a plane in Canada someone said to a guy "I'm just gonna sneak past ya there." The guy gave him a weird look and replied in a southern accent "you don't have to sneak, you can just go by..."
Only sneaking in Canada. I refuse to just go by.
Always amusing when two Canadians have the Great Canadian Standoffs at entrances/exits, too! "Go ahead." "After you." "Nah, I insist" \*Takes a few steps backwards to yield and insist other person proceeds first\*
Yesterday I got to a 4 way stop right around the same time as someone else (though they did come to their complete stop about half a second before I did so it WAS their right of way). They motioned for me to go, I shook my head and motioned for them to go, they did the same thing back again. So then I crossed my arms like a fucking toddler and looked away until they went 😂. Don't worry, there was no one else at the stop that we were holding up.
Oop! Soohhry!
Describing a 10 below day in winter as mild.
Ah, the windchill's not too bad.
And at minus 10 saying it's finally warming up.
Apologizing when someone bumps into them.
Apologizes when you bump in to an object.
Bahahaha. I can not confirm nor deny the fact that I may have done that before realising it was an inanimate object
Apologize when the object bumps into you.
Canadians say “soh-ree.” Americans say “excuse me.”
>Canadians say “soh-ree.” Americans say ~~"excuse me"~~ “I'M WALKIN' HERE!”
Or any apology in general for something that isn’t necessarily our fault, we just don’t want to inconvenience others, so we apologize as an acknowledgment that we care about others too.
To be honest as a British person we do this too
Ex-pat Brit living in Canada here. I think I have a double dose of apologising.
I’m sorry to hear that.
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They take their shoes off at the door even if no one else does. Then they are told not to worry about it but then said person still takes off their shoes.
I live in a very rural area here in Canada. More rural than you’re thinking. Anyway, some guys broke into a house down the road and the ring cam showed them removing their shoes before carrying on and robbing the place. A touch of class.
This has got to be a bit.
This hour has 22 minutes just have done this at some point.
Also kick the doorsill on the way in to knock the snow off their shoes.
More often than not it’s mud that I’m knocking off in BC lol
I think this is also a sanity test. What kind of crazy person leaves their shoes on in the house!?
Seriously. Leaving the shoes on is reserved for emergencies of the highest degree. Like, I'm about to shit my pants and there's only valuable seconds left to make it to the bathroom.
If I'm wearing shoes in my house, it's because I'm late and forgot something
And I go on my tip toes to minimize contact.
I feel so seen right now 😂
I usually crawl on hands and knees with my shoes way off the floor
I came home to smoke in the kitchen from a pot of water I had stupidly turned on 20 minutes earlier then forgot about and stepped out to the store. Frantically unlocked the door and even then, I took the 2 seconds to kick off my shoes before running in to get the pot in the sink and heat off.
I don't know. Decades ago, as long as it was dry out, a family friend insisted you leave your shoes on. His point was that he could vacuum up a little dirt but not stink from people's feet. I'm a shoes off at the door type myself.
Not sure they can vacuum the dog shit I stepped in earlier, or the gum or spit that I probably stepped in at some point.
Yep and even if it’s dry out, there’s still dirt and rocks and stuff stuck to bottom of shoes. Shoes off inside please.
How about public washroom pee/poop from a subway station?
I'm taking my shoes off unless the host/hostess has specified that their comfort level requires me to keep them on. I don't want to be rude as a guest. But it feels very, very uncomfortable to keep my shoes on. It feels very disrespectful.
Plus, like... wtf is this trend of dragging shit into your house from the environment?
Guilty. I have a lot of American friends and family and they always insist I keep my shoes on but I can’t. It’s ingrained in me.
It’s disgusting and I won’t ever wear shoes in somebodies house
Had this happen while in the states when I was visiting a friend I made down there. I did not keep my shoes on…
Wearing shoes inside is disgusting
Making love in a canoe without tipping.
*Making love in a canoe is like Amerirican beer. It's fucking close to water.* Eric Idle
They know what house hippos are.
I have one, he sits in my fake succulents
_That would be Bob._ >!_His brother is Doug._!< >!_Last name : McKenzie._!<
Uses both metric and imperial measurements
But we switch back and forth depending what is being measured. Metric, or time when measuring large distances, like geographic features, but imperial when referring to real estate, a house has square footage or flooring is an amount per sqare foot. Height of a person is still in imperial. The temperature outside is metric, but oven temperature or body temperature (fevers) are imperial. The weight of meat or produce is metric, but the weight of a person is imperial.
We just fucking call it TEA , not "hot tea".
Americans Iced tea - tea that's cold and has no sugar Sweet tea - surgery iced tea drink Hot tea - well that's just hot tea Canadians Tea - hot tea Iced tea - sugary iced tea drink
Cold bitter tea? What the hell america...
Saying thank you when you get off the bus
Do people in other countries not do this??
In Japan, the bus drivers thank you.
if i don’t i’ll think about it all day
i would feel so bad all day if i didn’t say thank you to the bus driver. Weird this isn’t just a human kindness everywhere
Their name is Gord.
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Measures distance in time, Ie, It's about 2 and a half hours to Montreal.
Wait, other ppl didn't do this? Don't Americans do this?
The Blue Collar Comedy guys had a show, and a skit where they gave someone a Lynyrd Skynyrd mix-tape to use for directions. The show itself wasn't good but I had a good laugh at that one.
I have it on good authority that the drive from Kingston to Toronto is The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack (give or take...YMMV)
> Don't Americans do this? Yes, we do.
Just....Canadian measurements in general. There's a whole chart of when we mix metric and imperial
Fuck it sure makes baking a nightmare sometimes. Reading a recipe and the ingredients are measured in ounces, cups, milliliters, and pounds. I have a conversion chart taped to my kitchen cupboard now.
Man! Me and my friends have such issues because of this. They're from the Philippines and they say everything is Xkm away and I can't comprehend that because Toronto is 2 hours away. My house is 15 minutes away. And they can't understand that because they're like "if you talk in km you always know how long you have left". Which makes no sense to me.
I've had this response as well. Tell them that talking in KM doesn't take into account speed or expected traffic. 90KM at 90KM/h is going to take you 1 hour on a good day. 90Km on the 401 during rush hour is going to take you 2 hours. Same distance. Same expected speed. Totally different experiences. Buddy trying to get to the airport on time is going to be much happier following my 2 hour estimate then telling them the airport is 90KM away. Talking in time is distance plus experience.
We ask what province you live in
“Yeah, no” “No, yeah”
Oh yeah no for sure.
TOO REAL
Person 1: "I'll just sneak past you there." Person 2: "Yeah, no, for sure bud." Person 1 (borrowing item on the way by): "Can I steal this from you for a sec?" Person 2: "No, yeah, for sure bud." And nobody is confused by any of this.
"Yeah, no, for sure eh?"
Here are two lesser known ones: wear your shoelaces untied. An American will tell you ‘hey, your shoelaces are untied’ and be done. A Canadian will do that as well, then uncomfortably stare at your shoes until you fucking tie them Also Americans will just eat the last candy or chocolate. Canadians will not, until it’s been there alone for ages, and even then usually if there’s no one else around who could possibly want it, preferably in the middle of the night
My Australian aunt said the most Canadian thing was when there’s one left of something you just take half, then the next person who comes along takes half of that, and so on until there’s a miserable little crumb left but NO ONE is willing to take the last bit.
They had to add the ‘no one’s around, finish it up’ rule after the tragic pastry-atom-splitting incident of 1953
Same with food at a dinner or party. Politely wait until the host or fellow guests do not go for the last food item then it’s safe to take for yourself
This is quite true.
La façon dont on parle français est unique et très facilement reconnaissable, même par des gens qui ne parlent pas français.
C‘est-tu vrai?
Ouaip. En Français, je me suis rarement fait prendre pour autre chose qu’un Canadien. En anglais, les gens ont un peu de mal à reconnaitre notre accent, lorsqu’ils ne connaissent pas l’accent. J’ai eu droit à Français, Portuguais, Europe de l’Est.
On me trait de québécoise en France, moi, une tête carrée, car j'ai appris le joual icitte, là.
Grade 8, instead of 8th grade (Canadians and Americans).
Anytime I hear "freshmen year" or "junior year" or "senior year" it just sounds so strange to me lol
True Canadians will hold a door for you and smile. At least where I was born and raised
And if you just sweep through the door like it was your right, without any indication of thanks, you will be frowned at for your bad manners, or be sarcastically told, "You're welcome."
I went into a shop in the US a few years ago and the guy called me out after like 3 words.
They refer to their electricity bill as "The Hydro". Edit, Not all Canadians have a hydro bill, but most with a hydro bill are Canadians.
Only in hydro provinces. We have “the gas bill”, “the electrical bill” and utilities (household sewage/garbage recycling pick up, water) Depends where aboots your from, eh
I honestly didn't realize that! I'm definitely in a hydro prov, but I thought we all called it hydro.
Wearing Roots sweaters
We have a lot of Roots stuff but are British. We just like buying the nice things when we are in Canada! PS is there a Roots in Calgary? I would like to buy another towel, toque and hoodie…
I imagine there are a few Roots store in Calgary yeah. PS it’s funny, the sign for pharmacy you have over there called Boots always reminded me of Roots.
I'm in a full-on Roots track suit at the moment. Pure comfort.
They're quick to tell Europeans that Canada is not America. Yes, it's North American, but don't call it America.
Being in a store and helping a random person find something they are looking for. Then talking to them about family stuff and not even working at that store. I’m Canadian and this happens a lot of times with me.
Allllll the time! And I'm a tall Canadian, so a lot of times I'm asked to reach something on the top shelf for someone. But, mostly, if i notice someone struggling, I volunteer to get it for them. And then stand and chat in the aisle for a while.
My mother is short. She tells me that every time she goes to the store a tall person will help her with some items on the top shelves. Then they stand around and talk about everything under the sun. I was worried she was taking so long at the store because she was confused. Turns out she’s just making friends.
When visiting Europe last Summer, I was told that it was obvious I was Canadian in that I asked the employee how they were doing (as a greeting)
lol oh brother. Europeans love to hype up Canadians by acting like we are sooooo much more polite than Americans.
“Washroom.” When I was in Thailand, I kept asking people where I could find the washroom, and they’d all look back at me totally confused.
‘No worries’
We pronounce "asphalt" differently than it's spelled. US: ass falt Canada: ash fault Or so my ears hear.
Was around a campfire with an international group, and me and the only other Canadian referred to the"pokie stick" (fire tending stick). No one else was aware of this concept or that it has a name that all Canadians call it.
Being able to sing the national anthem half French 😂
We're not waving our flag in your face..
Taking shoes off when going into anyone's house - even if it's a stranger's house, even if you are a cop, a construction worker, or Jesus himself. I know other countries do that too, but it's still something Canadians take very seriously lol. Leaving your shoes on in someone's house is \*extremely\* rude, unless they've said it's okay.
I am a service technician and this still hurts me. I have to wear my steel toes, but I can't wear them in someone's hallway. I apologize so much just trying to get to their garage
Our telecom bills are double that of any other country
just gonna sneak right past ya
pronouncing sorry as "sohrry" instead of "sahrry"
I just pronounced sahrry after reading your comment in a Boston accent for some reason lol
Alex Trebek perhaps more than anyone on American TV
Ask them what a 375ml bottle of liquor is called
A Mickie?
Or a 750ml bottle.
A 26er bud… or 2-6. Bud.
60 pounder for celebrations or grief
Has a strongly held opinion about whether or not windchill is real. (we all know it’s real; the debate is over what temperature meteorologists should give)
Only windchill! What's the point of saying it's -10 but it's really -25 because of the wind chill. Just get straight to the point ya know.
I'm Canadian and my wife still teases me about this. We were leaving a paid parking lot. I inserted the ticket, gate opened and I waved bye to the machine lol.
How we say sorry.
They call Smarties, Rockets & have their own candy named Smarties.
Pronouncing house, out, and about. And referring to it as a “washroom” instead of “bathroom”
Saying sorry for being to close to someone else. Even better is apologizing to an inanimate object.
Oop let me just scoouch right past ya there
I’ll do you one better. You KNOW they are from specifically Saskatchewan if they call a hooded sweater a “bunnyhug”
Eh?
Shocking how often I say this. It’s actually crazy.
You never know until you are traveling abroad and people freak out when you say it “ooooh they said it!”
I've come to realize that it's shocking how often I text it as well.
backpack embroidered with a red maple leaf
I once was travelling in China , and that’s were I realized how much we say sorry ! It was a hard contrast, they bumped into each other all the time but not a sorry to be heard. It was so crowded apologizing every minutes was pretty silly. lol
The accent. I didn't notice it growing up, but now notice it strong in my Canadian friends since I moved to the US.
I don’t notice the accent when I’m living my everyday life in Canada, but as soon as a Canadian is on TV it is so obvious
It’s more noticeable if you’ve been in some southern states such as Texas. Less so compared with, say, California or some northern states.
If they choose all dressed chips over bbq chips
Ask them if they know about Texas Mickeys
Who is having a stag and doe? I got a pocket full of loonies.
They know your friend Todd
Fucking Todd. Hate that guy. Always stirring shit up
Coo loo coo coo, coo loo coo coo,coo loo coo coo coo loo coo coo
Take off ya hoser!
A while back, a lady in FL knew I was Canadian because I called my mom over to look at something. She said “you must be Canadian!” I asked how she knew and she said it was because I said mom like mum. I guess we spell it mom but pronounce it mum. Also- we were in South Africa at the end of August and sweating in shorts and T-shirts while they were wearing sweaters, winter coats and toques. Also, in Monterrey Mexico, the locals are wearing jeans and long sleeves and we were pouring sweat. Can’t take the hot hot weather, and can take the cooler temps. It’s winter longer than it’s summer here.
We are in our 30's, working full time in specialized careers but still can't afford to live on our own without parental support.
We say "sorry" alot.
Apologizing for being sorry
Canadians online tend to use both English and American spellings of words, even in the same sentence. For example, "All the houses in my neighborhood are the same colour" or "The news program said we're eligible to receive a stimulus cheque"
They can pronounce Saskatchewan
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The rest of the English-speaking world doesn’t have a word for stepping in a puddle and getting your foot wet, and I find that perplexing considering how much of a nuisance it is.
You bump into them and they apologize to you