I eat whale blubber and club baby seals...

[antda 13]

Hi Mephys,

Yes, I have thought about calling them the same and/or similar names too, as I think that is wrong too. However, "two wrongs don't make a right", so I don't resort anymore to such low and mean tactics, as they are doing.

I'm not reinforcing their ideas, as they are the ones that brought up their stereotypical ideas, not me. Rather, I am pointing out that stereotypes are wrong and saying that I am not like their "stereotype" ideas. Likewise, I don't think anyone who is stereotyped unfairly is their preceived "stereotype" either.

"non-typical"="non-stereotype"

"typical"="stereotype"

On that note, everyone is "non-typical", especially if they are stereotyped and victimized unfairly in any way...

Ant (Non-stereotype/Non-typical...)

P.S. What's so bad about pointing out that stereotypes against others is wrong?

Yup I usually call those people fukcnuts, or dip$hit, or whatever you want to call them.

But you brought up the stereotypes yourself in the first place by saying you are not like the Typical Canadians, reinforcing their ideas.

Bad thing to do in the Canada forum.

Edited September 2, 2008 by AntandD

[Mephys 2]

(Remember guys when it was fun? ) Edited September 2, 2008 by Mephys

[antda 13]

Exactly...VJ is fun....so.... ...

(Remember guys when it was fun? )

[Krikit 1,164]

*looks to see if I'm in the Canada Forum*

[antda 13]

Yup, you're still here, Krikit...Welcome!

VisaJourney.com > General Discussion Area > Regional Discussion > Canada

*looks to see if I'm in the Canada Forum*

[Flames9_RN 358]

maybe we can have our 2nd or 3rd post closure!!! lol

[antda 13]

Hi Flames9,

Good idea.."I hearby declare the above posts about 'typical Canadians' officially closed!".

Now, ....

Ant (Back to the regularly scheduled program...)

maybe we can have our 2nd or 3rd post closure!!! lol

[Sprailenes 47]

A friend from Chicago on my facebook:

"Hey how was your first labour day?"

First of all, I have been here for over a year.

Second of all...we have labour day in Canada.

[Krikit 1,164]

A friend from Chicago on my facebook:

"Hey how was your first labour day?"

First of all, I have been here for over a year.

Second of all...we have labour day in Canada.

Third of all.... Canada invented Labour Day.

[Mephys 2]

A friend from Chicago on my facebook:

"Hey how was your first labour day?"

First of all, I have been here for over a year.

Second of all...we have labour day in Canada.

Third of all.... Canada invented Labour Day.

And now I am confused between Labor Day and Labour Day , nothing's wrong, nothing's right

[Flames9_RN 358]

A friend from Chicago on my facebook:

"Hey how was your first labour day?"

First of all, I have been here for over a year.

Second of all...we have labour day in Canada.

Third of all.... Canada invented Labour Day.

And now I am confused between Labor Day and Labour Day , nothing's wrong, nothing's right

typical Canadian!!!

[Reba 2]

its easy really. We have Labor Day in the US, and Labour Day in Canada. What's so confusing about that?

And I totally understand what Ant means by not looking like a typical Canadian. Outside of Canada, most folks would think a Canadian either is an Eskimo (Inuit to be proper), or a WASP (white, anglo saxon protestant...ie: English looking). But to we Candadians who know better, and know that Canada is the only really and truly multi-cultural country on the planet, where we don't have to hyphenate ourselves (ie: we're not African-Canadians, or Irish-Canadians, or Egyptian-Canadians, we're just plain ol' Canadian). In the US, its totally different. If you don't look like you're from here (ie: your skin is brown and you have funny lookin eye sockets lets say), then you have to hyphenate, and you can't possibly be "from here". You have to be "from somewhere else". I get that all the time here. People tell me I can't be Canadian, they just think I kinda look American, because I'm white and have blue eyes. Until I say "eh" they won't believe that I'm Canadian, because that's all they know about Canada. They know we say eh, and they know Bob & Doug McKenzie. And maybe John Candy. And unfortunately, Celine Dion and Tom Greene

I have lots of Canadian friends who look foreign. Until they open their mouths to speak, then you know without a shadow of a doubt that they are indeed Canadian. I have a friend whose parents are Chinese. He was born in Columbia, but grew up in Canada, and knows no other way of life. He's Canadian. His parents are Chinese though. And he looks Chinese obviously, but he's never even been there. His wife is Canadian, but she only just got her citizenship a couple of years ago. She looks more Canadian than he does, but she talks funny because she's originally from Latvia and has a funny accent. My dad's side of the family are all English, but they "look Canadian". Until they speak, then you can tell they're originally from England. Or sometimes they may be mistaken for Australians or Kiwis, but only by people who have no clue, and think Australia and New Zealand are just so much more exotic sounding that just merry old England. I can even affect an English accent when I want to ** with people's heads. I did that once in a bar in Denver Colorado, just for kicks n giggles, because our server said he though everyone in Canada sounded the same as people from England I stole my beer glass. It said Alcatraz on it. Very un-Canadian of me of course, but it was a cool looking glass. It broke a couple years later.

[antda 13]

Hi Reba,

Bingo! That's what I was getting at, about not looking like the stereotypical/typical Canadian/American, as I am of such too. In your post, thanks for understanding and clarifying about what I said earlier to everyone here. Lol...You wouldn't believe how many references I've had to make about Canada (both in previously in Canada and now in the USA), in order make someone actually believe that I'm "Canadian", when they ask of such. Anything goes, from simply spelling words the Canadian/British way, referring to the metric system, referring to geographical and cultural information about Canada, referring to musical/entertainment references (yeah, I'm a Celine Dion and Bryan Adams fan too), etc.; to the more complicated and more direct approach of showing my Canadian passport and outdated citizenship card (which make for great conversation starters, by the way); to everything else in between....

I definitely relate to the stories that you told about your friends and family. Lol...just tweek it a bit, and well, you've pretty much described my Canadian/American life experiences....

Funny, this reminds me of another situation that I encountered before, when I was a volunteer English teacher, teaching new Canadian immigrants English:

Foreign Student: (speaks to me in a foreign language)

Me: Has a look of on my face, and then says "Can you speak in English please, as I don't understand what you are saying"

Foreign Student: "You no speak (foreign language)? You speak well English."

Me: "I'm here to teach English, I'm not a student."

Foreign Student: "English teacher. So sorry." and has a look of on their face

Me: "That's ok." Shurgs it off, and hands out the lesson plans for the evening...

Foreign Student: For the rest of the time I spent teaching there, they always called me "teacher" (which left me ...), even though I said that they could just refer to me by my first name informally instead.

Ant (Canadian/American, and everything else in between...)

P.S. I hope everyone in Canada had a happy "labour" day and everyone in the USA had a happy "labor" day this weekend!

its easy really. We have Labor Day in the US, and Labour Day in Canada. What's so confusing about that?

And I totally understand what Ant means by not looking like a typical Canadian. Outside of Canada, most folks would think a Canadian either is an Eskimo (Inuit to be proper), or a WASP (white, anglo saxon protestant...ie: English looking). But to we Candadians who know better, and know that Canada is the only really and truly multi-cultural country on the planet, where we don't have to hyphenate ourselves (ie: we're not African-Canadians, or Irish-Canadians, or Egyptian-Canadians, we're just plain ol' Canadian). In the US, its totally different. If you don't look like you're from here (ie: your skin is brown and you have funny lookin eye sockets lets say), then you have to hyphenate, and you can't possibly be "from here". You have to be "from somewhere else". I get that all the time here. People tell me I can't be Canadian, they just think I kinda look American, because I'm white and have blue eyes. Until I say "eh" they won't believe that I'm Canadian, because that's all they know about Canada. They know we say eh, and they know Bob & Doug McKenzie. And maybe John Candy. And unfortunately, Celine Dion and Tom Greene

I have lots of Canadian friends who look foreign. Until they open their mouths to speak, then you know without a shadow of a doubt that they are indeed Canadian. I have a friend whose parents are Chinese. He was born in Columbia, but grew up in Canada, and knows no other way of life. He's Canadian. His parents are Chinese though. And he looks Chinese obviously, but he's never even been there. His wife is Canadian, but she only just got her citizenship a couple of years ago. She looks more Canadian than he does, but she talks funny because she's originally from Latvia and has a funny accent. My dad's side of the family are all English, but they "look Canadian". Until they speak, then you can tell they're originally from England. Or sometimes they may be mistaken for Australians or Kiwis, but only by people who have no clue, and think Australia and New Zealand are just so much more exotic sounding that just merry old England. I can even affect an English accent when I want to ** with people's heads. I did that once in a bar in Denver Colorado, just for kicks n giggles, because our server said he though everyone in Canada sounded the same as people from England I stole my beer glass. It said Alcatraz on it. Very un-Canadian of me of course, but it was a cool looking glass. It broke a couple years later.

[Sprailenes 47]

Ugh. We were supposed to be having fun again.

[Reba 2]

fun is a state of mind, and is yours to make.

I honestly didn't see anything wrong or insulting about Ant's posts. Nothing any worse any other Canadian here hasn't said about Americans who don't know anything about Canada.