I eat whale blubber and club baby seals...

[SpiritAlight 1]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!

I had someone say to me 'Oh, so you speak french?' Just the way someone had asked an earlier poster! I was so pi$$y. Funny because I said, well all Canadian's don't speak french, but as a matter of fact I do, but because my parents were both language teachers. Her eyes glazed over.

Silly Canadian, I should have just said yes. I miss French CBC and other random french stuff

You can always listen to CBC radio on-line....live or pre-recorded shows.

I catch some of my favourite shows and even just listen to news from home when I just want to "be there".

I'm sure you can find French Canadian TV shows on-line as well.

[Sprailenes 47]

Haha this is kind of funny and puts a new twist on things, my husband and I went to Harveys for lunch yesterday and some lady called me a "Stupid American"

I took her parking spot apparently but I didn't see her name on it, and I was there first. She actually stopped to argue with me, how Un-canadian.

All I said is: "I'm not American, he is" and pointed at my husband.

[Mephys 2]

All I said is: "I'm not American, he is" and pointed at my husband.

Awww, loving supportive wife

[Sprailenes 47]

I know the poor guy just stood there shaking his head trying to deny it too.

[DeadPoolX 9]

"I had one guy at my old job say: "So we beat the Canadians at their own game""

You should have said, "Basketball?" And he won't know what you're talking about. (For anyone else who doesn't, basketball was created in Canada.)

I'll admit that my daughter's friends ask my husband to say "out and about" but he enjoys the attention. They treat him like a rock star.

Well... sort of. James Nesmith, the inventor of the game, was indeed Canadian; however, he created it at Springfield College, which is in Springfield, Massachusetts.

I believe this reworking of historical fact is quite common. For example, I've heard comments such as "Canadians burned down the White House during the War of 1812" or that "the creator of Superman was Canadian." Neither of which is strictly true.

Using the above examples for reference, the British burned down the White House during the War of 1812. Whether or not these soldiers came from Canada is irrelevant; they were British. Canada didn't become it's own separate entity until 1867 and before 1946, there was no such thing as a Canadian citizen. Those who resided in Canada were considered "British subjects." So even if the soldiers had made their homes in Canada, they wouldn't be considered Canadians -- they'd be British. It'd be like defining the colonists as "American" before the Revolutionary War and eventual split from Great Britain.

As for Superman... one of his two creators was a Canadian named Joe Shuster (the other was Jerry Siegel, an American). Shuster's family moved to Cleveland, Ohio when he was 10, so for all intents and purposes, he grew up as American.

[trailmix 77]

"I had one guy at my old job say: "So we beat the Canadians at their own game""

You should have said, "Basketball?" And he won't know what you're talking about. (For anyone else who doesn't, basketball was created in Canada.)

I'll admit that my daughter's friends ask my husband to say "out and about" but he enjoys the attention. They treat him like a rock star.

Well... sort of. James Nesmith, the inventor of the game, was indeed Canadian; however, he created it at Springfield College, which is in Springfield, Massachusetts.

I believe this reworking of historical fact is quite common. For example, I've heard comments such as "Canadians burned down the White House during the War of 1812" or that "the creator of Superman was Canadian." Neither of which is strictly true.

Using the above examples for reference, the British burned down the White House during the War of 1812. Whether or not these soldiers came from Canada is irrelevant; they were British. Canada didn't become it's own separate entity until 1867 and before 1946, there was no such thing as a Canadian citizen. Those who resided in Canada were considered "British subjects." So even if the soldiers had made their homes in Canada, they wouldn't be considered Canadians -- they'd be British. It'd be like defining the colonists as "American" before the Revolutionary War and eventual split from Great Britain.

As for Superman... one of his two creators was a Canadian named Joe Shuster (the other was Jerry Siegel, an American). Shuster's family moved to Cleveland, Ohio when he was 10, so for all intents and purposes, he grew up as American.

[MrsCat 6]

To steal a line from OT - DPX why do you hate Canada?

[DeadPoolX 9]

To steal a line from OT - DPX why do you hate Canada?

That makes me want to sing, "Blame Canada!"

I don't hate Canada. If I did, I wouldn't have moved here; instead, I'd have urged my wife to move to the United States. This pet peeve of mine (historical inaccuracy) isn't directly related to Canada, as it occurs within every country, including the United States. This just happens to be the Canada Forum, so we're naturally going to discuss Canada far more often than any other nation.

[Carlawarla 1]

To steal a line from OT - DPX why do you hate Canada?

That makes me want to sing, "Blame Canada!"

I don't hate Canada. If I did, I wouldn't have moved here; instead, I'd have urged my wife to move to the United States. This pet peeve of mine (historical inaccuracy) isn't directly related to Canada, as it occurs within every country, including the United States. This just happens to be the Canada Forum, so we're naturally going to discuss Canada far more often than any other nation.

I think that DeadPoolX is very insightful and I always enjoy his posts, even when I disagree with him. I think we like to banter back and forth with him. I think Canada's lucky to have gotten him!

[Carlawarla 1]

To steal a line from OT - DPX why do you hate Canada?

That makes me want to sing, "Blame Canada!"

I don't hate Canada. If I did, I wouldn't have moved here; instead, I'd have urged my wife to move to the United States. This pet peeve of mine (historical inaccuracy) isn't directly related to Canada, as it occurs within every country, including the United States. This just happens to be the Canada Forum, so we're naturally going to discuss Canada far more often than any other nation.

I think that DeadPoolX is very insightful and I always enjoy his posts, even when I disagree with him. I think we like to banter back and forth with him. I think Canada's lucky to have gotten him!

[Carlawarla 1]

I like him so much I posted this twice.

[warlord 73]

"I had one guy at my old job say: "So we beat the Canadians at their own game""

You should have said, "Basketball?" And he won't know what you're talking about. (For anyone else who doesn't, basketball was created in Canada.)

I'll admit that my daughter's friends ask my husband to say "out and about" but he enjoys the attention. They treat him like a rock star.

Well... sort of. James Nesmith, the inventor of the game, was indeed Canadian; however, he created it at Springfield College, which is in Springfield, Massachusetts.

I believe this reworking of historical fact is quite common. For example, I've heard comments such as "Canadians burned down the White House during the War of 1812" or that "the creator of Superman was Canadian." Neither of which is strictly true.

Using the above examples for reference, the British burned down the White House during the War of 1812. Whether or not these soldiers came from Canada is irrelevant; they were British. Canada didn't become it's own separate entity until 1867 and before 1946, there was no such thing as a Canadian citizen. Those who resided in Canada were considered "British subjects." So even if the soldiers had made their homes in Canada, they wouldn't be considered Canadians -- they'd be British. It'd be like defining the colonists as "American" before the Revolutionary War and eventual split from Great Britain.

Actually most of that list is false. The Bristish didn't burn down the White House at all, historically they came in from the Harbor and they managed to burn 1 room in the White House, not the entire thing. It has nothing to do with Canada.

The basketball thing is correct that a Canadian invented it while in Massachusettes, much like Alexander Graham Bell who was Scottish who invented the telephone in Canada. Making the phone invention Scottish etc. There are numerous other falicies as well, like how the Zamboni, baseball, apple pie and many others are Canadian (all which are false)...

[thetreble 19]

The zamboni is not a Canadian invention!!??? SACRE BLEU!!!!!!

DPX- You are a fiesty man. I like that about you. I have respect for you because you made the choice to move to Canada as the man and in many of our cases, as the women, we moved for our husbands. ie. you were the sacrificial lamb and you don't seem to care...As we say in Jersey, you man'd up on that one.

[warlord 73]

The zamboni is not a Canadian invention!!??? SACRE BLEU!!!!!!

It's Californian if you can believe that, in the late 1940's by Frank Zamboni...

[thetreble 19]

You just ruined my life..seriously. A Californian? What were they using it for?