[VCNOOB]

Lol, im so tried of ppl saying that canadian always say eh! an that we alwayz go curling, (iv never been in my life) an that ower only animals are mouse, an beavers, and we have mountys dreesed in red in the woods, an we love pankaes, an much time, lol what do you people think (this topic came to me when i saw the "Canadian ducks of hazerd" commercial)

Well Post What you think, Eh? :P

This post has been edited by VCNOOB: 15 February 2005 - 03:55 AM

[Corporate_Nothing]

And we Americans aren't savages brutes that live to shead blood in the Middle East. Its just a stereotype. I have nothing against Canadians, and don't really erm think anything of the; its just a border country to the US living in a Western Civilization.

[officer cartman]

How do you think Nationalites start that seperates different cultures, Chinese, Arab, Mexican, Japanese, Filipino, etc., apart from each other? I mean, just because you're Asian doesn't mean you're the same as another person from Asia. How do you think these subcultures came to be? I've just been wondering this

[Corporate_Nothing]

officer cartman, on Feb 14 2005, 10:20 PM, said:

How do you think Nationalites start that seperates different cultures, Chinese, Arab, Mexican, Japanese, Filipino, etc., apart from each other? I mean, just because you're Asian doesn't mean you're the same as another person from Asia. How do you think these subcultures came to be? I've just been wondering this

...You copied what I said.

Without contact with other cultures they have to learn to communicate with each other and have their own ways of doing things. I think its all a matter of like, a certain royal family starts a nation, and their whole gene pool is passed on throughout the whole country. Also though, a culture's way of life affects what they look like, its just evolution.

[corridon]

Maybe we could use this thread to point out some of the things about our own countries?

For a good deal of information written by me about my home land then please follow this link. I posted it in another thread a few weeks back.

My view.

[Falwith]

Yes, we do, even the people themselves. (I ought to know, as my wife's family is from there, the whole damned crew of them) Also, Newfies (note the cap in Newfie?) tell some of the very best Newfie jokes out there. Mos are initially presented as a Polak (sp?) joke, or a blonde joke, but in Newfoundland, they take the brunt and make it themselves, so it's funny anywhere, especially home.

The thing I get a kick out of is the way a lot of people try to mock us and end up sounding twice as stupid as they want us to look. Continual use of "eh" is one (although we do use it a fair bit) and the climate is another. I have actually seen people from Maine come here in July, with skis on the roof of their car and ask where to head for good skiing this time of year. I point North and tell them about 10 000 miles thataway.

For fun, how many would like to try mocking our accent? (every country has an accent, they're all a bit different) You know, the famous method we have of saying "out" and "about"?

[Jason290]

Yeah, every country has a certain stereotype, it's just that some are worse than others. Nothing is aimed directly at you when we say things like that.

[Hurricane]

What are you talking about... eh? :lol:. I think Canadians are great and all stereotypes are pretty stupid. I wish they would just get rid of stereotypes, since they lead to ignorance. You can't just assume some thing just because a few people from a country do things, dress, talk, act a certain way that everyone from that country does the exact same thing. That isn't correct about royal families Corporate_Nothing, royal families usually have complete different gene pools from the population they rule over because they keep their genes within the royal families.

[East Side]

Yes you know, we canadians aren't all dressed as lumberjacks with a hockey stick in one hand and a curling broom in the other, cohabiting with mooses and beavers in snow covered forests, drinking Molson Ex, eating bacon, and singin' our national anthem all day long with Jean Chretien's horrible accent (lol i dont even think this guy has a primary language) :lol:

But in the other hand, i do not deny my traditions... Yes, I eat bacon, Yes, I like hockey, Yes, I drink beer, Yes we have more snow than in the US, and yes i have an accent, you down south may call it horrible, but eh, i think the people here have the same opinion of the Texans' accent...

Anyway those types of cliches are well accepted by the masses, so i don't think we're about to see them disappear...

In fact, here's a pic of the average canadian guy

http://www.interbuild.se/linus/pics/past/Australia/melbourne/frank%20(the%20canadian%20guy).jpg

[a man]

It's all stereotypical, nothing to worry bout, one of my msn contacts is canadian.

[Zaibatsu]

all I have to say is


http://s87266680.onlinehome.us/avatars/forum/america_ownz_joo.jpg

[Gmoney]

well im canadian...i hate hockey..i like budweiser.i dont say eh...i dress in phat farm and ecko lol not lumberjack shit..i don't have an accent...the people we make fun of...would be the natives (because in jail they drink lysol just to get a buzz and outside of jail theyll spray metallic paint in a bag and put it on theyre head...plus they have like 9 kids just to collect the welfare)..and some french people cause theyre drunk and jokes..but other than that were pretty much the same as america but just with more snow...hell i watch cops some times and to me...the americans are the ones with the accent...some even sound pretty hicked out with theyre "aint" and such :P

[Ecks]

yo Zaibatzu, not to say im offended by ur comment there but, really...huh? ;)

america doesnt own us canadians.

on another note, i also dont wear lumber jack clothes etc, nd i also dont llike beer all together. culturally, there is no difference between myself nd most all u americans on this forum.

[eggdog]

Hey, aint is a great word. It gets the meaning across easly :P . Actually, i use it quite a lot. Well, stereotypes = Stupid ass ignorance, like i say i live in Africa, whattya think. Im dark dark black, carry water to my village on my head, have 20 brothers that run around naked and chase gazels... Im a white dude, wear g unit clothing etc, buy bottled water and keep it in my fridge, have 1 sister that lives in new york, and have never seen a gazel in my life. People, just keep it real...

[wadeb04]

I got some question for canada boy

are you afriad that quebec will split apart from canada and be ther eown countries therefore giving the ideas to the other countries making them split

Do you hate the French canada

[ilovefood]

Canadiens? Why would they say that. I'm serious, I've not hear much of this but I have heard some and I think it's full of shit.

[biggceemoney]

i personally really like other countries and different cultures. i think that the differences between everyone is the most interesting part of it all and in fact its the very thing that actually brings people together. i enjoy learning from other cultures and one thing thats great to do is laugh. thats why stereotypical jokes are some of the most hilarious to me (thats of course if everyone participating in the joking are okay with the jokes being told).

a personal example of how stereotypes can be really funny. its not a different country but i have a friend who is gay, and a really open minded, nice, funny person. we joke around all the time and i dont say things like "fag" (cause that word isnt really funny), but when i joke with him, its very stereotypical and vice versa. i'll say things like "you are so homosexual" or whatever. we are always dying of laughter and its because we can appreciate the differences between us, use them in our jokes, and then laugh at them afterwards.

i know this isnt about Canada, but i think the same standards are applicable. i think way over the top impressions of Canadians saying "eh" and "aboot" are comical when done right. to me its no different if i were watching Chappelles Show when he jokes about a white family called The Niggars. hes not afraid to take an explosive issue like race and turn it into absolute hilarity.

i love maple syrup, i love Canadian bacon, snow is pretty cool, im not against hockey, and BC bud is some of the tastiest on earth. while i dont drink any type of Molson, i love pancakes and whats more old school than a cop on a horse? simply put, i love Canada and the Canadians that inhabit that wonderful wonderland of snow and ice. keep rocking Canada, America loves you!

[latino heat]

The only reason Canada gets bagged is because of the way americans portray it.

[corridon]

Canada doesn't get bagged where I come from.

Maybe it's just some American people that bag it.

Baggins countries is gay.