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Sorry if this has been posted before, but I hadn't seen it...

25 Signs Showing You Might Be Canadian

1. You're not offended by the term "HOMO MILK".

2. You understand the phrase "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine, on the chesterfield."

3. You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.

4. You drink Pop, not Soda.

5. You know that a Mickey and 24's mean, "party at the camp, eh!!!"

6. You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for your holidays, with good cigars and no Americans.

7. You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.

8. You drive on a highway, not a freeway.

9. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

10. You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical group.

11. You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.

12. You brag to Americans that; Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion & Mike Myers are Canadians.

13. You know that the C.E.O. of American Airlines is a Canadian!

14. You know what a touque is.

15. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

16. You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed".

17. Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.

18. You know that the four seasons mean: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road work.

19. You know that when it's 25 degrees outside, it's a warm day.

20. You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

21. You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan".

22. You perk up when you hear the theme song from 'Hockey Night in Canada'.

23. You are in grade 12, not the 12th grade.

24. "Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite than, "Huh?"

25. You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all of your Canadian friends! Then you send them to your American friends just to confuse them!

Rod
 
When we went to the states a few years back, it just made me laugh to hear Americans try to pronounce Saskatchewan. Even after you'd say it, they still would stumble over the pronounciation.

I know most Americans are quite knowledgeable about Canada, but some of the stuff some of them say to you when they find out you're from Canada just amaze me! One guy in Salt Lake City asked where we were from, when I showed him on a map, he says to me "well, you're pretty close to the north pole"! I was real impressed with a Mexican from California, though. When we said we were from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he knew we were between North Battleford and Regina.

The question that we got asked which really made me laugh (also in Utah) was if we knew this person's cousin in Toronto. :roll: Takes all kinds!
 
Of course folks, now you have me wondering about they way I say Saskatchewan.. Although the gal I met from Regina (Which I did pronounce wrong) didn't correct me on my pronunciation of her fine province so maybe I was saying right.. Or maybe she was just to polite to correct me twice in one day..

The asking if you know someone from an area always cracks me up, heard it when I lived in Montana, have heard it from others when they hear I grew up in Chicago area... It could be real funny if you actually did know someone when they asked you though... I am sure it happens from time to tim.
 
Nope, but my last name is Bauer and I had some one convinced that Eddie was my great Uncle and Bauer Skates was the family business :lol: :lol: I was only able to keep it up for about a week straight until someone blew my cover... Oh well, she was a bit naive but a good duck nevertheless..


Of course, my grasp for Canadian culture relies entirely on the movie "Strange Brew"... That is accurate right :P :lol: :lol:
 
My buddy and I went to Wyoming once and his hat was kind of dirty-I had the entire population of Buffalo,Wyoming convinced for three ytears his name was Dusty Brownhat lol.
 
IL Rancher said:
Of course folks, now you have me wondering about they way I say Saskatchewan.. Although the gal I met from Regina (Which I did pronounce wrong) didn't correct me on my pronunciation of her fine province so maybe I was saying right.. Or maybe she was just to polite to correct me twice in one day..

The asking if you know someone from an area always cracks me up, heard it when I lived in Montana, have heard it from others when they hear I grew up in Chicago area... It could be real funny if you actually did know someone when they asked you though... I am sure it happens from time to tim.
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I'm sure you pronounce Saskatchewan just fine. I have a question, though, that might sound kind of stupid. Is the S at the end of Illinois silent, or is it pronounced?
 
Shelly said:
IL Rancher said:
Of course folks, now you have me wondering about they way I say Saskatchewan.. Although the gal I met from Regina (Which I did pronounce wrong) didn't correct me on my pronunciation of her fine province so maybe I was saying right.. Or maybe she was just to polite to correct me twice in one day..

The asking if you know someone from an area always cracks me up, heard it when I lived in Montana, have heard it from others when they hear I grew up in Chicago area... It could be real funny if you actually did know someone when they asked you though... I am sure it happens from time to tim.
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I'm sure you pronounce Saskatchewan just fine. I have a question, though, that might sound kind of stupid. Is the S at the end of Illinois silent, or is it pronounced?
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The S at the end of Illinois is supposed to be silent, but it kind of messed up the music group Alabama's song, when that fact was found out. The original cut of that song had Illinois pronounced like "ill-i-noise", so it would rhyme with "voice". In the later cuts, they just sang it softly so it "kind of" fits. :wink:

Well it's Wednesday evening, momma's waitin' by the phone.
It rings but it's not his voice.
Seems the highway patrol has found a jack-knifed rig
In a snow bank in Illinois.
 
IL Rancher said:
The asking if you know someone from an area always cracks me up, heard it when I lived in Montana, have heard it from others when they hear I grew up in Chicago area... It could be real funny if you actually did know someone when they asked you though... I am sure it happens from time to tim.
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When we were up in Fairbanks, Alaska, a year ago this past August, we were eating continental breakfast at a motel. We were visiting with two couples who had driven up. One of the couples was from Boulder, Colorado. I took the bull by the horns, and said that even though Boulder is a mighty big town, I wondered if they knew my dad's cousin. Amazingly enough, they only lived a few blocks away from our relatives, and this lady bowled on the same league with my dad's cousin's wife. They gave enough particulars that I knew we were talking about the same people.

Also, when we were signing for our rented car in Anchorage, the gal behind the desk asked what part of Nebraska we were from. When I told her, it turned out that her dad and I were in high school together.

It's kind of hard to get away with too much even though you think you're a long way from home. Somehow the word will get back, and the error of your ways will be found out. :wink:
 
The S at the end of Illinois is supposed to be silent, but it kind of messed up the music group Alabama's song, when that fact was found out. The original cut of that song had Illinois pronounced like "ill-i-noise", so it would rhyme with "voice". In the later cuts, they just sang it softly so it "kind of" fits.
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When Larry McBride found and recorded those boys.................he said you could "still smell the cornbread on their breath". :lol:

Randy and Teddy are pretty good cattle breeders today.
 
What is the correct way to pronounce Saskatchewan?
My hubby and I have always said
Sa-skat'-chew-wan with all the a's soft and sounding like the a in "sad" except the last "a" which sounds like someone is pale and wan.
 
Yep, silent s at the end of Illinois.. All though a lot of people on hunting shows tend to pronounce the s for some reason... Drives me a bit nuts but I am getting over it slowly but surely...Now, pronounce Oregon "Oregone" in front of my buddy from Pendleton and I think I saw steam actually pour out his ears.. Man, did that tick him off.... Nothing like getting people from different parts of the country, especialy urban centers where the accents get real heavy, and put them in a room.. Lots of miscomunicating going on..



I got a call from someone from Saskatchewan the other year... Guessing the area code up there is something darn close to 309 as that is ours.. They were convinced they were calling someone up there and wanted to know if it was snowing.
 
reader (the Second) said:
Boulder is a pretty small town actually. I just visited there for the first time.

I have you beat here. I advertised for a babysitter for my 7 month old in the Daily Texan (student newspaper) in Austin, Texas. A Chinese couple answered the ad and when they came to the door, my husband asked where they were from (Xian). He said - we know a man who taught English there, Chuck McClenon. Suddenly there was a lot of excited talking in Chinese, the only part of which we could understand was the name Chuck McClenon with a Chinese accent. It turns out that they did know him and that he had been a guest at their parents' house. My husband said then that he had heard the expression "it's a small world" but didn't think it applied to China.
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Boulder is a mighty big town compared to the ones I am familiar with. :wink: :-)

That is a cool story you have about the "small world" sydrome.
 
Shelly said:
One guy in Salt Lake City asked where we were from,

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The question that we got asked which really made me laugh (also in Utah) was if we knew this person's cousin in Toronto. :roll: Takes all kinds!
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Its them Utans (Utahns?) I tell ya. I was engaged to a girl from Salt Lake City, and when I went to visit, absolutely no-one knew where Saskatchewan was, and the bank didn't even believe that my drivers license was real :lol:

I've found most US cattlemen are fairly familiar with our little country, however from my days of running the shop with mostly city US customers, I was surprised at how little was known about us. Often times when they called in orders and asked where we were, the very next question was "Is that in Canada?" :lol:

Rod
 
I guess its a case of not much going on up here that we all know whats going on in the States but they for a big part dont really know much in a lot of cases about Canada.
But still it blows me away when I meet someone who lives 45 miles from the border and yet they have never heard tell of Saskatchewan.
But even in Canada you sort of see the same thing with urban people. Example ask someone who lives in Vancouver where Hope or Chilliwack is and chances are you will get an answer like I think its in the north end of Vancouver.
I was listening to this guy in Calgary one time telling me about the great big move he made from up north. He was going on about it for about 15 minutes when I interupted and asked what part of the north he came from. I was expecting to here High Level, Grande Prairie, etc. Thats when I found out that he had moved from northern Calgary to central Calgary. Like to hear him talk about the way of life in Northern Calgary compared to central Calgary, he made it sound like a whole different world.
I swear that it seems like a lot of urban peoples whole world stops at the city limit.
Just look at the news or media ratings. 98% of people are only or mostly concerned with local news. They dont get that what happens in Ottawa or around the world effects them way more than what their local town council is up to.
 
You might be Canadian if you add extra letters to words such as color, favor, and any other word a u can be thrown in..........
 
CattleArmy: Now we just can't help it if you guys butcher the Queens English.......we do things the proper way..........drives the spell checker nuts on US designed software!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :nod: :nod: :wink:
 
I went to Vancouver when I was about 18. On the way in on the air porter I was having a nice conversation with the guy in the seat next to me until I asked him if he knew my brother-in-law.
People do it just being friendly and trying to show they have something in common.
It's darn cold out there this morning! I put on a bunny hug under my jacket when I went out to plug in the tractor. They help keep us people from Saskatchewan warm.
 
I often use a U in wors like humour and a few others that I can't think of right now.. I don't know why, I can't explain it and my wife does it too.. We went to the same grade scool so I am wondering if a teacher back there speeld things the English way instead of the American way... I have never had a teacher say word 1 about it since but my wife sure had an English teacher go nuts over it and made her correct all of them and would F the paper in the future if she saw even one of them... Didn't break the habit, she just humoured the SOB.
 

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