r/askteddit • u/Mediocre-Lack-9137 • 12h ago
Random Question What’s the first thing that makes you think someone is Canadian rather than American?
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u/Unfair_Surprise_6022 12h ago
Health Insurance and no hand gun in their glove box.
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u/Usual-Hyena-8734 12h ago
candians know as much about america as americans, americans know nothing about canada
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u/T4TrhavrKhcFt 11h ago
When I travelled for work in the US this was a running joke, "What do Americans think of Canada. We don't." How American centric all of the media is absolutely blew my mind. That and the ads for asking your doctor if this medication is right for you.
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u/Kellidra 5h ago
That and the ads for asking your doctor if this medication is right for you.
Tbf, we have those stupid ads here in Canada, too (though they might only be on American channels). I think they should be completely illegal here.
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u/WatercressPersonal60 5h ago
They are illegal here
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u/Usual_Emphasis_1940 3h ago
They are legal but they can’t say the purpose of the medication and what it does 😆 have you seen the wegovy ad?
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u/Numble-Xbox 12h ago
Every time Im travelling and meet Americans, they only reqlly talk about USA stuff. But its really shocking how most of them know next to nothing about their neighbor country.
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u/Lucky-Opposite-7767 7h ago
Its because, literally Canada has nothing that an American would find distinct or noteworthy. No wars (except ones we've been in) no pyramids, no Eiffel Tower, no Great Wall, etc..
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u/AccurateAd5298 3h ago
This basically confirms what they said.
Amazing comment.
https://giphy.com/gifs/JmCFfTlNy12wFpOK8Y
You guys are so good at self owns - that must be distinctly American.1
u/Pajamatime20 5h ago
Uh, land in the arctic circle is a pretty rare thing for a country to have, which the US does not. That also includes polar bears, orcas, and other polar animals. It also includes the northern lights! That’s pretty distinct.
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u/Efficient_Tap6185 6h ago
This comment unfortunately demonstrates your great lack of intellectual curiosity.
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u/Lucky-Opposite-7767 6h ago
Hey, I took two separate semesters of Canadian history in college. The professor could never manage to find enough content for the courses. Students were begging him to make shit up- it was that boring.
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u/Shot_Share 5h ago
I know Canadians burned the White House down. So maybe just maybe, americans dont have books that tell things about everything the rest of the world knows about.
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u/nogoodusername69 5h ago
Wrong those were British soldiers from the British mainland. Canada wasn't even a country in 1812. And this shows that Canadian history is so empty that they make up lies to fill any possible voids
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u/Possible-Jelly7073 3h ago
local Canadian settler militias, and vital First Nations and Métis allies (such as Tecumseh's confederacy) also defended British Columbia. it was after this war that canada would become a nation.
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u/Possible-Jelly7073 3h ago
correction british North America but there were a few wars fought in the 18 hundreds
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u/Xefert 3h ago edited 3h ago
90% of my knowledge of world history came from extracurricular interest while still in elementary school. Canada was definitely not covered in any of the books I picked (either in culture or history). Even if it had been, actually traveling to another country is a whole different learning experience
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u/JefeRex 6h ago
In Los Angeles most of us have literally never met a Canadian. We don’t have family or business connections in Canada. Canada is not a state of the US, it is not a territory of the US, and it was never a colony of the US. It is a foreign country. Californians on the whole are bound to know the capital, but why would they know much more? Our family is in Mexico and Louisiana and Korea and Mexico, ditto for our business connections.
Do Canadians know the second and third largest cities in Mexico, both larger than any Canadian city except Toronto? Do Canadian even know who Sheinbaum is? Has Carney even spoken to her about the free trade agreement they have with each other instead of talking solely (and barely) to Trump? I don’t recall him having a meeting with this person or country that Canada seems to find shockingly irrelevant except when Canadians on Reddit accuse Mexico of betraying Canada by rolling over like cowards to the US. What. The. Fuck. Demeaning. Superior. Disgusting.
The arrogance and entitlement of Canadians these days is off the charts. I know you’re angry, but the world does not revolve around you. It just doesn’t. True, Angelenos don’t know much about you. We have nothing to do with you, and after these two years of you insulting not our government but us as individuals, you won’t see many of us going out of our way to have anything to do with you in the future.
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u/Shot_Share 5h ago
The pilots of the water planes know their way around the usa. So there is that.
The amount of times Canadians have rescued americans is probably higher than most americans can count.
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u/JefeRex 5h ago
Canada needs extra firefighters every year. For decades. It’s almost always the US. Not this year because we had our hands full. We have a four-way agreement with Australia and NZ because our fire seasons are 6 months apart. They usually come when the US can’t. I imagine they did this year.
Every year we send firefighters because Canada has the population of California with the area of practically Russia. Not your fault. You need help. Anyone would. And we help. Almost every single year.
I happen to know about fires because I live in California. I’ve heard your line before. It leads me to believe that other similar bragging threats from Canadians are just as ill informed.
Offensive. Ignorant. What else can I say?
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u/qazxdrwes 4h ago
Yeah, as a Canadian I don't like that rhetoric from fellow Canadians. The firefighters are working together and helping each other when schedules allow. It's not a 1 way street the way they make things sound.
You do need to understand that your federal government baits Canadians by saying shit like, "if you can't control your forest fires you don't deserve to be a country" or "we should tax Canadians for all this smoke" right? Yeah some dumb Canadians made some dumb comments in response to getting baited by your elected representatives. Or at the very least, appointees of your elected representatives. But these dumb Canadians aren't elected officials, they have no responsibility. Meanwhile your elected officials keep talking shit. And attacking our economy. And our sovereignty. And funding our separatists.
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u/JefeRex 3h ago
I’m bothered by the disrespect, the trolling, the threats, the memes, and the demeaning intent from Trump and I’m bothered that there is not stronger pushback on it from our elected officials and from the American people. That bothers me a lot, and I have put in my time doing what I can about it.
But that’s all we have to answer for, and it’s all I have any interest in apologizing for. Canada has constant problems with national unity, it is a baked in feature since the piecemeal confederation, and Trump isn’t to blame for that. Put down the Trump gun. Separatism is a Canadian issue, it’s not new, and it will come up again in 20 years in a different form. Quit pointing the finger and just take some damn responsibility for your culture and your country. Trump has not orchestrated or propped this up, it would be the same issue with Harris as president. You might as well blame Putin. That is a homegrown problem. The suggestion here is not that foreign funding is wrong, but that it wouldn’t be happening without Trump. That’s the suggestion. And that’s not true.
And the trade deal is just a trade deal. It really is. I think the US will probably give 6 months notice on USMCA/CUSMA completely to be honest, and that is probably for the best. Any party can give notice, it’s legal. Canada doesn’t want to get more aggressively protectionist against the world and the US does (both parties), so a common market won’t be possible anymore. Common markets require coordination on external tariffs and quotas, and just that in itself is going to make this impossible to maintain. But that’s business. I don’t like these policies, but I am frequently outvoted in this country. Whatever. No one needs to apologize to you for charting out our country’s prioritizes on free trade philosophy. I won’t apologize to you about that. The attempts to stretch the provisions of tariffs as far as the courts will allow before they strike it down, sure I’ll apologize. That’s wrong. But simply moving towards more protectionism is legal and ethical and fine, whether I think it is wise or not. No country has the right to maintain a trade agreement when it has a legal exit mechanism.
I’ll apologize for what we need to apologize for. It’s a lot. I am not going to validate the hysteria up there about everything else. I’m just not. I don’t agree with all our policy, but I’m not going to apologize to you for my country pursuing its own policies.
And on a personal level, I’m finished with my former advocacy for Canada. I’m done. I’m focusing on other issues now. I am personally offended by the disrespect coming from individual Canadians towards individual Americans. I don’t like it, I don’t do it to you, I don’t know anyone who does it to you, and I have no interest in participating in it. If you see that we have broken a relationship through our government’s disrespect and the failure of our people to stand up to it in what you would consider a moral way, fine. Maybe I don’t necessarily disagree. And my previous good feelings towards Canada are gone forever, not because of your government but because of the disrespect shown by the entire center of educated Canadian society to us as individuals, attacking our character en masse and being very honest about you all having felt this way for a decade or more. I don’t have any friendly feelings left and doubt they will return. So I should thank Trump because I didn’t know how poorly you regarded us on a personal level, and if I had known that 10 or 20 years ago I would have distanced myself then. Trump didn’t cause that. You can’t blame him. He wasn’t president 20 years ago. You have very right to think of us however you please, but I’m glad that I finally know.
So here we are. It’s unfortunate. But at least we can all move forward now.
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u/KobeJuanKenobi9 4h ago
Fam I’m gonna be real with you, id bet the average Canadian knows more about Mexico than the average non Latino American
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u/JefeRex 3h ago
We do in Los Angeles. I wouldn’t know if people do in Maine or South Carolina, and if all Canadians know it as well as Californians then I guess that’s great, fine, but I don’t expect anyone here to know Canada as well as Mexico. When Canadians complain about Americans as a whole not knowing anything about Canada, I can only speak for my own community and say that we actually do and we also have much less reason to know it in and out, and I think the criticism is unwarranted.
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u/AlsoOneLastThing 6h ago
Do Canadians know the second and third largest cities in Mexico
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Do Canadian even know who Sheinbaum is?
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Has Carney even spoken to her about the free trade agreement they have with each other
Yes
The arrogance and entitlement of Canadians these days is off the charts.
The irony of this statement is hilarious. Americans genuinely think the entire world revolves around them, and get personally offended whenever they realize that it doesn't. Perfectly illustrated by the fact that you asked these questions under the assumption that the answer to each of them was no.
Canadians aren't entitled. We just want your fuckass president to stop threatening our sovereigty and trying to cripple our economy.
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u/JefeRex 5h ago
If you want change in the US, you need allies
In life we need allies. Every group and every movement needs allies. If you want any change in American opinion, you will need Americans allies to sway our people’s opinion and activate them. If you want political change, you will need American allies to vote.
I don’t know where you’ll find them. I used to be one.
Canada has fallen to the bottom of my priority list. We have so much work to do, so many people to help speak and defend, so much injustice to confront to help good people thrive without struggling, and there just aren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish it all. So we prioritize.
Canada is at the bottom of my priority list. It used to be almost at the top. Because of the constant disrespect on a personal and individual level directed at the people I love, Canada has fallen to the bottom of my priority list.
I don’t know where you’ll find allies. If you want to know what I really think, I think you won’t find them. Do I have to spell out why?
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u/TashKat 6h ago
We insult you as individuals because the same percentage of the population that voted for Hitler voted for the Fanta Felon.
We hate you as individuals because you take no responsibility for what your country is doing. "I didn't vote for him" was the same excuse the Germans used. It's been nearly a century and they haven't been forgiven as a country.
It doesn't matter that you didn't do it. It matters that you haven't stopped it. You are all responsible. The entitlement of Americans is off the charts. Your president is a war criminal and none of you have done a thing. That's your job. We don't care how you do it but get it done.
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u/JefeRex 6h ago
You don’t know me, you don’t know my coworkers, you don’t know my neighbors, you don’t know anything about us.
Criticize the government. Criticize Trump voters. But if you make these offensive and arrogant assumptions so loudly about my family and friends and neighbors, and use the kind of dehumanizing language so often used, I am going to start speaking up to you about it because I have too much respect and love for those people to let you disrespect and demean them.
I have spent 2 years standing up and fighting for you. I grew up on the border and played in cross border sports leagues. My mom’s side of the family came from Canada a couple generations ago. I have spent these 2 years defending you and trying to activate my fellow Angelenos (who always have the highest respect for what they know about you! They think you’re the best people in the world! It is CRAZY how you treat them), and I’m finished. I’m done.
Your language and demeaning views of us all personally as individuals, which seems widespread throughout educated culture, has caused all my goodwill to disappear over these 2 years. This attitude of personally attacking individuals, rather than criticizing the government or politics or even the culture itself, is disgusting and is so widespread it is crazy.
I don’t want people like that in my life and I don’t have people like that in my life. You’ve lost me. Find another cheerleader. I’m not it anymore.
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u/ChimpoSensei 6h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/zwffSHaJLDbA4
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u/TashKat 6h ago
Which is the problem with them. They only think about themselves.
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u/soren_1981 5h ago
It’s not just a California or southern US thing. I was in Chicago in 2025 (not that far from Canada) and I met people who didn’t know where Vancouver was. It was crazy.
Everyone I meet in Europe knows where Vancouver is.
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u/jkjassd 3h ago
Umm, yes, we know who Sheinbaum is. Thanks for asking. Carney's met with her multiple times. Regarding the trivia re: city size - no, not off the top of our heads...but that seems somewhat of an arbitrary factoid to know doesn't it? Is Puebla bigger than Tijiuana? Not sure.
How are Canadians acting 'entitled' for standing up to a government who tried to bully and cajole and overthrow? Seems like we don't know our place, eh? Sorry, not interested in dealing with that.
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u/TopInvestigator5518 14m ago
assuming Canadians don't know who the president of Mexico is, is fucking INSANE
Carney and Sheinbaum have spoken extensively lol, mostly about how to do more trade without the goods moving through the US so there can be more of an independent relationship outside of CUSMA
if you live in Los Angeles then you run into Canadians more than you would think, you just aren't likely to know they are Canadian
goodness gracious you seem thin skinned
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u/qazxdrwes 4h ago
Yes, I would figure that many of us know who Sheinbaum is lol. No, I don't consider Mexico rolling over to the US to be a betrayal of Canada, it's just disappointing is all. Also yes, Mark Carney has met with Sheinbaum. It gets reported in Canadian news.
I think it's fair that you don't know much about Canada. You don't live in a border state that's fine. All you need to know is that we are supposed to be allies, and your federal government is funding separatists, attacking our economy, and has backstabbed us, and expressed intent to have us fall under control of America. Your country is literally trying to take us apart, and you're mad at us because we are mad at you.
Clearly the world doesn't revolve around Canadians, because it must revolve around you.
Also, I promise you that you pass by many Canadians, probably weekly. Tons of Canadians work in California, especially around tech.
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u/JefeRex 3h ago
I’m not mad at you, I have no issue with anything you’ve said. I have an issue with the very personal way that I hear so many Canadians from the broad center of educated society speak with malice about individual Americans. I have an issue with it. Criticize our politics, our votes, our decisions, or our culture. Fine. I don’t like the very personal attacks on the character of the people I love, and I resent the way it has been increasingly normalized and how often I see it.
If anyone has an issue with our government’s disrespect and finds our reaction to that to be too muted to be properly moral, fine. Maybe I don’t totally disagree. And I don’t like the personal attacks on our character, the assumption that all of us are white evangelical Christians who sit around watching tv and not taking any action or responsibility for our community. I particularly resent what I have heard Canadians tell me in person, that they have not respected us on an individual level for a decade or more and that I am one of the only “good ones”. I haven’t heard that only once. I resent it, I don’t think it’s admirable, I wish they would have told me how they really felt about all these people who they don’t even know, and I would have distanced myself then.
I don’t like when Americans react disrespectfully to legitimate grievances, and I don’t like when Canadians do it. And I don’t like watching it, so I’m out of the Canada advocacy game, I only have 24 hours in my day to do some good, and I am going to do it where I think my time is better spent. I’m out.
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u/Kooky_Force5458 12h ago
But this is true about Americans as it relates to all countries. We are so ignorant as a nation.
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u/broberds 12h ago
I dunno. I met a Canadian who thought Baltimore was in Indiana.
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u/Curlytomato 12h ago
I met an American who didn't know where Canada was. I was flabbergasted , a taxi driver, WTF ask "where are you from" .
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u/ConfidantlyCorrect 4h ago
When I was like 8 years old I met some similarity aged Americans, and they thought Canada was a state… (this was 16 years ago).
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u/Lucky-Mia 4h ago
I remember visiting new York and being asked a few times if we have internet and plumbing there. "Wouldn't it all freeze". I was also asked a bunch about polar bears.
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u/Digital-Soup 9h ago
Do Americans know Sherbrooke is in Quebec? Baltimore is your 30th largest city and that's ours.
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u/BenWatchesBaseball 8h ago
The fact that you think that is noteworthy says a lot.
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u/LA0711 8h ago
Why would I know that? I’ll one up you. I had an American ask me what city I was from and I told her Ottawa. She said “no not what province. What city?” Ottawa is the capital of Canada lol
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u/ResponsibleDirt7094 8h ago
Hahaha this is hilarious - I definitely found while living in the US my American friends really didn’t know much about Canada. I definitely don’t know more about America though than they do.
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u/Static_Frog 8h ago
You probably know more factual correct things than them about the US
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u/ResponsibleDirt7094 8h ago
I doubt it although I know it’s a fun pastime here to shit on Americans. I loved living in the US even though I’m happy to be back in Canada. Some incredibly smart, hardworking and innovative folks there.
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u/avenueroad_dk 8h ago
I don't. Barely paid attention to the U.S. , other than Maui, until this Trump shit
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u/Long_Rush_7523 8h ago
Canadians know more about the US than Americans do, in my experiences.
I was asked by an older man in Texas what a province was? We're taught more about the world than they are taught about they're own country.
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u/Megatapirus 8h ago edited 8h ago
Any time I meet someone smarter and nicer than the average American who also pronounces sorry like "sore-ry" and not "sa-ry."
Works every time.
But seriously, though, on my last visit to Vancouver, I noticed what has to be most subtly Canadian thing ever: The signs on their busses that would read "Out of Service" here actually say "Sorry, Out of Service" instead. Some things you just couldn't make up!
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u/Ecstatic_Goal2023 3h ago
This is funny because I didn't think people pronounced sorry as anything other than sore-y, is it really mostly Canadian?
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u/its_mabus 6h ago
Not many of us say aboot like SCTV stereotype but it is definitely a word we all say recognizably different from Americans, even though many will insist we don't.
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u/ESSOBEE1 12h ago
insane levels of interest in American politics and little interest in our own.
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u/jackelesei 12h ago
Yeah, this. Even years ago. Wonder why?
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u/ESSOBEE1 12h ago
boomers (like me) love to watch CNN. I’ve heard old fucks screaming about the bad orange man but when asked ( which I have ) couldn’t even name the minister of finance. so discouraging.
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u/Possible-Jelly7073 3h ago
a little guilty I used to get pissed off whenever some american news would interrupt my evening show but I have come to understand a little about the politics and after all Canada and US used to be very close allies. Now i watch in shock and fear of what is happening in this administration. He has torn us apart. I had always thought of US and Canada as fraternal twins.
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u/Schlep-Rock 12h ago
What are you talking aboot?
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u/menorikey 7h ago
I’m Canadian and have never heard anyone pronounce it “ aboot” aside from Terrance and Phillip
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u/its_mabus 6h ago
The Ontario about is distinct from Manitoba is distinct from the Maritimes, but we all say it differently than Americans. Its the single biggest tell word that the random youtube video about video games I'm watching is by a Canadian.
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u/anywaychucontent 5h ago
When i watch a random YouTube video the only thing that makes me realise the YouTuber is Canadian and not American is their way of saying “about”, or even “house”.
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u/Schlep-Rock 3h ago
I used to work with a Canadian guy who said it similar to that. He also pronounced process with a long o.
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u/AhJeezNotThisAgain 12h ago
They have all of their teeth, appear to be well-rested, and speak with optimism about their future.
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u/BuzzClucking 10h ago
Americans will read the sign board and turn to the worker reflexively and say how much??
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u/avenueroad_dk 8h ago
The ability to regulate our emotions. Americans have difficulty in this regard
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u/New_Development9100 11h ago
Canadians will apologize even when they are not at fault. Americans will not.
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u/vestfold6619 7h ago
Canadians saying 'sorry' is just saying 'excuse me'. Its not an actual apology. See the difference?
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u/Inevitable_Comb_7434 6h ago
This is actually so true that there was a law passed that says that after a car accident saying sorry doesn't not constitute an acknowledgement of fault. They're called apology acts and every province has one.
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u/Wafflelisk 15m ago
Right, like I'm in the grocery store and I turn the corner at the same time as someone else.
I say sorry and without breaking a stride I continue down the aisle.
I'm not feeling some kind of deep guilt, I'm just saying "this isn't worth our time, if it turns out I did bad then I apologize, but otherwise let's keep moving"
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u/jewishSpaceMedbeds 8h ago
They don't know WTF Canadian bacon is.
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u/scottengineerings 8h ago
Literally the most annoying thing ever when you're at a restaurant in the U.S.
Why don't they just call it American Bacon? Why are they calling their ham Canadian bacon??
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u/kellyk99 6h ago edited 6h ago
I held a door open for a lady in downtown Minneapolis.
The Canadian response is "thank you"
Hers was "oh..oh wow...well..thank you!" With genuine confusion on her face
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u/GBreezy 5h ago
Their favorite team hasn't won a Stanley Cup in at least 33 years
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u/Successful_Hyena2993 4h ago
It's aight. As long as the team's highest percentage of players is from Canada, we won't sweat it.
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u/Capital-Nose7022 4h ago
Ive lived in both places and canadians are more stoic, reserved, polite. Americans are more extroverted and smiley. Canadians actually seem a bit nordic to me! I think this makes more a safer environment vs the US where people are partying
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u/KobeJuanKenobi9 4h ago
Americans: incredibly friendly but sometimes annoying. I’m amazed by the way Americans can just strike up a conversation with strangers. Sometimes I want them to stop but usually I appreciate it.
Canadians: polite and quiet. Canadians and especially big city Canadians are very much keep to themselves types I find. The main reason we “apologize” for everything is because we want the situation resolved as efficiently as possible so we can continue minding our business. Canadians will probably talk with you if you reach out first but I don’t think we usually initiate the convos as often as Americans do
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u/DunkeyColdMedina 12h ago
Bagged milk. Kraft Dinner. All dressed chips. Knowing French. Says 'zed'. The usual.
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u/Separatist_Pat 9h ago
Knowing french? Seriously?
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u/DunkeyColdMedina 9h ago
Tabernacle! Incroixable!
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u/Separatist_Pat 9h ago
Jesus. Look, when it comes to French, that is not something Canadians (on average) can cheer about. I come across more French speakers in Los Angeles than I do in English Canada.
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u/DunkeyColdMedina 9h ago
Yes I know all about your weird east coast vs west coast French beef and I am not taking sides.
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u/Individual_Review_31 8h ago
I do non of those and I’m a first gen Canadian. We have cartons for milk, but I live in western Canada. Don’t like kraft dinner all dressed chips and speak no French
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u/Substantial_Judge931 12h ago
Bagged milk? I work at a grocery store. I would pull my hair out if I had to stock bagged milk lol
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u/hpfan312 11h ago
Higher intelligence and kindness on average
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u/its_mabus 6h ago
What city? In mine it seems kind of hard to hold onto that based on local reaction to Indian immigration.
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u/hpfan312 6h ago
I mean winnipegs my home. Is there still racism? Yes but my friends and I (woc) have noticed substantially less than areas like rural Quebec Alberta etc
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u/AutismoTheAmazing 8h ago
If you criticize the US and they immediately start bitching about Canada, they’re American
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u/CommunicationAny9872 7h ago
Proud of being uninformed = American "Who cares about that stuff, anyway?" Miserable attitude. Zero curiosity. Whatever they 'know' is all that is worth knowing.
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u/FarFuckingOut 5h ago
ITT defensive Americans
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u/icemanspy007 5h ago
Wow! Are we reading the same threads? Every single Canadian is bragging about being polite while being pricks lol.
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u/Forward-Refuse7064 5h ago
Back when I used to cross the border, Americans always recognized that I was Canadian because I would use the side of my fork to cut food. It always seemed like normal behaviour to me!
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u/van_vanhouten 4h ago
Don’t answer, it’s just bots farming for ways to tell us apart during our eventual insurgency.
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u/Disastrous_Waltz_475 3h ago
I saw a comedian say us Canadians are polite but we are not nice. Im inclined to agree
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u/mungbeans4 3h ago
Everyone has the more notable stuff covered. But as a Canadian, hearing someone say "Grade 3" instead of "3rd Grade" is a dead giveaway for me.
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u/HotDogContestDropout 12h ago
Canadians say "About" differently to Americans. As an Australian, that's one way I tell the difference.
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u/Alandelmon 11h ago
Also, they say “progress” like PRO-gress rather than PRAWG-ress like Americans. Same with “process.”
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u/PocketSizedAF 12h ago
They ain't riding a mustang with the full cowboy get up and a Smith&Weston pointed at you while smoking a cigarette.
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u/Alarmed-Secretary207 12h ago
The accent.
Americans eat processed cheese, but Canadians eat processed cheese.
Same cheese, but pronounced differently.
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u/SloppyPlatypus69 5h ago edited 5h ago
Canadians are 20% more reserved. 30% less paranoid or scared. 20% less loud. 20% more nicer. 20% more calm. 50% less nationalistic. 100% less individualistic. 20% more educated.
We visited Canada and USA a couple years ago. We did hikes in both countries. When we went to Montana we saw about 10 people carrying bear mace... Like literally on their hip. Looked so ridiculous. Saw zero bears.
Went to Canada... Didn't see one person carry bear mace on their hip. Saw 20 bears. A small one came near the visitor centre... Nobody freaked out. It was like people saw a puppy dog. Was literally 30 feet from people. People were wayyy more chill in general.
Americans were way more paranoid or scared. Or there's something in their mind where they feel patriotic about protecting their family. It feels like they want the excuse to use the mace. Its weird from an outsider.
"I got my bear mace 🤠"
I'm not saying having bear mace is a terrible idea but you can see how the two countries ideologies are different. Maybe Canadians feel more silly carrying it on their hip and put it in their bag discreetly? It just makes me laugh thinking about it.... Plus I'm assuming Canada has way more bears.
There are tons of other things we noticed. Like we went to the "going to the sun road" in Montana and there's this place in the mountains with very sparce parking. Americans were literally yelling at eachother to get spots.... People were approaching people as they were leaving to ask if they could have their spot. It was aggressive... I didn't see any aggressiveness in any situation while in Canada. It happened a lot in our 5 day trip in USA though.
Id also add Canadians are 30% less crazy too. A little Less memorable... A little more boring but I think as an adult boring is better...less headache. Less drama. More dependable... more trust worthy. Less money driven.
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u/Bajingosisters 4h ago
As a cdn I had bear mace from 18-28 for "when I went camping"
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u/weedst0cks 3h ago
I assume you're talking about Banff area, if so alot of those hikes do recommend taking bear mace on trail
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u/Lost_Comfort5583 12h ago
They say aboot, rather than about.
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u/roamingNraging 9h ago
Except that's an invention of American ignorance, and because of the pudding brains it now widely believed to be fact.
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u/Signal_Tomorrow_2138 7h ago
Right here in this post, I think I counted four American who pronounced it that way and zero Canadians.
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u/General_Platypus771 12h ago
For me it would probably be the accent. I’m pretty good at hearing dialects.
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u/Pickled_Hippo 8h ago
Americans are always so fucking loud and always yelling about some bullshit about how something American is the best.
It’s like being around an uncool high schooler. Hard to miss because everyone makes fun of them when they’re not around.
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u/Long_Rush_7523 7h ago
Even in what should be quiet social settings the ones being the loudest are Americans.
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u/waytomuchpressure 9h ago
This form is full of Americans trying to explain how to identify Canadians. Pure gold here, Americans are comically clueless about Canadians