| Title: | True North Strong & Free |
| Notice: | Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524 |
| Moderator: | POLAR::RICHARDSON |
| Created: | Fri Jun 19 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1040 |
| Total number of notes: | 13668 |
My wife and I (we're from Ireland) spent the last 3 weeks vacationing
in Canada. We were mainly in British Columbia and Alberta.
Our observations:
- Canada is so vast, coming from the relatively congested Europe.
- Creating the National Parks a century ago was truly visionary.
- It's not easy to distinguish "Canadian" from "American".
Regards, Peter.
Digital, Galway, Ireland.
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| 509.1 | BRADOR::HATASHITA | Mon Sep 23 1991 12:42 | 12 | ||
> - It's not easy to distinguish "Canadian" from "American".
It's easy to distinguish "Canadian" from "American" on the following:
- beer (Canadian - strong: American - weak)
- military (American - strong: Canadian - weak)
- accents (American is more colourful)
- money (Canadian is more colourful)
- movies (Canadian ones don't make sense)
- social policies (American ones don't make sense)
Kris
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| 509.2 | Lots of differences | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Sick in a balanced sort of way | Mon Sep 23 1991 13:30 | 9 |
Also,
Canada -> Cleaner
United States -> Dirtier
My observation from travelling all over bothe countries.
Glenn
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| 509.3 | POLAR::RUSHTON | տ� | Mon Sep 23 1991 16:04 | 3 | |
I suggest you read all of the replies in Note #198, if you wish an
answer to you question about the difference between Americans and
Canadians.
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| 509.4 | Distinctive blue flames | SWAM2::MCCARTHY_LA | Now, don't get me wrong, but... | Mon Sep 23 1991 16:59 | 15 |
If you wish to understand the differences between Canadians and
Canadians, see Notes 11, 43, 45, 48, 52, 123, 133, 143, 198, 206, 210,
234, 261, 278, 283, 287, 297, 323, 325-327, 329, 389 and 496 (for
starters).
To say that all Canadians are vastly different from all Americans is
(imho) as valid a generalization as saying that all Canadians are the
same as one another, or that all Americans are the same as one another.
Overall, Canada is dirtier, due to its greater land area, which is
mostly dirt, when you get right down to it. Although more of it is
covered by snow or even ice in the winter. But don't forget Alaska. The
Russians did, and look where it got them.
The U.S. does not have a Grand Canal, however. This stands in stark
contrast to Canada, which does too have a Grand Canal.
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| 509.5 | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Sick in a balanced sort of way | Mon Sep 23 1991 17:57 | 10 | |
>> Overall, Canada is dirtier, due to its greater land area, which is
>> mostly dirt, when you get right down to it. Although more of it is
What on 'Earth' are you talking about?
Canada is also more watered down than the U.S. except for the beer....
Here's mud in your eye....
8^)
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| 509.6 | SIOG::EGRI | Mon Sep 30 1991 13:46 | 5 | ||
I'm a Canadian who lives in Dublin. And Mr. Butler has just been added
to my hit list for that anti-Canadian comment. I'll give you the same,
Butler.
Ted "Hit the Irishman" Egri.
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| 509.7 | in a pig's eye! | TRCU11::DYMOND | Mon Oct 07 1991 16:32 | 6 | |
re: .0 It seems to me that the Irish are exactly like the english, scots, welsh. Mark | |||||