The Unofficial CANADA Appreciation thread
 

I've only been to Canada about 6 times and from what I've seen, it sure as hell is a great country. Clean. Safe. Mellow. Asides from the snow, its fucking awesome. Great community feel in the cities I've visited.

If ever I had to move from the US, I'd move to Canada faster than Gray Davis fucking up the California economy.

:)

I'd move there, but I'm there already

Sweet Dude ! We rock up here :Graucho

honestly it seems awesome in canada (best weed!!) but too cold for my sorry ass. i moved to sunny socal for a reason and it wasnt the smog or traffic.

Canadians like porn.

this is true:warning

Socal's cool if you live near the water. I lived in the Valley and its hotter than Oprah's ass crack during the summer. Well, at least its a dry heat...but its small consolation.

Canada rocks during the summer, I spent my summer in 96 in Vancouver. Awesome.

people appreciate canada?

I do! I'll tell ya bro....with America becoming so fucking uptight, Canada is looking pretty inviting to me.

everywhere is getting uptight... even here in thailand they are getting uptight... they're talkin about closing down all the whorehouses and gogo bars for 2 weeks around christmas time this year.... also while george bush is in town for the apec summit....

True, Winnipeg has the highest number of adult video stores per capita in North America.
They also have the highest number of bridal shops per capita as well.

Todays useless information tidbit

I appreciate the funny way they talk...

"aboot"

"eh"

:)

I still wonder what the hell a "Tim Horton's" is. I saw a ton of them between Washington and Alaska.

In reality, Canada is a beautiful country. I appreciate the gorgeous scenery I saw on the Alaska Highway. If you've never driven to Alaska you should at least once in your lifetime.

agreed 100%.
I love Canada and visit a few times a year. Friendly people, clean, safe, Canada rocks.
I've always wanted to buy a home there.

they make great gingerale.

Is this "aboot" thing an urban legend or what? Seriously, I've never heard an english canadian talk like that..

What da fuck are you talking aboot, eh? :winkwink:

Canadian affiliates rock! I send out lots of checks to them :)

Brad

THANK YOU CANADA FOR HOCKEY
THANK YOU FOR PIRATED SATELLITE TELEVISION
:thumbsup

You're Canadian also, so you're immune to it. Something in the brains of Canadians prevent them from hearing the OOOT in "A-BOOT".

Everyone says it. They can't help themselves.

I dunno what it's all aboot.

:1orglaugh

'Tis true. I know 6 canadians in person. All of them say aboot and ey. Must be something they have in common.

LOL what a myth. Not all of us speak that way. I would imagine the further east you go this may ring true. But not here and other cities.

I was in AZ for a vacation a few years ago. While at the resort I met these really cool people so we are partying and they kept saying to me..."say about...say roof" there were a few more in there, and it seemed to me that they were disappointed because I did not say "aboot" the way they had expected LOL

It's not EY! It's "EH". Get it right. And we don't all say aboot.. however I know many americans who say CREEK as CRIK.

he's right !

That's an interesting point. Although, "Crick" is in the dictionary as a variant of "creek".

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=crick

I could find no such listing for "Aboot"!

:Graucho

I had a buddy in Canada I'd talk to on the phone frequently - he'd tell me "I'm gonna go lay down on the coach", hehe (couch)

Anyhow you Quebec folks - some of your electricity power guys came down here to Hampton Roads to help out, cut trees and restore power when Hurricane Isabel hit - THANK YOU QUEBEC!!

Crews came from all over the country and Quebec, and they worked their asses off to get power back to everyone. They all deserve a huge round of applause and a big hearty THANK YOUUUUUU

This is interesting..

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English

Accent
The primary aspect is a feature called "Canadian raising", in which diphthongs are raised before voiceless consonants. For example, whereas many American dialects pronounce the first diphthongs in the words writer and rider the same, a Canadian will pronounce them (approximately) as /rVjd@r/ and /rajd@r/ (in SAMPA transcription). That is, the first part of the diphthong in both words in American English is ahh as in father; the first part of the diphthong in writer in Canadian English is uhh as in cut, a higher vowel than the American usage. However, some American English accents, particularly those near Ontario, speak like this. Note also that Canadian English shares with American English the phenomenon where /t/ becomes /d/ between two vowels. Canadian raising preserves the voicelessness of /t/ and the voicedness of /d/ where it is etymologically appropriate, even where the contrast is lost in the consonant itself.

Similarly, about will be raised from /abawt/, as it is in American "Atlantic" dialect, to /abVwt/ ("abuhwt"), or nearly even /abowt/ ("aboat") in some dialects.

Anecdotally, the "abuhwt" or even "a-beh-oot" vowels are heard in Ontario and further east, and the "aboat" vowels are heard in the Western provinces. Also heard are: "can't", in Ontario, almost "kayant", whereas in the west, it becomes more "kahnt."

Oh yea, Tim Horton was a hockey player and he now has a chain of coffee shops, hence Tim Horton's ;) Hope I cleared that big mystery up for yea! =)

How about aboot right up yer arse, ya yankie yank! :P

Yes, in other words, we speak a more "pure" form of english, as far as pronunciation is concerned. :P

Probably comes from the same myth handbook that says all Brits never visit the dentist. :Graucho

Canada has strong beer... mmmmm

I'd like to visit Banff, apparently its one of the most picturesque parts of Canada.

tell that to this guy.

http://gofuckyourself.com/showthread...hreadid=180678

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;)

I love Canadians! I have so many Canadian friends. They are always unpretentious and friendly:)

rofl, a-boot? I never say that
eh? I dont say that either, I speak english as well as most americans

canada truly is a great country
I just hate winter :(

i had no freakin clue and im canadian..haha..woops

I for one does say 'aboot' and i dont say 'eh' either. Neither do any of the people I know.

Thanks for the Quebec shoutout :) yayyy!!

The 'raising' intonation Canadians have at the end of their sentences makes everything sound like a question. Some people think it is because Canadians are always seeking confirmation of their ideas by their interlocutor.

i.e. They are sheep.

Canadians are also 15% poorer than Americans.

Would be nice if our southern neighbor was as good as our northern neighbor.

I say crick. :)

Anyway, I do more business with Canadians than Americans. What's up with that?

Blame Canada, blame Canadaaaa! :1orglaugh

Heh, Canada and Canadians are OK in my "countries of the world" book :thumbsup

Wanna hear a strange english dialect? Talk to a newfie :)

LOL, thats funny, I do more biz with Americans then Canadians.

Thanks for the objective opinion:1orglaugh

You'll probably find Americans pay 20% more for everything:1orglaugh

If you have to make a move to Canada

Go to Montreal. It is the best city in Canada without a shout of a doubt.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh Vancouver is the best city in Canada

Vancouver island is gorgeous

I live there, to me it's the nicest place in Canada :thumbsup It's also the warmest; we don't see snow at all in Victoria :)

Part of my family lineage traces itself through Canada (New France). I'm descended from a man that was born in La Chaussee, France in 1631 and was recruited for New France about 1650. By 1671 he was living in Port Royal. It is Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia today. It was a town of 500 then.

100 years later his descendants would be deported from Acadia when the British defeated the France there. Their homes, churches, and villages went up in flames as their ships sailed from the harbor. Some would die at sea as refugees trying to make it back to France. Some made it to Louisiana. One died as a prisoner of war in England. Others ended up in Montreal in 1770.

The depression in Canada in the late 1800's forced our family to move to the United States. Some of them ended up in Holyoke, Mass. where my father was later born.

Cheers to all the people celebrating Canada! I live here, and LOVE it. Winter can be a bit of a bitch sometimes, but it is easily worth it, and a good excuse to take a sunny vacation.

What is with all this aboot stuff eh? Tabernak!! :1orglaugh