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- What hone eagle said. Gitane59 do you have a Canadian flag flying at your home? I do.
OOOPPPs you answered my question before I could write up and post. Good on you. hone eagle wrote:
but I disagree about our patriotism we are just as patriotic we are just not as demonstrative as Americans.
I don't see that perspective. Patriotism is by definition expressed love and devotion to one's country and I just don't agree with the statement that Canadians are more patriotic than Americans. I agree with you that we are less demonstrative in the way we handle alot of public matters but I still don't feel that as Canadians we have the depth of personal passion with regards to patriotism.
At least I have not found that to be the case in my extended circle of friends on both side of the border.
To me one small expression of your patriotism is flying your national flag which I do at my home. In my travels I do not see near the number of our national flag flying at private residence's on our side of the border nearly as often as I see people flying their flag stateside.- I also cant stand hockey for whats its become,
Cant stand NASCAR anymore for whats its become,but I disagree about our patriotism we are just as patriotic we are just not as demonstrative as Americans. - 8. Hockey is not a game in Canada. It is a religion.
Not all Canadians love hockey, in fact I can't stand it. I used to love it as a kid but I have since developed a strongly disgust for the stupidity of the head hunting, diving, clutch and grab, dump and run actions and playing style.
But yes I am a Nascar fanatic so between my like of Nascar and my dislike of hockey I must be a very bad Canuck :B
9.Canadians are very patriotic. More so than in the U.S.
Huh?? Absolutely not. It is a rarity to drive through a neighborhood (even on Canada day) and see many Canadian flags flying from private residences. almcc wrote:
Fizz wrote:
Try asking for vinegar with your fries.
Or poutine instead of fries!
I found out the hard way when in a US restaurant and the waitress comes around for your drink request don't ask for a Ceasar, the waitress politely but firmly told me she was taking drink orders not salad orders.:BOrion wrote:
Paoli wrote:
It always amazes me how little Americans know about Canada.
One visitor from the US told me Toronto is the capital of Canada and after that he asked me who is the president in Canada. :S
I think that this is by far the biggest difference. I could write a book on the things I have heard over the years, in fact, I am actually considering doing that!
While down in the Carolina's a few years ago we were visiting a national historic site and while in the gift shop I made a purchase.
AS I was paying for it with my Canadian credit card the clerk look at my credit card carefully and commented about who the person was that was pictured on the front of my credit card.
I explained it was Sir John A Macdonald the first Prime Minister of Canada.
Well you should have seen the look of embarrassment and horror on the clerks face.
He proceeded to apologize profusely and went onto to explain that he was a college graduate with a degree in history and was embarrassed by his question and resultant lack of knowledge of his closest neighbour. He then asked me who the first President of the US was and we had a good discussion of the historical cultural differences between our 2 countries and the world knowledge and perspective (or lack there of) ( his words not mine) of most US citizens.
This is what I love most about travelling and see this great continent of ours on both sides of the border.
I love the southern hospitality and friendliness and find such passion , joy and patriotism missing in many of my fellow Canadian's- For a quick tour of Canadian culture, google and watch some of the radio and TV shows of Stuart McLean, one of the finest comedians anywhere in the world, IMHO. He had a radio show called The Vinyl Cafe and also put the shows on DVDs. For more of a hometown flavor, check out the weekly meetings of the Red Green shows, another fine comedian.
Canadians keep time by the AC and BC methods. This is "before Celine" and "after Celine" often considered a national treasure by many. I much prefer Shania.
Today's date would be July 16, 2013 AC. (After the birth of Celine) rob-bill wrote:
We are from Texas we spent 4 weeks traveling though western Canada in 2005 on our way to and from Alaska. We were pulling our 5th wheel and stopped at many Parks & campgrounds, enjoyed the beautiful country and friendly people would love to get the change to do it all again.
We got a laugh when we saw the signs on cattle guards labeling then Texas Gates.
We owned two Texas Gates many years ago. They were on our old 3/4 mile camp road through my cousin's farm. The road lead down to summer cottages along a lake and the gates were to keep the cows from wandering to the cottages.
They were actually sold at a farm supply store as 'Texas Gates'.
... Eric- We are from Texas we spent 4 weeks traveling though western Canada in 2005 on our way to and from Alaska. We were pulling our 5th wheel and stopped at many Parks & campgrounds, enjoyed the beautiful country and friendly people would love to get the change to do it all again.
We got a laugh when we saw the signs on cattle guards labeling then Texas Gates. - The train crash was covered extensively by NBC from the time it happened.
