Know Canada...

[ambiguity]

Is the national beverage really Clamato Juice?

I love me some Clamato ... furthermore, a bartender that can make a good caesar is priceless... mmm caesars...

 

[justjw]

I know a westerner that knows a little french and has the lovely Canadian Accent

Okayyyyyy, now we’re talking!

Right, spill the beans :
What’s his number?
What does he do for a living?
Does he have a spare room?
Is he free for dinner next weekend? Oh wait…no…shoot! I’m in Denmark then, oh bummer!
What are his chances of getting a job at the Canadian embassy here in the Hague? (It would make life sooo much easier (“sooo much more hellish”???) with said Westerner being just two streets away from where I live, instead of half a world apart!)

I have a friend from Quebec, who now lives in Vancouver (Haven’t heard from him in months though. Bl**dy unreliable Canucks! ) and seeing that I owe him a visit (he’s been here three times, and I’ve only been twice to Overseas Europe) there’s a trip to BC in the books!

 

[justjw]

I won't !

 

[Kurn]

Of course, Canada doesn't have Paris Hilton.

 

[justjw]

^ don't forget to make a trip north for some drinls and maybe umm we can get better acquainted

Hey, who could ever NOT accept such an invitation!
As for drinks: will it be Molson, or Heineken ?
Or better still : Mojitos!

 

[justjw]

Uhhh, "the Raindrop"??? Dunno that one....
From my Contiki-trips I DO remember vividly the "Canadian Orgasm" 's (Sambuca and Bailey's, if I'm not mistaken. They díd taste great!), but I don't think I ever had a "Raindrop"

 

[Jory]

I love Canada because when any thing goes wrong in my life I just do this




and besides; YOU ALL KILLED KENNY

 

[LarsVenice]

How many of you Canadians speak both English and French, as stated in the video? The only ones I've ever know were Québécois, but then I've only been to British Columbia. I can read and write French, but I have trouble speaking it. For me, Italian, Spanish, and German are much easier to pronounce. My mouth just doesn't want to make those sounds - I think it would take a lot of practice, and too many people are offended by the way I pronounce French, I think.

Diversity vs assimilation - does that refer to Quebec? I've always wanted to visit there, and I have a few friends in Montreal already. I like pretty much every place I've been to in Canada so far. And one of my friends in Vancouver did sew a Canadian flag on his backpack when he was in Europe so that he would not be mistaken for an American. When I travel, I'm generally mistaken for French, even though I can't speak it well - I just don't look or act like a typical American. I wonder why I've never been mistaken for a Canadian. I could probably pass for French Canadian if I could ever master speaking the language.

 

[provenlogic]

It's been my observation that guys from the northern U.S. Territories (Err, i hear it's called Canada now, ), or those i refer to as Nice Canadian Guys™, are for some reason A. Hotter than hell, B. Sweeter than Pie, and C. Say 'Sorry' in that cute little Canadian way "Sore - ee"...

My favorite celeb is Canadian... Well, technically British Canadian.

 

[justjw]

How many of you Canadians speak both English and French, as stated in the video? The only ones I've ever know were Québécois, but then I've only been to British Columbia. I can read and write French, but I have trouble speaking it. For me, Italian, Spanish, and German are much easier to pronounce. My mouth just doesn't want to make those sounds - I think it would take a lot of practice, and too many people are offended by the way I pronounce French, I think.
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That’s one thing that struck me when I visited Montréal: that all those guys (and let’s nót forget the girls, please!) just switch from perfect English to perfect French in the flick of an eye.
To my sort-of-trained-European ear their English was as it should be, and also their French was as it should be. And then you start to think ”But why can’t the Brits speak French like thát? Can’t be thát difficult if the Quebeqois can pull it off so easily?”.

And yeah I know, we Dutch are sort of used to switch from Dutch to English to German to French in the course of just one sentence, but to actually see/hear it happen in a foreign country is just mind-blowing really!
Kudos to the Quebeqois!

As for the Canadian flag sewed onto the backpack: inside knowledge has it that many a US-boy/girl does that too, just so they’re not branded “American” whilst on their Grand Tour!
When you’re an American tourist here in Europe you’re an American, so you’re dumb, and pro-Bush, and loud, and have no dress sense, and need I go on?
When your backpack dons the Maple Leaf, then hey, you’re Canadian. And, well, yeah, you’re Canadian. And all Canadians are fine. And yeah, well…

Difficult to put into words, but every European likes Canadians. We might not necessarily know whý, but that we dó like them Canadians, and that they’re cuddly beasts, is above question.

And can I just add that I, coming from a country with a high hunk-count in itself, according to the rest of the world, (I don’t see it myself anymore, but then hey I live here.....), find Canadian guys just beyond this world really?
Ánd your girls! Whoa! (Hey, I might be gay, that does’t mean I shut my eyes to beauty when beauty is there to be seen! )

Must be all the European (=Dutch) genes floating around in them!

 

[LarsVenice]

^My best friend Maartje is from Holland, and we can converse in German well enough, but I can also understand her when she speaks Dutch, and I can read her newspapers and cookbooks. She speaks French reasonably well, but with what sounds like a German accent to me. I'm not sure how it would sound to the French, but probably not as bad as my French.

I too am impressed with how the Québécois switch between French and English, but many of the Latinos switch between Spanish and English equally well here, although I find switching with French to be more difficult. I've been much more impressed with how the Swiss switch between Schweizerdeutsch, German, English, Italian, Spanish, and French without a hesitation, and I'm talking about Swiss people that I've met in Mexico, where they are required to speak Spanish. I wish Americans were as multilingual as the Swiss. The Dutch come close, but the Swiss win the prize, I think.

 

[Jacobson]

Toronto isn't a bad city if I say so myself. It depends what you're looking for. Montreal is pretty kewl, and I think all Canadian agree that Montreal is probably the BEST place to party. However, Northern Ontario is pretty kewl too if yer into cottages and lakes which i find is a Canadian past time. There is no red-blooded Canadian who won't be needing to get away into the bush once in a while. I think the desolation does it.

Besides that, Canadian literature does a wonderful job at conjuring up the Canadian conciousness and awareness to it's vastness and coldness as a shaper of character.