Things We Wish Americans Knew About Canada.........

[AnnaMarie]

Chinook is a type of Hop. It provides spicy and piney aromas/flavors.

It can be a sofa in Canada all it wants, but here it's a couch... or sometimes a sofa. But usually a couch.

What? A chinook is a foehn wind.
And in my Canadian home, we have a couch. A sofa is a fancy thing old ladies have to sit on.

Like so many words and phrases here (and elsewhere no doubt), the way a word is pronounced evolves and changes over time. I suspect the French-Canadians (there's quite a few) who came to the U.P. to work in the mines brought the toque with them...and over time as more and more people of other nationalities began to wear them...they also pronounced the word the way they thought it should be...and right or wrong...that is how it stayed. The word Chippewa is a French mispronunciation of Ojibwa...although the Ojibwa have another word for their people that I can't produce here without using a search engine to find a correct spelling...sounds like Ashinawbee...or close but no cigar. But that didn't stop Gordon Lightfoot from using the expression "...the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down..." something something...of the big lake they call Gitchie Gummee...another Indian/Ojibwa expression.

Are you Ojibwa? You seem to be talking about them a lot lately.

 

[Neesy]

Neesy, we say toook here...long o and a T. Maybe, different regions pronouce it differently.

yes - you're right... I did live in Alberta for a few years and it is different - my Dad was French from Quebec so I am going by the way he said it Dang it's cold here now - still no snow yet though!

 

[Neesy]

Chinook is a type of Hop. It provides spicy and piney aromas/flavors.

It can be a sofa in Canada all it wants, but here it's a couch... or sometimes a sofa. But usually a couch.

So - you make your own beer -mmmmm Beer

 

[nate_watkins]

And in my Canadian home, we have a couch. A sofa is a fancy thing old ladies have to sit on.

I was just being a smartazz...

So - you make your own beer -mmmmm Beer

Cheeers!

 

[Walter Oobleck]

Are you Ojibwa? You seem to be talking about them a lot lately.

No...there might be a stray Lap or two in the woodpile...a Saami witch or more...but no Ojibwa.

 

[GNTLGNT]

No, it is a chesterfield. Mom said so.

....OK!...now somebody's messin' wit me widdle mind here...I thought THIS was a Chesterfield...

 

[Patricia A]

....OK!...now somebody's messin' wit me widdle mind here...I thought THIS was a Chesterfield...

Were cigarettes really that big back then? Well I suppose they'd have to be perfectly huge if people were going to sit and entertain on them.

 

[Cowboy]

Is Strange Brew the National movie of Canada? Or do Canadians hate it?

 

[AnnaMarie]

Is Strange Brew the National movie of Canada? Or do Canadians hate it?

It's a documentary.

 

[AnnaMarie]

Never heard of a mouse in a bottle, but my mom did find an insect nest in a bottle, and she did get a free 2-4. Just glad she poured it into a glass, and the room was well lit. (Saw bits floating in the glass, so she looked into the bottle.)

 

[fushingfeef]

My wife will love this slideshow...I am always teasing her for being such a Canuck-ophile

 

[fljoe0]

Not all Canadians like hockey? Well, my mind is officially blown open.

Yeah, but the cool ones do.

 

[GNTLGNT]

Were cigarettes really that big back then? Well I suppose they'd have to be perfectly huge if people were going to sit and entertain on them.

...heck yeah, you should have seen the celebrity endorsements of lung whackers...

 

[ghost19]

This slide show is fun and very interesting.

Things We Wish Americans Knew About Canada

Things we wish people knew about Arkansas:
1)Shoes are required in the northern part of the state...southern part..it's optional.
2)The Razorback football team is contending for the SEC championship this year..................just kidding......seeing if you were paying attention...
3)Guys use tasers on girls who they are attracted to.......true story at least in Haskell, AR....

 

[Out of Order]

Canada, what's that like a country or something?

 

[nate_watkins]

Canada, what's that like a country or something?

Yeah, it's made up of territories, and these things called provinces or something like that...

 

[Out of Order]

Yeah, it's made up of territories, and these things called provinces or something like that...

Sounds disorganized.........

Moose, I bet they have moose there.........

 

[fushingfeef]

It must be a desert there because I keep hearing about "Canada Dry"

 

[nate_watkins]

It must be a desert there because I keep hearing about "Canada Dry"

I think that's because it's a dry country. Kinda like how some states have dry counties... That's why Canada Dry is a non-alcoholic beverage.

 

[AnnaMarie]

I think that's because it's a dry country. Kinda like how some states have dry counties... That's why Canada Dry is a non-alcoholic beverage.

Exactly.

No alcohol.
No guns.
Lots of moose.