Curious...

[stargeek101]

I was bored a couple nights ago, and decided to look up the Canadian accent. As I am a Canadian, not many words sounded different than I would say them myself. I did however learn of some stereotypes about Canadians, and couldn't help but to laugh my ass off. I am very possitive that Matty (tardis-child) is Canadian, since we've grown up with each

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[head_o_rainbows]

well I'm from michigan so we sound a little canadian as well

[stargeek101]

I know what you sound like, silly. And we sound very much alike. Extremely minor differences that probably only North Americans would notice, if they were paying attention.

I'm looking for stereotypes though. To you, what is the average Canadian. Do you think we live in igloos, ride polar bears, drink maple syrup and say 'eh' in every sentence? And 'oot and aboot.' I really don't understand that one... Oot and aboot...hahaha

How the hell did I manage to delete all my comments on here? Oh well, I got them back. *whipes fake sweat from forehead*

[head_o_rainbows]

Uh gee I don't know. I don't ever think in terms of stereotypes.

[tiro_muser360]

MOOSE. Do you get loads of Mooses(what's the plural?) roaming around?
And maple syrup. Not entirely sure where this one comes from, and I think it's probably stupid, but wearing hats all the time.
I don't think I've heard a Canadian accent before :L

[stargeek101]

Hahaha. Moose plural is still moose. And where I live, no, there are no moose on Vancouver island. However, there are lots of moose on the main part of Canada, especially in the north. So, here we have signs on the streets warning us about deer, and to pay attention so we don't hit them, but in the north, they have the same thing for moose

[tiro_muser360]

Thimbles of sap?! No massive buckets of it flowing from the branches? No " e back soon, just taking the moose out to get a vat of syrup"?
Drinking it sounds horrible though :P
I don't think the hat thing is a stereotype, I think I just randomly associated hats with Canada because it seems cold :L *doesnt know what a touque is*
I have Canadian neighbours, I've just never heard their accent.
Does it snow a lot?

[stargeek101]

Oh my god. You have no idea how hard I'm laughing

[stargeek101]

Ahahaha. I think you're bound to find guys like that anywhere you go. I do appologize, on behalf of my entire, gigantic country.

What accent are/were you used to?

[terribly_much]

YOU ARE ALL LUMBERJACKS! Well...that was the consensus in my circle of friends when I was 9.

My best friends husband was from Canada, and he didn't sound terribly different from us down here. Though he and his friend were blown away by how nice people in town were.

[stargeek101]

Hahahaha. Yes, the lumberjack one :P I'm sure there are a fair number of tree murderers in Canada, seeing as we have a huge supply of them, but I wouldn't say we're aaaaall carrying axes over our shoulders. Haha

Hmm. Depends where you are in Canada as to how polite people are. I know many rude people, but I also know many people who are far too polite, if there's such a thing.

I'll do a one sided conversation that sounds like 25% of the customers I get at work.

'Hi, how are you today? I'm good thank you. Um, can I please have a six inch ham on italian herbs and cheese please. White cheddar please. Yes please. Lettuce, tomatoes and onion please. Cucumber please. Olives please. A bit more please. Thank you. Mayo please. That's it. Thank you. Enjoy your day, thanks.'

How many pleases did you read there? So funny. I'm the same way though. It's engraved into my soul.

[terribly_much]

He was from London, I believe.

Although I was never sure if he though of us as being unusually nice or he wasn't expecting any friendliness to begin with. Hard to tell.

Speaking of false assumptions. Some out-of-state folk have been genuinely surprised that we have electricity in Nebraska.

[stargeek101]

I'm going to assume London, Ontario, since you said he was Canadian. Unless you've forgotten where Canada is :P haha. Yeah, I don't really know much on London and it's friendliness. So, it's hard to say what he was expecting from you. But Canadians' views on Americans aren't generally very nice, so maybe he was shocked that your stereotypes turned out to be false, as stereotypes tend to be.

Bahahahahahaha *cries* because Nebraska should still be in the stone ages...