Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

[Buzz Rules]

I really don’t get the “uploader has not made this available to your country” thing, but it happens! Crazy you tube people.

Does Saturday Night Live appear in Canada? It’s on NBC here if that helps.

 

[fab1976]

Does Saturday Night Live appear in Canada? It’s on NBC here if that helps.

Anything on a major network appears here. Sometimes when close enough to a border town, even without cable. So yes, we get SNL.

 

[ronandannette]

The four people that have confirmed and paid their deposits are you, @ronandannette, @prairie_girl and me. I'm pretty sure @SirDuff will be there. Not sure about anybody else. The tour bus is filling up! To anyone who is on the fence about joining us, be sure to send in your deposit soon!!!

The what-now?!? Pretty sure the brochure you sent me showed something more along these lines:

 

[Frozen Canuck]

The what-now?!? Pretty sure the brochure you sent me showed something more along these lines:

That is the car that we are towing behind the bus for our side excursions. We don't want to be driving a tour bus around as we hit the hotspots.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Okay, Buzz’s question of the day. Canadians, do you think you would be very different personality wise or think differently today if you were raised in America vs how you were raised in Canada?

 

[Frozen Canuck]

Okay, Buzz’s question of the day. Canadians, do you think you would be very different personality wise or think differently today if you were raised in America vs how you were raised in Canada?

That would depend entirely upon what area of the US you were raised in. As a general statement, I would say, "Yes," but I don't know what I'm basing that on in particular without over-generalizing.

 

[lisaviolet]

Okay, Buzz’s question of the day. Canadians, do you think you would be very different personality wise or think differently today if you were raised in America vs how you were raised in Canada?

Who can be sure?

But I do think there is more of a mentality of 'winners & losers' - sorry that I can't find a more compassionate way of saying it - in the States, than here. Whether that would infiltrate my ways & personality, who knows.

When I was knee deep in discussions about guns & gun laws I used to often use the talking point that our youth would be just as prone to gun violence as yours, if they had access. There is no difference .

However I did find a study, that never got fully completed unfortunately, that did show differences in our youth. I was both surprised and spellbound.

 

[Buzz Rules]

That would depend entirely upon what area of the US you were raised in. As a general statement, I would say, "Yes," but I don't know what I'm basing that on in particular without over-generalizing.

I honestly was thinking, wherever the nearest state would be in relation to where you were raised in Canada.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Who can be sure?

But I do think there is more of a mentality of 'winners & losers' - sorry that I can't find a more compassionate way of saying it - in the States, than here. Whether that would infiltrate my ways & personality, who knows.

If you’re not first, you’re last

Barney helps Robin being American (HIMYM)

USA Barney vs Canadian Barney

Just for the record, this is meant in jest. That confidence/arrogance comes from the belief that the USA has dominated since WW2. It’s why it’s still in our culture now, given how well the USA does in the Summer and Winter Olympics, and the great results in the World Cup. I’m not saying it’s right but that’s where that mentality partly stems from. I can say that I would probably be a more quiet person and have less of a “loud” personality if I was raised in Canada (I mean this as a complement).

 

[SirDuff]

PLEASE STOP WITH ALL THE VIDEOS. As has been said (many times), it really slows down use of the thread.

 

[Buzz Rules]

PLEASE STOP WITH ALL THE VIDEOS. As has been said (many times), it really slows down use of the thread.

Fixed. I still don’t get how it slows it down though. All the devices I use don’t seem to have an issue with them.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I honestly was thinking, wherever the nearest state would be in relation to where you were raised in Canada.

Well, that would only be the northern states then, or Alaska, which doesn't really take into account the diversity of the US.

I do have experience with this, but there is no way to answer in regards to "personality." Our family is Canadian. We moved to the US on my oldest son's first birthday, so he was essentially raised in the US and raised in four different states/geographic areas. How did it affect his personality? I have NO IDEA. This is not an answerable question. I do feel like we have passed on our Canadian ideals on to our children, relatively speaking. I think they have adapted their lives to include pieces of both cultures. That still doesn't speak to their personality though.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Well, that would only be the northern states then, or Alaska, which doesn't really take into account the diversity of the US.

I do have experience with this, but there is no way to answer in regards to "personality." Our family is Canadian. We moved to the US on my oldest son's first birthday, so he was essentially raised in the US and raised in four different states/geographic areas. How did it affect his personality? I have NO IDEA. This is not an answerable question. I do feel like we have passed on our Canadian ideals on to our children, relatively speaking. I think they have adapted their lives to include pieces of both cultures. That still doesn't speak to their personality though.

Well, an example might be attitude towards sports maybe? What things they like that maybe aren’t as popular in Canada? Personality can also be influenced by local cultures, so I don’t know if you have seen differences that way compared to the area you grew up in Canada?

 

[porschegrl]

Canadians, if you want to say that you're feeling alone, are you more likely to describe yourself as "lonely" or "lonesome"?

I was listening to The Replacements' song "I'll Be You," and there's a lyric:
Lonely, I guess that's where I'm from
If I was from Canada
Then I'd best be called lonesome

And I remembered, I have a forum where I can ask actual Canadians if this is actually true.

 

[ronandannette]

Well, that would only be the northern states then, or Alaska, which doesn't really take into account the diversity of the US.

I do have experience with this, but there is no way to answer in regards to "personality." Our family is Canadian. We moved to the US on my oldest son's first birthday, so he was essentially raised in the US and raised in four different states/geographic areas. How did it affect his personality? I have NO IDEA. This is not an answerable question. I do feel like we have passed on our Canadian ideals on to our children, relatively speaking. I think they have adapted their lives to include pieces of both cultures. That still doesn't speak to their personality though.

Then there’s the whole aspect of how drastically both our counties have changed over the years (for both better and worse)...what would we have been like if raised in late 20th century America, which is when we were actually children? It’s almost impossible not to conflate our thoughts and feelings about the current state of things with what the influences of those times would really have been.

 

[prairie_girl]

Canadians, if you want to say that you're feeling alone, are you more likely to describe yourself as "lonely" or "lonesome"?

I was listening to The Replacements' song "I'll Be You," and there's a lyric:
Lonely, I guess that's where I'm from
If I was from Canada
Then I'd best be called lonesome

And I remembered, I have a forum where I can ask actual Canadians if this is actually true.

I would say I’m lonely.

 

[Disneylover99]

I say lonely, but my parents, aunts and uncles, etc… said lonesome.

 

[NAB]

Yes my parents would say your going to be all by your lonesome if they left me home they went out.

Lonely is a feeling . I feel lonely all by myself .

 

[SirDuff]

Yes my parents would say your going to be all by your lonesome if they left me home they went out.

Lonely is a feeling . I feel lonely all by myself .

Yes, in the context (I think) of the OP's quote, I'd say lonely (as would most people I know) but "on your lonesome" is totally something my aunt and dad would say.

 

[Buzz Rules]

“The United States and Canada are two countries of one heart” - President Biden speaking to the Canadian Parliament and PM.