Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

And apparently all lament that Americans don't know more about us while being mean to any Americans we meet. WhiteCat certainly has some ARTistic license with his posts.
My only regular interaction with Americans is here on the DIS. It’s probably the only interaction many of the US DIS’ers have with Canadians as well. We all may be just a little too interested in one another here, compared to IRL. :earboy2:
 
Fair enough. Most Canadians don't care much about Spain, or Norway or Singapore - I see it as the same thing. And we shouldn't take it personally either. I doubt most Americans know (or care) any more about Mexico than they do about Canada. :confused3
That truly depends on one's physical proximity to the border. I lived most of my life within 20 miles of the Canadian border (Quebec) and was very much aware of Canada especially in the late 60's, early 70's when Quebec was wanting to separate from the rest of Canada.

I'm sure if there is any dangerous activity along the Mexican border they are concerned as well. However, I don't think that is the case to the south. Down there the dangerous part is the bigots with guns. I'm sure that if I didn't have relatives in Canada I would have no reason to think about Canada here in North Carolina anymore than I care about Mexico.
 
Canadian food is typically not something talked about in the USA, It’s just not. Most have never heard of Tim Hortons, Swiss Chalet and that sort of thing. Canadian food would be looked at what it mostly is, American food. Mexican food, Chinese, Cuban , Italian that sort of thing Americans talk about on a regular basis. Canadian food? Practically never.
All they would ever have to do is have one Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich to know that somethings just stay in the mind.
 
My only regular interaction with Americans is here on the DIS. It’s probably the only interaction many of the US DIS’ers have with Canadians as well. We all may be just a little too interested in one another here, compared to IRL. :earboy2:

Fair. I mean I lived in the US and currently work with pretty much 100% ex-Pats in Europe (mainly of whom are Americans), so I guess I interact with Americans a lot more. But rarely do we discuss/worry about what they (or others) know about Canada (though I have tried to educate them on important things like Nanaimo Bars (which I now need to bring to most events)).

I have more fun with my Canadian (and American) friends/family by saying things like "I'm going to Abidjan next week" or "Need to call my team in Brazzaville" and watch them try to figure out what country (or even continent) I'm talking about :)
 

Beavertail and Caesar.

I don't think I ever heard of a Caesar until I watched Letterkenny. I think there was something else earlier in this thread that I learned from Letterkenny, but now I can't remember what it was. Anyway, the Caesar doesn't appeal to me. I might be half tempted to try it just to say that I had, but since I'm vegan, it's a hard no.

ETA: Oh, now I remember what the other thing was. It wasn't in this thread, but in a recent thread about bridal showers. Someone mentioned stag & doe parties to raise wedding funds. Letterkenny called it a buck & doe / bock et biche.
 
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All they would ever have to do is have one Montreal Smoked Meat sandwich to know that somethings just stay in the mind.


My step mother is French Canadian and is from Montreal. There's some BLEEP good food in Montreal. We did one day of just poutine from different places. Not those beans on toast though. Yuck. no. :rotfl2:
 
My step mother is French Canadian and is from Montreal. There's some BLEEP good food in Montreal. We did one day of just poutine from different places. Not those beans on toast though. Yuck. no. :rotfl2:

Where are people getting this beans on toast thing? I always associate that with the UK (and, have the same thoughts about it as you do).
 
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Canada has so many better snacks than the US...All-Dressed Chips, which can, on rare occasions, be found, Hawkins Cheezies, Hickory Sticks, Flake bars (I have seen them here, but they are imported, so not found regularly), Chapman's Ice Cream, A&W Root Beer made with real cane sugar, a plethora of chocolate bars that are not Hershey...I'm sure I could think of more. These are just off the top of my head.

As for the Kinder Surprises, they can now get them in the US (finally!!!), BUT they have to put them in safety packaging. The toy isn't found inside the chocolate egg, they come in a package with the toy on one side and the chocolate on the other...you know, so you don't choke on the toy by accident while trying to eat the egg in one bite.
Everything I had in Canada consumption wise was better because of one thing. No HFCS to be found.

And we've had those Kinder things for quite some time now here in the US. My youngest use to want those all the time. And it was a chocolate egg with a toy inside, not separate in the same packaging either. Just a Kinder Egg in an egg shaped plastic package with the candy bars at the register.
 
My only regular interaction with Americans is here on the DIS. It’s probably the only interaction many of the US DIS’ers have with Canadians as well. We all may be just a little too interested in one another here, compared to IRL. :earboy2:
LOL. As proven over the years, my frequent interaction with Canadians is vastly different than my interaction with Canadian DISers......or as my cousins call them, my "Mickey Mouse Canadian friends"
 
Cultural observation - Canadians don’t tend to use freshman, junior, sophomore etc for high schools or college.
We just say grade nine, grade ten, etc.

Is this terminology used in all the USA?
You folks say "Grade Nine, Grade Ten..." We say "Ninth Grade, Tenth Grade" as well as sophomore, senior, etc. Just depends on the mood I suppose. I think it's mostly the kids who state the grade up until 12th grade which they would say proudly they are a senior. It's the parents that would typically talking about kids and use freshman, junior, sophomore, senior, etc.
 
Probably, but why would you want it? Honestly, it's inferior to practically anywhere else that serves similar things. Really, really awful in most cases. :crazy2:
The only time I've had Tim Hortons was on my bicycle ride in which we are use to finding food everywhere we go in the US while in Canada we found that we would be riding hours just to find breakfast. It was always Tim Hortons we found usually by no earlier than lunchtime and being starving with 30-40 miles already under us, those turkey club sandwiches were some of the most fabulous foods we've ever eaten. My buddy still talks about those sandwiches. I want to try one under just normal circumstances, not after riding 30+ miles on a bicycle starving for energy because we hadn't gotten any breakfast. I'm thinking they probably will be pretty awful, LOL.
 
There is no prom where I live. Maybe other provinces?
Sometimes there are school dances but they are just informal things in the gym. My kid's school doesn't even do those.
The only formal dance is at the graduation dinner and dance.
Also no homecoming although I have noticed the local university does call the first football game homecoming.
 
LOL. As proven over the years, my frequent interaction with Canadians is vastly different than my interaction with Canadian DISers......or as my cousins call them, my "Mickey Mouse Canadian friends"

You should amend that to say your interaction with Canadian family members because they seem to live a very different life than most Canadians.
 
There is no prom where I live. Maybe other provinces?
Sometimes there are school dances but they are just informal things in the gym. My kid's school doesn't even do those.
The only formal dance is at the graduation dinner and dance.
Also no homecoming although I have noticed the local university does call the first football game homecoming.


In New Brunswick there are grad dinners and a prom. The proms are big productions with a grand parade, all about the car and the dress. It can take a couple of hours to get through that parade depending in the size of the grad class. Funny thing is most kids leave shortly after they get through the parade and head to a party somewhere.
 















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