Ya know...I'm just bustin' a gut over here. Reading the Canuckistani interpretation of this/that and the other thing, I'm laughing up a storm.
Over here in North America, I think both Americans and Canadians have this cute little knack of poking fun at each other; they are the only two who can get away with it, and do it well. I have heard other nationals attempt to poke fun at Americans or Canadians, but you have to be one or the other to do it to each other to pull it off effectively.
Did I just write that? Good grief!
When I was in the UK, it's funny initially how we get mistaken as Americans, obviously because of the North American English accent. But some of the stuff we banter about among our neighbours to the south, goes right over many Brits heads. Not that they aren't smart, it's just their unfamiliarity with our crazy North American neighbourhood.
Aztec, on a side note. Since I've only been on this site for a short while, I've been going back and reading old posts, and I have to hand it to you: some of your posts are phenominal, and you impress me with your remarks. Way to go! To my neighbour across either the Detroit River; Lake St. Clair, St. Clair River, Lake Huron or Lake Superior; great posts! BTW...Michigan is real greedy when it comes to the Great Lakes. We won't mention...ahem!...Ontario.
SCTV anyone? Bob & Doug MacKenzie?
We're just a bunch of 'Hosers', dontcha' know!
Oh...and don't eat that Yellow Snow .
Gotta hand it to some of our American posters on this topic: HILARIOUS
Simon: tire vs. tyre - in the UK, do they spell JAIL, GAOL? Just curious. Tire? well, if you go to Canadian Tire, some of them are mighty huge, and yes, you'll tire easily enough, and you lay against a kilometre of tires when you tyre out . The Canadian Tire Money is very old, sort of like coupons that can be redeemed only at the store. It looks like a currency of some sort, but it's good for any product at Canadian Tire (nickname up here: Crappy Tire) or their gas bars. When you buy anything in the store, you automatically get Canadian Tire money with your change. It's kind of unique, but if you get over here, check it out, even if you are simply buying something as useless as a: Snowblower.
The soda thing, well in some parts of the USA, soda refers to pop, not just seltzer/soda water for mix. Coke/Pepsi/Schweppes would be considered, in general, in some parts of the USA as: soda. Canucks say: Pop.
Wild Turkey? Great bourbon .
Canadians drink their: RYE - Americans drink their: Bourbon
They've got (Americans) loads of coffee shops; we've got...OK Scully, I have to write it again: TIM HORTONS!
Simon, you know what's hilarious about UK folks when they come here. When they order something to be taken home, they will say: 'take away' which always solicits interesting replies of: "Excuse me?" or "what did you say?" I saw one British woman get annoyed at a Tim Hortons one day, told her, the phrase here is: "TO GO". She tried it out: she got a smile from the staff and excellent coffee.
Anyone see MadTVs occasional spoofs at their neighbours to the north? I find it hilarious and you know, MadTV does it good.
"This is dedicated to our neighbours to the north: Canada, where anything goes!"
SEX, SEX, SEX and drink beer, that's all we do ya know.