2007-03-14 01:53:10 · 18 answers · asked by Greeneyed 7 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
I've been looking at some of the questions and answers on here and it's really pissing me off that they think that! Are Americans really that arrigant and uneducated or what?!!
2007-03-14 01:55:36 · update #1
spell check
I know how to spell Americans
2007-03-14 02:05:49 · update #2
to first question
yeah that was me I stole your bat so I could go club some little white baby seals so your momma can have her new fur coat!
2007-03-14 02:10:11 · update #3
be right back my pet beaver is scratching a whole in my igloo
2007-03-14 02:33:25 · update #4
I know what you mean. I was born and raised in Canada, but now live in the US. I am surprised at all the questions I get, like: "What do you guys eat up there?"
"What do you have for animals, (like pets)?
"When you get to the border, do they have snowmobiles to get you home?"
"What is a chesterfield, a chest you keep on your land?
And the best one I hear repeatedly, "Oh, you are from Canada! Do you know so-and-so? They actually think of Canada as a small town! Hey stop and look at a map you guys, Canada runs across the whole top of the US. That's right, all the way from the east to the west! No I don't know so-and-so. Some also believe that the natives still run around with a tomahawk!
These questions (and many more) are NOT people having fun, they are serious questions. It is sad that so much of the US do not know anything about Canada. But you really can't blame the people. They actually want to know more about their northern neighbours, it is the education system that fails them. Sad but true.
2007-03-14 06:28:03 · answer #1 · answered by Doris M 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Its part of the oil baron conspiracy to deny the effects of global warming and climate change. The Americans under George Bush don't want to admit taht our very way of life is under threat from their infatuation with burning fossil fuel.
I was just reading how in our nation's capital the world famous Ice Palace that houses our national assembly has begun to tilt dangerously as the south facing wall and supporting ice blocks has melted. so drastically. Apparently the thaw is so bad that President Harper's no longer able to travel to the capital by the traditional moose drawn carriage (they've been sinking in the mud that was once permafrost) and has apparently been forced to rely instead on the much lighter dog sleds. Vice President Poutine is preparing to declare a state of emergency.
2007-03-14 13:43:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I live in New Brunswick (NO, NOT New Jersey) and even the other Canadians don't know we are here.
But I will say, from meeting many people from the US, (I live right next to the border) they have an appalling lack of knowledge of geography. It evidently isn't something taught in their schools. I'm not too sure that much of it is taught in ours, either.
2007-03-14 12:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know, sometimes I just play along because I live in the North, and they take me seriously, just get a good laugh out of it. I just tell them "yeah, my computer and internet is hooked up to the wall of the igloo"
2007-03-14 11:41:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know that the Americans who live on the border near Canada, the south side near the Peter Mans Bridge don`t think like that, they know better.
2007-03-14 12:55:22 · answer #5 · answered by Hamish 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are correct. It is a part of our education system NOT to teach us here that there is intelligent life elsewhere. And don't feel alone, it is not just Canadians, the rest of the world is thought of as alien and backward. Very few of us, as US citizens don't realize that the term "Americans" relates to all citizens of the Americas, North, Central and South and we are slowly convincing the rest of the world that "American" refers only to US citizens.
So sorry, there is little I can do as an individual, other than to exert some influence on the people I know (and I do) to expand their knowledge and to influence others. This is at best a very slow process and you may not notice my work in your lifetime, but eventually, hopefully, it may have some effect.
2007-03-14 09:09:09 · answer #6 · answered by MT C 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋
they don't know about the new water systems in our igloo's ?? shame on them lol just kidding , yes it's true alot of Americans don't know much about their neighbour's , every time i go south i try to have fun with it , was in a Texas bar and almost got punched out , this guy was asking about Can, and he just couldn't understand that we do live the same why they do like driving a car, no igloo's , eat almost the same things they do and yes we have Micky D's lol and we don't say aboot we Ware them , i guess you just have to have fun with it and know when to stop playing with them , oh and try talking to Mexicans aboot our great country, now that's a trip lol, have fun i sure did ........jim
2007-03-14 09:09:07 · answer #7 · answered by jim m 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Don't judge all of us just because there are a few stupid ones out there. I don't think Canadians live in igloos!
2007-03-14 09:00:59 · answer #8 · answered by tinkerbell82 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You guys don't live in Igloo's? wow I learned something today.
First of all I think your an idiot for believing that Americans think what you claim. I really doubt that you have read all over yahoo answers that Canadians live in igloos.
2007-03-14 09:05:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Even Australians don't think that!
I think you may be exagerating somewhat.
Most of the United States citizens I know have respect for their northern neighbours.
2007-03-14 09:03:24 · answer #10 · answered by Yellowstonedogs 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋