Alot of americans aske me (canadian) if I know wayne Grekski? martain short? dan Akroid? Canada is bigger than u.s .a and we just do not have the population. why are they so ignorant? and they think we live in igloos why?and play hockey all day in the snow why? Are they all rubes? please answer...
2007-07-05 05:43:39 · 7 answers · asked by tazzybeer06 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The american media has a large ego and most people worry about what is going on within their own country and not outside of it. I have met people who have thought Canada is always cold. They freaked out when I said it was hot in summer and spring and sometimes fall. They believed when I joked and said our police force wears fur hats and ride horses in the streets. They even believed when I said Canada was ruled by a King. Its just ignorance. A business man or woman is alot more educated about other countries. Its the everyday person in the small town and only knows whats right in their face.
2007-07-05 06:25:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you are generalizing. The majority of Americans know what's going on in the outside world. Actually, I don't know of any other Americans who think Canadians live in igloos. That's just stupid. And the hockey thing...it's not true. So STOP generalizing and being ingnorant yourself.
PS - Maybe you should pick up a dictionary once in a while. Forget about the Americans...you show how much Canadians don't know simple grammar.
2007-07-05 12:52:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
most americans are self absorbed and tend to look inward, not outward. this problem will and is now hurting america as a world leader. americans need to begin to see the world as a whole rather than something to read about in the paper or read about on the computer. we as a country have lost direction and will one day pay a terrible price for this inaction.
2007-07-05 12:51:14 · answer #3 · answered by 1oldone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(1) Where are you meeting all of these Americans at? (2) Do they really ask all of the questions that you refer to? (3) Where are you getting your "facts" from? (4) Don't Canadian schools teach proper punctuation and spelling? (5) If so, do you have a learning disability? (6) Who the hell is "Wayne Grekski"?
2007-07-05 13:02:41 · answer #4 · answered by kimmi 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are silly ideas about all nations, not just Canada. I live in the U.K. and Americans who visit think it'll be like the books by Dickens! Like believing that Englishmen are like Hugh Grant in his films! Don't worry, there are foreigners like me who know better!
2007-07-05 12:52:00 · answer #5 · answered by jenesuispasunnombre 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blame it on our media.
2007-07-05 12:47:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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You might have had a stronger argument if you could spell Wayne Gretzky, Martin Short, and Dan Aykroyd.
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2007-07-05 12:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋