Do Canadians Really Say "Eh," and Other Questions

[Darrik 0]

During the chat last night, I began to ask questions about Canadians. Some like "Do Canadians Really Say "Eh" alot," and "Do you put "u"'s in words for no aparent reason (honour, colour)?"

 

Well, I have more questions. If anyone else has any questions they want to ask, ask, and hopefully a kind, warmhearted Canadian will answer them.

 

1. What province is Toronto in?

2. What time zone are Torontonites in?

3. What time zone are Thunder Bayians in?

4. What time zone are Onterioers in?

5. Were any of my names correct?

6. Do Canadians hate Quebec?

7. Were any of you offended by Triumph's skit about "Queerbec"?

8. Were any of you laughing from Triumph's skit about "Queerbec"?

9. Do you have the same curse words we have in America?

10. Do Canadians drink anything other then Lebatt Blue?

11. Do you guys really think that "Alpha Flight" is a cool superhero team? I mean, come on, you have a giant, a dwarf, two women who have way to much clothing on (darn that cold weather!), and the first openly homosexual superhero.

12. Do you guys have Amish people up there?

13. Do you guys have Chinatown up there?

14. Do you have something like a dollar store, or a two dollar shop?

15. Who's the guy on your five dollar bill, and have you ever taken a Sharpie, and make the guy look like Spock?

16. Do you guys have rugby up there?

17. Do you guys have cricket up there?

18. If hockey originated in Canada, then why did Florida, of all places, win the Stanley Cup?

19. Do you spell it as "faerie," or "fairy?"

20. Do you guys have Heinz ketchup up there? And is it called ketchup, or does it go by a different name?

21. What exactly is this "Chicken Cannon?"

 

 

Thank you for answering all my stupid questions. Also, if anyone has any other questions, please feel free to post them.

[Seiben 0]

During the chat last night, I began to ask questions about Canadians. Some like "Do Canadians Really Say "Eh" alot," and "Do you put "u"'s in words for no aparent reason (honour, colour)?"

 

Well, I have more questions. If anyone else has any questions they want to ask, ask, and hopefully a kind, warmhearted Canadian will answer them.

 

1. What province is Toronto in?

2. What time zone are Torontonites in?

3. What time zone are Thunder Bayians in?

4. What time zone are Onterioers in?

5. Were any of my names correct?

6. Do Canadians hate Quebec?

7. Were any of you offended by Triumph's skit about "Queerbec"?

8. Were any of you laughing from Triumph's skit about "Queerbec"?

9. Do you have the same curse words we have in America?

10. Do Canadians drink anything other then Lebatt Blue?

11. Do you guys really think that "Alpha Flight" is a cool superhero team? I mean, come on, you have a giant, a dwarf, two women who have way to much clothing on (darn that cold weather!), and the first openly homosexual superhero.

12. Do you guys have Amish people up there?

13. Do you guys have Chinatown up there?

14. Do you have something like a dollar store, or a two dollar shop?

15. Who's the guy on your five dollar bill, and have you ever taken a Sharpie, and make the guy look like Spock?

16. Do you guys have rugby up there?

17. Do you guys have cricket up there?

18. If hockey originated in Canada, then why did Florida, of all places, win the Stanley Cup?

19. Do you spell it as "faerie," or "fairy?"

20. Do you guys have Heinz ketchup up there? And is it called ketchup, or does it go by a different name?

21. What exactly is this "Chicken Cannon?"

 

 

Thank you for answering all my stupid questions. Also, if anyone has any other questions, please feel free to post them.

Some of us say "Eh", but not as often as one might think. We spell words with "u" like honour, valour, humour, like the British do.. since we used to be a British Colony..

 

1. Ontario

2. EST

3. EST

4. EST

5. Torontonians, and Thunder Bay is, but we are Ontarians.

6. No, most of us, do not.

7. No, not Quebecois, matters not to me.

8. No

9. Yes, we do.

10. Yes, we drink other beverages like Budweiser, Molson, Coors, etc..

11. I guess so

12. No, no Amish people

13. We have many China Towns here. Mostly in Vancouver and Toronto

14. YEs, we have them

15. That is Sir Wilfred Laurier, one of our former Prime Ministers, and no I do not think most of us have

16. Yes, but it's not too popular

17. Same as 16

18. Florida just had the better team, but alot of Tampa's players are Canadaian, like Vincent La Cavlier

19. "Fairy"

20. Ketchup is ketchup, unless it's catsup.

21. It's a mini-cannon the Royal Canadian Air Farce use to smear various iteams of food on a picture of a person we dislike.

 

You're welcome, and we are glad to help our our ignorant neighbours to the South.

[Seiben 0]

Ok.. I think the words to this clasic TV commercial sums it up best:

 

"Hey,

I am not a lumber jack or a fur trader,

and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled,and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzie from Canada although I am certain they're really really nice, uh

 

I have a Prime Minster not a president.

I speak English and French, not American, and I pronounce it about, not a boot.

I can proudly sew my country's flag on my back pack,

I believe in peace keeping not policing, diversity not assimilation,

and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.

A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch.

And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed.

 

Canada is the second largest landmass,

the first nation of hockey,

and the best part of North America, my name is Joe, and I AM CANADIAN!

Thank you".

Edited August 15, 2004 by Seiben

[Tachyon 0]

During the chat last night, I began to ask questions about Canadians. Some like "Do Canadians Really Say "Eh" alot," and "Do you put "u"'s in words for no aparent reason (honour, colour)?"

 

Well, I have more questions. If anyone else has any questions they want to ask, ask, and hopefully a kind, warmhearted Canadian will answer them.

 

1. What province is Toronto in?

2. What time zone are Torontonites in?

3. What time zone are Thunder Bayians in?

4. What time zone are Onterioers in?

5. Were any of my names correct?

6. Do Canadians hate Quebec?

7. Were any of you offended by Triumph's skit about "Queerbec"?

8. Were any of you laughing from Triumph's skit about "Queerbec"?

9. Do you have the same curse words we have in America?

10. Do Canadians drink anything other then Lebatt Blue?

11. Do you guys really think that "Alpha Flight" is a cool superhero team? I mean, come on, you have a giant, a dwarf, two women who have way to much clothing on (darn that cold weather!), and the first openly homosexual superhero.

12. Do you guys have Amish people up there?

13. Do you guys have Chinatown up there?

14. Do you have something like a dollar store, or a two dollar shop?

15. Who's the guy on your five dollar bill, and have you ever taken a Sharpie, and make the guy look like Spock?

16. Do you guys have rugby up there?

17. Do you guys have cricket up there?

18. If hockey originated in Canada, then why did Florida, of all places, win the Stanley Cup?

19. Do you spell it as "faerie," or "fairy?"

20. Do you guys have Heinz ketchup up there? And is it called ketchup, or does it go by a different name?

21. What exactly is this "Chicken Cannon?"

 

 

Thank you for answering all my stupid questions. Also, if anyone has any other questions, please feel free to post them.

1. Ontario

2. Eastern Time

3. Eastern Time (I should know this one!)

4. Eastern Time mostly, but the very western part is Central Time

5. Probably not.

6. No, of course not. Don't generalize.

7. What's "Triumph"?

8. What's "Triumph"?

9. Yes

10. I don't drink beer, but I know that my dad prefers various brands. Molson is merging with Coors.

11. What is "Alpha Flight"?

12. Yes.

13. Yes.

14. Yes. We've got The Dollar Store and Mighty Dollar here in Thunder Bay, and I've seen a Dollarama down in Waterloo. For two bucks you can visit the Buck or Two. Plus tax.

15. Wilfred Laurier. He gets five and Borden gets one hundred, something I'll never understand. What's a "Sharpie"?

16. Yes.

17. Yes.

18. Well, some people think it originated in Northern Europe, but it is Canadian, eh.

19. Both, although the most common is fairy.

20. Yes, I love Heinz.

21. It's from Air Farce. It is Canada's Weapon of Mass Distraction.

Edited August 15, 2004 by Tachyon

[Darrik 0]

Triumph is a dog puppet that loves to viciously insult anything. He's from Late Night with Connan O'Brien, which held a week of shows in Toronto once. Triumph came, and insulted the people of "Queerbec." Canadians got very upset, and wanted the million dollars they gave to Conan back.

 

A sharpie is a type of marker.

 

Alpha Fight is Canada's superhero team created by Marvel Comics.

 

More questions

 

22. Do you guys even know who the Amish are?

23. Do you have the mob/Joey Pantaloney up there?

24. Do you have "red necks"/"blue collers" up there?

25. Do you really think that Americans are "ig-no-ram-moose?" If so, we perfer the term "stupid."

26. What exactly is this "universal helth care" that you are so fond of bragging about?

[Tachyon 0]

22. Do you guys even know who the Amish are?

23. Do you have the mob/Joey Pantaloney up there?

24. Do you have "red necks"/"blue collers" up there?

25. Do you really think that Americans are "ig-no-ram-moose?" If so, we perfer the term "stupid."

26. What exactly is this "universal helth care" that you are so fond of bragging about?

22. Yes.

23. Huh?

24. Huh?

25. Not all of you are stupid. I have nothing against Americans in general.

26. Free for all.

[Darrik 0]

27. Seiben, what was that commercial for/from?

28. Do you have "Weird Al" up there?

29. Explain what the Amish are. I just want to make sure your not confused.

 

Oh, and tach, the mob is the mafia, vica versa. It's an Italian thing.

[Darrik 0]

oh, and (please don't be offended, but I am using slang I commonly here. I am sorry if you are insulted by any of these comments) "red necks" are like "poor trash" from the south. And you better not say that's Americans, because we're not all blue collars. Some of us are security officers.

[Tovan 0]

During the chat last night, I began to ask questions about Canadians. Some like "Do Canadians Really Say "Eh" alot," and "Do you put "u"'s in words for no aparent reason (honour, colour)?"

 

Well, I have more questions. If anyone else has any questions they want to ask, ask, and hopefully a kind, warmhearted Canadian will answer them.

 

1. What province is Toronto in?

2. What time zone are Torontonites in?

3. What time zone are Thunder Bayians in?

4. What time zone are Onterioers in?

5. Were any of my names correct?

6. Do Canadians hate Quebec?

7. Were any of you offended by Triumph's skit about "Queerbec"?

8. Were any of you laughing from Triumph's skit about "Queerbec"?

9. Do you have the same curse words we have in America?

10. Do Canadians drink anything other then Lebatt Blue?

11. Do you guys really think that "Alpha Flight" is a cool superhero team? I mean, come on, you have a giant, a dwarf, two women who have way to much clothing on (darn that cold weather!), and the first openly homosexual superhero.

12. Do you guys have Amish people up there?

13. Do you guys have Chinatown up there?

14. Do you have something like a dollar store, or a two dollar shop?

15. Who's the guy on your five dollar bill, and have you ever taken a Sharpie, and make the guy look like Spock?

16. Do you guys have rugby up there?

17. Do you guys have cricket up there?

18. If hockey originated in Canada, then why did Florida, of all places, win the Stanley Cup?

19. Do you spell it as "faerie," or "fairy?"

20. Do you guys have Heinz ketchup up there? And is it called ketchup, or does it go by a different name?

21. What exactly is this "Chicken Cannon?"

 

 

Thank you for answering all my stupid questions. Also, if anyone has any other questions, please feel free to post them.

1. Ontario

2. Est

3. Est

4. Est

5. perhaps

6. not all, some

7. huh?

8. huh?

9. huh?

10. i drink tea does that count?

11. huh?

12. huh?

13. i know 4

14. yeah lotsa

15. no comment

16. ya

17. ya

18. they rigged it!!! ::runs away::

19. i have no idea what those things are

20. there's lots of brands of ketchup should i care which brands?

21. ...

[Tachyon 0]

Yeah, sorry about not explaining the health care thing further. (Tovan, how's the ion cannon going, my ISP is being annoying again). Basically health care is government funded, so part of the taxes we pay goes into the healthcare system. It's free, but we have no doctors.

 

The Amish are a Mennonite sect. I haven't seen many up in Northwestern Ontario, they're more common in Southern Ontario. They hold more traditional family and Christian values.

[Tovan 0]

Triumph is a dog puppet that loves to viciously insult anything. He's from Late Night with Connan O'Brien, which held a week of shows in Toronto once. Triumph came, and insulted the people of "Queerbec." Canadians got very upset, and wanted the million dollars they gave to Conan back.

 

A sharpie is a type of marker.

 

Alpha Fight is Canada's superhero team created by Marvel Comics.

 

More questions

 

22. Do you guys even know who the Amish are?

23. Do you have the mob/Joey Pantaloney up there?

24. Do you have "red necks"/"blue collers" up there?

25. Do you really think that Americans are "ig-no-ram-moose?" If so, we perfer the term "stupid."

26. What exactly is this "universal helth care" that you are so fond of bragging about?

22. Yeah after Tach explained it

23. huh?

24. uh ....

25. not them all

26. what health care?

[Tovan 0]

27. Seiben, what was that commercial for/from?

28. Do you have "Weird Al" up there?

29. Explain what the Amish are. I just want to make sure your not confused.

 

Oh, and tach, the mob is the mafia, vica versa. It's an Italian thing.

27. I'm not Seiben

28. I take AI you mean artificial intelligence, no, but my computer is in league with Tachs and they plan to take over the world

29. I'll let Tach do that.

 

I'm chinese so i prefer the word "triad" or however you spell it :D

 

::taps button and feeds the accelerated ions into the cannon and targets Tach's ISP::

[Seiben 0]

22. Do you guys even know who the Amish are?

23. Do you have the mob/Joey Pantaloney up there?

24. Do you have "red necks"/"blue collers" up there?

25. Do you really think that Americans are "ig-no-ram-moose?" If so, we perfer the term "stupid."

26. What exactly is this "universal helth care" that you are so fond of bragging about?

27. Seiben, what was that commercial for/from?

28. Do you have "Weird Al" up there?

29. Explain what the Amish are. I just want to make sure your not confused.

 

Oh, and tach, the mob is the mafia, vica versa. It's an Italian thing.

22. See 29

23. Yes, we do have mafia here.

24. Yes

25. Yes, we do... especialy you Americans that come to our country in July with skis on your roof racks asking us how the skiing conditions are? You can't get more ignorant than that. :D

26. Our free healthcare is a Government funded program that allows people to be admitted into hospitals and treated by doctors for free. It applies to medical and life-threatening situations only (e.g. general check-ups, heart surgery.. does not apply to: Dentistry, Laser eye surgery, etc). And it isn't as good as it used to be. :P

27. The comercial is from Molson Canadian a Canadian beer company

28. Sometimes

29. Aren't Amish people those puritan Christians that refuse to use 20th cenutry technology like cars, electricity, telepohone, etc. I didn't know we had them here in Canada.

Edited August 15, 2004 by Seiben

[ladymatrix 0]

For one i would love to live in canada.... for the free healthcare for one thing... being 19 jobless, moneyless and having to watch your back so you wont end up in a hospital without insurance is a pain in the bum.

 

Was in Toronto for a voluntary pay-your-way school trip and it was very interesting and went to different places and a theater for Phantom of the Opera

 

 

And Sieben a lot of people here in America probally dont know that Amish live here either or know what they are (Im fortunant they live like 2 miles from my house o_O)

[Merina 0]

One big question: Do Canadians ask to many questions?

[Merina 0]

generally, Canadians ask more questions than Americans

point proven

[Nemesis 0]

Do people really not know who Alpha team is? Gosh Darn it! Puck is most definately the coolest superhero ever invented!

[Commodore Moose 0]

25. Do you really think that Americans are "ig-no-ram-moose?" If so, we perfer the term "stupid."

Socialism and national pride are one thing, but if you start picking on Moose ...

[Nemesis 0]

By the way Moosehead beer is one of the longest standing true Canadian family owned beer companies in Canada, and sponser the best QJHL hockey team!

[Seiben 0]

Don't forget about the AHL's Manitoba Moose! The Vancouver Canucks' afiliate team.

 

Edited August 16, 2004 by Seiben

[Nemesis 0]

For one i would love to live in canada.... for the free healthcare for one thing... being 19 jobless, moneyless and having to watch your back so you wont end up in a hospital without insurance is a pain in the bum.

You need a healthcard to recieve the healthcare benefiets, and for such you have to be a citizen or a permanent resident.

[Seiben 0]

but most hospitals won't check anyway. if you're in an emergency they'll fix ya up first! SEE HOW NICE WE ARE?

Some do, some don't. But for those that don't, they'll find out, and make you pay the medical bills.