Canada?
- Thread starter Sightless Wisdom
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It changed? (Sorry, I couldn't resist). It's a great country. I love how I can use both languages that i've learned since childhood. (French and english).phi161 said:
You really don't want to drink maple syrup, not only would it be gross to have so much, but it's a laxitive.Abedeus said:
Ohh good, cause, what I was thinking didn't make sense... "Phwarr... look at them mountains and ... trees and junk. Lets have sex, eh?"Torque669 said:No, Im saying I have cousins in canada because they loved it so much they moved therephi161 said:
And Celine DionCpt_Oblivious said:
Then don't say anything, seriously, that's just making people think about it.Random argument man said:
Errr your like a nicer safer America from what I've hear, and its cold, oh and you have no sense of humour according to my American friends and you all speak French. Is any of that true?
It all depends on where you plan on moving to.Kilaknux said:
Unless you speak French, don't EVER move to Quebec, their government (less so now with Charest) actively tries to make the province 100% unilingual Francophones.
Toronto, forget about it, you might as well stay where you are, it's violent and has the reputation of being full of jerks. Yes, statistically speaking it does have less crime than other cities of its size, but it's municipal government makes up for that by being very pretentious. If you want to see how many things the word 'culture' can be a euphanism for, go to Toronto.
Anywhere else in Ontario is boring (including where I live, Ottawa).
The Atlantic provinces are pretty poor, but the lobster is cheap and they are fairly accepting of Anglophones and Francophones alike.
Forget the Praries, anything interesting already has.
Alberta is like the Canadian Texas, they dislike gays and are rich with oil (Alberta actually has more oil than Saudi Arabia, but it is in the form of Tar).
British Columbia isn't bad, it's a little bit like your California, but slightly less smug. It is full of drugs, drug violence and gangs though.
And as for the Arctic, you'd increase their population noticably if you moved there.
Anyway, I gues s that sums up my impression of the true North strong and Free.
And Bryan Adams... Please don't forget about Bryan Adams...phi161 said:Ohh good, cause, what I was thinking didn't make sense... "Phwarr... look at them mountains and ... trees and junk. Lets have sex, eh?"Torque669 said:No, Im saying I have cousins in canada because they loved it so much they moved therephi161 said:
And Celine DionCpt_Oblivious said:
If your being serious, that's hilarious. But somewhow I doubt you are, either way....George144 said:
It's probably a little bit safer, but not much, people are likely just as angry here, it's not always cold, we have seasons too(it's been 30 degrees celceus for the past few weeks, if you don't know celceus..that's damn hot), as for humor...we do host some of the largest comedy festivals that exist, go to montreal and you'll se some funny stuff. I don't think even half of us speak french. Leagaly there is only one bilingual province...and it's not quebec or Ontario, it's New Brunswick, in the maritimes. So there you go.
It's Canada there's not much to say. It's a bit more north then america on the world map......I can't think of anything to talk about
I've been hoping to not see this. Actually, pretty much only the Bloc Québécois and the Parti Québécois tries to make it french dominant.AvroLancaster said:
The liberals are pretty much the people pleaser between Canada and Quebec
If you go to Montreal or some towns near Ontario, you'll meet more bilingual towns (Montreal is one the most cultural cities in Canada anyway. You'll meet more diverse folks than a full Quebecois. You can even live with only a little knowledge of french in Montreal).
If you're english, you'll only try to skip Quebec City and a few rural towns. God, those places are judgemental sometimes.
Speaking as a Canadian, I take issue with the sense of humour assertion. (It's my job, you see!)George144 said:
For a start, everyone makes fun of Canada, and we laugh about it. Whenever South Park riffs on Canada, even to the point of saying blatantly false things, we all think it's hilarious. There's also tons of funny Canadians comedians who have huge careers in the US. I think it might just be the people your friends know?
And no, we don't all speak French. The majority of French speakers live in Quebec, but out west where I live, there's no French. At all.
Legally, anyone who works for the Canadian Government is supposed to speak both, because it's our official second language, but again, Quebec is the only province where, for example, street signs are required to be in both languages.
But again, no, actually not a huge percentage speak French.
Not so. Well, the drugs yes. Basically just lots of weed though. But when Vancouver had gang violence recently, it was a big deal. I mean, sure there ARE gangs, but they don't usually do anything that affects the majority of people. So this was major weird news. Vancouver ain't got nothin' on LA.AvroLancaster said:
Also, I live in Victoria, which is like fucking England. It's also something like the most temperate climate in the country. Good times.
Anyway... what did I come in here to say... oh yeah! I like Canada. Yay.
