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Originally posted by Jakomo
I've been to Europe about 6 or 7 times, and a couple of times I'd get quizzed if I was Canadian or not. In Germany a concierge asked me a few skill-testing questions and said, "We get a lot of Yankees pretending to be Canadian, and if we find them out we don't let them stay here because they are liars and I don't like liars. I usually just ask them for their passport."
Americans were judged the most courteous and the British the rudest, alongside the Russians and Canadians.
The Brits also seemed to make least effort in speaking the local language, a quality excelled by the Germans, French and Americans.
Originally posted by DeusEx
Let's also put this into perspective. I've travelled through quite a bit through the States, and being a Canadian is an all-purpose ticket for abuse, at least there. You're treated worse than Northerners in the South, worse than Southerners in the North. My family just stopped interacting more than absolutely neccessary with the locals. Between the two, I'd say the Deep South was the least friendly place a Canuck could be. Some bastard actually racked a shotgun at us- a family of five, including a ten year old girl. I mean, WTF! It's like Deliverance.
As far as travelling abroad, from what I hear Americans get as good as they gave my family. It's also a matter of treating the locals like crap, apparently. A lot of people -especially the dutch- welcome Canucks with open arms, a combination of history and the fact that they feel closer politically to us than Americans.
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Originally posted by TrueLies
I find it quite hilarious that the canadian's who bash the american's have no problem handing over canadian apparel and the flag as if to show some kind of welcoming to the brotherhood????
Kinda goes like this: "We don't like you guys but you can use our flag as if it's your own so you don't get hassled overseas... That is of course.....ONLY if we are still allowed to diss you any chance we get...
[edit on 8-12-2004 by TrueLies]
Originally posted by masqua
Originally posted by TrueLies
I find it quite hilarious that the canadian's who bash the american's have no problem handing over canadian apparel and the flag as if to show some kind of welcoming to the brotherhood????
Kinda goes like this: "We don't like you guys but you can use our flag as if it's your own so you don't get hassled overseas... That is of course.....ONLY if we are still allowed to diss you any chance we get...
Did I bash Americans? No...
They're more like Canadians than they are not... after all, we came from the same ethnic backgrounds. The thing that makes North Americans great is that we got over our European heritages and began building two great countries after fighting for the freedom to do so.
The French, British, Spanish influenced wars on North American soil solidified both countries as powers on their own. America and Canada both had difficult childhoods with power drunk parents...but the influence of the Native Americans tempered the strength of our rebellions with a new way of fighting when we learned a form of battle that held a differing code of warfare than what the 'old countries' knew.
Really...you got something to diss Canada about?...go ahead, let's hear it. I'm listening