What is Canada? - Page 3

Rndm_Perfection · 10-22-2003, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

I do hear "meh" quite a bit from Canadians, though, and started using it myself.

"meh" is a term used out of sloth... as used by the Simpsons characters many times.

and I quote

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Originally Posted by Bart

"meh, M-E-H"

Seeing as how the Simpsons utterly despise Canadians, they would not use one of their terms as a token word.

GiMpY-wAnNaBe · 10-22-2003, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Rndm_Perfection

"meh" is a term used out of sloth... as used by the Simpsons characters many times.

and I quote

Seeing as how the Simpsons utterly despise Canadians, they would not use one of their terms as a token word.

thats true, i picked up meh from the sipsoms, and eh is probably the most versatile word in the canadian language! it can be used at the end of ANY sentence!

Rndm_Perfection · 10-22-2003, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by GiMpY-wAnNaBe

it can be used at the end of ANY sentence!

Then you don't know the proper use of "eh". "Eh" is used to request confirmation. Sounds about right, eh?

Jewels · 10-22-2003, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitana85

But I've never seen anybody shot without a gun

tazoring guns have a good effect too... just without the bullet and the blood, just shocks of electricity to where you cant move...

Jewels · 10-22-2003, 10:13 AM

To me canada is a great big peice of land with mountains, terrains, snowy cold parts, ah what the hell am i saying... i've never been to canada, im just describing it of what other peeps said, but to me, its a huge peice of land with not enough american movies...

Happydude · 10-22-2003, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Jewels

but to me, its a huge peice of land with not enough american movies...

HAH!

Dylflon · 10-22-2003, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Jewels

its a huge peice of land with not enough american movies...

We get all of your movies. And we watch them.

True story.

Meh is the equivelent of a shoulder shrug. And did you know that Matt Groening's father is Canadian and that's who Homer Simpson is based on? Pretty nutty.

Happydude · 10-22-2003, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dylflon

We get all of your movies. And we watch them.

True story.

Meh is the equivelent of a shoulder shrug. And did you know that Matt Groening's father is Canadian and that's who Homer Simpson is based on? Pretty nutty.

cool...

The Duggler · 10-22-2003, 11:34 AM

Yes we get all the movies, but they're also all shot over here :P

The Germanator · 10-22-2003, 12:33 PM

Canada is cool. I've been there 4 or 5 times. We actually played a rock show there once for the North by Northeast extravaganza. The Canadian woman at the border said, "you guys don't look like rockers"...It was a fun time, and I'll go back to Canada soon enough because my family has a house and cabin in Maine about 20 minutes away from Canananananada

Joeiss · 10-22-2003, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Rndm_Perfection

Then you don't know the proper use of "eh". "Eh" is used to request confirmation. Sounds about right, eh?

Exactly! Most Canadian use "eh" in the right form.. They just don't really know what it means. It basically makes a statement a question, or a request of information like you said.

ie.

Joe: "That movie was really good, eh"
Bob: "Yes. Yes it was."

Perfect Stu · 10-22-2003, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by happydude666

lol...you really need to come to the T-Dot (toronto)

EDIT: lol, forgot bout you Stu...so let's just put it this way...you're the lucky one right now since i really don't feel like doin much but goin to sleep, which i will do after this post...and secondly, i wouldn't apologize because Kitana is so damn sexy

and she likes me more then you anyway

apologize to the lady for putting her on your 'list of shame'. any girl who's being persuited by you must feel pretty damn bad...

and btw...your attempt at intimidation is quite comical. Gary Coleman scares me more than you

Vampyr · 10-22-2003, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Rndm

"meh" is a term used out of sloth... as used by the Simpsons characters many times.

Hmmm, well, thanks for setting me straight on that one.

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Originally Posted by Gimpy

when i was in gr.9 geography we watched this video entitled "American Ignorance" which was a guy goin around to diff. parts of the states and asking questions about canada to various american citizens and it was just halarious, here is what i remember from that video:

Some guy in Texas -

About how big is Canada?
Uhh, pretty dang big, i'd say about the size of texas

Did you know VCRs were just legalized in Canada?
Really? Already?

What are your thoughts on the Polar Bear hunting marathon every year on Toronto?
Oh, I think its very creul and should be stopped immediatly

Well, the movie was entitled "American Ignorance", of course they wouldnt show any intelligent Americans in the movie. Most of us here are not that dumb. I will admit that us Americans do not know as much about current Canadian events and Canadian culture as Canadians know about America. How would we? All the news on channels such as CNN is American news, or about America in another country. We dont even have the opportunity to learn about current Canadian issues.

I could go out and make a movie and call it "Canadian Ignorance", but I doubt I would get anything like what was in "American Ignorance", simply because Canadians know more about America than Americans know about Canada.

But like I said before, most Americans are not stupid enough to say that Canada is the size of Texas. Obviously that moron has never even glanced at a map. And about the VCR's, I have no idea why an American would say that. The things that come to most americans mind is this "Cold, Snowy, Hockey, and fishing." The other "first thing" that comes to peoples mind is that Canada is like Americas brother. That is how a common layperson sees Canada.

GiMpY-wAnNaBe · 10-22-2003, 05:52 PM

lol, i heard an interesting comment today :

Canada and america is like kazaa and kazaa lite, all of the good stuff none of the sh*t

i don't actually believe this, well on some points such as the lack of slavery in Canada as well as guns not being part of the constitution, but other than some points, Canada is essentially the same thing as america, in fact many of the stars in hollywood and music come from canada, including jim carrey, ashton kutcher, Shania Twain, Not By Choice, and many more that i can't remember off the top of my head, but you'd be surprised. Also many movies are shot in Canada, such as bulletproof monk, all of that was Toronto. in any case, Southern Canada is just aboot the same thing as america.

Also where did the "aboot" originate, because i've known all the time that it was from americans, but than south park said it was canadians, but the only reason i say it is because it sounds funny. I have yet to meet anyone that uses it on a daily basis

Hero2 · 10-22-2003, 06:05 PM

what comic was it that said all canada has for a navy was a tug boat