So being the American that I am and in the interest of getting along with my soon to be Canuckian wife.

Any suggestions on things that peeve Canadians, that we silly Americans do, so I wont do them?

Nothing has happened and we get along awesomely, she usually just laughs at me

Thanks in advance and be gentle please

Ramos

Don't make her Canadian Rage come out.

It isn't pretty.

My plan is to keep her sedated with fine red wines her favorite or if im broke the best Wallymart can supply!!


Ramos

This made me laugh outloud!!! So great!!

We are ALWAYS Gentle Sir!!

Politics are probably a hot button issue (at least with hubby & I).. we are pretty far apart..

TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF WHEN YOU ENTER THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!

Really.. DO IT

Amen, sister, AMEN.

I agree totally about not discussing Politics if you are not on the same side.........


I also agree with taking your shoes off when you come inside.

Noone here does and it drives me nuts........lol

Good good this is the kind of stuff I need to know

I'm chatting with her right now and I pointed her to the post and she also laughed outloud.

I supposedly have 4 days left on this oil rig in the middle of the ocean here in Brazil and she is finishing up her last work day in Hong Kong today.

These last few days are driving us mad, we just want to be together!!!

So I figured this post would be a good way to help us ALL laugh together and help pass the time.

just a plain ole american
Ramos

Got one for you, just saw it while in Montreal. American tourist going to pay for shuttle bus ticket. American male to ticket counter guy "what do you prefer US money or Canadian Money?" Buddy, your in another country use that countries currency... american money isn't superior and a great novelty to us that we are dying to get it. Ticket counter guy's reply...."it doesn't matter they are worth the same amount"

1. I echo the "shoes" issue. And if for some reason you forget to take your shoes off, DO NOT, under any circumstances put your feet on the coffee table or couch wearing shoes!

2. Tell her how much you think Canada rocks better than the rest of the world.

Oh man. This, this, and this. Not taking your shoes off is the height of rudeness in Canada. It would be like someone waltzing in and taking off their pants and heaping them on the furniture, and then scratching their balls in front of you and your guests.

Lesse what else... wait, I know. Do. No. Do. Everthing He Does unless you want your wife to break out that 'Canadian Rage' (wait, we have Canadian Rage?) and take you out Hockey Night In Canada style.

Don't insult Poutine as being gross whilst praising Pork Rinds and Sausage Gravy.

Erm. Did she go to University? Up here, University and College are two entirely different things. You risk offending a university grad by implying they went to a college. You go to university to become an engineer, you go to college to become a welder. No offense to welders, of course.

My fiance has piped in "Never say Canada is the 51st State". Er, yeah.

And lastly, don't make fun of her accent. Not all Canadian use 'eh' as every second word, and it's insulting to insist as much. I know it might be hard to resist (at least it seems to be for most!)

I'm sure she'll bring you up short if you err anyway, so not to worry.

Even before we were married, Mel put a Canadian flag outside the house, next to the American one. That was sweet

Some of his friends made some stupid comments- I let some Canadian rage come out and they shut up about it in a hurry

Do NOT say Canadian money is "pretty" and that it reminds you of "play money."

Delia

DO NOT, slam the brakes on and grab your gun, lean across her to shoot the deer standing right there on the side of the road!!!!!!!!

No fears she doesnt even want me to own a gun ./cry I say, I'm from TEXAS I tell her!!


Ramos

Ah close enough to where he is, you got it

I totally agree with the comments on university versus college. When my daughter and I first came here, we couldn't figure out why Americans call both university and college, "college". It's absolutely true that Canadians would be offended if you asked if they went to "college" when they actually went to a university. In Canada.... University is university, and college is college.

I personally wouldn't find it offensive, especially now that I know that "college" is the term for both types of school in the US. But offense might be taken the other way. According to my fiance, referring to yourself as a university student or saying that you have a university degree is considered pretentious in the US. You might attend the University of Something, but you're going to college, and you're a college student.


"But it's Canada! It's just like the US." My observation is that Americans tend to think that Canadians are just like them, while Canadians tend to think that Americans are similar in some ways but different. Like people from most countries, we Canadians are proud of our culture. We don't like to be perceived as "just like the US" any more than Swiss people like to be seen as German, or vice versa. We can appreciate and like other countries and cultures, but we are who we are.

1. Take yer shoes off.

2. Don't refer to Canadian money as "monopoly money".

3. Poutine is yummy. Just nod even if you don't think it's true, and don't say it's gross - we get mad and then that legendary Canadian rage comes spilling out.

4. Don't say that Canada is part of America. Don't make fun of our monarchy either

5. The igloos and huskies are from the Arctic, and it's not "wow it must be bitter cold up there eh?"

6. Us Canadians don't have a "cute accent" and not all of us say "eh" or "aboot".

7. Don't ask her if she knows Hank or Jenny from Canada.

Thanks all for your posts they are were great and so true but you can't forget the one that drives us all crazy: We have Proviences and not States and we don;t have a president running our country!
My wonderful fiancee thinks just because they do it that everyone else in the world must do it too!....lol

Bah! They are states I tell ya


Ramos

Yeah see.. Ramos.. go back and read the entire post again - S-L-O-W-L-Y...


You still ain't getting it eh?

This is a Classic- Joe Canadian rant:
http://www.canada4life.ca/videos/1.mpg

/SNICKER!

And don't assume that their from Canada they like/watch/or even care about hockey. Some of us have always despised the sport. So talking about teams, players and anything hockey to a Canadian who can't stand hockey can be quite irritating...

Despite, what warlord said, DON'T EVER say that hockey sucks!! Whether an individual likes the sport or not is pointless, it is still our national sport!

AGREED 100%..... And don't say we are have had a "brain injury" cause we like the sport.. that really cheezes me off.. of that the sport is "violent".. It's no more violent than say.... American Football!

I agree with NO shoes on the couch or the coffee table!!!!!!!!!!

Ramos, guess it would help a bit if you told us what state you were in I remember Texas

Should check out youtube for the Rick Mercer tapes as well. It should be talking to "uniformed Americans"

OH I got another one.......figuring Texas now.
It would probably be very nice if you bought her a kettle
Found alot of people down there didn't have one and just used pots to boil water.

I love this thread long time.

YESSSSSSS my hubby actually heats his water for tea in the microwave..

My mother punched him for that one

Hee hee.. The first time he tried to use my electric kettle he didn't know how to use it and couldn't get it to work believe it or not!

That's just NASSSTY but at least he knows what HOT tea is!! I watched Jim's mom boil water and tea bags in a pot for ice tea....whole thing just confuses me

So that would bring up the next thing
Ramos, if she drinks hot tea, don't try pretend she's not with you when she TRYS to order it at a restaurant!

LMAO I thought that it was just me who thought that. I was very surprised to find no kettle when i went to visit. They would run water throught the coffee maker. Those who are die hard tea drinker know that that is the biggest sin of all. My Uncle would turn over in his grave.

Hope that you are taking notes Hun!!!!
Now is it just my loveing fiancee or does everyone in the US need to eat half a cow at every meal.......lol Talk about super sizw me!!

I am discusted every time when i go to BK and order a "small" sized combo.. it's Lg size at home!! HOLY! My hubby gets double whopper with cheese & up-sizes it.. it's comes with I'm sure close to 750ml of coke! HOLY!

have you experienced chicken-fried chicken yet???

Did someone forget to say Canadian Beer sucks?

Sorry, can't say that i have! Why should I?

Thank god i thought it was just me. I tend to get him to share when we go out as i can't eat a whole meal.




Have you tasted BUD?????

I second that! My husband is getting good at it now, even though I have to remind him sometimes









And that is a good one too. Now i regret that I didnt bring my kettle from Canada because I am seriously trying to find one and they dont have much choice.

Isn't this the things NOT to say??

Her and I will BE there one day and YOU are going to drink it till you think it's the best thing on the planet!!!!!!!

I hope your taking notes there bud!!




At least it's not like the boot tray situation!!

Emancipation, that had to be one of the things NOT to say. He got me on that one

LOL, yeah. I was thinking of a sceen in the movie "Canadian Bacon". Where John Candy is at a hockey game and shouts something to that effect that.

I didn't realize that the kettle thing was American. I brought my kettle cause Joe said he didn't have one. It died shortly after I got here and it was a real hassle trying to find another electric kettle. I actually found one at a garage sale - it had never been used!

Remembr to say please if you would like her to do something for you, and thank you when she does do something for you . . like bringing you a nice hot cup of tea after dinner . We Canadians are nothing, if not polite hehe.

Hi Nancy, hope we're helping you out a bit




Excuse me would be nice too

the notion of "chicken friend chicken" just cracks me up when I see it on a restaurant menu!

redundent word perhaps?

Chicken Fried Chicken. mmm mmm good! Chicken breast, battered and fried like fried chicken. Smothered with cream gravy and served with green beans and mashed potato.

Just coming into this thread to say that a) I love it, and I'm not even Canadian, and I have had that very same kettle experience! My now-husband bought me a kettle last summer (bless 'im), and was absolutely AMAZED by it, for some reason. He didn't know electric kettles existed (lucky I was there when he bought it, to point out that the stove-top ones are pretty but nothing more than a fancy saucepan!), and to be honest, still seems puzzled by the thing to this day.

Right, back to reading the rest of the thread... I like this one!

Ha ha!! Great story!! It's simply amazing really! Hubby is still a little wounded from his initial experience. He makes me put the kettle on now

Where did your husband get the kettle as i tried to find one and they were the suckiest kettles i have ever seen....... You would be lucky to get a cut out of it.

Hehee... I think my husband's quite proud of ours, like it's some really exotic and luxurious kitchen appliance, rather than just... y'know, a kettle. He kept it out on display for the entire time I wasn't here while we were applying for the K-1, even though he'd never use it, and I'm not even sure he'd know how to! S'funny!