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I'm planning my first three month visit to Minnesota (where my partner is originally from) and we've been joking back and forth about my teaching the natives the enormous health benefits of poutine, wearing head to toe 'Canada' themed clothing and speaking French as often as possible..

It has become a bit of a competition to find new outrageously Canadian ways to irritate Americans.

Any suggestions?

(Obv 'The war of 1812' and ' "free" healthcare' are tossed around liberally. :) )

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Oh I LOVE this game! MOntreal Habs sweatshirt, red Vancouver 2010 mittens, toques, lots and lots of toques, wool socks, saying ABOOT or oot and aboot any chance I get.

Ending every single sentence with, eh.....

WE play this game too. it's a crapload of fun, I say... er, I mean, eh?

I'm planning my first three month visit to Minnesota (where my partner is originally from) and we've been joking back and forth about my teaching the natives the enormous health benefits of poutine, wearing head to toe 'Canada' themed clothing and speaking French as often as possible..

It has become a bit of a competition to find new outrageously Canadian ways to irritate Americans.

Any suggestions?

(Obv 'The war of 1812' and ' "free" healthcare' are tossed around liberally. :) )

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Talk endlessly about how fantastic "Timmy's" coffee is and how ridiculous it is that there aren't any in the U.S.

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Oh I LOVE this game! MOntreal Habs sweatshirt, red Vancouver 2010 mittens, toques, lots and lots of toques, wool socks, saying ABOOT or oot and aboot any chance I get.

Ending every single sentence with, eh.....

WE play this game too. it's a crapload of fun, I say... er, I mean, eh?

What if one's husband is just this way naturally? I speak from experience. :rofl:

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Don't all Canadians look like this?

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Hows aboot that buday? :lol:

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I'm planning my first three month visit to Minnesota (where my partner is originally from) and we've been joking back and forth about my teaching the natives the enormous health benefits of poutine, wearing head to toe 'Canada' themed clothing and speaking French as often as possible..

It has become a bit of a competition to find new outrageously Canadian ways to irritate Americans.

Any suggestions?

(Obv 'The war of 1812' and ' "free" healthcare' are tossed around liberally. :) )

I'm a Canadain living in Minnesota - I mention to my friends here that it is similar to a Rissian being sent to Siberia.

- Offer to teach them to speak properly and complete thier sentences...Want to come with ?????? With what/who...

- Bring a bottle of ketchup and tell them you heard they really enjoy spicing up their hotdish. Make sure to tell them you got the mild kind.

- Tell them you heard the Viking were planning on joining the CFL so they would have at least a slim chance of winning

- Argue about "Canadian Bacon".....Our bacom in Canada is in long strips just like yours. Quit trying to pass off round slices of ham as bacon.

- Pull up to a Caribou or Starbucks drive through and ask for a double-double. Confuses the hell out of them.

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Sew Canadian flags on your and your spouses backpacks,purses and handbags...

Talk about how we still eat seal blubber and some of still live in igloos...

ANd of course.. INSIST on celebrating Boxing Day!

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Or you could REALLY blow them out of the water, and not live up to the stereotypes and tell them the truth. That for the most part, we're a lot like them. That'd probably be even funnier, since they'd probably be even MORE confused. :|

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What I always joke about doing with my fiancee whenever I visit her is to have her act as interpreter as she lived in Canada for two years.... it would go like this

ME: Hey how you doing eh?

HER: He wants to know how you're doing...

ME: Good eh!

HER: He says that's good...

and just continue with it for as long as possible....

we've yet to do it, but one of these trips I will!

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What I always joke about doing with my fiancee whenever I visit her is to have her act as interpreter as she lived in Canada for two years.... it would go like this

ME: Hey how you doing eh?

HER: He wants to know how you're doing...

ME: Good eh!

HER: He says that's good...

and just continue with it for as long as possible....

we've yet to do it, but one of these trips I will!

haha.... so like:

Me: Take off eh?

Her: Get lost!

:P

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I'm planning my first three month visit to Minnesota (where my partner is originally from) and we've been joking back and forth about my teaching the natives the enormous health benefits of poutine, wearing head to toe 'Canada' themed clothing and speaking French as often as possible..

It has become a bit of a competition to find new outrageously Canadian ways to irritate Americans.

Any suggestions?

(Obv 'The war of 1812' and ' "free" healthcare' are tossed around liberally. :) )

I'm a Canadain living in Minnesota - I mention to my friends here that it is similar to a Rissian being sent to Siberia.

- Offer to teach them to speak properly and complete thier sentences...Want to come with ?????? With what/who...

- Bring a bottle of ketchup and tell them you heard they really enjoy spicing up their hotdish. Make sure to tell them you got the mild kind.

- Tell them you heard the Viking were planning on joining the CFL so they would have at least a slim chance of winning

- Argue about "Canadian Bacon".....Our bacom in Canada is in long strips just like yours. Quit trying to pass off round slices of ham as bacon.

- Pull up to a Caribou or Starbucks drive through and ask for a double-double. Confuses the hell out of them.

That's hilarious!!!

Funny enough, lots of people here in Saint Louis, and sometimes south of here, ask me where I'm from. Before I can say, they respond... " Minnesota? Wisconsin?" :lol:

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Don't forget to raise your voice pitch at the end of every statement and question to sound like everything you say is a question.

(I got the pleasure of hearing this on the phone once again trying to get some customer support for a christmas gift for my brother and had to control myself from laughing out loud at the poor guy)...

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Don't all Canadians look like this?

terrencenphilip.jpg

Hows aboot that buday? :lol:

Yes. We all look like Terrance and Phillip!

- Pull up to a Caribou or Starbucks drive through and ask for a double-double. Confuses the hell out of them.

Now we're talking!

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My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

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- Argue about "Canadian Bacon".....Our bacom in Canada is in long strips just like yours. Quit trying to pass off round slices of ham as bacon.

Oh lordy the number of times my fiance has complained about this!! He'll still eat it, but he complains about it. "If that's ham, then I'm American."

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