The Canadian Perception

Nearly every American cartoon show touches on it, and it's always practically the same. We Canadians are hockey loving, dog-sled riding Canucks who eat Canadian bacon and Beaver Tails constantly. We mispronounce 'about' and have to deal with living in a vast, frozen tundra. We are connected to arguably the most infamous country in the world and yet, even they know NOTHING about us. I was on Lamebook and an American teenager confessed that he hadn't even known Canada was a country. How is that possible? But sadly, it's true; Canada is probably one of the best and unknown countries in the world, joining the likes of countries such as Denmark and Iceland. So, being the proud Canadian that I am, I'd like to clear up a few pesky rumours.

1.The Canadian Accent...eh.
Canadians say eh, just like the English say right and the Americans say huh. It's not a very common thing you hear, but because we're known for it, when we do say 'eh' it's pretty funny. But I've been born and raised in Canada and NEVER have a heard anyone talk in an accent resembling the one we're "known" for. Maybe in Newfoundland or something but...nope. NEVER. (That includes the South Park accent too! And no, unfortunately we don't say 'guy' and 'buddy' all the time.) And no one says 'aBOOT'.

2. Hockey Lovers
What was I gonna say? Oh yeah, this one is completely and utterly...true. I think it's a pride thing. We don't have alot of things that are dominated by Canadians.

3. Igloos, Dogsleds and horrible weather
This may surprise some people but all of this is untrue! In fact, we have much better weather than about 50% of the states. Not only do one of the states get the first snowfalls every year, but in Toronto we never had one day with snow on the ground this winter. I know it was rare but that just shows you we're not as cold as you think. And I don't live in an igloo- nor have I ever seen one in real life. However, we do use dogsleds instead of cars here. AHHH got cha!

4. Our Health Care sucks
Our health care rocks! Watch Sicko. You know every single issue that they bring up in that movie? In Canada; nonexistent.

5. We're all a bunch of Frenchies
Saying all Canadians are like French-Canadians is like saying all Americans are like the ones on Maury. Or in Texas. Or Alabama. Or Bill O'Reilly. They sure do have a lot more deplorable examples than we do. (or Jessica Simpson)

6. Our diets consist of Canadian bacon, Maple syrup, Beavertails and beer.
I've had one Beavertail in my life. The rest is true. We love our beer, and every Canadian kid is able to say they've been on a Maple Syrup making field-trip. But, for the record, we do eat and drink other things - like Tim Horton's!

I hope that clears up some things, and I'm sure they are alot more misconceptions I don't even know about. And for the kids suffering from the American education system:
Canada is a country. Our capital is Ottawa but our best known city is Toronto. We have provinces, not States, and a Prime Minister, not a President. And to you, we are NOT overseas. (cough Britney Spears cough cough)