# Canadian, Eh? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 2, 2000, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215 "2000-06-02T15:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/21 "2000-06-06T01:02:02Z")
> [@](#): > > there just fun to pick on. Sheesh, don’t they teach you Canadians proper grammar? Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Never make grammatical or spelling mistakes when knocking the intelligence of another nation. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/22 "2000-06-06T02:03:33Z")
I like Canada. (Okay, I’ve only been to British Columbia a few times. But I liked it.) I’ll be there Sunday. About the only complaint is that everyone seems to think that Canadians have a monopoly on “Eh.” I was using it before it became a stereotype (at least in the desert of Southern California). I used to have a '48 Willy’s CJ-2A. License: “CJ 2EH”. Get it? I like the geography of B.C., I like the people, I like the Mighty American Dollar vs. the Canadian Peso… 😉 I think the flag is attractive. I like people being polite to one another. I like Okanagan Cider. Hell, I even like Stompin’ Tom Connors; and I’ll bet he hates my guts because of the country I was born in. Yeah, I like Canada. But I still laughed my ass off while watching _South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/23 "2000-06-06T02:14:28Z")
What’s your point? I _live_ in Canada and I laumy ass off watching that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/24 "2000-06-06T02:38:03Z")
Point is, we can laugh at each other. (At least, that’s what I just came up with off the top of my head.) ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/25 "2000-06-06T03:17:50Z")
And so I know what “Clarity” is, I know what the Canadian Alliance is, I know about the soldiers that tried to poison their commander in Bosnia, I know about The Stopwatch Gang, I know about the shooting in Taber, and I wrote 16 pages on your damn country (although 4 were copied directly from your Constitution). So don’t ever say we Yankees don’t know nothin’ bout Canada, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/26 "2000-06-06T07:52:15Z")
How can one bash a country that has brought forth Rush, WallyM7, the Tea Party, MoosieGirl, Molson Canadian and CanadianSue? Not necessarily in that order. I think Wally was even there before Rush! ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/27 "2000-06-06T09:14:59Z")
We shouldn’t bash Canadians. We shouldn’t even bash the French. But _French-Canadians_… yeah, we should bash those. Fucking freaks… they make me wanna vomit goats’ milk! Grr, I say, **Grr**!! ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/28 "2000-06-07T19:23:29Z")
Kyla: You’re (grammar 🙂 ) correct…but please, read my sig. I have had time to settle down…I think i hate people with no common sence…the people from US with skiis just happen to top the list. (plus it’s a big joke here too) I remember seeing a cartoon of the typical american viewpoint US is sunny and warm and there’s a 12 foot…err…4 meter snowbank along the canada/us border. But, back to ignorance…you no the people…the one’s who go…um…ahhh…I’ll have the um…after standing in the MCD’s lineup for 20 mnites etc… Now play nice ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/29 "2000-06-07T19:26:26Z")
SPOOFE Bo Diddly you’re just mean WallyM7: for someone who as as much free time as you, your just mean too. ::whack:: ::whack:: one for each of you…intelligent people will get it ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/30 "2000-06-07T19:51:53Z")
Spoofe: Va chier, calice, tu n’en sais rien, alors crisse-moi le camp et emportes-en ton hostie de tête carrée avec. C’é ben pour ça qu’on veut rien à foutre avec vous-autres, viarge. Ferme ton hostie d’yeule, spêce d’enculé, tabarnac! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/31 "2000-06-07T19:54:31Z")
“Go shit, chalice, you don’t know anything about it, so Christ me the camp and take your communion wafer of a square head with you. It’s exactly for this that we want nothing to fuck with you-others, virgin. Close your communion wafer of a jaw, type of sodomized person, tabernacle!” ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/32 "2000-06-07T19:57:02Z")
…um…whatever… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/33 "2000-06-07T20:01:18Z")
It loses something in the translation. ---
**Author:** ![Pizzle\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Pizzle\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pizzle_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/34 "2000-06-07T20:15:11Z")
being french canadian ::watches for falling rocks and such:: i get the jist…i was always a big fan using french swears in an english sentance…they’re just to cute ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/35 "2000-06-08T02:32:05Z")
Hey, did any of you ever listen to a hockey game being broadcast in Canadian French? The announcers sound just like the MacKenzie brothers, except their speaking this preposterous version of French. Absolutely hilarious! That out of my system, I’m from a border state and don’t notice much difference. Red Green speaks to me as clearly as to a real Canadian. The only real difference between Thunder Bay and Duluth is that the money has a greater variety of wildlife and is worth less. And you can get Cuban cigars, but the cheap ones I buy are just as nasty. And matt\_mcl, just a little too long in seminary? ---
**Author:** ![RatBastrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@RatBastrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RatBastrd)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/36 "2000-06-08T03:06:08Z")
Anyone see this documentary? ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/37 "2000-06-08T04:19:55Z")
OH… MY …GOD!!! Maybe I am really tired but this thread is hillarious!!! There were too many funny things to quote , so I will summarize instead. Someone said we talk funny eh? Well where are you at, I’ll come where your to and shows you we talk fine (I live with a newfie!!!) Sani, congrats on your report!, You know way more than I do about Canada! and since this IS the pit…mange merde et arrete d’etre tennant(sp?) ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/38 "2000-06-08T04:41:03Z")
Am I the only one flashing back on Martin Mull’s _The Canadian Conspiracy_? Never mind, I’m staying up too late. And this is from a die-hard Red Green fan. ::mutters:: Veb ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/39 "2000-06-08T05:44:23Z")
It has nothing to do with being in seminary. Believe it or not, that is a sentence of fluent colloquial Québécois French. To recap: “Va chier, calice, tu n’en sais rien, alors crisse-moi le camp et emportes-en ton hostie de tête carrée avec. C’é ben pour ça qu’on veut rien à foutre avec vous-autres, viarge. Ferme ton hostie d’yeule, spêce d’enculé, tabarnac!” Literal: “Go shit, chalice, you don’t know anything about it, so Christ me the camp and take your communion wafer of a square head with you. It’s exactly for this that we want nothing to fuck with you-others, virgin. Close your communion wafer of a jaw, type of sodomized person, tabernacle!” Figurative: “Fuck off, for chrissakes, you don’t know anything about it, so just leave me the fuck alone and take your square head [sign of Anglo-ness] with you. That’s why we don’t give a shit about you guys, goddammit. Shut your fucking face, fuckin cocksucker, shit!” Sorry for the repost, just wanted to juxtapose for comparative purposes. Comparative linguistics is fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215/40 "2000-06-08T05:57:56Z")
That dialect is so cool! As if I speak French–the records are sitting in the cabinet next to me, untouched. But if anything will get me to crack 'em open it would be comparative linguistics. Although there are plenty of opportunities in English. Always enjoyed linguistics classes in school. But being a monophone screwed me. I’m curious. That blast looks constucted different from the conventional modern French I have seen. Is Québécois French somewhat archaic? And the true profanity! Fascinating! And what a difference a national boundary, Ontario, and a language make. To me a Squarehead is a Swede. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-eh/21215.md?page=3)