# It's Canada, not Canadia! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 2, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954 "2006-07-02T18:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/141 "2006-07-07T05:11:44Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Canadianas don’t have periods. It’s too cold up there. That might be why I didn’t catch the pregnant until I moved to the US. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/142 "2006-07-07T22:01:30Z")
I didn’t read the whole thread because it’s long, but I guess I’ll have to apologize for calling our southern neighbours United Statesians. Sorry. (Not saying I’m gonna stop or anything…) ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/143 "2006-12-02T19:23:13Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] If I came up with different names for the USA, for Japan, for Germany, for Ethiopia, and if I started to use them in GD and GQ threads, I’d be called on it. It wouldn’t be acceptable. So why is it ok for Canada? [/QUOTE] I don’t know about any of those other places, but I DO Know that “Japan” is properly spelled 日本. I mean, would a LITTLE attention to detail kill ya? 😉 All things aside, I thank you **mnemosyne** for this five month-dead absolutley hillarious pit thread that I was just linked to from [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8018558) thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/144 "2006-12-02T19:41:41Z")
I say Canadia all the time. Because of Urkle’s friend Waldo on Family Matters. They were supposed to be drivng to Disney World and he was looking at the map upside down. “I’m not lost. We’re headed for this little town right here called Canadia.” Uh oh. Did I just admit to watching Family Matters? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/145 "2006-12-02T19:47:39Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] Seeing as how the letter “i” is not adjacent to, or, really, anywhere near any of the other letters needed to spell “Canada” on a qwerty keyboard (which I believe is the most common layout) it’s one hell of a typo! “Canadsa” or “Canana” or things like that, I could accept as a “typo” but I’ve just seen this often enough in threads that it annoyed me enough to start a thread about it. [/QUOTE] You need to calm the fuck down. Oh, and it’s “ss-SKATCH-ewun.” ---
**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:** [December 2, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/146 "2006-12-02T19:49:07Z")
_stan rogers_ Rise again, rise agaiiiin… ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/147 "2006-12-02T21:17:09Z")
Dang. It’s an old post. So my suggestion to the OP to check out [ineedasenseofhumour.com](http://ineedasenseofhumour.com) will be wasted. Oh well. Here’s a jolly for folks Canajun and not: (note #39) > **[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](https://www.yahoo.com/)** > > Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo! (proud to be Canuck :)) ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/148 "2006-12-02T21:20:46Z")
As long as this thread has risen from the dead, may I point out that British Columbia, at least, was in the past host to numerous specimens of [Canadia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia). Of course, who would want to be called spiny polychaete worms? ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/149 "2006-12-02T21:39:22Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp Of course, who would want to be called spiny polychaete worms?[/QUOTE] I dunno - sounds like one sexy lil’ spiny polychaete worm: > [@](#): > > Canadia is **one of the most photogenic** of the Burgess Shale fossils (same cite) ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/150 "2006-12-02T21:44:28Z")
Oh BOTHER. Thought I could squeak by without previewing. Make that [ . I’m gonna go nap. Foo. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/151 "2006-12-02T23:24:24Z")
I, for one, welcome our Canadan Overshoes ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/152 "2006-12-03T04:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] I, for one, welcome our Canadan Overshoes [/QUOTE] Awesome. Go do my dishes. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954/153 "2006-12-03T15:03:22Z")
We awakened a zombie thread for this? Closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-canada-not-canadia/362954.md?page=7)