Canada, Eh?: Difference between revisions

Eeeeeh, Canadians [[South Park|eat nothing but Kraft Dinner]] (which is Canadian for "macaroni and cheese"), Tim Hortons, donuts, poutine,<ref>French fries with cheese curds, and enough gravy to partially melt the cheese</ref> and <s>Canadian</s>back bacon, eh? Anglophone Canadians all speak with a stereotyped [[wikipedia:West/Central Canadian English|West/Central Canadian English]] accent, putting "eh" [[Verbal Tic|at the end of questions or affirmations]], and prominently raising the "ou" in aboot every word containing it, eh?

 

 

All policemen are Mounties, and they wear their red serge dress tunics and broad-brimmed Montana Peak hats constantly while on regular duty, eh?

* The ''[[Histeria!]]'' episode "North America" gives half its focus to Canada in the form of the Kid Chorus singing a song about it, a countdown of the 5 greatest people in Canadian history (with Wayne Gretzky taking both #5 and #1), and Loud Kiddington doing a Cal Worthington-type ad for the Gold Rush and then playing a Mountie who has to get rid of some Native Americans.

* ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', the "Yukon Yutz" episode.

* Ezekiel from ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' is a walking example o this. Thick accent and all, eh.

** Canadian references are found all through the Total Drama series, particularly in locale-specific ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]''. Also found in ''6teen'', or really any cartoon from maker ''[[Fresh TV]]''.

* Ever heard an angry french canadian [[Foreign Cuss Word|swearing in french?]] Even if the words themselves are beyond your grasp, the emotion and passion in their delivery will make it impossible to miss their intent. To expand, English swearing basically has "fuck", "shit", and a few variantions of "damn" which express generic anger. French Canadian has pretty much ''the entire Church vocabulary'' bastardized to sound ''[[Black Speech|terrifying]]''. "Fuck" is actually a fairly mild word in comparison - francophone children who use it are rarely corrected by their parents. Note that this is also a completely different system of swearing to that from France, which generally sounds ''mildly comical'' to French Canadian ears.

* When [[Michael J. Fox]] joined the Screen Actors Guild, the name "Michael Fox" was already taken. He considered using his real middle initial, "A," but he thought it might remind people that he's Canadian (Micheal "Eh?" Fox) so he went with a "J" instead.

 

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