Canadians and americans

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George bernard Shaw said of America "it is a third world nation with first world technology", whilst Canadians have a quiet dignity. I'm from Wales we have roads now and next year electrickery, running water is on the way too! LOL

French Canada has a much cooler, irreverant set of expletives... US curse words revolve around uncleanliness and sex. Thank you puritans... Canada goes for the throat - their curses are religious.

We ban the f**k word - see, all blocked and secret...

BUT

Tabarnac de crisse...

No censor but equally filthy (apologies Canadian's - just making a point... )

There are a lot of things about Americans I just don't get. Even when I was a child I noticed subtle differences like spelling color without the U or celebrating Thanksgiving in November instead of October. But now it's like they think we're communists or something for having "free" health care. Apparently they think it's incredibly strange to have milk sealed in rectangular plastic bags and if you explain how you put the bag in a kind of pitcher and snip off a corner to form a spout to pour the milk out it's like we're space aliens or something.

Of course, there are a lot of things about them that I find very strange as well. Like having schools where students are not even allowed to hug each other, but condoms are given away for free. You can't even mention gun gun control without people wanting to shoot you, but a kid gets kicked out of school for supposedly nibbling a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun. And the over-the-top political correctness and taking themselves too seriously.

I used to have a sweater with the maple leaf symbol from the canadian flag that said Canada on it, and for some reason people seemed quite bothered I was wearing it around, not entirely sure why. I guess they were mad I didn't have a U.S.A sweater instead.

Whenever I hear Americans talking about how their country is the best:



The country is so young, and the people come across as quite immature/naive. Many that I've spoken to simply cannot accept that the USA has faults, and will fight until they are red in face. As an outsider looking in, it appears that the USA goes to great lengths to brainwash its people into patriotism. Being British, patriotism is a double sided sword. The far right over used patriotism for its campaign material. So now, patriots are quickly viewed as racists.

I'm very fond of America, but I take it with a pinch of salt. Whenever I speak to an American it's never long before the war of independence is brought up, or something else that somehow makes that person better than me. As if either of us actually fought in the war. We're fighting over the actions of our long deceased relatives. What is this incessant need that Americans have to be better than everyone else? Insecurity is ripe. Perhaps it's from the materialistic capitalist society.

To Britain, the USA and Canada are our children. The USA was the child who rebelled and left home, while Canada has grown up to be the child we always wanted. I plan to emigrate to Canada in a few years. The cost of living is low, and standard of life is high. For the same job I do in England, I can get paid more in Canada while also paying less in expenses, so it's a no brainer. I'll miss the history that England has; I walk past buildings and landmarks which are older than Canada and the USA every day.

Canadian people are known for their kindness all around the world. The landscape is beautiful, and their government has some of the best ethical polices in the world. They aren't in-your-face patriotic, they are welcoming of all races and religions, they also have free health care, the history is positively British/French, they are healthy, what more do you want?

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h.l. Mencken said this about us: "nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." our politics makes us an international spectacle, deeply embarrassing.

...I've sometimes thought...

...Would GBS have used the phrase " third world " ?
It was a Cold War-era phrase , the " Western/capitalist " nations being the First , the " Marxist/Communist " ones being the Second...He lived till slightly post-Dub Dub , if I recall right , but even then , would he have used that phrase ?

patiz wrote:

George bernard Shaw said of America "it is a third world nation with first world technology", whilst Canadians have a quiet dignity. I'm from Wales we have roads now and next year electrickery, running water is on the way too! LOL

But you all still point at airplanes!