since its canada day im literally going to write down a bunch of random canadian things because canada is the best smd
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acadian - proper term for french canadian
poutine - the best food to ever exist (its french fries, cheese and gravy)
homo milk - another name for homogenized milk
lacrosse - a sport created by canada, its like the sport with the long stick with a net basket thingy in it
newfie - a term for newfoundlanders
province - my province would be your state
territory - its like a province but not a province
double double - its a coffee order meaning two sugars and two creams
tim hortons - its a coffee shop found all across canada, in a way its kinda like a canadian starbucks
prime minister - my prime minister would be your presidents
rapure pie - its an acadian dish, its basically purred potatoes with some type of meat thats cooked in the oven, its hard to explain but it tastes p good
kraft dinner - its basically noodles and cheese
mr.noodles - basically canadian ramen
remembrance day - november 11th, a day for the war veterans i guess
rcmp - it stands for the royal canadian mounted police, i guess its kinda like the fbi
mountie - a name for a member of the rcmp
coffee crisp - a chocolate bar
smarties - okay i know americans have something called smarties but its not the same as what we have, smarties here a chocolate covered in a candy shell, they look like this ;
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rockets - american smarties are canadian rockets
martimer - a person who lives in one of the maritime provinces, aka nova scotia, new brunswick and PEI
aLSo heres some basic canadian knowledge for you
birthday ; july 1st
national anthem ; o canada
national languages ; english and french
national sport - okay so the official national sport is hockey but canada also made lacrosse and basketball
capital - the capital of canada is OTTAWA not TORONTO its OTTAWA
national animal - surprisingly the beaver
bags of milk do actually exist
every province and territory has a slight accent but the ones that are really noticeable are acadians and newfoundlanders
we have 10 provinces and 3 territories
provinces ; alberta, british columbia, manitoba, new brunswick, newfoundland and labrador, nova scotia, ontario, prince edward island/PEI, quebec, and saskatchewan
the 3 territories are ; nunavet, yukon and the northwest territories
how we spell shit ;
colour not color
favourite not favorite
behaviour not behavior
brunette not brunet
cancelled not canceled
centre not center
centimetre not centimeter
cheque not check
you get the idea
a lot of words where theres an 'o' we put 'ou' and a lot of words where its 'er' we put 're'
where you put 'z' we put a 's' (ex. analyse vs analyze)
we also add an 'e' sometimes like you spell it catalog we spell it catalogue
we dont say eh every fucking sentence
most people don't even use it correctly
eh is another word for 'huh' , 'what do you mean' , 'do you agree with me'
