@jonathonsas1607 I mean I may be Biased as a Canadian - but what the fuk dude - Canada is apart of the Americas. What even is “American” when we (Canada) are North American not north OF America 😂😂😂😂 and a duotang is PRAWNG based with an eyelet accompanying it - not a binder, which does utilize rings. Don’t believe everything u see kid.
Shoes off is 100% mandatory. Shoes are dirty. We call it a bathroom at home, because it has a bath. In public it's a washroom, because there's no bath.
Imagine walking in from the with wet boots and walking all over someone's polished hardwood floor! Our swiffer sheets will show dog hair or human hair, never dirt.
I always thought it was most polite to take off shoes and then a friend told me dirt can be cleaned but sweat from smelly socks cannot be cleaned from the carpet. LOL
@@TraceyMush Ohh that's true. Still, if I'm choosing between slush, socks, and bare feet on carpet, I think I'd still go with socks though. Though come to think of it I do have some friends whose feet smell pretty bad and they'd bring a change of socks sometimes lol.
We only call folders with the bendable metal clips down the middle "Duotangs." The ones with just the pockets are "folders." The ones with rings that can hold more paper are "binders."
I worked at Starbucks and it was very busy and two customers on the other side of the counter bumped into each other, and I said sorry! Haha. Definitely realized that day how deeply Canadianisms are programmed in.
Greatest Canadian insult: saying "You're welcome" to someone when you hold the door for them and the don't say thank you as they walk by, they know they just got slapped in the face.
So real!! I never say “you’re welcome”, I only every say “no problem”, “no worries”, or “all good”. Saying “you’re welcome” just feels like you’re saying “yea you should be thanking me!” Whereas the other options are more like “oh you don’t even have to thank me, I’m just happy to help!” (Of course, if they didn’t thank me it would be weird).
@@ExploringInterests Perhaps I betrayed my lineage, then 😝 Maybe it's a west coast thing? Originally from Vancouver. I just recently moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario.
I get annoyed by people who don’t wave back acknowledging that I thanked them in traffic for letting me in. Not thanking someone who holds the door for you is unforgivable.
One giveaway I've been called out for when visiting the US, thanking the bus driver when getting off the bus, sometimes even yelling it from the back door. I was in Seattle for an event, and needed to take a bus. When getting off, I said "Thank You" to the driver, he responded with "well, you're Canadian"
Oh man so true it's probably a commonwealth thing because when I was in New Zealand they did it as well. I felt very much at home hopping off the bus saying thank you. 😂 i'm not sure about other places but in Vancouver the religious lining up for the bus I mean places like schools and institutions it could be a half a block long, a perfectly formed line absolutely no one would dare jump the line. They would be mutiny.
Oh - I have another one! No Canadian would say they are going to "fix" dinner - we always say either "make" or "prepare". When Americans say, "I'm going to fix lunch", I always think - "Why? Was it broken?"
i moved to canada in 5th grade elementary and i'm ESL (elementary is like the only place i heard it being used, never in middle or hs), i was absolutely baffled when i heard that a word such as "duotang" exists
Not entirely. Bathroom has a bath and/or shower. Washroom for rooms that only have a toilet and a sink. I'd never say "Where is your bathroom" if I was at a friend's house. If a friend asked that of me at my house, I'd immediately say "are you going to have a bath?" And yes, Restroom is never ever used, but Canadians are aware of it and would understand. Same goes for "loo". One that might baffle some Canadians is "water closet" which is a british thing.
That is a true fact about Canada. Politicians frequently apologize to different groups of people who have abused in the past despite them having done no real or intential harm to those people.
One of the reasons we take our shoes off is because of winter. When we come back from outside our shoes/boots are all wet and dirty and nobody likes a wet and dirty floor. Also the politeness
Doctors could not say sorry if something went wrong because it could be used in court as evidence of malpractice. A lot of times the patient simply wanted an apology without assigning blame.
@Vio-ot4ft 100% "oh my gosh, I'm so sorry" "No you're okay! I'm sorry, I was in your way" "No No I was in your way too haha, have a good day!" "Thank you : )" "Thank you : )" Is basically how 90% of interactions go when someone bumps into another. The other 10% is just the bump-ee accepting the apology without apologizing themselves but reassuring you all is good
“Senior” was intuitive enough, at least since in French schools we’ll say “finissant(e)” for 12th graders, but the other names always confused me when watching American TV.
@@alexandraw909 Why would the length of the word have anything to do with it? So bizarre. But the freshman is fresh. The sophomore is showing a little learning (look up the soph- root), then junior being lower or younger than the senior or the elder. It's logical.
I'm not Canadian, so I'm not an expert, but I've noticed a few since I've lived here. I really love Canadians; they are polite, considerate, friendly and thoughtful. Canadians don't drink Soda; they drink Pop. Canadians use eh a lot after their sentences. You've had a great time. Eh? You really like them chocolates, Eh? In words like out or about that have the ou combination, the o is pronounced more like an o than an a. Words ending in t and d have a blunt emphasis in that last letter, and it really sounds like a sharp t. The letter z is called zed as opposed to zee Canadians don't eat macaroni and cheese; they eat Kraft dinner Canadians talk about the weather with every person they meet. It is such a polite, uncontroversial theme for small talk. Children only take 1 candy when they go trick-or-treating. Canadians greet people they don't know with "Hello/bonjour!" to give them the chance to choose the language they want to use.
I live out in BC, about as far from Quebec as you can go, and honestly French is pretty uncommon here. It's taught in schools of course, but besides English, in your daily life you're gonna hear people speaking Punjabi or Chinese or what-have-you far more often than French. Also saying Kraft dinner as a replacement for mac and cheese is fighting words for me, unless you're literally having that brand of mac and cheese. Using brand names as a replacement for their actual names is a pet peeve for me though lol
@@Netugi Someone from Nova Scotia here, and completely agree; because Kraft dinner is Kraft dinner which also has different noodles than american mac and cheese, and when we have Mac and cheese no one I know says Kraft dinner unless we have that brand.Then NS is close to New Brunswick which is the only official bilingual province, and I personality have family from french towns here in NS and NB so we run into the French more, but we still usually say just Hello unless we know they are French because more people speak English or a completely different language in general.
I was once told by a waiter in a nice restaurant in New Orleans that I didn’t have to thank him every time he topped up my water glass. I told him I was Canadian and will indeed keep thanking him and I physically cannot stop.
Usually I end up making it worse by apologizing. 'You don't need to thank me every time I top up your water.' 'Oh sorry, I'm Canadian and do it by habit'. 😅
And measuring distance in time makes sense, because if you’re going through the city, 2km could take 20-30 minutes. But on the highway, 20-30 mins could get you 20-30km. And we might factor in traffic rush hour(s).
One thing I’ve noticed when measuring is Americans will say “one fourth of a teaspoon” and “three fourths of a cup” whereas we 🇨🇦 will say “a quarter teaspoon” and “three quarters of a cup”.
Grade 13 was only in Ontario; all the other provinces and territories ended at Gr. 12. My cousins lived in Barrie and I was in NB; boy was she mad when we graduated the same year from high school, but it equaled out at University as she only had three years needed to get her degree.
@@chrisgreek4285I wasbin the 5 year course I did not take grade13. I worked for a few years did not take University but took engineering courses at Community College.
Well, in Québec we have 11 grades (secondaire 5) then 2 years of cégep (college) before university or 3 years of professional cégep (to become a technician in something). Sorry if there are typos left, the autocorrect is French and is driving me crazy when I write in English.
Apologizing is absolutely a Canadian reflex. I am sure I'm not the only Canadian to have apologized to inanimate objects after bumping into them... Also burst out laughing at "just gonna squeeze right past ya there." I couldn't count the amount of time I've said that in my life.
i say sorry to my cat, sometimes inanimate objects. canada (especially NS) is so rough, because when you're holding the door someone tries to hold it for you and you end up fighting with kindness.
@@lmlimpoismYep. Had a woman apologize for not holding the door for me as she didn't see men when I was about 20 feet behind her (she heard me use the door and turned around).
@@carolereichert8844 most of us dont care if someone doesnt tie their shoes. We just know the outcome and think they are stupid for not tying the laces in the first place
I actually got hit with another one that is just mind-boggling to me. Was down in Florida, and at a cafeteria-style eatery. I ask the checkout person "Where can I find any plastic cutlery?" And they just deer-in-headlights me. "Flatware? ...Forks, knives, spoons?" I then get an "Oh", and with the most patronizing I'm-teaching-an-infant-how-to-speak voice possible, she says "Oh, you mean the **silverware**." And then points me to, yeah, the plastic utensils. Not one microgram of "silver" present, it's a cafeteria, not British High Tea.
@@paddington1670 according to the Cambridge Dictionary 'flatware' is US origin, but I definitely heard it when I was a kid (80s-90s) so it's not that new, just not commonly used in Canada.
I’m Canadian. As a visitor at someone’s home, taking shoes off at the door when being invited in, (even when the hosts insist to leave them on) is absolutely 100 percent correct 😂
A point on "the Canadian accent". Just like America, we have regions. Each region has it's accent. We don't all sound like Northern Ontario. All Americans do not sound like someone from Brooklyn NY or Austin TX. We don't all sound like Atlanta GA, or Chicago IL. Even my province, Nova Scotia, has a wide array of accents, be it South Shore, Caper, Valley, or whatever. Even within those regions, you can tell where they're from. Here's another Canadian giveaway: - Ketchup chips. - our "Smarties" candy is kinda like chocolate M&Ms, while yours are like a candy we call "Rockets" here. - What you call Sweet Tea we call Iced Tea. Our Iced Tea is always sweetened. - We realized long ago "All Season Tires" are a myth, just like unicorns and honesty in politics. - We hold doors open for everyone. Regardless. - We say thank you for everything. - Lastly, we hate war. We hate having to do it, so if we have to leave the ones and things we love behind, expect us to become absolute monsters in combat. We will do whatever is required to come home.
@@copyj8187 3 season tires and winter tires. There are "wintery" all seasons that are less shit, and there are "summery" all seasons which are bad at everything they do.
Fellow scotian, Absolutely on the accents. Like brits nailing exactly which city or town based on your accent, it's the same here. The most noticible nationally famous accents are probably "hoser" and "newfies". But within scotia, south shore, the islanders (cape breton), annapolis, and the various regions of HRM (Halifax regional Municipality) are probably the most distinguishable. Spryfielders, for example are immediately telling on where they're from.
Man, I embarrassed myself on my first trip to the States when I was a teenager. I got Iced Tea with my meal, and went and told the manager their machine was broken only to discover the iced tea was just unsweetened haha Then I said sorry, obviously.
I find its kinda like we understanding that the person probably didn't mean to run into you either and unless something breaks or you get hurt then the "sorry" is exactly like everyone was saying, you can think of it as like "im all good and dont really want to be bothered more right now haha"
Had surgery Friday. Thanked the nurses for everything they did. Changed my fluids? Thank you! Checked my vitals? Thank you! Helped me change? Thank you! Brought me water? Thank you so much! It was the most Canadian I've ever been in my entirely Canadian life
Bedbound in hospital after surgery, I did the same thanking, and why not? Able to reach my phone, I ordered a giant fruit creations bouquet to be delivered to that nursing station with a card, "To my wonderful nurses!"
My saying thank you for a meal has become a known thing in my family. It's not that no one else says thank you, it's just I always the first person to say it and that gets the ball rolling for everyone else. Apparently they noticed it when I was working at a camp and no one knew who was going to get the thank you's started. And then it came up again last year because at my brother's graduation brunch I walked up to a worker on our way out and thanked them for the meal (I did it because it was specifically at the federated college and set up by the college's cafeteria staff. I probably wouldn't have done it if it was at an actual restaurant.).
I don't understand how Americans never take their shoes off inside. Ya'll still get snow and rain, and even if you live in SoCal or something, the ground is still dirty lol.
For Canadians, a folder has no holes or pokey bits. A binder has rings and a hard outer shell. A duotang is a soft shell with those metal bits you spread open to hold your papers inside...like a butterfly clip or something
Sadly, too many Canadians use "beanie" now instead of the correct "toque". To me, a "beanie" will always be one of those little caps with the propellor on top. And yes, Calgary is usually pronounced "Calgry" and Toronto is often pronounced "Tronno".
I can spot an American “in the wild” in two seconds lol! They pronounce foyer, which is a French word, how it looks phonetically, pronounce roof, “ruff”, call serviettes, napkins, call kleenex, tissues, call cutlery, silverware, etc….I could go on! So many differences
I say "I'm just going to sneak past you" while trying to make myself as small as possible 😅 I didn't realize that was another one of our Canadian things 😂
Heck, we even apologize to our dogs, cats and birds. Of course, you MUST apologize to the cat because those trouble-makers keep score and "one day", you'll get their retribution when you least expect it.
The House Hippo commercial was a PSA from the 1990s, warning of the dangers of misinformation, and educating people on not believing everything you see or hear on the television or the internet.
Saying thank you to a restaurant server everytime they bring anything. I travel to the usa often and servers always ask where im from, apparently its a dead giveaway
Yes, children learn to express appreciation for a service. I once was in a diner with an acquaintance from India. I was quite surprised when he asked the 😅, "Bring me some ..." No "please". I gently explained that please should be used. Same in a taxi, but not Uber.
That's sad Americans don't thank their waiters or waitresses. I would just think it's polite. It should be said more often in the U.S. in my opinion. You can never be too polite.
A Canadian Stand-off... when 2 Canadians arrive at the door at the same time and both say "no, you go ahead". Same with at a 4-way stop in traffic. Drivers give the "go ahead" wave at the same time, both start to go, then both stop and give the wave until someone finally takes charge and just goes 😁.
A subset of this is what I call 'the Canadian shuffle' where we both try to step aside to let the other past... generally happening more than once before it qualifies as this.
@@TheElfiestElf I had this happen at a mall years ago and it went on so long the guy stepped forward, grabbed me and we started doing an exaggerated waltz! People around were taking pictures.....was hilarious. I can't help thinking that in the USA if another man just grabbed you and started dancing, someone would be shot 🙂
We have a winter fest in my hometown of Lévis, QC called Attache Ta Tuque i.e. "Fasten your tuque tightly" 😅 it's also a popular saying meaning, "buckle up"
That is definitely a courtesy thing for both of our sakes, if there is only one set of buttons and I’m next to them, I will ask what floor and press the bottom for them so they don't have to get in my personal space. I'd be surprised if Americans don't do this too.
When my family went to Yellowstone National Park when I was a teenager, we ordered gravy as a side for our meal. The waitress was so confused! And we were confused as to why she was confused. She asked why we wanted gravy. We told her it was to dip our fries. She couldn't believe it. When our food came, we made her take a fry, dip it in the gravy, and eat it. Later we saw her sitting at a table for her lunch break, and she was eating fries and gravy. 😂 You should've seen how shocked she was when she saw us dip our fries in both gravy AND ketchup!
I was visiting my in-laws in the States and when they made fries for supper, I asked if they had any vinegar. They asked why and when I said to put on my fries she brought over a huge jug of it that I struggled to lift let alone pour. They only use it for cleaning (or pickling) I was surprised because I assumed they had come across it in their many stays visiting relatives in Canada. (I love malt vinegar too) Yes, gravy on fries was a thing before poutine ever made it countrywide.
14:45 The word tuque (a Canadian French term for a winter hat) gained significant popularity thanks to the 1984 classic film La Guerre des Tuques (The Dog Who Stopped the War in English). This movie, which revolves around a group of children engaged in an epic snowball fight during winter, has become a beloved part of Canadian culture. As the title suggests, tuques are worn by the kids throughout the film, making the hat a symbol of the Canadian winter experience. For many Canadians, including those like you who watched it during primary school, the film became a memorable part of childhood, reinforcing the image of the tuque as a quintessential winter accessory. Its wide appeal also helped bring the word into greater prominence outside of Quebec, becoming a common term for winter hats across Canada. Your experience watching it back in 2010 at Cineplex Angrignon connects you to a broader tradition where generations of Canadians have grown up with this iconic movie.
I honestly have never heard or watched that movie, but use the word toque to represent winter headgear. Beanies are summer wearables that have more of a dome shaped item and often have a propeller attached or is a stuffed toy.
Canadian here. We tend to have an adverse reaction to maple syrup substitutes. You can also tell by the way we spell things, there’s a minor consistent difference you may not pay much mind to. I also usually say sorry instead of excuse me when trying to get past someone as if I’m apologizing for the inconvenience of having to get out of my way😅. Can’t forget about the classic “pencil crayons” and “pop”, and “smarties” vs “rockets” .I’ve never been able to understand wearing your shoes in the house. Every time I see a video of someone just walking through a home with their shoes on it appalls me😖
Give me Aunt Jemima syrup any day of the week. I personally find real maple syrup vile. I used to help tap trees and collect the sap so the family could make it and I couldn't eat it.
Honestly regardless of who bumped into who…the sorry you both inevitably say is more of a sorry for this inconvenience and also kinda shows them you’re okay and not upset.
In Canada a senior is someone over 65. In the UK they say "year" (i.e. year 8) rather than "grade" Actually, when I was going to high school in the 60s we had Grade 13 as well. "Washroom" is what most Canadians call a public toilet, "bathroom" is used when in a home. In the UK they call it the "toilet", "WC" or the "loo". In the US people call a "toque" a "beanie", which to us means a whole different type of hat. Many people who live in Toronto pronounce it "Trawna". Re Candy - Canadians eat "chocolate bars" whereas Americans eat "candy bars".
I never heard beanie or toque until the last Canadian Olympics. It was always a ski cap. A beanie was that awful thing I had to wear as a Brownie. Toque was a noise I'd never heard a person make before!
@@jenniferpearce1052 The French-Canadian word "toque" , first appeared in this context around 1870. The fashion is said to have originated with the coureurs de bois, French and Métis fur traders, who kept their woollen nightcaps on for warmth during cold winter days. Modern iterations may or may not have a pompom on top.
As a Canadian almost senior I had five years of high school and one year of kindergarten. My kids had two years of kindergarten and four of high school.
Funny that Duo-Tang folders were manufactured by the Duo-Tang company, founded in Chicago in 1931 but became a generic name in Canada. Say "Duo-Tang" and I know it is a folder with metal tabs/prongs as opposed to Tyler Bucket's description 🤣 "it's got three of the little grabby thingies that you bend over your papers"
@@toddstevens13 I cannot disagree with you. CBC - According to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Duo-Tang is a "proprietary" term (i.e., a company enjoys trademark protection) for a type of folder for looseleaf paper. Centis Consumer Products, which owns Duo-Tang Inc., claims that the clasping mechanism was invented by a man working in a hayloft on the outskirts of Chicago in 1932. As some of us may remember from our school days scribbling in Duo-Tangs, duo is the Latin word for "two," while tang is an Old Norse word for a sharp metal object that is fastened to a handle. A product whose name became a generic name (Kleenex = tissue) is a huge marketing gift. I don't know why the name is not well known in the US as it was a US product and is still sold on US sites as Duo-tang. I can only think that Canadians are more compliant than Americans. You sell us a product called X and we call it X ...go figure 🤣. Now that I have your attention, let's discuss U. No, not "you" but the letter U ...time to return to the correct spelling of words such as "colour" 🤣. Cheers.
As a Canadian who also lived in the US, it was quite shocking to see people eating dinner on a daily basis of plastic and paper plates. We would only do that a picnic or a big party.
I did this once in a farmers market here in Calgary and someone who was visiting from Texas observed that and remarked how odd that was. Two Canadians bumping into each other and saying 'sorry' to each other was genuinely something he didn't think was real.
I went to LA once in September..... im from Canada, and when we were there in shorts and tank tops, locals had jeans and jackets on saying to was getting chilly..... that's how they knew we were Canadian.
We were in Florida in January and were swimming in the ocean, the hotel waiter asked me if I was Canadian and I said yes, how did you know- and he said look around… NOBODY was in swimsuits or in the ocean of hotel outdoor pool… it was 78 degrees out…
Here's one better: dad was in dubai and there was an indoor ski hill. You could tell the canadians as they were the only ones skiing in shorts and a t shirt 😂😂
Yep had to have those duotangs. Several - fun part deciding which subjects got which colour. Yes whenever I hear 12, 5th,etc grade or middle school ( versus elementary school) I know I’m talking with an American Yes why people walk around the house with shoes on is just beyond me. Why you want all that street gunk all through your house and sometimes on the furniture too. Not nice. Yes we are very polite compassionate citizens 👍☺️and yes yes it’s Calgry 2 syllables. Yeah you got it 👍
There is an American Clerk at a Store I go to, 1 Day she accidently dropped the Money I handed her I said I'm sorry, She loudly responded what are you sorry for I'm the one that dropped it, me being caught off gaurd I said I'm Canadian. She looked at me like I was a lunatic, I went home and laughed my Butt off. I knew it was a dumb reply, I had never been confronted over Apologising 😂.
I hate being scolded for apologizing! It just triggers an apology / scolding loop. "I'm sorry" "don't be sorry" "oh... sorry about that." "stop saying sorry! "aaaaah! I'm sorry!!!!!"
@@rosered103 It was an American Clerk working in Canada, her Southern accent and calling every one Darling is an easy giveaway to knowing what Country she's from. She is a kind and helpful Clerk, I think I threw her for a loop when I said I'm sorry, I'm sure her Co-Workers told her it's a Canadian thing. lol If you're able to laugh at yourself it makes Life a lot easier.
@@WayneShulson I was working at The Westin in Calgary a woman from southern US was checking in with our clerk from New Zealand and the lady said, 'Oh is that how yall talk here?'
My Yankee husband and I were in a Walmart in Lethbridge. He was irritated at standing in line while the cashier chatted up the person in front of us. He was loud. He asked me where the restroom was. The person ahead of us, the cashier and I all pointed to the restroom with the very large signage directly across from the cash register. He tsked us and stormed off. I laughed. When it was my turn to check out the cashier asked if he was American. 🤣🤣🤣
@@brianbenoit6883 _“That kind of behaviour was part of the culture shock I endured when I immigrated from_ [sic] _Canada to Alberta.”_ 🤣🤣🤣 Indeed. Alberta is a country made entirely of its own arrogant self-importance. And it's contagious to immigrants… be warned and remain vigilant, least ye become one of them. 🙃 Back during Expo86, Alberta had a rather amusing tourism catchphrase at its Expo pavilion: _“Alberta: Beyond the supernatural.”_ It was a play on BC tourism's catchphrase: _“Super Natural British Columbia.”_ I often quipped then (and still do today), that Alberta was certainly _‘beyond the supernatural’_ … it was _outside the realm of reality all together._ 🤔😂 BTW, it's _emigrate,_ not _immigrate._ One doesn't _immigrate from_ a place, you _immigrate to_ a place. i.e: You _emigrated from_ Canada to Alberta… or you _immigrated to_ Alberta from Canada. Cheers from the _‘wet coast’._
Yes, taking off shoes is polite so that you don't bring in dirt, mud, grime and bacteria from outside and spread it throughout the house but also because it is inconsiderate and disrespectful to the home owner to make extra work to have to clean the floors.
I stayed at an airbnb room in california. I always took my shoes off and left them by the door. Their review of me on airbnb mentioned it, it stood out so much to them.
I have a story to tell. I was in Mexico with my friend many years ago. Had a great time. But one time, when I got out of the shower, I fell. I hit my head on the door stop. I ended up with a nasty cut on my head, above my eye (don't remember which one). I had to get a doctor to stitch me up.Cost me $250 US (I had American money on me). All was well. Later, when my friend and I was touring Tulum, I encountered a woman from Ohio. She asked me what happened, because she saw the bandage on my head. I explained what happened. She asked me if I was going to sue. I was confused, because why would I do that? It was a simple accident. She said, "Of course you wouldn't. You are Canadian". I was never so confused in my life. (I get it these days. But we are not a sue happy country like the USA. At least not yet)
Yeah, I had a minor disagreement with an employer. Americans gave me the advice that a law suit would solve my problem. No. That would replace one stress with another, larger one. Instead we talked it over.
@@OgreProgrammer we're going way off topic here, but there is a very important cultural divide between the US and Canada in this regard. The American notion of being heroic is to "not take any $#1t" and "kick someone's @$$." It's reflected in the national anthem, and it was the literal birth of their nation. On the macro scale, if you have something the Americans want and refuse to sell it to them, they'll invade you and take it. On the micro scale, if someone bullies you in school or cuts you off in traffic, you sue them or shoot them. It's a fundamental difference in how we view heroics.
Greatest Canadian insult: saying "You're welcome" to someone when you hold the door for them and the don't say thank you as they walk by, they know they just got slapped in the face.
@@ExploringInterests Ha! I am in the U.S. right now and just did that today when I held the door for an entire family and they just walked through. So I said, "Thank you." for them. I am not even sure they heard me.
Sometimes they have weird reactions to it. Years and years ago an American man insinuated I was hitting on him because I was holding the door open 😂some other people I met had similar experiences so it wasn't a one off😂
I used to work in a sporting goods store, and we had two Americans stop by on their way to camping. As this was early spring, we told them to make sure and sleep with their heads inside the tents because there were a lot of toques out this time of year and they wouldn't want one attaching itself to their head while they were sleeping. 😆 They had no clue what a toque was and assumed it to be some kind of animal. When they left, we shouted, "Beware the wooly toques!"
A Duotang is a brand name for a type of folder. Inside the folder, there are three metal fasteners (or prongs) that can hold punched papers securely. The prongs can be bent to open and close, allowing for easy addition or removal of pages.
Beyond a brand name, it's also a description-of-function. There are two (duo) metal bars (tangs) that split apart to hold the papers in place, it's what the metal fasteners are called.
"easy" removal of pages? from the back only. It's the worst invention for children to learn to organize a binder. Just skip duotangs and get your children 3 ring binders, dont torture them with duotangs.
I'm so old that I print large pdf documents, because my brain assimilates things better from paper than from a screen, somehow. Duotangs are perfect for holding things like that, but admittedly a pain in the butt if you need to access a single sheet.
@@paddington1670 Oh, yes, I remember this aggravation. Especially in grade 6, my teacher would give us a bunch of papers with assignments and exercises to complete. Then days later she would ask us to hand in one page for marking. That page was always in the middle of the bunch which meant taking all the rest out and then having to put them back in.
The senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman is usually the biggest difference when I talk to Americans. We don’t use those terms. Not even for university or college students. We use First Year, Second Year, etc. for uni.
I actually asked an American friend to explain it to me cause I would hear the terms on American tv and movies. I figured out senior and freshman but sophomore and junior eluded me.
Yes, taking off shoes is polite so that you don't bring in dirt, mud, grime and bacteria from outside and spread it throughout the house but also because it is inconsiderate and disrespectful to the home owner to make extra work to have to clean the floors. My mom had a fit if one of us kids did not take our shoes off when visiting someone else's home or if she just washed the floors in our house and we walked over them with shoes left on.
Yes, taking off shoes is polite so that you don't bring in dirt, dust and bacteria from outside and spread it throughout the house but also because it is disrespectful to make extra work for the home owner to clean the floors.
it's just logical, primary instead of kindergarden, which is whatever, grade 0 basically. Then grade 1-12, then you're done. no switching it up. you should be able to count to 100 by the end of first grade.
It's primary in the east and kindergarten in the west. I was born in nova Scotia and went to primary. But my kids were born in the west and went to kindergarten.
@@crooker2I’ve always heard people use primary school and elementary school interchangeably to mean junior kindergarten through to grade 6. Junior kindergarten and senior kindergarten are a part of primary/elementary school.
To answer your question about washrooms. In the far east of Canada where I live, I hear it all. The most common one is washroom but Toilet and Bathroom are also used regurlarly. We never hear restroom though. I think Toilet is mostly used by the french speakers when speaking english (our population in my town is probably 70% french) so asking "Can I use your toilet?" Is often used. If I were to put them in order of most to least used, I would say Washroom, bathroom, toilet and then Restroom (on ocasion, we live close to US border so we get americans coming accross to shop and stuff.
The free channels cbc and ctv aired it AFAIK, like "this program you watched is fiction". Basically if you watched TV after-school, you would see the commercial.
Yes, and even the way you pronounce it is a dead giveaway. I was in a bar in Washington state and I said “sorry “. A guy at the next table said, “oh you’re from Canada “. We say sore-E and Americans say “sari”. I get called out all the time:)
Now that I have seen this video, I realized that I act more American than Canadian, but I was raised in Canada. I’m wondering if my mom and dad lied about my birth place.
Tyler, re: house hippos, idk if anyone explained this to you before, but the house hippo PSA is actually an important message to (mainly) kids about not believing everything the media tells you, even if it may look legit... question and look further into things before jumping on them as fact, rather than just based on face value.
I have a house hippo. She has her own basket with dryer lint and odds 'n' sods. There is also a Part 2 to the House Hippo PSA that was released only a few years ago.
I loved the 'house hippos' commercial as a kid, it really helped teach me to not believe everything I hear and see; to use my critical thinking from an early age.
I'm Canadian. One time while I was walking in the aisle of a grocery store, another shopper walked in my direction & we both looked at each other. Neither of us did anything wrong, but we both spontaneously apologized for no reason!!! It was the MOST Canadian thing! 🍁🤣🛒😂
That's what I called my male teachers all through elementary and high school as well. Although we called our female teachers, Ms, Miss, or Mrs So-and-so, all our male teachers were Sir.
As a Canadian who visited Boston recently, I asked a waiter how big a lobster roll was and he answered me in ounces. I think I stared at him for a good twenty seconds before asking him to show me with his lands instead.
@@robcampbell6099 1. I don't. 2. I don't think of one specific dish when talking about general food measurements. 3 Ribs tend to be by rack or half rack in most places. 🤷🏻♀️ There is a lot more food out there than just steak and beer.
@SMKollapse LOL you believe what you wish. I have lived in 4 different provinces and when it comes to meat and most often drinks its measured in ounces and grams. have a look at a menu next time you eat out. you will find ounces more often than not. Baking uses alot of ml's and cups of thats your argument.
@@Salicat99 Yes, OAC (Ontario Academic Course or Curriculum) and Grade 13 were interchangeable. Grade 13/OAC if you want to go to University, or graduate at grade 12 if you want to go to college.
@@imisstoronto3121 I think they got rid of grade 13 in 1988 or 89, and replaced it with OAC, which is practically the same. I don't know when they finally removed OAC after that.
I'm so confused now. I have lived in Calgary for almost 17 years, and I have NEVER heard someone not pronounce the second a. Unless they had like, a heavy accent or something.
@@ToworshipHIMilive1 I am from Western Canada. If you see that someone's laces have come undone you might mention it to save them from tripping but what they do is their own business and no one is going to stare at them. That is nonsense.
I must admit I kind of done it a few times automatically. It is more when the person looks like they are not used to having their shoe laces untied, or are carrying things and are at serious risk to tripping.
I'm Canadian and will stare at your untied shoelaces but will probably not say anything just incase you are aware and purposely left it that way but if i do say something it will be kinda blurted out
We could use the expression 'oh, she's in the 12th Grade' too. But never 'sophomore' or 'senior' high school, etc. We would say bathroom when there is a bath in the room, otherwise we'll say 'washroom' or 'powder room'. Could I squeeze by you for a sec, please? Yep, I've said that many times. BTW, yes, we call it a 'toque' or 'tuque', however, we don't say the ball on top, we call it a 'pom pom' ... like the cheerleaders use.
"Can I squeeze by you for a sec, please?" is something I have said so many times. And it's not even really a question. You're more or less telling someone that you're passing them
A binder has the hard metal snap circle, a duotang has the bendy metal tabs and a folder has neither. For distance, I would never say 10 kilometers. I'd either say about 10 minutes or I'd say 10 clicks.
I'm Canadian, and I've been told by American relatives that they think it's weird that we'll say how far one place is from another by the amount of time it takes to travel the distance, instead of the actual distance.
As a Canadian living in Canada for my whole life, I will explain some of these. 1. A duotang is a 3 clip folder, it’s like a binder but in a folder form. We use it to sort papers. Surely not a weapon 😂 2. Some or most Canadians do know about the USA calling it Senior, Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman year, but we all call it Grade 1, 2, 3, 12 etc. 3. Yes we do take off our shoes, I don’t really know why, I can’t explain this, it differs depending on some people but most people here take off their shoes just because we’e used to it 4. Yes we do say sorry for everything 😂 Even inanimate objects that aren’t living. Just a Canadian habit to say sorry even if it isn’t our fault 5. Some people do say bathroom, it differs depending on each person, but yeah we also say Washroom and yes we have a laundry room. 6. Our measurement system is infact different from USA. We use km/hr, cm, and Celsius for temperature, I forgot what the US uses for measurement but for temperature you guys use Fahrenheit. And we do also measure distance using time.
You know he’s American, because he heard “duotang at school” and thought it was a weapon 💀
A Duotang is a type of 3 ring binder but more like a folder.
😂😂😂😂
Lol
Bro thinks it's a katana or something💀
@jonathonsas1607 I mean I may be Biased as a Canadian - but what the fuk dude - Canada is apart of the Americas. What even is “American” when we (Canada) are North American not north OF America 😂😂😂😂 and a duotang is PRAWNG based with an eyelet accompanying it - not a binder, which does utilize rings. Don’t believe everything u see kid.
Shoes off is 100% mandatory. Shoes are dirty. We call it a bathroom at home, because it has a bath. In public it's a washroom, because there's no bath.
not everyone in Canada makes people follow that rule. I am one of them. However, I would be respectful of anyone in their own home who wishes it.
Never a restroom because thats not a place for a nap... lol
Imagine walking in from the with wet boots and walking all over someone's polished hardwood floor!
Our swiffer sheets will show dog hair or human hair, never dirt.
I always thought it was most polite to take off shoes and then a friend told me dirt can be cleaned but sweat from smelly socks cannot be cleaned from the carpet. LOL
@@TraceyMush Ohh that's true. Still, if I'm choosing between slush, socks, and bare feet on carpet, I think I'd still go with socks though. Though come to think of it I do have some friends whose feet smell pretty bad and they'd bring a change of socks sometimes lol.
We only call folders with the bendable metal clips down the middle "Duotangs." The ones with just the pockets are "folders." The ones with rings that can hold more paper are "binders."
@DragoonPhooenix lol I haven't used them in so long I forgot about them until this video
I've always heard it pronounced more like "dEWuh-TAng" than "dew-oh-tang" - almost like we pronounce it as two syllables, in Ontario at least
@@creatievzyn It's the same for me living in Nova Scotia.
Binders?
Are they still made by the Duo-Tang company? Their logo would be embossed in the back cover.
Even more Canadian than apologizing when someone bumps into you: apologizing when you bump into an inanimate object (table, chair, wall, etc.)
I catch myself doing this at home alone sometimes. So weird lol.
I totally do this ALL. THE. TIME!!!🤣
All the time! I did this once at a store in the US, the lady next to me looked at me like I was nuts, I just smiled and said "I'm Canadian"
I routinely say “excuse me” when I sneeze even when no one is home.
I worked at Starbucks and it was very busy and two customers on the other side of the counter bumped into each other, and I said sorry! Haha. Definitely realized that day how deeply Canadianisms are programmed in.
Greatest Canadian insult: saying "You're welcome" to someone when you hold the door for them and the don't say thank you as they walk by, they know they just got slapped in the face.
So real!! I never say “you’re welcome”, I only every say “no problem”, “no worries”, or “all good”. Saying “you’re welcome” just feels like you’re saying “yea you should be thanking me!” Whereas the other options are more like “oh you don’t even have to thank me, I’m just happy to help!” (Of course, if they didn’t thank me it would be weird).
@@shaengoodall1091 Omg! i thought i was the only person who thought that lol
The greatest insult a Canadian can dish out is calling someone a goof. We all know this to be true. Americans, pray you do not anger us to that point.
@@ExploringInterests Perhaps I betrayed my lineage, then 😝 Maybe it's a west coast thing? Originally from Vancouver. I just recently moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario.
I get annoyed by people who don’t wave back acknowledging that I thanked them in traffic for letting me in. Not thanking someone who holds the door for you is unforgivable.
One giveaway I've been called out for when visiting the US, thanking the bus driver when getting off the bus, sometimes even yelling it from the back door.
I was in Seattle for an event, and needed to take a bus. When getting off, I said "Thank You" to the driver, he responded with "well, you're Canadian"
Yes, everyone in BC hollers “thank you” when getting off the bus, even from the very back. It’s kind of funny but nice.
Oh, good grief,
Why wouldn't you thank the bus driver.
In los angeles most ppl say thanks as well. At least routes I take.
Oh man so true it's probably a commonwealth thing because when I was in New Zealand they did it as well. I felt very much at home hopping off the bus saying thank you. 😂 i'm not sure about other places but in Vancouver the religious lining up for the bus I mean places like schools and institutions it could be a half a block long, a perfectly formed line absolutely no one would dare jump the line. They would be mutiny.
I also thank taxi drivers, train conductors...
Oh - I have another one! No Canadian would say they are going to "fix" dinner - we always say either "make" or "prepare". When Americans say, "I'm going to fix lunch", I always think - "Why? Was it broken?"
Lol. I use make it prepare ... never fix. I'm Canadian lol
I use "fix".
As a Canadian, I have often heard and used "fix" dinner...
Fix or not... No American will ever fix KRAFT DINNER. :)
Also I hear Supper from my older Canadian fam members. They never say dinner
"What is a duotang?" Is a question I thought no one would ever ask 😭
i moved to canada in 5th grade elementary and i'm ESL (elementary is like the only place i heard it being used, never in middle or hs), i was absolutely baffled when i heard that a word such as "duotang" exists
That’s because duotangs are only really used in elementary school
Bathroom at home. Washroom in public. Never restroom unless visiting the USA.
Can agree with that, am also Canadian
i disagree, i use both washroom and bathroom anywhere, i dont really use restroom
In the middle east and south east Asia it is known as CR ...comfort room ! just sayin ! lol
Not entirely.
Bathroom has a bath and/or shower.
Washroom for rooms that only have a toilet and a sink.
I'd never say "Where is your bathroom" if I was at a friend's house. If a friend asked that of me at my house, I'd immediately say "are you going to have a bath?"
And yes, Restroom is never ever used, but Canadians are aware of it and would understand. Same goes for "loo". One that might baffle some Canadians is "water closet" which is a british thing.
This is so true. Bathroom is casual and washroom is "polite"
Saying, “Yeah…no…for sure!” and all of us knowing what it means.
I love this one because it's kind of recent like in the last 10 years but it's very prevalent all across the country.
@@wendytube007 its been a thing in bc for at least 20 years
😂😂😂 Exactly
Yeah, but no, y'know 😅
“No, yeah” means yes and “yeah, no” means no
We even have a law in Canada where saying sorry is not considered an admission of guilt due to the cultural habit of saying sorry. Hi from Ottawa!
That is a true fact about Canada. Politicians frequently apologize to different groups of people who have abused in the past despite them having done no real or intential harm to those people.
At the federal level and also in the provincial laws of BC and Ontario...
I believe that's an ontarian provincial law
One of the reasons we take our shoes off is because of winter. When we come back from outside our shoes/boots are all wet and dirty and nobody likes a wet and dirty floor. Also the politeness
Doctors could not say sorry if something went wrong because it could be used in court as evidence of malpractice. A lot of times the patient simply wanted an apology without assigning blame.
Most of them are so much true, and surely the "we wait ages before taking the last candy in the bowl, preferably at night" its just so true for me
Apologizing when someone bumps into us is like apologizing for being in their way.
Yes. Exactly lol
To be fair, the bump-er will usually apologize too, not just the bump-ee.
@Vio-ot4ft 100% "oh my gosh, I'm so sorry" "No you're okay! I'm sorry, I was in your way" "No No I was in your way too haha, have a good day!"
"Thank you : )"
"Thank you : )"
Is basically how 90% of interactions go when someone bumps into another.
The other 10% is just the bump-ee accepting the apology without apologizing themselves but reassuring you all is good
@@PragmaticBLTthis is exactly how this Manitoban has things go down…
@@PragmaticBLTabsolutely nailed 90% of my interactions using the overly crowded apartment elevator in Toronto
As a Canadian, I've always wondered how your third year of doing something could be your "junior" year. It's really counter-intuitive.
Right?? Doesn't it seem backward, that they should have the bigger words/names after Junior and Senior???
I always thought 'junior' was grade 8 Had that one wrong, never would have guessed it to be grade 11.
“Senior” was intuitive enough, at least since in French schools we’ll say “finissant(e)” for 12th graders, but the other names always confused me when watching American TV.
@InoraPhoenix I'm in a French school and we don't even have twelfth grade...
@@alexandraw909 Why would the length of the word have anything to do with it? So bizarre. But the freshman is fresh. The sophomore is showing a little learning (look up the soph- root), then junior being lower or younger than the senior or the elder. It's logical.
Canadians ask for the “bill” when paying for their meal at a restaurant. A “Cheque” is one way to pay the bill.
Also props for 'cheque' vs 'check'.
I would ask for either honestly.😊
@@STB_666wait do people actually spell it as check?
@@violeterror500 Americans spell cheque as check.
@@donnawilson559 oh ok thanks!
I'm not Canadian, so I'm not an expert, but I've noticed a few since I've lived here. I really love Canadians; they are polite, considerate, friendly and thoughtful.
Canadians don't drink Soda; they drink Pop.
Canadians use eh a lot after their sentences. You've had a great time. Eh? You really like them chocolates, Eh?
In words like out or about that have the ou combination, the o is pronounced more like an o than an a.
Words ending in t and d have a blunt emphasis in that last letter, and it really sounds like a sharp t.
The letter z is called zed as opposed to zee
Canadians don't eat macaroni and cheese; they eat Kraft dinner
Canadians talk about the weather with every person they meet. It is such a polite, uncontroversial theme for small talk.
Children only take 1 candy when they go trick-or-treating.
Canadians greet people they don't know with "Hello/bonjour!" to give them the chance to choose the language they want to use.
We do eat Macaroni and cheese but it's usually homemade. KD is KD.
I say Mac and cheese
I live out in BC, about as far from Quebec as you can go, and honestly French is pretty uncommon here. It's taught in schools of course, but besides English, in your daily life you're gonna hear people speaking Punjabi or Chinese or what-have-you far more often than French.
Also saying Kraft dinner as a replacement for mac and cheese is fighting words for me, unless you're literally having that brand of mac and cheese. Using brand names as a replacement for their actual names is a pet peeve for me though lol
@@Netugi Someone from Nova Scotia here, and completely agree; because Kraft dinner is Kraft dinner which also has different noodles than american mac and cheese, and when we have Mac and cheese no one I know says Kraft dinner unless we have that brand.Then NS is close to New Brunswick which is the only official bilingual province, and I personality have family from french towns here in NS and NB so we run into the French more, but we still usually say just Hello unless we know they are French because more people speak English or a completely different language in general.
Kraft Dinner is out of a bad and macaroni and cheese, or Mac and cheese, is homemade or not Kraft lol. Interesting.
I was once told by a waiter in a nice restaurant in New Orleans that I didn’t have to thank him every time he topped up my water glass. I told him I was Canadian and will indeed keep thanking him and I physically cannot stop.
Usually I end up making it worse by apologizing. 'You don't need to thank me every time I top up your water.' 'Oh sorry, I'm Canadian and do it by habit'. 😅
@@STB_666 yes! I’m sorry. My husband is American and it makes him laugh every time I apologize.
I'd be the same, for sure.
it's so true. I would apologize for saying thank you and then keep saying thank you. lol
I can’t stop it just is instinct
If a Canadian gets bumped into, our first thought is that we must be somewhere we shouldn’t be. So we apologize instantly.
And measuring distance in time makes sense, because if you’re going through the city, 2km could take 20-30 minutes. But on the highway, 20-30 mins could get you 20-30km.
And we might factor in traffic rush hour(s).
If we bump, you apologize for bumping me and I apologize for being in your way. Mutual acknowledge of fault and then we move on.
@@ms-literary6320 💯% agreed👍
Sorry, I zigged when I should have zagged.
We say "Sorry" so much, that they legally made it so that the word can't be taken as an admission of guilt in a legal context.
One thing I’ve noticed when measuring is Americans will say “one fourth of a teaspoon” and “three fourths of a cup” whereas we 🇨🇦 will say “a quarter teaspoon” and “three quarters of a cup”.
Or maybe mls and grams
Oh, I had never noticed that before, but you are correct!
@@melissawhite218And yesterday I saw a video of a person measuring “three fourths of an inch”. 😁
I mentioned that one in another comment as well. Definitely quarters instead of forths.
Absolutely correct. We all say our measurements corretly in Canada eh!
Gets crazier, as we used to have Grade 13 for people on a university tract, and grade 12 typically ended up in college or straight to work.
Grade 13 was only in Ontario; all the other provinces and territories ended at Gr. 12. My cousins lived in Barrie and I was in NB; boy was she mad when we graduated the same year from high school, but it equaled out at University as she only had three years needed to get her degree.
@@chrisgreek4285I wasbin the 5 year course I did not take grade13. I worked for a few years did not take University but took engineering courses at Community College.
Well, in Québec we have 11 grades (secondaire 5) then 2 years of cégep (college) before university or 3 years of professional cégep (to become a technician in something). Sorry if there are typos left, the autocorrect is French and is driving me crazy when I write in English.
No it's not to be triggering an apology, it's truly meaning I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention and could have just moved out of the way so easily
Apologizing is absolutely a Canadian reflex. I am sure I'm not the only Canadian to have apologized to inanimate objects after bumping into them...
Also burst out laughing at "just gonna squeeze right past ya there." I couldn't count the amount of time I've said that in my life.
i say sorry to my cat, sometimes inanimate objects. canada (especially NS) is so rough, because when you're holding the door someone tries to hold it for you and you end up fighting with kindness.
@@lmlimpoismYep. Had a woman apologize for not holding the door for me as she didn't see men when I was about 20 feet behind her (she heard me use the door and turned around).
I've apologized to inanimate objects as well.
I once walked into a wall and said “Oh whoops! I’m so sorry!” And then realized what I did and just looked at the wall thinking “what the…”
LOL the way he said, "if you're saying 'sarry,'"... 😅 like yes, but not like that
Canadian here: We stare until you tie your laces because until you do we won't stop worrying about you tripping and hurting yourself.
curious where you are - out west we would politely mention it
Na. We don't really care if they trip.
Alberta - most of us care if you trip.
@@carolereichert8844 most of us dont care if someone doesnt tie their shoes. We just know the outcome and think they are stupid for not tying the laces in the first place
@@ce3547if they trip it’ll just be funny as f
I actually got hit with another one that is just mind-boggling to me. Was down in Florida, and at a cafeteria-style eatery. I ask the checkout person "Where can I find any plastic cutlery?" And they just deer-in-headlights me. "Flatware? ...Forks, knives, spoons?"
I then get an "Oh", and with the most patronizing I'm-teaching-an-infant-how-to-speak voice possible, she says "Oh, you mean the **silverware**." And then points me to, yeah, the plastic utensils. Not one microgram of "silver" present, it's a cafeteria, not British High Tea.
FLATWARE?! what in sam H.E. double hockey stick is that? some kind of new flip flop invention?
Try asking for a serviette.
Admittedly that might just be us old folks:)
Yup, I asked for cutlery in Virginia and got a uh-wha? Also pecan pie (not pee-can but p'c-con)
@@paddington1670 according to the Cambridge Dictionary 'flatware' is US origin, but I definitely heard it when I was a kid (80s-90s) so it's not that new, just not commonly used in Canada.
pretty sure you were just dealing with a moron. americans say cutlery....i think lol im assuming.
I’m Canadian. As a visitor at someone’s home, taking shoes off at the door when being invited in, (even when the hosts insist to leave them on) is absolutely 100 percent correct 😂
A point on "the Canadian accent". Just like America, we have regions. Each region has it's accent. We don't all sound like Northern Ontario.
All Americans do not sound like someone from Brooklyn NY or Austin TX. We don't all sound like Atlanta GA, or Chicago IL.
Even my province, Nova Scotia, has a wide array of accents, be it South Shore, Caper, Valley, or whatever. Even within those regions, you can tell where they're from.
Here's another Canadian giveaway:
- Ketchup chips.
- our "Smarties" candy is kinda like chocolate M&Ms, while yours are like a candy we call "Rockets" here.
- What you call Sweet Tea we call Iced Tea. Our Iced Tea is always sweetened.
- We realized long ago "All Season Tires" are a myth, just like unicorns and honesty in politics.
- We hold doors open for everyone. Regardless.
- We say thank you for everything.
- Lastly, we hate war. We hate having to do it, so if we have to leave the ones and things we love behind, expect us to become absolute monsters in combat. We will do whatever is required to come home.
There are no all season tires. There are winter tires and non-winter tires.
@@copyj8187 3 season tires and winter tires. There are "wintery" all seasons that are less shit, and there are "summery" all seasons which are bad at everything they do.
Fellow scotian, Absolutely on the accents. Like brits nailing exactly which city or town based on your accent, it's the same here. The most noticible nationally famous accents are probably "hoser" and "newfies". But within scotia, south shore, the islanders (cape breton), annapolis, and the various regions of HRM (Halifax regional Municipality) are probably the most distinguishable. Spryfielders, for example are immediately telling on where they're from.
Man, I embarrassed myself on my first trip to the States when I was a teenager. I got Iced Tea with my meal, and went and told the manager their machine was broken only to discover the iced tea was just unsweetened haha
Then I said sorry, obviously.
New brunswick here, our accents around the province sound nothing like what he did 💀💀
The number of times I've apologized to a tree, a door, a light pole, etc. for bumping into it...
I get this lol
same!
Me too lol
So me.
I feel like the tree, door, or light pole really needs to know how much I'm not mad at it though lol
Saying sorry if you bump into someone is equivalent to “pardon me” or “excuse me”
Saying sorry if someone bumps into you is equivalent to "no harm done, carry on."
We also say "sorry" when we bump into inanimate objects.
@@nancyhastings-trew6106 I'm Canadian, I beat up objects when I bump into them lol.
I find its kinda like we understanding that the person probably didn't mean to run into you either and unless something breaks or you get hurt then the "sorry" is exactly like everyone was saying, you can think of it as like "im all good and dont really want to be bothered more right now haha"
sorry, can I get by you please... thanks... have a good one ❤
this video taught me what a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior mean in amarican
I assumed junior was gr10 and sophomore was gr 11. sophomore sounds sophisticated
Had surgery Friday. Thanked the nurses for everything they did.
Changed my fluids? Thank you!
Checked my vitals? Thank you!
Helped me change? Thank you!
Brought me water? Thank you so much!
It was the most Canadian I've ever been in my entirely Canadian life
Bedbound in hospital after surgery, I did the same thanking, and why not? Able to reach my phone, I ordered a giant fruit creations bouquet to be delivered to that nursing station with a card, "To my wonderful nurses!"
My saying thank you for a meal has become a known thing in my family. It's not that no one else says thank you, it's just I always the first person to say it and that gets the ball rolling for everyone else. Apparently they noticed it when I was working at a camp and no one knew who was going to get the thank you's started. And then it came up again last year because at my brother's graduation brunch I walked up to a worker on our way out and thanked them for the meal (I did it because it was specifically at the federated college and set up by the college's cafeteria staff. I probably wouldn't have done it if it was at an actual restaurant.).
Its our health care when you need it its there and no charge for meals..
Nurse here. I can’t tell you how many times I give someone an injection of medication and they thank me for it. 🤣
@@joygernautm6641 we appreciate youuuu
I actually think wearing your shoes in the house is very rude. It’s like you think the house is dirty therefore you keep your shoes on.
No, that's not it at all. People take off their shoes so they don't track dirt, mud, snow into someone's house.
No, it's cuz it's dirty in the house. That's the reason I've been told to leave my shoes on. Usually young guys. 😂
Canadian. My buddy never cleans his floors so he insists we leave them on.
My household has two cats and a dog. Our floors ARE dirty, no matter how often we clean, lol.
I tell my guests to leave their shoes on when my floors are dirty.
Canadian are trained to take off their shoes. This is because of snow, you don't want to track it into someone house and ruin the hardwood floors.
When my British relatives see shoes lined neatly by the door, they know the Canadians have arrived.
Plus we can end up tracking in snow AND mud on the same day lol
And salt! lol
@spigette THE SAAAAAALT!!! So much tears, for so many reasons!! 😅😅😅😢😢😢
I don't understand how Americans never take their shoes off inside. Ya'll still get snow and rain, and even if you live in SoCal or something, the ground is still dirty lol.
Say 'excuse me' when you pass in front of someone at the grocery store.
For Canadians, a folder has no holes or pokey bits. A binder has rings and a hard outer shell. A duotang is a soft shell with those metal bits you spread open to hold your papers inside...like a butterfly clip or something
Yesss you got it
Yep! Folders only have pockets.
The lil clippies in duotangs are brads ^_^
Yes! Exactly!
Yup
Sadly, too many Canadians use "beanie" now instead of the correct "toque". To me, a "beanie" will always be one of those little caps with the propellor on top. And yes, Calgary is usually pronounced "Calgry" and Toronto is often pronounced "Tronno".
And Newfoundland is always pronounced wrong lol
I have never heard that, and I work with people in both locations.
@@jenniferdnoseworthy2348 But newfoundlanders don't really care how you say it.
Newffenland
@@paddington1670 With the accent on "land".
The fuzzy ball on a toque is called a pompom.
Yes, thank you. Not all toques have pompoms.
I won't wear a toque without a pom pom
Americans call the toque without pompom a Beanie.
The pompom was added to protect sailors from hitting their heads on the ship's low ceilings.
Everyone in this thread is spelling tuque wrong
I can spot an American “in the wild” in two seconds lol! They pronounce foyer, which is a French word, how it looks phonetically, pronounce roof, “ruff”, call serviettes, napkins, call kleenex, tissues, call cutlery, silverware, etc….I could go on! So many differences
I say "I'm just going to sneak past you" while trying to make myself as small as possible 😅 I didn't realize that was another one of our Canadian things 😂
Or like whoop pardon meee
@@MC-jg9lh omg yes!!!! 🤣 I say "Whoop" all of the time hahaha
Or scootch past.....
I think this is also common in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Heck, we even apologize to our dogs, cats and birds. Of course, you MUST apologize to the cat because those trouble-makers keep score and "one day", you'll get their retribution when you least expect it.
OMG The cat is the one I apologize to the most. More than my mother!
😂😂😂 Cats are deserving, man
Ain't that the truth.
Well they do have built in murder mittens 😂
I even apologize and say “sorry” to an inanimate object if I stumble/bump into it 😆
Using the word eavestrough instead of gutter is what outed me as a Canadian.
Gutter is for bowling or dirty minds. 😂
I think I say "eaves" but not the others
As a Canadian, in my 34 years of life I've never heard that word once. I've always heard gutter.
lol i also say eavestrough.
Gutters are where drunks fall into on their way home
The House Hippo commercial was a PSA from the 1990s, warning of the dangers of misinformation, and educating people on not believing everything you see or hear on the television or the internet.
Unless the bumper is explicitly aggressive, both bumper and bumpee usually say sorry at the same time.
Bonus if they both say “oop, sorry” 🤣 my fav is when I go to a movie and say “you too” when they tell me to enjoy the show lmao
Saying thank you to a restaurant server everytime they bring anything.
I travel to the usa often and servers always ask where im from, apparently its a dead giveaway
Yes, children learn to express appreciation for a service.
I once was in a diner with an acquaintance from India. I was quite surprised when he asked the 😅, "Bring me some ..." No "please". I gently explained that please should be used. Same in a taxi, but not Uber.
Hmm because I say "thank you" to servers all the time I didn't think it was that odd or unusual. 🤷
Really! I thought that was just common courtesy.
I get spotted as a Canadian for this as well.
That's sad Americans don't thank their waiters or waitresses. I would just think it's polite. It should be said more often in the U.S. in my opinion. You can never be too polite.
A Canadian Stand-off... when 2 Canadians arrive at the door at the same time and both say "no, you go ahead". Same with at a 4-way stop in traffic. Drivers give the "go ahead" wave at the same time, both start to go, then both stop and give the wave until someone finally takes charge and just goes 😁.
A subset of this is what I call 'the Canadian shuffle' where we both try to step aside to let the other past... generally happening more than once before it qualifies as this.
@TheElfiestElf That happened to me yesterday while shopping 😆
@@TheElfiestElf I had this happen at a mall years ago and it went on so long the guy stepped forward, grabbed me and we started doing an exaggerated waltz! People around were taking pictures.....was hilarious. I can't help thinking that in the USA if another man just grabbed you and started dancing, someone would be shot 🙂
Around here, we refer to that as a "Canadian Polite Fight" 😂🇨🇦 You go ahead, No no you first. No please I insist, you first, etc...lol
We have a winter fest in my hometown of Lévis, QC called Attache Ta Tuque i.e. "Fasten your tuque tightly" 😅 it's also a popular saying meaning, "buckle up"
Canadians (depending on the city) will ask people coming onto an elevator what floor button they want pushed.
That is definitely a courtesy thing for both of our sakes, if there is only one set of buttons and I’m next to them, I will ask what floor and press the bottom for them so they don't have to get in my personal space. I'd be surprised if Americans don't do this too.
So true!
The house hippo is to teach people about media awarness and not to believe everything on the internet
SHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
don't spread the real reason behind house hippo's to the rest of the world they are real
@@alexandraw909 hahahahahahaahaha
@@alexandraw909 😂😂😂😂
But they're such cute pets, so we all got one... or more
When my family went to Yellowstone National Park when I was a teenager, we ordered gravy as a side for our meal. The waitress was so confused! And we were confused as to why she was confused. She asked why we wanted gravy. We told her it was to dip our fries. She couldn't believe it. When our food came, we made her take a fry, dip it in the gravy, and eat it. Later we saw her sitting at a table for her lunch break, and she was eating fries and gravy. 😂 You should've seen how shocked she was when she saw us dip our fries in both gravy AND ketchup!
I have shocked friends while eating ketchup with my fries and gravy. It is not always a widely done thing in Canada.
@@tohrurikku My daughter mixes her gravy and ketchup together, then dips her fries in it.
I was visiting my in-laws in the States and when they made fries for supper, I asked if they had any vinegar. They asked why and when I said to put on my fries she brought over a huge jug of it that I struggled to lift let alone pour. They only use it for cleaning (or pickling)
I was surprised because I assumed they had come across it in their many stays visiting relatives in Canada. (I love malt vinegar too)
Yes, gravy on fries was a thing before poutine ever made it countrywide.
@@catherinetodd5163 I only do vinegar on fries from certain restaurants
@@tohrurikkutry ketchup and swiss chalet sauce
14:45
The word tuque (a Canadian French term for a winter hat) gained significant popularity thanks to the 1984 classic film La Guerre des Tuques (The Dog Who Stopped the War in English). This movie, which revolves around a group of children engaged in an epic snowball fight during winter, has become a beloved part of Canadian culture. As the title suggests, tuques are worn by the kids throughout the film, making the hat a symbol of the Canadian winter experience.
For many Canadians, including those like you who watched it during primary school, the film became a memorable part of childhood, reinforcing the image of the tuque as a quintessential winter accessory. Its wide appeal also helped bring the word into greater prominence outside of Quebec, becoming a common term for winter hats across Canada.
Your experience watching it back in 2010 at Cineplex Angrignon connects you to a broader tradition where generations of Canadians have grown up with this iconic movie.
I honestly have never heard or watched that movie, but use the word toque to represent winter headgear. Beanies are summer wearables that have more of a dome shaped item and often have a propeller attached or is a stuffed toy.
A real Canadian would try to lie low in America, not lay low.
Good catch!
As a Canadian I hate "lie" being synonymous with getting down on a surface. You don't "tell falsehoods" low.
@@XopheAdethri lie down, is the command, or the action, lay down is the result.
You lie down. Someone else lays you out.
@@gwouru I command my dog to lay down.
Canadian here. We tend to have an adverse reaction to maple syrup substitutes. You can also tell by the way we spell things, there’s a minor consistent difference you may not pay much mind to. I also usually say sorry instead of excuse me when trying to get past someone as if I’m apologizing for the inconvenience of having to get out of my way😅. Can’t forget about the classic “pencil crayons” and “pop”, and “smarties” vs “rockets” .I’ve never been able to understand wearing your shoes in the house. Every time I see a video of someone just walking through a home with their shoes on it appalls me😖
Give me Aunt Jemima syrup any day of the week. I personally find real maple syrup vile. I used to help tap trees and collect the sap so the family could make it and I couldn't eat it.
i agreen with everything you may have worte
Honestly regardless of who bumped into who…the sorry you both inevitably say is more of a sorry for this inconvenience and also kinda shows them you’re okay and not upset.
Yes! Exactly!
As a Canadian I can confirm I do take off my shoes all the time even if told its fine
In Canada a senior is someone over 65. In the UK they say "year" (i.e. year 8) rather than "grade" Actually, when I was going to high school in the 60s we had Grade 13 as well. "Washroom" is what most Canadians call a public toilet, "bathroom" is used when in a home. In the UK they call it the "toilet", "WC" or the "loo". In the US people call a "toque" a "beanie", which to us means a whole different type of hat. Many people who live in Toronto pronounce it "Trawna". Re Candy - Canadians eat "chocolate bars" whereas Americans eat "candy bars".
I never heard beanie or toque until the last Canadian Olympics. It was always a ski cap. A beanie was that awful thing I had to wear as a Brownie. Toque was a noise I'd never heard a person make before!
@@jenniferpearce1052 The French-Canadian word "toque" , first appeared in this context around 1870. The fashion is said to have originated with the coureurs de bois, French and Métis fur traders, who kept their woollen nightcaps on for warmth during cold winter days. Modern iterations may or may not have a pompom on top.
We had grade 13 in Ontario until 1988. Toronto was pronounced more like Toron-no.
Yep! Trawna and Calgree.
As a Canadian almost senior I had five years of high school and one year of kindergarten. My kids had two years of kindergarten and four of high school.
It is more likely “sorry, sorry, just gonna scooch past ya there, thanks”. The Canadian term “scooch” 😂
yes "scooch"!
Wait scooch is a Canadian term? I had no idea people from the US didn’t use it as well.
@@x_kittrix same here......
Americans don't scootch??
Let's be fair: "duotang" sounds way more like a ninja weapon than what it really is.
Funny that Duo-Tang folders were manufactured by the Duo-Tang company, founded in Chicago in 1931 but became a generic name in Canada. Say "Duo-Tang" and I know it is a folder with metal tabs/prongs as opposed to Tyler Bucket's description 🤣 "it's got three of the little grabby thingies that you bend over your papers"
spoken like someone who never saw/was the one who threw them across the room into the storage bin for fun
@@Colleen...O.Canada... Shouldn't it be a Tri-Tang if it has 3 grabby thingies not Duo as in two? Could not help myself.
I thinks its just fun to say and thats why we dont call it a folder
@@toddstevens13 I cannot disagree with you.
CBC - According to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Duo-Tang is a "proprietary" term (i.e., a company enjoys trademark protection) for a type of folder for looseleaf paper. Centis Consumer Products, which owns Duo-Tang Inc., claims that the clasping mechanism was invented by a man working in a hayloft on the outskirts of Chicago in 1932. As some of us may remember from our school days scribbling in Duo-Tangs, duo is the Latin word for "two," while tang is an Old Norse word for a sharp metal object that is fastened to a handle.
A product whose name became a generic name (Kleenex = tissue) is a huge marketing gift. I don't know why the name is not well known in the US as it was a US product and is still sold on US sites as Duo-tang.
I can only think that Canadians are more compliant than Americans. You sell us a product called X and we call it X ...go figure 🤣.
Now that I have your attention, let's discuss U. No, not "you" but the letter U ...time to return to the correct spelling of words such as "colour" 🤣.
Cheers.
As a Canadian who also lived in the US, it was quite shocking to see people eating dinner on a daily basis of plastic and paper plates. We would only do that a picnic or a big party.
What the hell is a dinner? Its always supper
We both say 'sorry' when we bump into each other.
That is so true!!
We apologize for everything, sorry about that.
I did this once in a farmers market here in Calgary and someone who was visiting from Texas observed that and remarked how odd that was.
Two Canadians bumping into each other and saying 'sorry' to each other was genuinely something he didn't think was real.
and “oop” like “oop sorry!”
YES! I was thinking this. Even if I have been bumped into, the Sorry is coming out of both our mouths at the same time! 😂
I went to LA once in September..... im from Canada, and when we were there in shorts and tank tops, locals had jeans and jackets on saying to was getting chilly..... that's how they knew we were Canadian.
We were in Florida in January and were swimming in the ocean, the hotel waiter asked me if I was Canadian and I said yes, how did you know- and he said look around… NOBODY was in swimsuits or in the ocean of hotel outdoor pool… it was 78 degrees out…
@@PERL60especially if you're a vancouverite you can't tolerate heat. in most years it never hits 78 in vancouver at ALL
Here's one better: dad was in dubai and there was an indoor ski hill. You could tell the canadians as they were the only ones skiing in shorts and a t shirt 😂😂
@PERL60 LOL The locals in Florida knew we were Canadian because while they were dressed in long pants & jackets we were wearing shorts & t-shirts.
"I'm just gonna squeeze past you here..." to someone blocking your way in a store aisle. "Gonna squeeze right behind you there. Yup, thanks."
5:05, yes 100% It's just a polite thing to do. Aren't you trapecing dirt all over their house otherwise?
The amount of times I say "Just gonna squeeze by ya bud" at work is hilarious. So accurate!
When someone is standing in front of the item you need at the grocery store 😂
Sometimes I'll say scooch to mix it up, lol
Can I just squeeze by? Thank you!
'Just gonna sneak past/behind ya.'
@@TheElfiestElf for me it's usually "Mind if I sneak by?" Suggesting they will just let you seems presumptuous.....haha!
Sometimes at home I will say bathroom but when I'm out it's always washroom.
That is because a bathroom has a bath in it. Otherwise it is a washroom.
No bathtub in a public tolit😂 washroon is correct
Same same I will sometimes say bathroom at home but out is always washroom.
I will always wash when I go to the toilet but I don’t always take a bath. 🤷♀️
Yep had to have those duotangs. Several - fun part deciding which subjects got which colour.
Yes whenever I hear 12, 5th,etc grade or middle school ( versus elementary school) I know I’m talking with an American
Yes why people walk around the house with shoes on is just beyond me. Why you want all that street gunk all through your house and sometimes on the furniture too. Not nice.
Yes we are very polite compassionate citizens 👍☺️and yes yes it’s Calgry 2 syllables. Yeah you got it 👍
There is an American Clerk at a Store I go to, 1 Day she accidently dropped the Money I handed her I said I'm sorry, She loudly responded what are you sorry for I'm the one that dropped it, me being caught off gaurd I said I'm Canadian. She looked at me like I was a lunatic, I went home and laughed my Butt off. I knew it was a dumb reply, I had never been confronted over Apologising 😂.
That is funny, being scolded for apologizing. 😅
I hate being scolded for apologizing! It just triggers an apology / scolding loop. "I'm sorry" "don't be sorry" "oh... sorry about that." "stop saying sorry! "aaaaah! I'm sorry!!!!!"
Only in America eh.
@@rosered103 It was an American Clerk working in Canada, her Southern accent and calling every one Darling is an easy giveaway to knowing what Country she's from. She is a kind and helpful Clerk, I think I threw her for a loop when I said I'm sorry, I'm sure her Co-Workers told her it's a Canadian thing. lol If you're able to laugh at yourself it makes Life a lot easier.
@@WayneShulson I was working at The Westin in Calgary a woman from southern US was checking in with our clerk from New Zealand and the lady said, 'Oh is that how yall talk here?'
Most Canadians say chronto with a silent T but the T is replaced with a like 1/2 second pause instead of Toronto
I've never heard "Chronto" but "Tranna" is pretty common. Out west, Vancouver is often pronounced "Vangcoover"
My Yankee husband and I were in a Walmart in Lethbridge. He was irritated at standing in line while the cashier chatted up the person in front of us. He was loud. He asked me where the restroom was. The person ahead of us, the cashier and I all pointed to the restroom with the very large signage directly across from the cash register. He tsked us and stormed off. I laughed. When it was my turn to check out the cashier asked if he was American. 🤣🤣🤣
I just would have assumed they were local. That kind of behaviour was part of the culture shock I endured when I immigrated from Canada to Alberta.
@@brianbenoit6883go to any rural Alberta town and people will wave and say hi even if they don’t know you. Rural Alberta is great.
@@brianbenoit6883 _“That kind of behaviour was part of the culture shock I endured when I immigrated from_ [sic] _Canada to Alberta.”_
🤣🤣🤣 Indeed. Alberta is a country made entirely of its own arrogant self-importance. And it's contagious to immigrants… be warned and remain vigilant, least ye become one of them. 🙃
Back during Expo86, Alberta had a rather amusing tourism catchphrase at its Expo pavilion: _“Alberta: Beyond the supernatural.”_ It was a play on BC tourism's catchphrase: _“Super Natural British Columbia.”_ I often quipped then (and still do today), that Alberta was certainly _‘beyond the supernatural’_ … it was _outside the realm of reality all together._ 🤔😂
BTW, it's _emigrate,_ not _immigrate._ One doesn't _immigrate from_ a place, you _immigrate to_ a place. i.e: You _emigrated from_ Canada to Alberta… or you _immigrated to_ Alberta from Canada.
Cheers from the _‘wet coast’._
Has Alberta separated? Did I miss something?
@@Richmond_HillMight as well. They are more like Americans than Canadians.
Always take shoes off at the door, who wants all the dirt and stuff on your shoes through the house
Toque is a wool stretch hat because of the snow & the-30C temperatures
Not to mention public bathroom yuckieness that gets on your shoes when you use the bathroom at school, restaurants the mall etc.
Yes, taking off shoes is polite so that you don't bring in dirt, mud, grime and bacteria from outside and spread it throughout the house but also because it is inconsiderate and disrespectful to the home owner to make extra work to have to clean the floors.
We take our shoes off because its uncomfortable to walk around the house in winter boots
'specially in July
I stayed at an airbnb room in california. I always took my shoes off and left them by the door. Their review of me on airbnb mentioned it, it stood out so much to them.
People just don't appreciate winter spike shoes in the living room
And somebody worked hard to keep the floors clean 😉
I found that it's the snowshoes. They tend to mark up the hardwood floors.
We Canadians are known to be polite, it’s ingrained..I even say “thank you” to Alexa …lol..then I laugh at myself 😂
I thank Alexa also. Amuses me every time 😅
Recently saw someone refer to their pit bull as a house hippo. I love it
ive referred to my bulldog as that for years
@@maia1008 I have 2 english bulldogs and I also call them that! :)
I have a story to tell. I was in Mexico with my friend many years ago. Had a great time. But one time, when I got out of the shower, I fell. I hit my head on the door stop. I ended up with a nasty cut on my head, above my eye (don't remember which one). I had to get a doctor to stitch me up.Cost me $250 US (I had American money on me).
All was well. Later, when my friend and I was touring Tulum, I encountered a woman from Ohio. She asked me what happened, because she saw the bandage on my head. I explained what happened. She asked me if I was going to sue. I was confused, because why would I do that? It was a simple accident. She said,
"Of course you wouldn't. You are Canadian". I was never so confused in my life. (I get it these days. But we are not a sue happy country like the USA. At least not yet)
And hopefully never will be 🙏
Yeah, I had a minor disagreement with an employer. Americans gave me the advice that a law suit would solve my problem. No. That would replace one stress with another, larger one. Instead we talked it over.
@@OgreProgrammer we're going way off topic here, but there is a very important cultural divide between the US and Canada in this regard. The American notion of being heroic is to "not take any $#1t" and "kick someone's @$$." It's reflected in the national anthem, and it was the literal birth of their nation. On the macro scale, if you have something the Americans want and refuse to sell it to them, they'll invade you and take it. On the micro scale, if someone bullies you in school or cuts you off in traffic, you sue them or shoot them. It's a fundamental difference in how we view heroics.
Holding doors open for others when entering a store.
Greatest Canadian insult: saying "You're welcome" to someone when you hold the door for them and the don't say thank you as they walk by, they know they just got slapped in the face.
@@ExploringInterests Ha! I am in the U.S. right now and just did that today when I held the door for an entire family and they just walked through. So I said, "Thank you." for them. I am not even sure they heard me.
Sometimes they have weird reactions to it. Years and years ago an American man insinuated I was hitting on him because I was holding the door open 😂some other people I met had similar experiences so it wasn't a one off😂
@@brokefangmagepunk3685 Oh my goodness.
"Just gonna squeeeeeze right past ya there!" I say this every single time I go grocery shopping 😂 I didn't know I am so stereotypical
I used to work in a sporting goods store, and we had two Americans stop by on their way to camping. As this was early spring, we told them to make sure and sleep with their heads inside the tents because there were a lot of toques out this time of year and they wouldn't want one attaching itself to their head while they were sleeping. 😆 They had no clue what a toque was and assumed it to be some kind of animal. When they left, we shouted, "Beware the wooly toques!"
Lol
Meanie, lol
😅 more nonsense to spread about our wildlife. No wonder I hear such bizarre things coming from those Americans. 🤣
RBat, but funny!😂😂😂
I managed to convince a bunch of Americans that Canadian gophers are vicious predators that feed on cattle and attack farmers.
A Duotang is a brand name for a type of folder. Inside the folder, there are three metal fasteners (or prongs) that can hold punched papers securely. The prongs can be bent to open and close, allowing for easy addition or removal of pages.
Beyond a brand name, it's also a description-of-function. There are two (duo) metal bars (tangs) that split apart to hold the papers in place, it's what the metal fasteners are called.
"easy" removal of pages? from the back only. It's the worst invention for children to learn to organize a binder. Just skip duotangs and get your children 3 ring binders, dont torture them with duotangs.
@@paddington1670 Duotangs were good for organizing reports and projects The 3 ring binders were for day to day notes which constantly needed updating
I'm so old that I print large pdf documents, because my brain assimilates things better from paper than from a screen, somehow. Duotangs are perfect for holding things like that, but admittedly a pain in the butt if you need to access a single sheet.
@@paddington1670 Oh, yes, I remember this aggravation. Especially in grade 6, my teacher would give us a bunch of papers with assignments and exercises to complete. Then days later she would ask us to hand in one page for marking. That page was always in the middle of the bunch which meant taking all the rest out and then having to put them back in.
The senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman is usually the biggest difference when I talk to Americans. We don’t use those terms. Not even for university or college students. We use First Year, Second Year, etc. for uni.
I figured that is WHY we learned to count.Besides when you are a SENIOR ISN'T THAT 65+
When I was at university (UBC) first year students were 'frosh'
I actually asked an American friend to explain it to me cause I would hear the terms on American tv and movies. I figured out senior and freshman but sophomore and junior eluded me.
House Hippos was a commercial to warn children to not believe everything they saw on TV.
Really appreciate your help
Of course you take your shoes off when you enter someone's home; we are not barbarians after all
"We are not Communists after all."
I wouldn’t dream of walking into someone’s home and not taking my shoes off!
Why did I read this in a german accent
Yes, taking off shoes is polite so that you don't bring in dirt, mud, grime and bacteria from outside and spread it throughout the house but also because it is inconsiderate and disrespectful to the home owner to make extra work to have to clean the floors. My mom had a fit if one of us kids did not take our shoes off when visiting someone else's home or if she just washed the floors in our house and we walked over them with shoes left on.
Canadians taking off shoes: It's just polite since most of the year, shoes be MUDDY or SNOWY. don't want that in the house!!
Yes, taking off shoes is polite so that you don't bring in dirt, dust and bacteria from outside and spread it throughout the house but also because it is disrespectful to make extra work for the home owner to clean the floors.
Tyler thinking that saying grade 12 sounds fancy just makes me laugh.
it's just logical, primary instead of kindergarden, which is whatever, grade 0 basically. Then grade 1-12, then you're done. no switching it up. you should be able to count to 100 by the end of first grade.
It's primary in the east and kindergarten in the west. I was born in nova Scotia and went to primary.
But my kids were born in the west and went to kindergarten.
@@crooker2I’ve always heard people use primary school and elementary school interchangeably to mean junior kindergarten through to grade 6. Junior kindergarten and senior kindergarten are a part of primary/elementary school.
@@crooker2I am from New Brunswick and went to Kindergarten though… probably a bit more regional than east/west. Or maybe my school was weird like that
To answer your question about washrooms. In the far east of Canada where I live, I hear it all. The most common one is washroom but Toilet and Bathroom are also used regurlarly. We never hear restroom though. I think Toilet is mostly used by the french speakers when speaking english (our population in my town is probably 70% french) so asking "Can I use your toilet?" Is often used. If I were to put them in order of most to least used, I would say Washroom, bathroom, toilet and then Restroom (on ocasion, we live close to US border so we get americans coming accross to shop and stuff.
I've literally said the "squeeze right past ya there" at least 3 times in the past 24 hour period. Lol!
For the 19 years of my life that I've been canadian, I have NEVER heard of house hippos before this very video.
It's from a TV commercial from 1999. Now I feel old
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THE HOUSE HIPPO ADS. Could have sworn they where still on TV back then, only coming off tv in the 2010's.
You’re likely too young to have seen the commercials in the wild
It's okay. I'm 43 and don't know what it is...
The free channels cbc and ctv aired it AFAIK, like "this program you watched is fiction". Basically if you watched TV after-school, you would see the commercial.
Sorry is definitely a reflex
Yes, and even the way you pronounce it is a dead giveaway. I was in a bar in Washington state and I said “sorry “. A guy at the next table said, “oh you’re from Canada “. We say sore-E
and Americans say “sari”.
I get called out all the time:)
It's muscle memory at this point-
Now that I have seen this video, I realized that I act more American than Canadian, but I was raised in Canada.
I’m wondering if my mom and dad lied about my birth place.
Sorry has 2 meanings. One is to apologize the other is to say WTF.
With a question mark, though.
oh yeah definitely with a question mark.
Not always. Sometimes it is an exclamation mark, or - if you're one of those - an interrobang.
3 meanings: "Sorry?" is also an alternate to "Pardon?" when you don't hear someone.
also as excuse me... sorry, I just need to get by, please.
Tyler, re: house hippos, idk if anyone explained this to you before, but the house hippo PSA is actually an important message to (mainly) kids about not believing everything the media tells you, even if it may look legit... question and look further into things before jumping on them as fact, rather than just based on face value.
Given all the fake AI images out now, they need to bring it back.
I'm still mad about house hippos and I'm 35 now 😂
I have a house hippo. She has her own basket with dryer lint and odds 'n' sods. There is also a Part 2 to the House Hippo PSA that was released only a few years ago.
I loved the 'house hippos' commercial as a kid, it really helped teach me to not believe everything I hear and see; to use my critical thinking from an early age.
But didn't you wish they were real.
@joanschnare9630 Yes I really did! I was so disappointed when I found out that they weren't real after watching the commercial for the first time.
I'm Canadian. One time while I was walking in the aisle of a grocery store, another shopper walked in my direction & we both looked at each other. Neither of us did anything wrong, but we both spontaneously apologized for no reason!!! It was the MOST Canadian thing! 🍁🤣🛒😂
I taught university in Canada. The students called me Sir. Definitely not American. 😂
That's what I called my male teachers all through elementary and high school as well. Although we called our female teachers, Ms, Miss, or Mrs So-and-so, all our male teachers were Sir.
I went to a French emersion school when I was younger, and now I call my teachers Mme or Monsieur (misieu) even if it was an English course
As a Canadian who visited Boston recently, I asked a waiter how big a lobster roll was and he answered me in ounces. I think I stared at him for a good twenty seconds before asking him to show me with his lands instead.
You're pulling at straws here. Everything is measured by ounces on restaurant menus. Either that or you don't go out to eat very often. 😉
@@robcampbell6099I don't know where you live but that mostly only applies to drinks. I would be confused as fuck if I saw a sub listed in ounces.
@SMKollapse Lol guess you never order steak or ribs eh?
@@robcampbell6099 1. I don't. 2. I don't think of one specific dish when talking about general food measurements. 3 Ribs tend to be by rack or half rack in most places. 🤷🏻♀️ There is a lot more food out there than just steak and beer.
@SMKollapse LOL you believe what you wish. I have lived in 4 different provinces and when it comes to meat and most often drinks its measured in ounces and grams. have a look at a menu next time you eat out. you will find ounces more often than not. Baking uses alot of ml's and cups of thats your argument.
I'm old enough to have gone to Grade 13 in Ontario
For me, it was OAC
@@Salicat99 Yes, OAC (Ontario Academic Course or Curriculum) and Grade 13 were interchangeable.
Grade 13/OAC if you want to go to University, or graduate at grade 12 if you want to go to college.
not a thing in Manitoba to this day.
They were talking about getting rid of Grade 13 when I was in public school (grades 1-6).
I was decades past it when they finally did
@@imisstoronto3121 I think they got rid of grade 13 in 1988 or 89, and replaced it with OAC, which is practically the same. I don't know when they finally removed OAC after that.
God forbid you meet someone who went to Grade 13...
17:00 I personally as a Canadian pronounce it Torono. You guys emphasize every letter like KALGAHRY, I just squeeze Calgury quickly and effortlessly
Same same
Raised in Toronto. Most Toronto born Canadians pronounce it Torawna. Drop the second t.
Calgarians tend to pronounce it as "Cal-gree"
Churahno
I'm so confused now. I have lived in Calgary for almost 17 years, and I have NEVER heard someone not pronounce the second a. Unless they had like, a heavy accent or something.
As a Canadian I've never heard of somoene staring at your untied shoelaces.
It's a Western Canadian thing. They'll also just stare at you, then your shoe and back at you.
@@ToworshipHIMilive1 I am from Western Canada. If you see that someone's laces have come undone you might mention it to save them from tripping but what they do is their own business and no one is going to stare at them. That is nonsense.
@@ToworshipHIMilive1 Western Canadian all my life. Never heard of the shoelace thing.
I must admit I kind of done it a few times automatically. It is more when the person looks like they are not used to having their shoe laces untied, or are carrying things and are at serious risk to tripping.
I'm Canadian and will stare at your untied shoelaces but will probably not say anything just incase you are aware and purposely left it that way but if i do say something it will be kinda blurted out
Holding the door for someone that's still halfway across the parking lot, meanwhile 6 other people walk in and all say thank you.
In Canada every time i bump into someone we both say sorry and no one thinks that its negative.
The "Freshman... Senior" thing is a transplant from Gringo college culture. The British don't use it either.
In Canada freshman is only used for first year university students.
@@ThomasJMBorn and raised in Canada. I have never heard of this or used this.
@@personincognito3989 it's more of a slang term on campus then in general use. The term frosh also gets used to hence things like Frosh week.
@@ThomasJM that’s more of a eastern Canadian thing as well, I think.
We say freshman,sophomore,junior and senior for college designation.
We could use the expression 'oh, she's in the 12th Grade' too. But never 'sophomore' or 'senior' high school, etc.
We would say bathroom when there is a bath in the room, otherwise we'll say 'washroom' or 'powder room'.
Could I squeeze by you for a sec, please? Yep, I've said that many times.
BTW, yes, we call it a 'toque' or 'tuque', however, we don't say the ball on top, we call it a 'pom pom' ... like the cheerleaders use.
"Can I squeeze by you for a sec, please?" is something I have said so many times. And it's not even really a question. You're more or less telling someone that you're passing them
And how about Grade 13?
Here in Ontario, when I was in school, we had Grade 12 then OAC which became Grade 13
@@Some_Guy_Called_Raven The Gold Watch Program lol
can,schitter, loo, biffy,hole of hell, throne room
A binder has the hard metal snap circle, a duotang has the bendy metal tabs and a folder has neither. For distance, I would never say 10 kilometers. I'd either say about 10 minutes or I'd say 10 clicks.
I'm Canadian, and I've been told by American relatives that they think it's weird that we'll say how far one place is from another by the amount of time it takes to travel the distance, instead of the actual distance.
I’m Canadian and I would say 10 K
@@alicemcculley3574I would say 15 min. From jere
As a Canadian living in Canada for my whole life, I will explain some of these.
1. A duotang is a 3 clip folder, it’s like a binder but in a folder form. We use it to sort papers. Surely not a weapon 😂
2. Some or most Canadians do know about the USA calling it Senior, Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman year, but we all call it Grade 1, 2, 3, 12 etc.
3. Yes we do take off our shoes, I don’t really know why, I can’t explain this, it differs depending on some people but most people here take off their shoes just because we’e used to it
4. Yes we do say sorry for everything 😂 Even inanimate objects that aren’t living. Just a Canadian habit to say sorry even if it isn’t our fault
5. Some people do say bathroom, it differs depending on each person, but yeah we also say Washroom and yes we have a laundry room.
6. Our measurement system is infact different from USA. We use km/hr, cm, and Celsius for temperature, I forgot what the US uses for measurement but for temperature you guys use Fahrenheit. And we do also measure distance using time.