Weird question about Canadians
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Weird question about Canadians
So, this might sound a bit weird but has anyone experienced Canadians copying them? I have experienced it A LOT. From one "friend" who's wedding was a carbon copy of ours -same venue, colour scheme even down to asking for the same barman - to another friend dressing her husband in the same style of clothes as my husband!
Then there's the copying of patter such as "cheers", "wanker" etc Makes me cringe!
Would be interesting to know if anyone else has come across this or if it's just the people that I mix with. Thanks in advance for your replies
Then there's the copying of patter such as "cheers", "wanker" etc Makes me cringe!
Would be interesting to know if anyone else has come across this or if it's just the people that I mix with. Thanks in advance for your replies
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I had a friend in the UK who decorated her living room with the same colour/sofa etc as mine. I hadn’t noticed, but she commented. My OH is prone to picking up accents. When we first came over here I spent too much time with elementary school teachers, and found myself saying ‘good job’ and ‘awesome!’. People pick things up, even if they don’t want to. And very few people have original ideas, even in such hotbeds of ‘novelty’ as weddings. Pinterest tells us that.
My husband dresses like someone wdgaf about clothes. Looking around I see that this is fairly common in middle-aged men. Or perhaps they are all copying him?
My husband dresses like someone wdgaf about clothes. Looking around I see that this is fairly common in middle-aged men. Or perhaps they are all copying him?
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The Canadians don't do this. They say "literally" to mean "figuratively" and "inherently" to mean "um".
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Re: Weird question about Canadians
So, this might sound a bit weird but has anyone experienced Canadians copying them? I have experienced it A LOT. From one "friend" who's wedding was a carbon copy of ours -same venue, colour scheme even down to asking for the same barman - to another friend dressing her husband in the same style of clothes as my husband!
Then there's the copying of patter such as "cheers", "wanker" etc Makes me cringe!
Would be interesting to know if anyone else has come across this or if it's just the people that I mix with. Thanks in advance for your replies
Then there's the copying of patter such as "cheers", "wanker" etc Makes me cringe!
Would be interesting to know if anyone else has come across this or if it's just the people that I mix with. Thanks in advance for your replies
No, although I do have a few friends who like to extract the urine by immitating the way I talk (or trying to) sometimes!
#9
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Ha! My 8 year old daughter (born here) and her friends do the same.
#10
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My Canadian stepson often says 'Bloody' which he got from me.
It sounds really weird coming from someone who often swears like he's in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
It sounds really weird coming from someone who often swears like he's in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
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I see this all the time with our neighbours (who we do allow into our house).
An example here is decor. We (OK, she) have a style. We go for multiples. A big, bold picture, say of poppies. We get two of them and hang them next to each other. Neighbours have started doing the same. Ditto the garden. If we do something, it will happen elsewhere on the street.
Just a lack of imagination, I guess.
The thing that really racks me off is the post-event offer of help. I do something and then tell someone who says "I was going to help you with that".
A bit late. It's done but I seem now to owe you a favour.
The really annoying bit is the confusion between loan and gift. I no longer lend things to people because I know I'll never see them again. My next-door neighbour still has a book I lent her over a decade ago.
An example here is decor. We (OK, she) have a style. We go for multiples. A big, bold picture, say of poppies. We get two of them and hang them next to each other. Neighbours have started doing the same. Ditto the garden. If we do something, it will happen elsewhere on the street.
Just a lack of imagination, I guess.
The thing that really racks me off is the post-event offer of help. I do something and then tell someone who says "I was going to help you with that".
A bit late. It's done but I seem now to owe you a favour.
The really annoying bit is the confusion between loan and gift. I no longer lend things to people because I know I'll never see them again. My next-door neighbour still has a book I lent her over a decade ago.
#12
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Eventually we watched it and returned it, but I still have never watched any others in the (potc) franchise as just thinking about this makes me cringe. I am not nearly as bonkers as this makes me sound. Honestly.
#13
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I lent a book to a Canadian colleague once and when I asked for it back he said sure. It took many many months or re-asking to get it back, and the end I feel like he might have on-lent it, and had to retrieve it. At the time I was annoyed (because it was part of my "collection") but in retrospect I think I might have been a bit anal about it. Dunno. But in general I think unless is specifically gifted, the borrower should return it.
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I lent a book to a Canadian colleague once and when I asked for it back he said sure. It took many many months or re-asking to get it back, and the end I feel like he might have on-lent it, and had to retrieve it. At the time I was annoyed (because it was part of my "collection") but in retrospect I think I might have been a bit anal about it. Dunno. But in general I think unless is specifically gifted, the borrower should return it.
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So, this might sound a bit weird but has anyone experienced Canadians copying them? I have experienced it A LOT. From one "friend" who's wedding was a carbon copy of ours -same venue, colour scheme even down to asking for the same barman - to another friend dressing her husband in the same style of clothes as my husband!
Then there's the copying of patter such as "cheers", "wanker" etc Makes me cringe!
Would be interesting to know if anyone else has come across this or if it's just the people that I mix with. Thanks in advance for your replies
Then there's the copying of patter such as "cheers", "wanker" etc Makes me cringe!
Would be interesting to know if anyone else has come across this or if it's just the people that I mix with. Thanks in advance for your replies