Differences between Canadian and British people

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Jan 29th 2015, 7:47 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian

Driving Miss Daisy wasn't what I expected either

[CBSA officer mistakenly confiscates DVD because of misleading title]

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Jan 29th 2015, 8:35 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

Canadians eat a lot of things in their cars.

Jan 29th 2015, 9:34 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Originally Posted by Oink

Canadians eat a lot of things in their cars.

Canadians do pretty much everything in their cars except pay attention to their driving. What's this thing with driving with a bloody dog on your lap?!!!

Jan 29th 2015, 9:35 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

[QUOTE=xxdb;11548606]Canadians are unfunny people
I don't know how to respond to that, I feel sort of passive/agressive.

Jan 29th 2015, 11:30 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian

Of course, all Brits know everything

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Originally Posted by Partially discharged

The scary thing is that this type of general non-knowledge is quite widespread.

Absolutely.

It's not the lack of knowledge that's surprising it's the question coming from someone you'd expect to know better.

If, for example, you're talking to a lawyer, surely you wouldn't expect "are there trains in England?"

Jan 29th 2015, 11:36 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian

I wonder where she thinks the Norfolk Broads are?

And why would a group of women give themselves that name?

Jan 29th 2015, 11:41 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Originally Posted by BristolUK

If, for example, you're talking to a lawyer, surely you wouldn't expect "are there trains in England?"

Maybe he's thinking, are there freight trains in England? Come to think of it, I haven't seen any. Most freight is transported by road.

Jan 30th 2015, 12:08 am

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Maybe he's thinking, are there freight trains in England?

That would be reassuring. Sadly the question came following my reference to catching a train when I lived there.

Jan 30th 2015, 12:37 am

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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That would be reassuring. Sadly the question came following my reference to catching a train when I lived there.

And presumably you don't look like a hobo?

Jan 30th 2015, 12:40 am

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And presumably you don't look like a hobo?

Only just before a shave.

Jan 30th 2015, 1:04 am

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Only just before a shave.

My wife's the same.

Jan 30th 2015, 10:41 am

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Originally Posted by BristolUK

I was asked the other day if we had trains in England.

A family member of mine from Canada (and therefore my compatriot), somewhat advanced in years, very successful in the world of business, a little intolerant of the needs of First Nations, asked while visiting me in Paris if in Europe they also had problems with native peoples.

I didn’t know where to begin.

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Jan 30th 2015, 3:39 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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I'm sure plenty of British Asians would say that they have constant problems with native peoples :-)

Jan 30th 2015, 3:42 pm

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Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

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Originally Posted by BristolUK

Lack of knowledge is just as bad in the UK.

I remember once a girl was helping me find a guide to Eastern Europe in a bookstore in London, after a while she said (I kid you not) "here's a book on Asia, is Asia in Eastern Europe?".

Jan 30th 2015, 4:10 pm

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Lack of knowledge is just as bad in the UK. I remember once a girl was helping me find a guide to Eastern Europe in a bookstore in London, after a while she said (I kid you not) "here's a book on Asia, is Asia in Eastern Europe?".

As stated in the examples, though, it's not just the lack of knowledge so much as it's lack in people you'd think would know better.

A worker in a book store doesn't have to be an expert on the content of books. Now if your example was of a geography teacher or the Asian correspondent of a newspaper....