Oink

These are just a few of the phrases and expressions I hear from Canadians that really piss me off.

Across the pond
Jolly old England
Back in the day
24/7
Where're you from?
My bad
At the end of the day
Chesterfield
Is that ever . . .
Get my head around it
I don't understand cricket
. . . scenario
Non-partisan
War-bride
Having a visit
Can I use your washroom?
Wow

I'd put my responses to these but I don't want to come across as arrogant and superior.

ExKiwilass

you forgot biweekly

blech.

Atlantic Xpat

On a go forward basis...
File. As in 'we're working on that file. You should hear something in the next millennia.....'
'visit with'
'write me'

ExKiwilass

yeah, whatever happened to "to". write "TO" me.

gah.

Tangram

Non-existence of adverbs.

cityhog

Why can't you be happy like these B-expats?



By the way, that's mostly American English.

R I C H

Eh?

Bali2010

War bride... Really? Doesn't seem that up to date.

Oink

No its not. Do I ever hear this stuff all the time here eh? They do tend to pose everything as a question. Smacks of insecurity a bit, doesn't it?

Oink

You hear it with old people a lot. Old people should be shot at birth.

cityhog

What are you then? "I am NOT Canadian." Is that what you're trying to say?

Oink

I wouldn't be on here if I was a Canadian would I?

cityhog

Most people here are British-Canadians, innit?

Sally Redux

How are they expats?

cityhog

They came to America. Haven't you seen this?