Happy Canadian Thanksgiving....

And Now, I know what I are . . .

CANAM. A combination of both American and Canadian. That is why I am so
confused!

Still . . . I can put a foot in both countries and say: "I am a citizen!
(in both!)"

Jacques

"Peter Twydell" wrote in message
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In message , Canuck writes

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...to all my Canadian friends on here!

Nick

R Why are Canadians not Americans? They live in America too.
Ahem:

I'll bite.

You might as well ask why the British are not the same as the French.
They live in Europe, after all. )


We most certainly do not live in Europe. Europe is a continent off the
east coast of Great Britain. It used to be frequently cut off by fog.

And that makes us both Europeans - which we are.
Surely Mexicans are Americans too ?

Oh NO Senor~

LOL! We are North Americans, yes. But we are Canadians. We have our own
culture and heritage that is different from the US. While we love our
American neighbors and we have a lot in common with them, the term
American has become associated with a citizen of the United States of
America just as Canadian or Canuck has become associated with us lot who
live North of the border.

As for Thanksgiving, yes, it is a harvest related thing but the meals and
customs are much the same. We give thanks for the bounty before us and for
whatever else we are greatful for such as our family and friends and so
forth.

Nick (Gringo Canuck)


Canadians, Americans, whatever. They're all just former colonials anyway.
:-)


--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

"Peter Twydell" wrote in message
...
In message , Canuck writes

"RustY ©" wrote in message
...

"Indrek Aavisto" wrote in message
...
...to all my Canadian friends on here!

Nick

R Why are Canadians not Americans? They live in America too.
Ahem:

I'll bite.

You might as well ask why the British are not the same as the French.
They live in Europe, after all. )


We most certainly do not live in Europe. Europe is a continent off the
east coast of Great Britain. It used to be frequently cut off by fog.

And that makes us both Europeans - which we are.
Surely Mexicans are Americans too ?

Oh NO Senor~

LOL! We are North Americans, yes. But we are Canadians. We have our own
culture and heritage that is different from the US. While we love our
American neighbors and we have a lot in common with them, the term
American has become associated with a citizen of the United States of
America just as Canadian or Canuck has become associated with us lot who
live North of the border.

As for Thanksgiving, yes, it is a harvest related thing but the meals and
customs are much the same. We give thanks for the bounty before us and for
whatever else we are greatful for such as our family and friends and so
forth.

Nick (Gringo Canuck)


Canadians, Americans, whatever. They're all just former colonials anyway.
:-)

Not according to our Prime Minster and he wouldn't lie. BTW: I have this
bridge....

We are similar but also different. On the other hand, Canadian regional
differences exist as we are a country several times the size of Europe and
Britain combined.

Seal Taco Nick

;-)

"Jacques" wrote in message
...
And Now, I know what I are . . .

CANAM. A combination of both American and Canadian. That is why I am so
confused!

Still . . . I can put a foot in both countries and say: "I am a citizen!
(in both!)"

Jacques

There you go Jacques. Have another seal taco!

Nick

"Canuck" wrote in message
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....................., the term American has become associated with a
citizen of the United States of America just as Canadian or Canuck has
become associated with us lot who live North of the border.


I mention this only as I was pulled up some time ago for calling my Canadian
cousin an American. I was very surprised how much she resented the 'slur'.
It is fascinating how the English language has adopted this term out of
context but otherwise of no great importance.

"RustY ©" wrote in
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"Canuck" wrote in message
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....................., the term American has become associated with a
citizen of the United States of America just as Canadian or Canuck has
become associated with us lot who live North of the border.


I mention this only as I was pulled up some time ago for calling my
Canadian cousin an American. I was very surprised how much she
resented the 'slur'. It is fascinating how the English language has
adopted this term out of context but otherwise of no great importance.

Many Canadians resent being called "Americans" because too often they are
being taken for citizens of the U.S.A.

We are, of course, Americans. Our confederation was consitituted under
the British North America Act. At the time, most English-speaking people
understood "Canadian" to mean someone descended from France's old regime.
When the U.S. declared war in 1917, Robert Laird Borden, the Canadian
prime minister, heard someone say at a meeting of the Imperial War
Cabinet, "At last the Americans are coming." Borden's response was "We've
been here for three years!"

When I insisted to a Salvadoreno that I was not an American but a
Canadian, he responded, "Somos todos americanos; ellosotros [indicating
with a jerk of his thumb a Spanish UNMO] son gringos."
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)