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[–] 35 points 1 week ago (1 child)
  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    I really don’t understand where the “aboot” thing comes from. I’ve lived here all my life and have family in every part of the country and never heard it before except by Americans mocking us.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    The thing is, that's just it. It is an excuse for Americans tooooo ridicule Canadians for being tooooo Canadian. Sorrrrry. Eh?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I get the “sorry” and “eh” though, I do both of those all the time (though not as much as the stereotypes probably). But I have no idea where “aboot” came from.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago*

    I’m not sure exactly which region, but I know for a fact that there is a region in Canada that speaks like this. I thought it was just a joke until I met someone from there. My memory suggests maybe from near Winnipeg? I could be entirely wrong there, it was twentyish years ago. (We were both volunteering for Hurricane Katrina cleanup in Mississippi)

    Anyway, he legitimately had the most stereotypical thick THICK Canadian accent I’ve ever heard before, and at first I was convinced it was affected or a joke he was making. Nope, that’s just how he talked.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    Stereotype, innit

    Most Brits never do what they're famous for, like having crooked teeth, say things like inni' and bo'ol o' wo'ah, etc. It's a combination of regional differences and predominantly white civilisations' disrespect for 'otherness'.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago

    Canada goose*

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Looks more like an Australian kind of bird imo

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    [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Now I wish I had Untitled Goose Game on PC so I could mod the goose to be a dragon.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Canadian geese are pushovers. I have no idea how they got their reputation. Maybe people are just startled by their hissing?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    House of the dragon marketing getting out of hand

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    Silly goose.

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  • Tarriffs will triple if that thing breathes fire!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Silly goose.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    You could say tgat theyre goose-d.

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