Just get an American to say sorry, even a "standard American" (outside of maybe like... Minnesota) you'll hear it! Also, there's actually an observed linguistic phenomenon happening where American vowels in the north are shifting in pronunciation one direction and Canadian south vowels are going the opposite way.
The way they pronounce "Canada." (You definitely do this one, Tyler!) If they refer to dollars as "singles." When you say "Thank you," and they reply "uh huh."
@@Canneto33 when I was little, I told my mom, we are American, because canada is part of the continent America, just like im an earthling for li ing on earth. My mother understandably disagreed. Logically I was right, but the word has been co-opted for a shorter name for the people of the United States of America. Unitedies and statziens would just sound weird.
I noticed that to, when he asked, “Do Canadians say ‘down in America.”?” I was thinking, “Nope! But we might lump everyone together by saying, “Down in the States.” 😂
@@kendramiller1830 continents aren’t real to be fair tho, there isn’t really a set definition for them and depending on what country you live in you’ll learn a different amount of continents and/or with different names.
Canadians usually call a Candy Bar a ‘Chocolate Bar’ even if it has very little chocolate in it. If we hear someone say ‘Candy Bar’, usually they are American.
@@foooosh Yes pretty well. Also a box of chocolates is usually called a box of candy. I have lived in both Canada and U.S., and now live in a border town so speak from what I hear. This relates to the western U.S., but I think to the whole country.
My son and I are from the interior of BC. We were in Orlando a couple weeks ago (so this is more like how to spot a Canadian in the US) and we were walking down the street. There was a gentleman walking in the middle of the sidewalk and we wanted to scoot past. As we came up right beside him, he sort of moved over to the same side we were passing on and we both looked at each other, said sorry, and had a little laugh. I asked if he was Canadian, he said “yeah, you too, eh?” And we both laughed a little harder as I agreed.
Even my American cousins who live on the other side of the border a few miles away had no idea about our cities and provinces. They had access to Canadian TV (CBC flagship Canadian broadcasting) but never watched the news from our standpoint. It never failed to amaze me since we know far too much about your senators, your national issues etc. etc. That has improved a little but I still don't understand why you wouldn't take a simple 4 hr. trip from Detroit to Toronto to investigate.
While you check a lot of the boxes to be an honourary Canadian, Tyler, the way you pronounce "Canada" would be an automatic give-away that you weren't raised here :)
Mac and cheese in Canada is a dish that is hand made and requires baking in an oven. Kraft Dinner is a throw together meal from a box, meant to resemble Mac & cheese, requiring no effort to make!
Yes, krap dinner is only eaten by poor people and I've never met a poor person who does not add actual food to it. Krap dinner is filler. Macaroni and cheese is way more involved. It's an actual dish.
I'm a 69 year old Canadian and have never baked my mac and cheese. You boil your macaroni, grate your cheese, then mix it into the drained mac with a bit of butter and milk to keep the cheese from clumping together. This is done on the top of the stove, not in the oven. I usually use cheddar, but occasionally use ementaler or gouda. This is how my mother made it, also. And I have no idea how Tim Horton's came to be a Canadian icon. There was none when I was growing up and then one day I turned on the TV and everyone was talking about what an icon it is. It's only donuts.
Many years ago an American said to my father, "We look and talk just like you, how did you know we were American?" Dad's answer was, "I could tell by the flashing neon sign above your head." My Dad was prone to sarcasm on occasion.
Your dad and mine would have gotten along great. We used to visit the states, shopping, quite frequently when I was a child. When posed the typical question “what brings you to Minot,ND?” my dad always responded that “a big heat wave melted all the igloos, we came south until it freezes up again.” They always bought it!
easy: Americans are confident, Canadians have no self-esteem. Americans are leaders, Candians are followers. Canadians are excited when you tell them they are nice. Americans don 't give shit. I am Canadian, and I am Ashamed of it.
Protection against the "House Hippo" is information and critical thinking. The advertisement regarding the House Hippo was meant to illustrate how information could be made to look real even when it wasn't, and to encourage Canadians to research the truth for themselves, and make sure that they weren't being fooled. Largely intended to encourage people not to believe everything they see on the Internet.
People remember the house hippo but forget the cartoon talking tv stand that told kids that he’s just a tv and that there’s a wide variety of information they can check
At the time the house hippo add came out the internet didn't exist, it was about advertising to children on TV. The fact that it's also relates to the internet is just proof that concerned children's advertisers knew exactly what they were talking about.
I had a House Hippo infestation a few years ago. Suckers kept chewing on the power chords and zapping themselves. I finally got rid of them by catching them in live traps and sending them to our local House Hippo sanctuary. 🦛😏
Tyler, you have a moderate southern accent that EVERY Canadian can pick up on. Our accents are much more muted in most populated parts of Canada or are due to English being a second language in the household. The standard accent you hear in most movies and TV is what most of us sound like.
His accent is more of a mid-western state bordering the south accent. But you are right, every Canadian would immediately recognise Tyler is an American from his accent.
I went to Vegas last year. When passing US security, the security guy asked how I pronounce my name (I’m french Canadian). I said my name, and he went: "wow! You pronounced that with the perfect accent!!!) I mean, how stupid would I be if I couldn’t pronounce my own name… 😅🤪
I had a colleague in Ontario whose last name was Bouchard, another colleague from middle East did not know how to pronounce it, she said 'Mr. Butcher' instead
Dogsleds? I'm amazed at how many Americans forget about Alaska. The Iditarod is a sled dog race run entirely in Alaska (from Anchorage to Nome) and you can tell many dog teams are embarrassed to be hauling those shabby sleds, lol!
@@Nevertoleave Exactly! When those dogs are pulling a sled, they're doing what dogs love to do: be in the fresh air, running with a pack, they're well-fed, receive excellent veterinary care. They are very much loved by their owners. Funny how people who have zero understanding about a topic self-righteously label it as "abuse", smh.
@@Nevertoleave thanks for saying so. These dogs live to run and all dogs live to serve their human. Putting one of these dogs in an environment that is hot is definitely abuse when compared to working a sled.
@@lyndagayemiller not even close. Abuse and working a dog isn't comparable. People Abuse dogs by getting one and keeping it in a yard or apartment when dogs need to run and have a job to do.
As an elementary teacher here in Ontario, I hear the term “duo-tang” ALL day! Not quite the same as a folder… it has those 3 prongs that open and hold 3-holed papers. So the phrase, “Put those papers IN your math duo-tang.” would make perfect sense to EVERY school-age child! And it means to ACTUALLY open the metal prongs, make sure the paper is attached, and re-flatten the metal prongs!!
Yes, where I live near Vancouver, spotting an American is very easy. I can tell exactly who that middle age tourist is. But sometimes they out themselves. My son worked at a bar. It was Canada Day , an American came off the latest cruise boat and stated how nice it was for Canadians to celebrate July 4th for them.
The last President of the US, wishing Happy Birthday to the 51st state, on Canada day. I have a long memory. Probably the most ignorant thing ever said by a sitting President in the history of US/Canada relations. The reason I will never visit the US ever.
I watch Canadian and American home renovation shows, and Americans pronounce the word "foyer" as [fo--yur,] whereas most Canadians I know pronounce it like [foy-ay]. I know us Canadians pronounce it correctly because it's a word of French origin, and we pronounce it the way it's supposed to be pronounced lol (you can verify that on Google :).
So, being old and having lived a long time, I can tell you that bathroom and washroom are both used in Canada, however, nowadays you will hear washroom more often. We absolutely do say pop, we don't call it soda, a lot of people are taking on American speech and mannerisms and you'll hear some words but we do say pop. I know in Michigan or Minnesota, and some of the northern States say pop also. Btw, I love your channel, You are one of my favorite Americans.❤ We also pronounced foyer differently. We pronounce it as a French word as it is a French word. An American on social media told me nobody says foyer that way and that I was just being conceited and vain like I was full of myself. I told her that most of the world pronounces it the way we do in Canada. That it was a French word so we used the French Pronunciation. I felt sorry for them because they obviously didn't know much about the world yet.
In Quebec, we do not say pop or soda. We say soft drink or drink. When I lived in Toronto pop sounded so funny to me and serviettes (in TO) instead of napkins!
Some of them say pop - or they try. I knew they were American when the mom leaned out the car window at the store and asked the dad to "grab me a battle of pap"
Person Incognito, I once heard of an argument about how to say Beaufort! The American insisted that it was Buefert! The British-canadian said, no it was Bowfort! LOL peace and love
The pop/soda divide can be within a state. In Pittsburgh, we say pop; but in Philadelphia, they say soda. The line is probably in the mountains somewhere.
Zee vs Zed, depends how old you are; many younger people (my grandkids) say zee because of American influence in schools. Metric vs Imperial measurements, also can depend on age. For those of us who learned imperial in schools, before metric was adopted in Canada, we do tend to use some of each. Distance is usually in kilometers because of road signs and speed signs and in vehicles, but height, weight, etc is usually in imperial measurements; except in hospitals etc. Actually distance is most often measured in time; it takes this many hours to get somewhere, that is the distance. For example, the closest city to where I live is "an hour from my home." :)
I was thinking the same thing about Zee and Zed. RUclips is such a big influence for kids because the alphabet songs online always say Zee. When my son was a toddler, I scoured the internet to find an alphabet song with Zed.
@@paulturner8372 It is also a Canadian thing. We generally (at least I do) identify more with Britain than with the US. (Actually, when I was younger, we spent half our time pointing out that we were not American, and the other half pointing out that we were not British, but we were Canadian! lol) Growing up, we used zed all the time. It is only as Americanisms have entered the school system more and more that zee became more common.....
We Canucks kind of mix it up where metric/imperial is concerned. Temps for example... my thermostat is usually set at 72(F). But if referring to outside temps it's usually metric; it's +30, or 30 above. We also don't have a metric equivalent of a foot (which we should by now). Maybe why we still often use imperial measurements in construction and such.
A Caesar is like a bloody Mary, but made with Clamato Juice; a mix of Clam juice and tomato Juice. Vodka, worcesteshire sauce, hot sauce, and a celery salt rimmed glass, usually served with a celery stir stick. Some restaurants have creative garnishes as well. Have your Caesar garnished with a burger, onion rings, and fried chicken. Look up Caesar Competition and you'll find a whole bunch of odd variations.
A duo-tang is a folder that is used to store paper that has been three-hole punched. Similar to a binder. Though instead of a ring, Each hole is secured by two metal 'tangs' (duo-tang) that go through the hole and folded down in opposite directions on the other side of the paper. *Edited the correction, Thanks A.
Wrong! Canadians have access to more words for things. What outs Americans is not knowing what certain words mean and what outs Canadians is using words Americans don't understand. Canadians interchange British, French, American & Canadian expressions freely.
@@viviannefraser5974Not true. It depends on where you’re from in Canada. See Tyler? We can’t even all agree in Canada because it’s so regional and diverse!
@cullinganator, very true. We have all these different words we use. I always find it weird for example, when Americans say Foy-er! Whereas we say it the French way! Foyer, pronounced Foy-eh!
@viviannefraser5974 This is so true. I've traveled in the States, and I've known many Americans who visit Canada, and they don't use Multisyllabic words very much.
When I was younger I went on a shopping trip to Spokane, Washington. While at a restaurant there, I spilled my drink a bit and asked the waitress for a “serviette” She had NO IDEA what I was asking for 😂🤣😂
I worked at Marineland as a teenager in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada during the summer. I had Americans come up to me and ask where I park my sled dogs? And why don’t we have any snow? I told them they were lucky , they hit a heat wave I laughed so hard. I also was asked if I push the English button on the atm do I get American money and if I push the French button do I get Canadian money? I said are you serious? Did you not cross the border? Seriously. I had wished I had wrote them down and wrote a book. Lmao.
There was a US sheriff who went to Calgary on vacation then wrote a letter to the local paper after about how he was approached in a park and wished he had his handgun to respond...turned out a person offered him free tickets to the Calgary stampede.
Worked at Stampede for a few years. I could spot an American without even looking. Guns, not allowed, rodeo competitors were OUTRAGED! 😂🙄 Americans frequently threw garbage anywhere but the garbage 🗑️ can. 😤
I have lived in Calgary all my life! The Calgary stampede is one of those weird things that is essentially a local carnival that is a part of our identity but everyone dresses like cattle people and nobody ever actually is except the people who run the rodeo so it’s kind of weird lol.
@cristoferchanimak in the 70's and before people were cowboys and girls in cowtown and it was very common to see people in cowboy hats and garb because they were farmers and ranchers. As the city became bigger, it is less common.
Tyler, I salute you for this episode!! I was literally laughing out loud so many times! I'm a Canadian who grew up only miles from the US border. My mother was born in the states, my father was from Eastern Canada, Scottish and English descent, so needless to say, we grew up with so many different phrases and uses of words and their pronunciation that nothing really sounded unusual to me until you actually pinned it!! Great job!! We are different, and yet the same!!
I just want to say THANK YOU for doing these videos about Canada. Every country has room for improvements and Canada is no exception, but I love my home and am happy that it is getting some much-needed coverage :)
Went to Orlando and was asked how to spell my last name. I say Zed and the woman looked at me, so confuse and asked me to repeat myself. I said Zed again and she still had no idea what I was talking about. Then I say, Zee and all of a sudden, she knew what letter I meant. This is a hotel in Orlando, you would think they were used to Canadians visiting
My ex who is American and I’m still friends with used to think that radio and tv airwaves were somehow stopped at the border, prevented from going into Canada ,,… until she lived up here in Canada with me for 10 years ,… she returned wiser and more Canadian than anything lol
From watching these videos and his reaction, I think it underlines how little Americans in general know about Canada. I visit the States quite often and on each trip I’m asked questions that are unbelievable and at times insulting. They are taught nothing about Canada even though we are geographically their closest neighbour (longest border) and a far larger trading partner than Mexico. I find it funny at times to see his reaction to the situations he has created and what Canadians think.
A Caesar is not the same as a Bloody Mary. (tomato juice and vodka) A Caesar is Clamato juice( clam juice and tomato juice ) vodka, (a celery stick, asparagus stalk, a geeking pickle, a jumbo shrimp, and many other unique garnishes on long skewer sticks and or any combination of said garnishes.) Some people call it a meal in a glass). Check it out
As a Canadian I was under the impression that university and college are 2 distinctly different types of schools. I've never been to either but in high school we had the option to complete courses that were more geared towards going to college or university.
FYI, dogsledding is pretty popular in Alaska, not just the far north of Canada. Also, the metric system is taught in school for the last few generations but older folks still use the imperial.
I had a husky when I was a teenager in southern Ontario. I got her from a friend who wanted a team but couldn't have a whole pack of dogs. He gave out his dogs' puppies with the deal that he could come get them to train and race with. It worked out really well. It's almost impossible for a human to tire out a husky, but there's nothing that looks happier than a husky that's been running hard with all his friends all day.
I learned Imperial the first half of grade 2, and then my teacher came in one day and said " Ok class, forget everything I just taught you. We're going to learn the Metric System" lol
@@StaceyFritch - I got my driver's license in miles and everything switched to klicks a few weeks later. North American cars didn't even have them on the speedo yet, and they sold little arrow with numbers stickers to mess it up with.
Growing up in the BC Rockies, we learned about Rick Hansen at a young age. When I moved out to the East Coast my school actually had him in to speak, I was so excited, but no one else had any idea who he was. He gave an amazing speech that honestly brought me to tears.
- Yeah he was the next runner up after Terry Fox, I actually was kind of surprised there were no replies in this Rick Hansen comment referencing Terry Fox, considering he was the first guy to make that effort. They were both heros of course, but I mean, respectfully Terry was first.
I highly recommend googling "how to measure things like a Canadian" and taking a look at the incredibly (unfortunately) correct chart that explains the many ways we measure things ahahaha. Honestly it could probably take an entire video to make sense of it, but it's also just fun to look at on your own
@@isabelleblanchet3694 All the fabric stores I frequent use both systems, with a different price for meter or yard. Quilting patterns, instructions and rulers are given in inches and although the self healing cutting boards often come with centimetre grid on one side and inches on the other, I don't know a soul who uses the metric side. We definitely have our feet in both ponds when it comes to sewing!
That chart is SO accurate, I just looked it up lol. Only in Canada do you say "the weather is 29 degrees and the pool is 80 degrees" lol. Why do we measure pools in Fahrenheit?? Especially since we measure rivers and lake temps in Celsius??? Literally don't get it lol. Funny chart though.
@@AuntieDeb71 In Québec they have fazed out the sold by the yard fabric in the last 2-3 decades. I remember my mother buying fabric by the yard when I was in high school for my prom dress, but now it's only by the metre or half metre.
Where I live in Canada in the GTA, we use washroom and bathroom, interchangeable. Not restroom. Just so you know, different parts of Canada use different words just to make it all complicated. Some of us will use some British words more, some areas use a little bit more American, some will use a little bit more French. It’s a big mishmash! No one in my area uses parkade
I grew up saying zed and try to instill that to my 3 yr old. However, with the American influenced shows and American RUclips alphabet songs, she's starting to say zee, and it drives me nuts lol. I keep telling her, "It's zed, because we're Canadian." 😆
Hello from Nova Scotia! I truly enjoy your content and always end up with a smile on my face. For all of our differences I think we can agree we’re more alike than most of us previously assumed. Great videos, thank you
If someone invited me over for macaroni and cheese, and they served me Kraft dinner, I'd be BEYOND PISSED! Yikes. Not the same thing at all. The real stuff is amazing, and one of my favourite foods!
If someone invited me over for Mac and cheese I would be confused if it wasn’t KD. Namely because I don’t know anyone that makes Mac and cheese from scratch
@@Nevertoleave That's kind of sad to me. Don't get me wrong many people love the simple chemical soup of KD, but I would definitely enjoy a flavourful and more complex take on mac and cheese even more.
Whoa, seriously? Someone was kind enough to invite you for a meal and it wasn't what you assumed it was going to be, you'd be BEYOND PISSED? Is your last name "Kardashian", lol!
We’ve driven to the northern US a couple times (once to Connecticut and once out to Nebraska). The first time I was shocked when I ordered ice tea. The ice tea just tasted like cold tea! No sugar at all. Our ice tea is definitely sweetened :)
I was in the print industry for years and the big tell was the word "process" (as in "process colour"). Canadians say it like this: "pro-sess". Americans say "praw-sess", with the "awww" sound instead of an "ohh" sound. Virtually all Americans say it that way.
A duotang is specifically a folder that holds paper with 3 sets of 2(duo) pieces of metal that you fold over to secure the papers into place, known as tanging. The projection on the blade of a tool such as a knife, by which the blade is held firmly in the handle. "a full tang is used for strength"
30:25 OMG 😂😂😂 I had never seen the word duo-tang spelled like that, but when you looked it up and said it out loud.. I UNLOCKED A CHILDHOOD MEMORY 😂 I can't believe I forgot about duotangs!! 😂😂😂
@@annemarie5851 Oh I remembered right away, and couldn't believe I'd forgotten about them since switching to binders for highschool! Lol Hearing it said out loud took me right back to first grade, being excited about new school supplies. Lmao
Yeah I associate duo-tang with the folder with the 3 holes with the bendable metal tabs to secure the paper not a folder. A folder is just a folder, a duotang is a fancy folder that you can shake and the pages don’t fall out, perfect for Canadian weather…
"You don't have to ask. They'll tell you and make sure you know." That is totally accurate and I've experienced it SO many times! This one time, I was at a bar, smoking outside and a guy asked for my light. I presented myself and said "Hey my name's Julie" and went to shake his hand. He replied "Hi, I'm from Texas".... He did not get a hand shake and smoked his cigarette all by himself.
I was on vacation several years ago in Aruba, and got to chatting to two friends. I knew before they said where they were from, that one was American and one Canadian. The American didn't have a southern twang or anything like that, but I have noticed that what would be considered "no accent" is definitely different. It's sort of more clipped, and then of course there are words that Americans use that we don't.
I was in Illinois to visit my sister and her family a few times in summer and it was the other way around, I was easily spotted as Canadian. My sister said I say “thank you” too much. She would also tell her neighbor that she’s turning her centralized AC on because her “ Canadian sister” is visiting😊. Also pronouncing “Z” as “zed”- born and raised in the Philippines and our english traditionally follows American English but I got used to “zed” since I moved to Canada.
Lmao. I did a arm raise cheer when you pronounced Newfoundland as Newfnland. I grew up out on the east coast( New Brunswick) hearing it pronounced that way. I totally Crack up when hearing someone enunciate each part. 😂😂
I live up in northern British Columbia and I know this really nice lady who comes to work with our horses on occasion. She goes dogsledding in the winter. We were just chatting about how this year is going so far in a grocery checkout a few days ago. It’s truly impressive. Lots of people do it leisurely, but it can get super competitive if you enter events.
I really had to go once at a mall in New York and asked some random person, where the washroom was and they had no clue until I clarified " I need to take the Browns to the super bowl ! " They said "not in New York you ain't!" And I did the walk of shame back to my apartment. This is a true story, it happened to a friend of a friend of mine... 💯
@dacrosber Any sweet carbonated drink is pop. A dark carbonated drink is cola. Of course you have ginger ale, lemon lime drinks, root beer, fruit flavoured, etc. But it is all pop.
There used to be a company called the Pop Shoppe, that produced a wide range of flavours Blueberry, Grape, Orange, Cream soda, and of course the well described Red pop. Most people ask for soft drinks by brand these days.
Hi Tyler, you have what I would call a "Yankee twang" on the first syllable of Canada, as someone else has mentioned. I'm from northern New England and I would know, as I used to sound that way myself until I went to school in England and my A's flattened out. Otherwise your accent sounds pretty neutral. Thank you for the fun video.
Ignore that person who says we don't say "Zed" - we do. The older we are, the more likely we are to use pre-metric measurements. Generally we continue to use it for human height and weight, but not much else.
I had an easy time spotting an American family in a store one day. They were looking at the milk trying to figure out how the bags work. I walked up and asked if they were American (I didn't want them to think I thought they were stupid). I then explained about the pitchers and pointed them out across the aisle. They decided to go with the 2 litre carton.
That only identifies someone as 'not from a province that sells bagged milk.' I've lived in BC my whole life, and only learned that bagged milk existed a few months ago, watching Tyler learn about it!
@@emordnilap4747 I didn't know that there were provinces that don't sell it. I've lived in 3 provinces (Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia) and have seen bags in all of them. Wish I lived in BC. I hate the bags
@@eph2vv89only1way Okay, sounds like all of the eastern half of the country sells bagged milk then? I had wondered where it was sold. Pretty sure Alberta doesn't, don't know about the rest.
1. I always say washroom when I'm in public. 2. We say Sorry a lot. 3. Listen to a CBC broadcast. They have a certain way of speaking. You listen to then often enough, you can tell the difference between them and an American broadcaster. 4. I do art. I still use the words pencil crayons when the rest of the world uses the words colored pencils.
Peter Jennings was a news anchor when I was a kid in America, but he was from Canada. I wonder if I'd notice anything about his speech if I watched a recording of him now. Perhaps I'd have to go back to his earliest broadcasts.
An actor friend of mine was telling me he went to an audition and was asked if he could do an American accent. I asked, what would be an American accent, to me we sound the same. He said, simply say everything as if you're angry.
A duo-tang is more than a folder. It has three double-prongs so you can put hole-punched paper over them. You told the prongs back and then the paper doesn't fall out. Like a binder but no rings.
In construction, 4x8 sheets of osb sheeting and drywall go on 2x4 studs spaced 16 inches. The copper wire in the wall is 16 awg. In recent years there has been more metric being used but when the number one trade partner doesn't use metric, things can get confusing. When it comes to other things metric is far more common. foods are sold in grams, kilos, liter, milliliter, etc. many containers are the same size as those from the USA. as an example, a 12 ounce can of coke is 355ml, or a 1-gallon jug of windshield washer fluid is sold as 3.78 liters. If you go into an auto parts store and ask for 3 feet of 3/8 inch fuel line, they will know exactly what you are asking for. Both systems make sense for various applications. It is entertaining to poke a bit of fun though.
I had to speak to a store in the US once and was spelling out my last name and when I reached zed, they couldn't follow. So I said x,y,zed and the person said oh you mean zee 😁
I was in Seattle, 2 hours drive from British Columbia, was discussing with our kids what they wanted to order for the window. The lady who waited on us still had her back to us and she said I hear Canadians, she didnt say what gave it away but she could tell by something that we said.
Body (height, weight), indoor temp, cooking temp is imperial. Distance, and outdoor temp is metric. When you fill out a medical form, they usually give you 2 options, cm or feet and inches
On the forms sure they give you the option for feet and inches but Canada wide on our id’s it’s in cm’s. Just good luck finding many Canadians that know their height in cm’s even though it’s on their driver’s license.
The reason for saying Zed is so that you don't confuse it phonetically with C when spelling things out. Everyone I know says zed, but on occasion will use zee when talking to an American or trying to make it rhyme with something. Personally, I use the NATO phonetic alphabet out of habit, since it's the only one that makes sense in that regard. A lot of people mix measurements because we transitioned to Metric about 40 years ago, and not everyone is used to it yet, but all packages are marked in metric, even if some of them may also include Imperial.
It's also 'zed' in French and in British English, which is the origin of the language and a country that Canada has historical ties to. I'm not sure why we would randomly change a pronunciation just because that's how the Americans say it.
College and university are two different things. College is usually a smaller place that focuses on trades or introductory courses. Specialists go to university. Universities are larger and do research of their own. So yeah saying that someone who went to uni went to college is an insult. Edit: in BC we use bath, wash and restroom interchangeably Also our length mesuments look like, millimeters, inches, feet, meters, kilometres. Weight uses milligrams, grams, oz., lbs. volume uses, millilitres, cubic centimetres, teaspoon, tablespoon, cups, litre, gallon. Yes it’s as confusing as it looks.
I completely agree. I live in BC as well. I use bathroom, restroom, and washroom interchangeably. All my friends that went to college alone are in trades. Any that went to university did introductory college courses first. But that's not always the case. You can still go to university without having to go to college first. The way you spelt litre would out you as a Canadian. I saw it spelt liter a long time ago and thought it was a mistake. I was just reading an American article.
I’m Canadian, live in Ontario nearish Algonquin park. In my neck of the woods the only metric measurements any1 genuinely knows and thinks about r: Celsius but only for outdoor temperatures, everytime else it’s in Fahrenheit. Kilometres only for driving speed and travel distance. And litre but only really for groceries and fuel. Mostly everything is mostly or exclusively standard, or as most ppl seem to say from wat I’ve heard on the internet, imperial. Idk why but I never heard it being called imperial til about 6 years ago in highschool. Metric has always been seen as a fucking headache.
Also the Hillcrest Mine Disaster of 1914. Charles Elick was a survivor of Frank Slide in 1903 who sadly died in the Hillcrest Disaster. Talk about bad luck.
I am indigenous to canada and live on the west coast. And there is indigenous peoples that live on the west coast of vancouver island and they have a very distinctive accent...but i am 38 now and it was more noticable when i was younger
I was at the airport in the US and asked someone if they had the correct time, they told me, and I said Thank You.....they just turned their head and continued what they were doing.... No Your Welcome!?
I experienced it too at LAX during my recent trip...it was a transfer flight going to Toronto. Like several times I said "thank you"...I never get a "you're welcome". It's either "uh huh"...or nothing at all. With some exceptions...which they are not probably American at all. 😁
Re Metric and Imperial in Canada depends mostly on age I use metric more and more but it was a hard transition as I was taught in the Imperial measurement area. We are a bit double minded.
I don't get the "restroom" thing. I'm in Ontario and I've heard people use: washroom, restroom, bathroom, toilet, toilette, turlet, facilities, head, can and bog. in my neck of the woods either will enable people to direct you where you need to go :)
A parkade IS an arcade for parking cars - but in this case it refers to the other meaning of 'arcade' as a covered throughway, and not a store where you can play video games. Also, 'Tronno' could be to Canada what 'New Oarlins" is to America, in that they are pronounced differently in each country.
Whenever i am in the states and someone asks me where i am from, I tell them "thunder bay, ontario" and 99% of the time they believe I am very close to, or outside of Toronto, Ontario when in fact it would take me about 15hrs to 20 hrs (depending on road conditions) to drive there.
You could tell them it's like going from Minneapolis to Buffalo. I was in the States and told someone I'm from BC, and they asked "DC? Like Washington DC", I said no BC like British Columbia, and they went "oh England, gotcha!"
I use both washroom and bathroom, somewhat interchangeably. If I were to parse it, I’d say that bathrooms are in houses/apartments, and washrooms are offices and malls, but I’ve used both terms. The final T in Toronto is if not always silent, it’s very quiet. I’d say I have two difference pronunciations. If I’m referring to the city itself (“I’m going back to Toronto tonight”) I think I say it closer to Tor-ron-oh, but if I say as part of something like “the Toronto Star” or “Toronto Public Library” then it sounds more like Tronno. I’ve seen people spell the colloquial pronunciation as Trawna, but the way I say it ends in an O. Canadians will often saw pasta and drama with the A in pat rather than the A in paw. It drives an American I know up the wall, and I’ve had that Canadianism beaten out of me.
I recognise some of these espressions as Canadian after living most of my life here in our Dominion, but not all of them. Maybe that is because I have been exposed to Montréal English for such a long time, something that is different and full of its own unique English-language expressions that are not common in either U.S. or in other Canadian English.
Yup, I keep telling people that Montreal English is not like Canadian nor American English. Although I do think we sound more American than Canadian (I grew up on American TV and movies).
I grew up in Quebec City and am English , even there we say things a bit differently mixing french words with english For example shed we say cabane, and just in the last twenty years i have taken up the expression garde fou, railing maybe its a slang from the lower St Lawrence.
I am an Ontarian, and my paternal grandparents lived around the corner from us. My grandma, who was born in Scotland, but grew up in Montreal, never sat on the porch or verandah of their house...it was the gallery. My dad also grew up in Montreal; in my family, those black rubber boots with the red soles are known as "billy boots".
Google recommended Pakistan villagers react to Canada. It was subtitled, but I was surprised I could follow quite a bit as we have a large Indian and Pakistani population so my ear is used to the language. I immediately knew the video they were reacting to was made by an American as he pronounced quay and vase as kwey and vase instead of key and voz. I recommend it - find it on the common man channel. “There is so much water” “The settlements have very old buildings and super modern buildings” This would be good to react to them reacting to an American video about Canada lol. At first these remote villagers said all they know is canada is close to the us and is cold. At the end: “God gave us Kashmir and the Himalayas but I am so happy such a place exists” “i couldn’t stop smiling this makes me happy”
The part with "When they say 'eh' as a strange way to connect with us" made me think back to when I was young, while I'm a European born that ended up raised in most of America, for me the term "Eh" got bled into me learning English, since I had a few Canadian friends over the years, and it'd stick with me. I don't let it slip as much, but sometimes when I do, people end up thinking I'm Canadian, when I'm not. (I also didn't exactly properly learn English growing up, so it was sort of... Interesting with learning this language growing up.) I have a strange combo of American, Canadian, British, and small fragments of Australian dialect mixed in, due to having various friends over the years from those countries. ...Which I end up inadvertently making people confused when I did better myself at speaking this language. ^^;
The best part is that Tyler doesn't appear to know that he has an accent, its not super strong but you can hear it.
Well, none of us has an accent. Other people do.
Just get an American to say sorry, even a "standard American" (outside of maybe like... Minnesota) you'll hear it! Also, there's actually an observed linguistic phenomenon happening where American vowels in the north are shifting in pronunciation one direction and Canadian south vowels are going the opposite way.
No one thinks they have an accent, they sound like everyone else in their home... ;)
It really stands out in his 'a'. Like his Canada sounds a bit like Ceneduh.
It's cute but I'd immediately recognize his accent.
Yup, I'm guessing Delaware.
The way they pronounce "Canada." (You definitely do this one, Tyler!) If they refer to dollars as "singles." When you say "Thank you," and they reply "uh huh."
Me a Canadian who does all those things: *_visible confusion_*
Referring to the US as "America" is a very American thing to do. Everyone I know says they're going to the States, not to America.
I was already thinking that when Tyler said America. Lol
Also annoying when in Europe & they refer to Canadians as "Americans"!
@@Canneto33 when I was little, I told my mom, we are American, because canada is part of the continent America, just like im an earthling for li ing on earth. My mother understandably disagreed. Logically I was right, but the word has been co-opted for a shorter name for the people of the United States of America. Unitedies and statziens would just sound weird.
I noticed that to, when he asked, “Do Canadians say ‘down in America.”?” I was thinking, “Nope! But we might lump everyone together by saying, “Down in the States.” 😂
@@kendramiller1830 continents aren’t real to be fair tho, there isn’t really a set definition for them and depending on what country you live in you’ll learn a different amount of continents and/or with different names.
Canadians usually call a Candy Bar a ‘Chocolate Bar’ even if it has very little chocolate in it. If we hear someone say ‘Candy Bar’, usually they are American.
I think of a candy bar and a chocolate bar as two separate things. A candy bar would not contain chocolate and a chocolate bar is coated in chocolate.
Wtf they call it candy bars? That just sounds akward
They call it candy bar?? ☠☠
@@foooosh Yes pretty well. Also a box of chocolates is usually called a box of candy. I have lived in both Canada and U.S., and now live in a border town so speak from what I hear. This relates to the western U.S., but I think to the whole country.
On the east coast it’s just a bar.
My son and I are from the interior of BC. We were in Orlando a couple weeks ago (so this is more like how to spot a Canadian in the US) and we were walking down the street. There was a gentleman walking in the middle of the sidewalk and we wanted to scoot past. As we came up right beside him, he sort of moved over to the same side we were passing on and we both looked at each other, said sorry, and had a little laugh. I asked if he was Canadian, he said “yeah, you too, eh?” And we both laughed a little harder as I agreed.
It happens all the time to me, and my favourite response (ever!) was from an older gentleman too, he said, "Shall we dance?". Adorable!
That happened to me only once when I used to visit the ‘States
I'm also from the interior of BC! :D
Even my American cousins who live on the other side of the border a few miles away had no idea about our cities and provinces. They had access to Canadian TV (CBC flagship Canadian broadcasting) but never watched the news from our standpoint. It never failed to amaze me since we know far too much about your senators, your national issues etc. etc. That has improved a little but I still don't understand why you wouldn't take a simple 4 hr. trip from Detroit to Toronto to investigate.
Love the Interior from the Okanagan. a Bloody Mary is made with beer and tomato juice
While you check a lot of the boxes to be an honourary Canadian, Tyler, the way you pronounce "Canada" would be an automatic give-away that you weren't raised here :)
Mac and cheese in Canada is a dish that is hand made and requires baking in an oven. Kraft Dinner is a throw together meal from a box, meant to resemble Mac & cheese, requiring no effort to make!
Yes!
Thank you
Yes, krap dinner is only eaten by poor people and I've never met a poor person who does not add actual food to it. Krap dinner is filler.
Macaroni and cheese is way more involved. It's an actual dish.
I'm a 69 year old Canadian and have never baked my mac and cheese. You boil your macaroni, grate your cheese, then mix it into the drained mac with a bit of butter and milk to keep the cheese from clumping together. This is done on the top of the stove, not in the oven. I usually use cheddar, but occasionally use ementaler or gouda. This is how my mother made it, also.
And I have no idea how Tim Horton's came to be a Canadian icon. There was none when I was growing up and then one day I turned on the TV and everyone was talking about what an icon it is. It's only donuts.
Don't forget the powdered cheese as well. I think the differences in cheese makes the difference between KD and mac and cheese.
@@davemason6501 absolutely, powder cheese is not anything like actually using cheese. It's not the same at all.
Many years ago an American said to my father, "We look and talk just like you, how did you know we were American?" Dad's answer was, "I could tell by the flashing neon sign above your head." My Dad was prone to sarcasm on occasion.
You also say candy bar, for a chocolate bar here in Canada. Triple decker in the u,s here in Canada it's a club sandwhich
@@jo49able Yes! We don't say candy bar or triple decker.
@@jo49able we also call it a Club Sandwich. Where was the person who said Triple Decker from?
@@marshsundeen, Florida.
Your dad and mine would have gotten along great. We used to visit the states, shopping, quite frequently when I was a child. When posed the typical question “what brings you to Minot,ND?” my dad always responded that “a big heat wave melted all the igloos, we came south until it freezes up again.” They always bought it!
Tyler, at this point you know way too much about Canada to call yourself an average American 😂
I was thinking the same 🤣
easy: Americans are confident, Canadians have no self-esteem. Americans are leaders, Candians are followers. Canadians are excited when you tell them they are nice. Americans don 't give shit. I am Canadian, and I am Ashamed of it.
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The house hippo add was a PSA for kids about not believing everything you see on TV. We should make more of those.
Thankyou.
Protection against the "House Hippo" is information and critical thinking. The advertisement regarding the House Hippo was meant to illustrate how information could be made to look real even when it wasn't, and to encourage Canadians to research the truth for themselves, and make sure that they weren't being fooled. Largely intended to encourage people not to believe everything they see on the Internet.
People remember the house hippo but forget the cartoon talking tv stand that told kids that he’s just a tv and that there’s a wide variety of information they can check
At the time the house hippo add came out the internet didn't exist, it was about advertising to children on TV.
The fact that it's also relates to the internet is just proof that concerned children's advertisers knew exactly what they were talking about.
@@CaseyBDook The ad first aired in 1999. I've been in the IT field since the 80s. I can assure you, the Internet existed.
I had a House Hippo infestation a few years ago. Suckers kept chewing on the power chords and zapping themselves. I finally got rid of them by catching them in live traps and sending them to our local House Hippo sanctuary. 🦛😏
@@rko1095 we have Henry the house hippo. Every time some finds his nest he moves and we have to find him again.
Tyler, you have a moderate southern accent that EVERY Canadian can pick up on. Our accents are much more muted in most populated parts of Canada or are due to English being a second language in the household. The standard accent you hear in most movies and TV is what most of us sound like.
I hear it, too, especially with the first syllable of Canada.
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His accent is more of a mid-western state bordering the south accent. But you are right, every Canadian would immediately recognise Tyler is an American from his accent.
@@cjm8160 thanks for the clarification 😅 I'm not very familiar with the regional aspects of American accents.
I agree with CJM; something Midwest but not as far north and east as the Great Lakes. Iowa, maybe?
To me everything in the US is the south.
As a Canadian, I agree that we don’t say freshmen or sophomore.
I went to Vegas last year. When passing US security, the security guy asked how I pronounce my name (I’m french Canadian). I said my name, and he went: "wow! You pronounced that with the perfect accent!!!) I mean, how stupid would I be if I couldn’t pronounce my own name… 😅🤪
I was born and spent all my life in southern Ontario. I have a French last name and I'm sure I've never pronounced it correctly
@@larryjolicoeur7169 i learnt 6 years of French and I can’t even speak 1 sentence of it let alone pronounce a French name lol
@@larryjolicoeur7169 that’s only natural to pronounce it like you have heard it all your life 🤷♀️
@@LordOfElysium practice and exposure is the key 🤗
I had a colleague in Ontario whose last name was Bouchard, another colleague from middle East did not know how to pronounce it, she said 'Mr. Butcher' instead
Dogsleds? I'm amazed at how many Americans forget about Alaska. The Iditarod is a sled dog race run entirely in Alaska (from Anchorage to Nome) and you can tell many dog teams are embarrassed to be hauling those shabby sleds, lol!
Animal abuse 😡
@@lyndagayemillerwhat’s animal abuse is when people buy a husky to live in hot places. It’s a cold weather dog that loves running and snow
@@Nevertoleave Exactly! When those dogs are pulling a sled, they're doing what dogs love to do: be in the fresh air, running with a pack, they're well-fed, receive excellent veterinary care. They are very much loved by their owners. Funny how people who have zero understanding about a topic self-righteously label it as "abuse", smh.
@@Nevertoleave thanks for saying so. These dogs live to run and all dogs live to serve their human. Putting one of these dogs in an environment that is hot is definitely abuse when compared to working a sled.
@@lyndagayemiller not even close. Abuse and working a dog isn't comparable.
People Abuse dogs by getting one and keeping it in a yard or apartment when dogs need to run and have a job to do.
As an elementary teacher here in Ontario, I hear the term “duo-tang” ALL day! Not quite the same as a folder… it has those 3 prongs that open and hold 3-holed papers. So the phrase, “Put those papers IN your math duo-tang.” would make perfect sense to EVERY school-age child! And it means to ACTUALLY open the metal prongs, make sure the paper is attached, and re-flatten the metal prongs!!
An inexpensive way to hold your loose leaf paper. You could add or subtract sheets as you needed.
Absolutely not interchangable terms. in fact most Duo-tangs do not have pockets at all
Wouldn't make any sense to me but I live on the west coast
Yes, where I live near Vancouver, spotting an American is very easy. I can tell exactly who that middle age tourist is. But sometimes they out themselves. My son worked at a bar. It was Canada Day , an American came off the latest cruise boat and stated how nice it was for Canadians to celebrate July 4th for them.
Wow.
Am in Vancouver. This is very common.
LOL that's a good one
The last President of the US, wishing Happy Birthday to the 51st state, on Canada day. I have a long memory. Probably the most ignorant thing ever said by a sitting President in the history of US/Canada relations. The reason I will never visit the US ever.
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I watch Canadian and American home renovation shows, and Americans pronounce the word "foyer" as [fo--yur,] whereas most Canadians I know pronounce it like [foy-ay]. I know us Canadians pronounce it correctly because it's a word of French origin, and we pronounce it the way it's supposed to be pronounced lol (you can verify that on Google :).
Oh wow I didn’t realize Americans used the r that’s so interesting
So, being old and having lived a long time, I can tell you that bathroom and washroom are both used in Canada, however, nowadays you will hear washroom more often. We absolutely do say pop, we don't call it soda, a lot of people are taking on American speech and mannerisms and you'll hear some words but we do say pop. I know in Michigan or Minnesota, and some of the northern States say pop also.
Btw, I love your channel, You are one of my favorite Americans.❤
We also pronounced foyer differently. We pronounce it as a French word as it is a French word. An American on social media told me nobody says foyer that way and that I was just being conceited and vain like I was full of myself. I told her that most of the world pronounces it the way we do in Canada. That it was a French word so we used the French Pronunciation. I felt sorry for them because they obviously didn't know much about the world yet.
In Quebec, we do not say pop or soda. We say soft drink or drink. When I lived in Toronto pop sounded so funny to me and serviettes (in TO) instead of napkins!
Some of them say pop - or they try. I knew they were American when the mom leaned out the car window at the store and asked the dad to "grab me a battle of pap"
Person Incognito, I once heard of an argument about how to say Beaufort! The American insisted that it was Buefert! The British-canadian said, no it was Bowfort! LOL peace and love
The pop/soda divide can be within a state. In Pittsburgh, we say pop; but in Philadelphia, they say soda. The line is probably in the mountains somewhere.
@@pontiuspilot9301 I don't even know how I would say that because I never come across that word on the West Coast.😁
Zee vs Zed, depends how old you are; many younger people (my grandkids) say zee because of American influence in schools. Metric vs Imperial measurements, also can depend on age. For those of us who learned imperial in schools, before metric was adopted in Canada, we do tend to use some of each. Distance is usually in kilometers because of road signs and speed signs and in vehicles, but height, weight, etc is usually in imperial measurements; except in hospitals etc. Actually distance is most often measured in time; it takes this many hours to get somewhere, that is the distance. For example, the closest city to where I live is "an hour from my home." :)
I was thinking the same thing about Zee and Zed. RUclips is such a big influence for kids because the alphabet songs online always say Zee. When my son was a toddler, I scoured the internet to find an alphabet song with Zed.
That's a British thing to say zed.
@@paulturner8372 It is also a Canadian thing. We generally (at least I do) identify more with Britain than with the US. (Actually, when I was younger, we spent half our time pointing out that we were not American, and the other half pointing out that we were not British, but we were Canadian! lol) Growing up, we used zed all the time. It is only as Americanisms have entered the school system more and more that zee became more common.....
@@paulturner8372 It’s a New Zeland thing too..
We Canucks kind of mix it up where metric/imperial is concerned. Temps for example... my thermostat is usually set at 72(F). But if referring to outside temps it's usually metric; it's +30, or 30 above.
We also don't have a metric equivalent of a foot (which we should by now). Maybe why we still often use imperial measurements in construction and such.
A Caesar is like a bloody Mary, but made with Clamato Juice; a mix of Clam juice and tomato Juice. Vodka, worcesteshire sauce, hot sauce, and a celery salt rimmed glass, usually served with a celery stir stick.
Some restaurants have creative garnishes as well. Have your Caesar garnished with a burger, onion rings, and fried chicken. Look up Caesar Competition and you'll find a whole bunch of odd variations.
I'm in Calgary where the Caesar was invented.
A touch of horseradish too !
You can buy Caesar mix in the US in PA, NJ, and Florida.
Every American my husband has served a Caesar has agreed they taste better than a Bloody Mary.
Ceasers are far superior to the bloody Mary. Fight me Americans.
A duo-tang is a folder that is used to store paper that has been three-hole punched. Similar to a binder. Though instead of a ring, Each hole is secured by two metal 'tangs' (duo-tang) that go through the hole and folded down in opposite directions on the other side of the paper. *Edited the correction, Thanks A.
Three-hole punched.
Thanks, After all these years the name finally makes sense
Wrong! Canadians have access to more words for things. What outs Americans is not knowing what certain words mean and what outs Canadians is using words Americans don't understand. Canadians interchange British, French, American & Canadian expressions freely.
When my daughter was in high school she got outed for using “big words” so it isn’t common for even Canadians to have large vocabularies.
@@viviannefraser5974Not true. It depends on where you’re from in Canada. See Tyler? We can’t even all agree in Canada because it’s so regional and diverse!
@cullinganator, very true. We have all these different words we use. I always find it weird for example, when Americans say Foy-er! Whereas we say it the French way! Foyer, pronounced Foy-eh!
@viviannefraser5974 This is so true. I've traveled in the States, and I've known many Americans who visit Canada, and they don't use Multisyllabic words very much.
@@LetItBeSummer-1 I just commented on this above
When I was younger I went on a shopping trip to Spokane, Washington. While at a restaurant there, I spilled my drink a bit and asked the waitress for a “serviette” She had NO IDEA what I was asking for 😂🤣😂
If you say "Toronto, Canada", or Calgary, Canada", you're definitely not a Canadian.
I worked at Marineland as a teenager in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada during the summer. I had Americans come up to me and ask where I park my sled dogs? And why don’t we have any snow? I told them they were lucky , they hit a heat wave I laughed so hard. I also was asked if I push the English button on the atm do I get American money and if I push the French button do I get Canadian money? I said are you serious? Did you not cross the border? Seriously. I had wished I had wrote them down and wrote a book. Lmao.
Tyler Bucket , you certainly have an , umm, an American accent. Sorry! oops that just identified me as Canadian! I couldn’t help this comment.
I've traveled so many countries no one has asked me the most ignorant stupid questions then in USA. Makes me embarrassed for them
There was a US sheriff who went to Calgary on vacation then wrote a letter to the local paper after about how he was approached in a park and wished he had his handgun to respond...turned out a person offered him free tickets to the Calgary stampede.
Worked at Stampede for a few years. I could spot an American without even looking. Guns, not allowed, rodeo competitors were OUTRAGED! 😂🙄
Americans frequently threw garbage anywhere but the garbage 🗑️ can. 😤
I have lived in Calgary all my life! The Calgary stampede is one of those weird things that is essentially a local carnival that is a part of our identity but everyone dresses like cattle people and nobody ever actually is except the people who run the rodeo so it’s kind of weird lol.
I remember about the gunless sheriff. Unable to co-mingle with the public without a weapon handy.
@cristoferchanimak in the 70's and before people were cowboys and girls in cowtown and it was very common to see people in cowboy hats and garb because they were farmers and ranchers. As the city became bigger, it is less common.
@@personincognito3989 oh makes sense!
Tyler, I salute you for this episode!! I was literally laughing out loud so many times! I'm a Canadian who grew up only miles from the US border. My mother was born in the states, my father was from Eastern Canada, Scottish and English descent, so needless to say, we grew up with so many different phrases and uses of words and their pronunciation that nothing really sounded unusual to me until you actually pinned it!! Great job!! We are different, and yet the same!!
The secret is how do you get the caramel in the Caramilk bar.
SSHHHH! Jeez!
Also telling is when they say "Carmel" instead of "Caramel"
I just want to say THANK YOU for doing these videos about Canada. Every country has room for improvements and Canada is no exception, but I love my home and am happy that it is getting some much-needed coverage :)
The house Hippo commercial was a government ad to tell you not to believe everything you see on T.V. lol
Went to Orlando and was asked how to spell my last name. I say Zed and the woman looked at me, so confuse and asked me to repeat myself. I said Zed again and she still had no idea what I was talking about. Then I say, Zee and all of a sudden, she knew what letter I meant. This is a hotel in Orlando, you would think they were used to Canadians visiting
My ex who is American and I’m still friends with used to think that radio and tv airwaves were somehow stopped at the border, prevented from going into Canada ,,… until she lived up here in Canada with me for 10 years ,… she returned wiser and more Canadian than anything lol
From watching these videos and his reaction, I think it underlines how little Americans in general know about Canada. I visit the States quite often and on each trip I’m asked questions that are unbelievable and at times insulting. They are taught nothing about Canada even though we are geographically their closest neighbour (longest border) and a far larger trading partner than Mexico. I find it funny at times to see his reaction to the situations he has created and what Canadians think.
A Caesar is not the same as a Bloody Mary. (tomato juice and vodka) A Caesar is Clamato juice( clam juice and tomato juice ) vodka, (a celery stick, asparagus stalk, a geeking pickle, a jumbo shrimp, and many other unique garnishes on long skewer sticks and or any combination of said garnishes.) Some people call it a meal in a glass). Check it out
As a Canadian I was under the impression that university and college are 2 distinctly different types of schools. I've never been to either but in high school we had the option to complete courses that were more geared towards going to college or university.
FYI, dogsledding is pretty popular in Alaska, not just the far north of Canada. Also, the metric system is taught in school for the last few generations but older folks still use the imperial.
I had a husky when I was a teenager in southern Ontario. I got her from a friend who wanted a team but couldn't have a whole pack of dogs. He gave out his dogs' puppies with the deal that he could come get them to train and race with. It worked out really well. It's almost impossible for a human to tire out a husky, but there's nothing that looks happier than a husky that's been running hard with all his friends all day.
Many trades are stuck using Impirial too, largely thanks to the states and an odd stubborn refusal for change
I learned Imperial the first half of grade 2, and then my teacher came in one day and said " Ok class, forget everything I just taught you. We're going to learn the Metric System" lol
@@StaceyFritch - I got my driver's license in miles and everything switched to klicks a few weeks later. North American cars didn't even have them on the speedo yet, and they sold little arrow with numbers stickers to mess it up with.
62 year old Canadian here and I never heard the term restroom before. Bathroom in a home and washroom in a public place
If you want to learn about another amazing Canadian, check our Rick Hansen, who rolled across the world in his wheelchair!
Growing up in the BC Rockies, we learned about Rick Hansen at a young age. When I moved out to the East Coast my school actually had him in to speak, I was so excited, but no one else had any idea who he was. He gave an amazing speech that honestly brought me to tears.
@@bookworms77 Really? That's amazing! So odd that they didn't know who he was though.
- Yeah he was the next runner up after Terry Fox, I actually was kind of surprised there were no replies in this Rick Hansen comment referencing Terry Fox, considering he was the first guy to make that effort. They were both heros of course, but I mean, respectfully Terry was first.
You thank them and they say, “yep.” You say sorry and they don’t say it back.
I highly recommend googling "how to measure things like a Canadian" and taking a look at the incredibly (unfortunately) correct chart that explains the many ways we measure things ahahaha. Honestly it could probably take an entire video to make sense of it, but it's also just fun to look at on your own
I think fabrics is the weirdest one. Width is in inches but it's sold by the meter.
@@isabelleblanchet3694 All the fabric stores I frequent use both systems, with a different price for meter or yard. Quilting patterns, instructions and rulers are given in inches and although the self healing cutting boards often come with centimetre grid on one side and inches on the other, I don't know a soul who uses the metric side. We definitely have our feet in both ponds when it comes to sewing!
That chart is SO accurate, I just looked it up lol. Only in Canada do you say "the weather is 29 degrees and the pool is 80 degrees" lol. Why do we measure pools in Fahrenheit?? Especially since we measure rivers and lake temps in Celsius??? Literally don't get it lol. Funny chart though.
@Seqka711 Probaby the pool manufacturer is American :😀
@@AuntieDeb71 In Québec they have fazed out the sold by the yard fabric in the last 2-3 decades. I remember my mother buying fabric by the yard when I was in high school for my prom dress, but now it's only by the metre or half metre.
Canada is the place where people don't really get too heated when you prnouce something wrong since we pronouce everything differently from each other
Where I live in Canada in the GTA, we use washroom and bathroom, interchangeable. Not restroom. Just so you know, different parts of Canada use different words just to make it all complicated. Some of us will use some British words more, some areas use a little bit more American, some will use a little bit more French. It’s a big mishmash! No one in my area uses parkade
But never restroom as fas as I know.
I grew up saying zed and try to instill that to my 3 yr old. However, with the American influenced shows and American RUclips alphabet songs, she's starting to say zee, and it drives me nuts lol. I keep telling her, "It's zed, because we're Canadian." 😆
Actually, America is the only English speaking country to say Zee. It comes from attempts to differentiate USA from Britain post revolution.
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A duo-tang is a cross between a folder and binder
Hello from Nova Scotia! I truly enjoy your content and always end up with a smile on my face. For all of our differences I think we can agree we’re more alike than most of us previously assumed. Great videos, thank you
It would be a fun video watching him try to pronounce Nova Scotia towns.
If someone invited me over for macaroni and cheese, and they served me Kraft dinner, I'd be BEYOND PISSED! Yikes. Not the same thing at all. The real stuff is amazing, and one of my favourite foods!
If someone invited me over for Mac and cheese I would be confused if it wasn’t KD. Namely because I don’t know anyone that makes Mac and cheese from scratch
@@Nevertoleave That's kind of sad to me. Don't get me wrong many people love the simple chemical soup of KD, but I would definitely enjoy a flavourful and more complex take on mac and cheese even more.
@@Nevertoleave I too am sad for you. Proper macaroni and cheese is incredibly delicious, but you do need to like cheese. 😊
Whoa, seriously? Someone was kind enough to invite you for a meal and it wasn't what you assumed it was going to be, you'd be BEYOND PISSED? Is your last name "Kardashian", lol!
@@sachospunn3809 Calm yourself, troll.
We’ve driven to the northern US a couple times (once to Connecticut and once out to Nebraska). The first time I was shocked when I ordered ice tea. The ice tea just tasted like cold tea! No sugar at all. Our ice tea is definitely sweetened :)
I was in the print industry for years and the big tell was the word "process" (as in "process colour"). Canadians say it like this: "pro-sess". Americans say "praw-sess", with the "awww" sound instead of an "ohh" sound. Virtually all Americans say it that way.
To me "proh-sess" is a verb and "praw-cess" is a noun.
As an American, this is how I would notice a Canadian. This or the long i in organization.
I'm a weird Canadian, I guess. Or, perhaps it's because I've always lives near the US border, but I pronounce process as "praw-cess", not "pro-cess".
- Just curious if you are Canadian or American - I noticed you spelled it "Colour" whereas I spell it "Color"
I make a macaroni and cheese casserole and bake it in the oven,
then I also make Kraft Dinner in a pot on the stove.
2:00 it's the references to freshmen and sophomores that marks someone as US American. No other country uses those terms. Not one.
A duotang is specifically a folder that holds paper with 3 sets of 2(duo) pieces of metal that you fold over to secure the papers into place, known as tanging.
The projection on the blade of a tool such as a knife, by which the blade is held firmly in the handle.
"a full tang is used for strength"
In Ontario, we say, Pop (soda) and washroom.
30:25 OMG 😂😂😂 I had never seen the word duo-tang spelled like that, but when you looked it up and said it out loud.. I UNLOCKED A CHILDHOOD MEMORY 😂 I can't believe I forgot about duotangs!! 😂😂😂
They used to be notebooks - colored stiff paper with 3 prongs and comes with it's own label.
Right!! And we had one.for every.subject in a multitude of colours lol
@@annemarie5851 Oh I remembered right away, and couldn't believe I'd forgotten about them since switching to binders for highschool! Lol
Hearing it said out loud took me right back to first grade, being excited about new school supplies. Lmao
@@eyden1562 yeah my school supplies were kept neat and clean....for about a day:)
Yeah I associate duo-tang with the folder with the 3 holes with the bendable metal tabs to secure the paper not a folder. A folder is just a folder, a duotang is a fancy folder that you can shake and the pages don’t fall out, perfect for Canadian weather…
"You don't have to ask. They'll tell you and make sure you know." That is totally accurate and I've experienced it SO many times! This one time, I was at a bar, smoking outside and a guy asked for my light. I presented myself and said "Hey my name's Julie" and went to shake his hand. He replied "Hi, I'm from Texas".... He did not get a hand shake and smoked his cigarette all by himself.
I was on vacation several years ago in Aruba, and got to chatting to two friends. I knew before they said where they were from, that one was American and one Canadian. The American didn't have a southern twang or anything like that, but I have noticed that what would be considered "no accent" is definitely different. It's sort of more clipped, and then of course there are words that Americans use that we don't.
I was in Illinois to visit my sister and her family a few times in summer and it was the other way around, I was easily spotted as Canadian. My sister said I say “thank you” too much. She would also tell her neighbor that she’s turning her centralized AC on because her “ Canadian sister” is visiting😊. Also pronouncing “Z” as “zed”- born and raised in the Philippines and our english traditionally follows American English but I got used to “zed” since I moved to Canada.
As a Canadian watching your videos, I appreciate you! You try to get to khow your neighbours :)
For pronouncing city names like Toronto as Toronno we also do it for Calgary. We pronounce it Calgry instead of Cal-Gary.
People living North of Toronto say Tor on toe. People in Toronto say Tarrono.
Lmao. I did a arm raise cheer when you pronounced Newfoundland as Newfnland. I grew up out on the east coast( New Brunswick) hearing it pronounced that way. I totally Crack up when hearing someone enunciate each part. 😂😂
Always said new fndland- Vancouver
My family is from Newfoundland and everytime I hear someone say NewFOUNDland I cringe
In Massachusetts everyone pronounced it that way. Maybe because of our proximity to Canada
I'm from Newfoundland. Best trick I know to help people pronounce it correctly is to say the word Understand before hand. Understand Newfoundland 😁
I live up in northern British Columbia and I know this really nice lady who comes to work with our horses on occasion. She goes dogsledding in the winter.
We were just chatting about how this year is going so far in a grocery checkout a few days ago.
It’s truly impressive. Lots of people do it leisurely, but it can get super competitive if you enter events.
A Caesar is made with Clamato juice instead of tomato juice.
Frequently adding Tobasco sauce too.
I really had to go once at a mall in New York and asked some random person, where the washroom was and they had no clue until I clarified " I need to take the Browns to the super bowl ! " They said "not in New York you ain't!" And I did the walk of shame back to my apartment. This is a true story, it happened to a friend of a friend of mine... 💯
In Canada, soda refers to carbonated water. Specifically, club soda. For example, in a scotch and soda beverage.
@dacrosber Any sweet carbonated drink is pop. A dark carbonated drink is cola. Of course you have ginger ale, lemon lime drinks, root beer, fruit flavoured, etc. But it is all pop.
There used to be a company called the Pop Shoppe, that produced a wide range of flavours
Blueberry, Grape, Orange, Cream soda, and of course the well described Red pop. Most people ask for soft drinks by brand these days.
@dacrosber Another reason why Wisconsin rocks!
Pop has always been more of an Ontario thing for me. In Manitoba one hears the term soft drink quite often.
Hi Tyler, you have what I would call a "Yankee twang" on the first syllable of Canada, as someone else has mentioned. I'm from northern New England and I would know, as I used to sound that way myself until I went to school in England and my A's flattened out. Otherwise your accent sounds pretty neutral. Thank you for the fun video.
Ignore that person who says we don't say "Zed" - we do. The older we are, the more likely we are to use pre-metric measurements. Generally we continue to use it for human height and weight, but not much else.
I think that person may have been an American.
I had an easy time spotting an American family in a store one day. They were looking at the milk trying to figure out how the bags work. I walked up and asked if they were American (I didn't want them to think I thought they were stupid). I then explained about the pitchers and pointed them out across the aisle. They decided to go with the 2 litre carton.
That only identifies someone as 'not from a province that sells bagged milk.' I've lived in BC my whole life, and only learned that bagged milk existed a few months ago, watching Tyler learn about it!
@@emordnilap4747 I didn't know that there were provinces that don't sell it. I've lived in 3 provinces (Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia) and have seen bags in all of them. Wish I lived in BC. I hate the bags
@@eph2vv89only1way Okay, sounds like all of the eastern half of the country sells bagged milk then? I had wondered where it was sold. Pretty sure Alberta doesn't, don't know about the rest.
@emordnilaP Manitoba used to sell it but stopped in the 80's
Western ontario doesn't have it either, I live right by the mb/on border and do my shopping in kenora sometimes, and I've never seen it
1. I always say washroom when I'm in public.
2. We say Sorry a lot.
3. Listen to a CBC broadcast. They have a certain way of speaking. You listen to then often enough, you can tell the difference between them and an American broadcaster.
4. I do art. I still use the words pencil crayons when the rest of the world uses the words colored pencils.
Pencil crayons all the way.
Peter Jennings was a news anchor when I was a kid in America, but he was from Canada. I wonder if I'd notice anything about his speech if I watched a recording of him now. Perhaps I'd have to go back to his earliest broadcasts.
An actor friend of mine was telling me he went to an audition and was asked if he could do an American accent. I asked, what would be an American accent, to me we sound the same. He said, simply say everything as if you're angry.
Certain accents really give them away, like the Southern accent, Boston, New Jersey, New York...etc...
Another Canadian here, very much appreciating what you do, Tyler.
The dogsled comment is a prime example of Canadian sarcastic humour
A duo-tang is more than a folder. It has three double-prongs so you can put hole-punched paper over them. You told the prongs back and then the paper doesn't fall out. Like a binder but no rings.
I've been dog sledding in Mont Tremblant, Quebec... one of the coolest experiences of my life!! Highly recommend!
In construction, 4x8 sheets of osb sheeting and drywall go on 2x4 studs spaced 16 inches. The copper wire in the wall is 16 awg. In recent years there has been more metric being used but when the number one trade partner doesn't use metric, things can get confusing. When it comes to other things metric is far more common. foods are sold in grams, kilos, liter, milliliter, etc. many containers are the same size as those from the USA. as an example, a 12 ounce can of coke is 355ml, or a 1-gallon jug of windshield washer fluid is sold as 3.78 liters. If you go into an auto parts store and ask for 3 feet of 3/8 inch fuel line, they will know exactly what you are asking for. Both systems make sense for various applications. It is entertaining to poke a bit of fun though.
I had to speak to a store in the US once and was spelling out my last name and when I reached zed, they couldn't follow. So I said x,y,zed and the person said oh you mean zee 😁
Had a similar experience in Florida.
I was in Seattle, 2 hours drive from British Columbia, was discussing with our kids what they wanted to order for the window. The lady who waited on us still had her back to us and she said I hear Canadians, she didnt say what gave it away but she could tell by something that we said.
Body (height, weight), indoor temp, cooking temp is imperial. Distance, and outdoor temp is metric. When you fill out a medical form, they usually give you 2 options, cm or feet and inches
Lumber is still advertised in inches, feet. Ask at the lumber yard in cms. I dare you. 😉
On the forms sure they give you the option for feet and inches but Canada wide on our id’s it’s in cm’s. Just good luck finding many Canadians that know their height in cm’s even though it’s on their driver’s license.
For indoor temp, it depends on the building, newer ones are in Celsius now.
Where I am Washroom, and Restroom are pretty much used interchangeably. Also, you will hear soda, but it is referring to soda water/club soda.
The reason for saying Zed is so that you don't confuse it phonetically with C when spelling things out. Everyone I know says zed, but on occasion will use zee when talking to an American or trying to make it rhyme with something. Personally, I use the NATO phonetic alphabet out of habit, since it's the only one that makes sense in that regard.
A lot of people mix measurements because we transitioned to Metric about 40 years ago, and not everyone is used to it yet, but all packages are marked in metric, even if some of them may also include Imperial.
That’s not why lol. Z is zed because of the Greek zeta.
@@cristoferchanimak It's how Canadians tend to justify it, regardless.
@@cristoferchanimak So how would you say Catherine Zeta Jones?
Just kidding I pronounce it Zed also
It's also 'zed' in French and in British English, which is the origin of the language and a country that Canada has historical ties to. I'm not sure why we would randomly change a pronunciation just because that's how the Americans say it.
You are my absolute favorite person in America, i love how much you want to learn about canada, sending you a virtual hug
College and university are two different things. College is usually a smaller place that focuses on trades or introductory courses. Specialists go to university. Universities are larger and do research of their own.
So yeah saying that someone who went to uni went to college is an insult.
Edit: in BC we use bath, wash and restroom interchangeably
Also our length mesuments look like, millimeters, inches, feet, meters, kilometres. Weight uses milligrams, grams, oz., lbs. volume uses, millilitres, cubic centimetres, teaspoon, tablespoon, cups, litre, gallon.
Yes it’s as confusing as it looks.
I completely agree. I live in BC as well. I use bathroom, restroom, and washroom interchangeably. All my friends that went to college alone are in trades. Any that went to university did introductory college courses first. But that's not always the case. You can still go to university without having to go to college first. The way you spelt litre would out you as a Canadian. I saw it spelt liter a long time ago and thought it was a mistake. I was just reading an American article.
I’m Canadian, live in Ontario nearish Algonquin park. In my neck of the woods the only metric measurements any1 genuinely knows and thinks about r: Celsius but only for outdoor temperatures, everytime else it’s in Fahrenheit. Kilometres only for driving speed and travel distance. And litre but only really for groceries and fuel. Mostly everything is mostly or exclusively standard, or as most ppl seem to say from wat I’ve heard on the internet, imperial. Idk why but I never heard it being called imperial til about 6 years ago in highschool. Metric has always been seen as a fucking headache.
I would not consider it an insult. It just wouldn't make sense.
But Canadians cups and spoons are different then the US ones. Ours are metric. 1 cup = 250ml, 1 table spoon = 15 ml
Some colleges actually conduct research as well. The college in my town has for years, in both plant and animal sciences.
I love the fact you have humbled yourself to learn more about a neighbouring country
The house hippo commercial was a governmental campaign to increase awareness against false advertising
You may want to learn about the Crowsnest Pass in Alberta. It will include Frank Slide. I think you’ll like this history
Yes! The Frank Slide woke up my great-grandmother when she was a child. What a night that would have been.
Also the Hillcrest Mine Disaster of 1914. Charles Elick was a survivor of Frank Slide in 1903 who sadly died in the Hillcrest Disaster. Talk about bad luck.
I am indigenous to canada and live on the west coast. And there is indigenous peoples that live on the west coast of vancouver island and they have a very distinctive accent...but i am 38 now and it was more noticable when i was younger
I tink yur right eh!
I was at the airport in the US and asked someone if they had the correct time, they told me, and I said Thank You.....they just turned their head and continued what they were doing.... No Your Welcome!?
What? Not even an "Uh-huh?" Ingrate!
@@girthbloodstool339 Was gonna mention this one too... A heartfelt thank you! is often followed by an uh huh or a shrug with a grunt. Really weird 🤷
Even just a "No Worries" is better than nothing...
I experienced it too at LAX during my recent trip...it was a transfer flight going to Toronto. Like several times I said "thank you"...I never get a "you're welcome". It's either "uh huh"...or nothing at all. With some exceptions...which they are not probably American at all. 😁
Toronto.
Re Metric and Imperial in Canada depends mostly on age I use metric more and more but it was a hard transition as I was taught in the Imperial measurement area. We are a bit double minded.
I don't get the "restroom" thing. I'm in Ontario and I've heard people use: washroom, restroom, bathroom, toilet, toilette, turlet, facilities, head, can and bog. in my neck of the woods either will enable people to direct you where you need to go :)
Yes. Restroom is heard a lot where I’m from in Canada!
And the Ladies room or the Mens room....
@@laurieclark9078 DOH! I forgot Loo as well...
A parkade IS an arcade for parking cars - but in this case it refers to the other meaning of 'arcade' as a covered throughway, and not a store where you can play video games.
Also, 'Tronno' could be to Canada what 'New Oarlins" is to America, in that they are pronounced differently in each country.
I'm Canadian and I have actually slept in an igloo in the winter and driven a dog sled. I was in the military at the time.
Whenever i am in the states and someone asks me where i am from, I tell them "thunder bay, ontario" and 99% of the time they believe I am very close to, or outside of Toronto, Ontario when in fact it would take me about 15hrs to 20 hrs (depending on road conditions) to drive there.
You could tell them it's like going from Minneapolis to Buffalo.
I was in the States and told someone I'm from BC, and they asked "DC? Like Washington DC", I said no BC like British Columbia, and they went "oh England, gotcha!"
The US says bathroom, Uk says Toilet, Canadians mainly say washroom, but they also know bathroom, restroom etc....
I use both washroom and bathroom, somewhat interchangeably. If I were to parse it, I’d say that bathrooms are in houses/apartments, and washrooms are offices and malls, but I’ve used both terms. The final T in Toronto is if not always silent, it’s very quiet. I’d say I have two difference pronunciations. If I’m referring to the city itself (“I’m going back to Toronto tonight”) I think I say it closer to Tor-ron-oh, but if I say as part of something like “the Toronto Star” or “Toronto Public Library” then it sounds more like Tronno. I’ve seen people spell the colloquial pronunciation as Trawna, but the way I say it ends in an O. Canadians will often saw pasta and drama with the A in pat rather than the A in paw. It drives an American I know up the wall, and I’ve had that Canadianism beaten out of me.
I recognise some of these espressions as Canadian after living most of my life here in our Dominion, but not all of them. Maybe that is because I have been exposed to Montréal English for such a long time, something that is different and full of its own unique English-language expressions that are not common in either U.S. or in other Canadian English.
Yup, I keep telling people that Montreal English is not like Canadian nor American English. Although I do think we sound more American than Canadian (I grew up on American TV and movies).
And montreal English can even vary from one neighborhood to the next. 😆
I grew up in Quebec City and am English , even there we say things a bit differently mixing french words with english For example shed we say cabane, and just in the last twenty years i have taken up the expression garde fou, railing maybe its a slang from the lower St Lawrence.
@@RLMARMEN Do you use quebecois swear words too?? 😆
I am an Ontarian, and my paternal grandparents lived around the corner from us. My grandma, who was born in Scotland, but grew up in Montreal, never sat on the porch or verandah of their house...it was the gallery. My dad also grew up in Montreal; in my family, those black rubber boots with the red soles are known as "billy boots".
duo tang is the method used to hold the paper. it has two bendable tangs that fold down.
Google recommended Pakistan villagers react to Canada. It was subtitled, but I was surprised I could follow quite a bit as we have a large Indian and Pakistani population so my ear is used to the language.
I immediately knew the video they were reacting to was made by an American as he pronounced quay and vase as kwey and vase instead of key and voz.
I recommend it - find it on the common man channel.
“There is so much water”
“The settlements have very old buildings and super modern buildings”
This would be good to react to them reacting to an American video about Canada lol.
At first these remote villagers said all they know is canada is close to the us and is cold.
At the end:
“God gave us Kashmir and the Himalayas but I am so happy such a place exists”
“i couldn’t stop smiling this makes me happy”
I saw this reaction and LOVED it!
The part with "When they say 'eh' as a strange way to connect with us" made me think back to when I was young, while I'm a European born that ended up raised in most of America, for me the term "Eh" got bled into me learning English, since I had a few Canadian friends over the years, and it'd stick with me. I don't let it slip as much, but sometimes when I do, people end up thinking I'm Canadian, when I'm not. (I also didn't exactly properly learn English growing up, so it was sort of... Interesting with learning this language growing up.) I have a strange combo of American, Canadian, British, and small fragments of Australian dialect mixed in, due to having various friends over the years from those countries. ...Which I end up inadvertently making people confused when I did better myself at speaking this language. ^^;
"Pop" is a much more fun word, honestly. It pops, so call it pop!
Parade is a parking structure with more than one level and is covered. Ground level is a parking lot.
Accents from certain parts of USA are very distinct. Same holds true for Canada.