Why do America and Australia have such an extensive set of Useful Notes, but this one looks quite threadbare? If nothing else it would be nice to have a new page detailing province by province.
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Because no one has added such notes. "No Wiki Magic", someone might say—but then, if you are the first to add it, I promise it will add incentive for other people to add their two cents.
Fine. A year on, my Candaphile tendencies mean I'm going to get the ball rolling on provinces and territories.
Does anybody else find that there is a rather blatant pro-American theme to this page?
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If by "blatant pro-American theme" you mean not reeking with Molson's Joe style Canadian Nationalism where a country desperately tries to prove its individuality by pretentiously bashing its more powerful brother, then yes, it does have a pro-American theme.
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The Beware The Nice Ones trope on the page refers to the Germans and World War II, while the Canucks With Chinooks page places the Germans fearing Canadians in World War One. Which one is correct?
"That said, as I've mentioned before, apart from the helmet, he's not exactly bad looking, if a bit...blood-drenched." - juancarlos Hide / Show Replies
I was at the understanding that Canada was a feared enemy in both wars. But World War I would probably be a better example because it was before Canada was recognized as a country on an international level.
Kendra Kirai: I don't know if it's suitable for the main page, but...
You cannot make fun of a Canadian. Our main exports are snow, hockey, maple syrup, and jokes about ourselves. Any joke you can think of about Canada? Chances are a Canadian wrote it first. Canadians have a very forgiving personality and great senses of humor. How many sitting politicians have appeared on a national comedy show...knowingly...to make fun of themselves? Canadian ones do it all the time. Royal Canadian Air Farce, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Mercer Report, hell, even sitcoms, like Corner Gas.
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"You cannot make fun of a Canadian." - that makes it sounds like either Canadians won't get it because they're thick, or will react violently, or something else to imply that you literally cannot do it. What about "You are not as clever as you think you are. You can't hurt Canada's feelings." or something like that?
I really don't understand why you're arguing about this. Kendra Kirai can say whatever she wants, but every Canadian has a different opinion on whether or not you can make fun of them. I personally don't care.
Montreal, the second largest French speaking city in the world after Paris, culturally speaking, Montreal is as close you can get to Paris without actually moving to the real Paris. ...
If this sentence is true then: New-York is as close you can get to York Without going to England...
Montreal has nothing to do with paris at all. It is true that many montrealers spreak french... same could be said that many New-yorker speak english but it doesnt make teh city feel more like England.
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Really, the closest you can get to Paris without actually moving to the real Paris is to idle your car a centimetre outside of the Paris aire urbaine.
We should change it to say that Montreal is the cultural centre of French-speaking North America and one of the great bastions of francophonic culture outside of France. (I doubt anyone would dispute those claims.)
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Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Neutralizing
, started by helterskelter on Aug 4th 2011 at 8:23:38 AM
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