Funny Things that Cdns say/do at Disney that make Americans go 'huh?'

Oh my goodness The O! I miss that place. The fries are sooooo good, and I actually don't like French Fries!

My fondest memory of Da Burgh is my first day moving there. I was actually moving to McKeesport. This was before everyone had a smart phone and a GPS riveted to their palm. I'm looking for the main road of the city, Versailles Ave. I can't find it, so I pull over. I ask someone "excuse me, where's [ver-SAI] Avenue?" speaking like the French town where the treaty to end WWI was signed. The guy looked at me like I was from outer space! "Oh, you mean [vir-SALES] Avenue?" I had to ponder a moment before I realized he was right.

Haha we have one of those were I live too. Dalhousie. Properly it is pronouced Del-house-e, people in these parts say D-A-lou-see
 
Oh my goodness The O! I miss that place. The fries are sooooo good, and I actually don't like French Fries!

My fondest memory of Da Burgh is my first day moving there. I was actually moving to McKeesport. This was before everyone had a smart phone and a GPS riveted to their palm. I'm looking for the main road of the city, Versailles Ave. I can't find it, so I pull over. I ask someone "excuse me, where's [ver-SAI] Avenue?" speaking like the French town where the treaty to end WWI was signed. The guy looked at me like I was from outer space! "Oh, you mean [vir-SALES] Avenue?" I had to ponder a moment before I realized he was right.

If you haven't already you should subscribe to Pittsburgh Dad on YouTube. He can fit more Pgh references in in a 4 minute video than there are bridges in Pittsburgh. :)
 
Oh, Gina's reminds me of another one.

Listening to the morning traffic report on the radio in Orlando, I noted that several stations would talk about a "crash" on the I-4 or wherever. In my neck of Canada we have "accidents" (because obviously you wouldn't do it on purpose). So much more civilised...
Soo true!!! I never thought of that!!
 
My son eats his chicken nuggets with honey, no, not honey-mustard, plain honey, which is very frequent here (Québec). We got many raised eyebrows and questions from the servers whenever we asked for it (what's he gonna do with that?) but they usually end up saying "hmmm, that must taste good!" :hyper:
And I always thought washrooms was a nicer way to say bathrooms (especially since there are no baths there!) so it never occurred to me that it might be regional. Then again, English is a 2nd language to me... :goodvibes
My american friends have a blast with our coloured money :rotfl:
And I also don't believe american cheese is real cheese! :rotfl2:
 


If you haven't already you should subscribe to Pittsburgh Dad on YouTube. He can fit more Pgh references in in a 4 minute video than there are bridges in Pittsburgh. :)

Djeet yet? Nah? Imma go t'Gian-iggl n getta sammich, an Ahrn, n'at. What yinz want?
 


AND if we say "public school" we mean up to grade 8 (usually) as opposed to the Catholic School board -- they think we mean we're not paying for our kids to go to some sort of private school. I also get really confused when they talk about freshman, sophomore, junior??

Not sure what you mean? We don't even have Catholic School boards in Manitoba. No one says "public school" here?
 
Not sure what you mean? We don't even have Catholic School boards in Manitoba. No one says "public school" here?

In Ontario, many communities have both public and Catholic elementary and secondary schools. You have your choice in which to register your children. Even non-Catholics can have their child attend a Catholic school if they so choose.

Both systems receive government funding from the Province.
 
They list every single place they have EVER lived (from birth) if you ask where they're from.

Yes! this cracks me up. I spoke to a guy on the phone today for tech support who asked where I was calling from. I asked where they were located since he was Mountain Standard Time... he replied "well, I am originally from Texas, moved to Oregon for school and now am working in Utah". mine was a one-word answer.... ;)
asked a CM in the store at POFQ if they had any gravol.

my son had a raging fever on our Disney holiday. I went to the little shop at the contemporary and asked for liquid Tylenol. blank stare. I was pretty sure it was not Canada-specific but when I explained medication, with a dropper for kids with a fever I was walked over to something called temporal I think...
and a hate for Toronto.

I had this issue in Vancouver... everyone I met while staying with friends replied "oh, I am sorry" when I said I was from T.O. I don't get the hate. Vancouver was awesome, I used to live in the 'peg, love Montreal.... lots of great things about every place I have been in Canada!!!
Not sure what you mean? We don't even have Catholic School boards in Manitoba. No one says "public school" here?
yes, because in Manitoba if you want to send your child to religious school, you have to pay for it. in Ontario we indicate if we want our taxes to go to catholic board or public board.

I have been caught apologizing when I have bumped into a chair at the coral reef... and all the CMs looked like I was nuts when I said "hey, what is with the water here?? it smells funny". according to their name tags they are from all over but no one have noticed or heard complaints about stinky drinking water??? is it just me?

as for my "fave" American expression, when you say thank you to someone and they reply with "uh huh". like they are acknowledging your thanks. lol!

(edited cuz i sounded really cranky!!)
 
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Back in November of 2012, when Fantasyland was doing soft open, I was there for morning EMH at 7 am. I was wearing Cargo pants and a hoodie while drinking a LeFou's brew. A cast member said to me "Isn't that cold?" I looked at it and went "Yeah!?!" thinking wasn't it supposed to be? She asked me if that was ok and then I realized she was wearing her big heavy coat and shivering. I smiled and said "I am from Canada, this is a September morning for me." That made sense to her. Lol.

Also, my brother likes to go in November and wander around in shorts. He gets a kick out of the weird looks he gets.
This was my father 25 years ago when we went to Disney for New Year's Eve! I remember being a teenager and some went by bundled up in winter clothes and my father is walking around in shorts. Not from Canada but from Minnesota. Constantly apologizing I bump into someone. Maybe "Minnesota nice"? :) Minnesota propaganda!
 
Minnesotans ARE nice. :)

And I suspect that there are years where Minnesota and North Dakota get worse winters than Manitoba and Saskatchewan. I know Buffalo can get a lot more snow than Toronto, which is just north of the lake, as opposed to Buffalo's southern locale. The lake protects Toronto.
 
I asked a few cast members if they could guess where we were from based on our accent. (We're from Southwest Ontario). 2 CM's gave me a similar answers. They both would have figured we were from the Northern US, but they said that after me asking the question, they figured from Canada. I asked why and they said that apparently a lot of Canadians are desperate to prove that many of us don't say "aboot", "hoser" and "eh" all the time.
 
As an American living in Toronto (which we love, thank you very much), raising a basically Canadian speaking child, my two cents:

American cheese = kraft singles ("processed cheese food stuff" per the label)
Mac and cheese = Kraft dinner
Restroom/bathroom = washroom (meanwhile we don't rest, bathe or wash in them!)
Hat/cap = toque
Z = zed (no American will know what you mean if you spell something out loud for them with a zed. Say Z or be doomed to repeating yourself)
I'm all set = no thank you

"Regular" for coffee is very regional so just be specific.

I laughed at the listing every place you're from, as I probably do that. What do Canadians do? Do you answer where you live right now? Where you were born?
 
I laughed at the listing every place you're from, as I probably do that. What do Canadians do? Do you answer where you live right now? Where you were born?

Yup, if you ask me where I'm from it will be where i live right now. When we're anywhere (not just in the states -- even here since the country is so large and our community is relatively small) we will say "north-west of Toronto" and if people ask where exactly then we'll start to narrow it down a bit. I will only tell you where i was born, or went to school or was married and lived then --- if you ask me those specific questions.
 
Restroom/bathroom = washroom (meanwhile we don't rest, bathe or wash in them!)

I laughed at the listing every place you're from, as I probably do that. What do Canadians do? Do you answer where you live right now? Where you were born?

I don't know about you but I wash my hands in a washroom! :D

As for the answer to "where are you from?", I typically say Victoria, BC (where I live now) but if someone starts talking about Ontario, I will mention that I was born near TO and grew up in Ottawa.
 
Yup, if you ask me where I'm from it will be where i live right now. When we're anywhere (not just in the states -- even here since the country is so large and our community is relatively small) we will say "north-west of Toronto" and if people ask where exactly then we'll start to narrow it down a bit. I will only tell you where i was born, or went to school or was married and lived then --- if you ask me those specific questions.

I laughed at the listing every place you're from, as I probably do that. What do Canadians do? Do you answer where you live right now? Where you were born?


Also something that people from Toronto will do if you say you are from Toronto is ask what apart as many people will say Toronto if the live in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area basically Toronto and the suburbs including Hamilton). You're actually only from Toronto if you are from one of the flowing, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Toronto, York and East York
 

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