Comments | ornoth: Oh, Canada…

ornoth

Oh, Canada…

Oct 30, 2005 08:46

Do they just not get the message, those residents of our northern protectorate? They call their country “Canada”, but they call themselves “Canadian”. Do they not see the obvious contradiction there?

Look, there are about six dozen countries around the world whose names end with the letter ’A’.

The majority, about thirty-five of them end in “-ia ( Read more... )

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Comments 10

cvirtue October 30 2005, 15:03:55 UTC

May I send this around to some of my canadian in-laws? If so, how should I credit you?

ornoth October 30 2005, 23:31:25 UTC

Send it around if you want, but I'll hold you responsible if'n I get flames! ;^P

xinegirl October 30 2005, 16:02:33 UTC

What about the Argentines???

ornoth October 30 2005, 16:17:39 UTC

Shaddap you! It was literary licence, I tellya! Facts are only factual when they're in support of one's position! Ask any Republican!

Everybody's a critic...

xinegirl October 30 2005, 16:23:42 UTC

Consider us even. Discreet, indeed. :P

rubyred660 October 30 2005, 19:48:32 UTC

Dayum...why you hatin' on my country?

It hurts...it hurts...

ornoth October 30 2005, 23:38:06 UTC

Aw, dude, I'd never hurt you or the Canada People... But I might poke some fun at your expense!

Seriously, tho... My brother's a Canadan. My bike was fabriqué au Chicoutimi PQ. My grandpaw served his -- no, *your* country by illegally enlisting in the Canadan army in the Great War, promptly getting mustard gassed at Vimy Ridge. So I have my Canadan connections. Heck, Nova Scotia went so far as to name one of their towns "Liscomb"! How endearing!

But it's not gonna stop me from poking fun at your nation's improper use of English. Whoever decided that someone from Canada was "Canadian" went a bit too heavy on the Labatts.

cozit October 31 2005, 02:34:57 UTC

Of course it *could* have something to do with the fact that "Canada" wasn't an English word... (http://www.discovercalgary.com/FeaturesReviews/CanadainReview/8-437.html)

And those French call the folks who live in Paris "Parisians"... so calling someone from (a) Kanata Kanatians wouldn't be so far off the mark. :-)

(BTW, my grandfather lived in Canada for a while before finally moving here... quotas on folks from Japan made it rather easier to get here that way at the time)

awfief October 31 2005, 03:25:39 UTC

Listen, you Masshole. . . :)

ornoth July 28 2006, 13:51:48 UTC

Hmmm. Going back to look at this article, I have this to add...

If the countries I listed as ending in -a but not -ia did the same thing as the "Canadians" do, we'd have Cubians, Jamaicians, Koreaians, Samoians, Venezuelians, South Africaians, and Americians...