Damn! They're on to us!

[mbarrick]

May 2002 "SMM/Sales & Marketing Management" magazine, p. 64 Damn Americans... uh... I mean "U.S. citizens". Sheesh! This must have been written by one of Bush's advisors...

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we've been on to you for awhile

[thomasrymour.livejournal.com]

Though I never know what to call myself ... U.S. citizen or American - I hear Canadians refer to us as Americans and other Canadians that will slap you silly if you call yourself an American. So what's the final word? What the hell are we?

Hmmm .. that French thingy, I think that's a fallacy in B.C. - seems the anti-French sentiment in B.C. appears strong, must be the British population ... as an outsider at least, that's how I've viewed it. I have no idea how many times I've had to defend the damn French in British Columbia and how many battles I've gotten into about letting the Quebecois separate ... that's a hot one!

The zee's and the zed's ... the huh's and the eh's ... you say toe-mate-toe, i say toe-mat-o

LOL

Re: we've been on to you for awhile

[uberbabe.livejournal.com]

you are an American, I am a Canadian. We don't like being called Americans mainly, I believe, due to the fact that we are a lot different than our southern counterparts in relation to the way external societies see the North American culture. Canadians' world wide are seen as easy going, laid back and under appreciated. Americans however are seen more as the vigilante style older brother. This is why a lot of Americans wear Canadian flags when they travel abroad.

Think about it, the Americans are calling for the war on terrorism, just like they did the war on drugs. They critisize our policies on drugs and our policies on weapons and military. However through these action they are resembling the rich uncle that tells the matchbox kid to get a haircut and a job; what options do most of these countries that specialize in the underground to substantiate their economy have?

Calling yourself an American or a US citizen is essentially the same thing, although American's to me sounds more like a good ol' boy than referring to your citizenship does.

As far as the Quebec francophones and the west coast in the interior most of the street kids in the summer are all from Quebec, which for those less travelled, may make anecdotal evidence of francophones being dirty transients. However that is just an assumption on my part although I also know I hear more anti-french propaganda from the interior than I do the lower mainland.