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Are the United States and Canada *practically* the same country?

 
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btownmeggy wrote:
Iliad wrote:Oh and whatcha mean my similiar?

Politically?

Geographically?

Enviromentally?


I mostly meant culturally.


I answered Yes, although I think the question is too complex for a simple yes/no answer. I think we are very similar culturally in that sections of America are very similar to sections of Canada. We have our own midwest, our own oil tycoons, our own have and have-not states, our own retro-counter-counter-culture, our own melting pot cities, etc. Sure, us Canadians have a few items of memorabilia which we can lovingly claim as our own, like our love for Hockey, healthcare, and hairy beavers but essentially there is no cultural border to speak of between our two countries.
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darvlay wrote:
btownmeggy wrote:
Iliad wrote:Oh and whatcha mean my similiar?

Politically?

Geographically?

Enviromentally?


I mostly meant culturally.


I answered Yes, although I think the question is too complex for a simple yes/no answer. I think we are very similar culturally in that sections of America are very similar to sections of Canada. We have our own midwest, our own oil tycoons, our own have and have-not states, our own retro-counter-counter-culture, our own melting pot cities, etc. Sure, us Canadians have a few items of memorabilia which we can lovingly claim as our own, like our love for Hockey, healthcare, and hairy beavers but essentially there is no cultural border to speak of between our two countries.


Yes, yes, yes. This what I'm saying. But let me tell you, about hairy beavers...

So far as the animals, Oregon IS the Beaver State.
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Post by btownmeggy »

Also, I think something that really sets the US apart from Canada is our huge-o Latino population, and rural blacks in the South. Very culturally distinct groups that don't have equivalents, really, anywhere in the world.
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Post by suggs »

Was Canada the one they annexed after Texas, or before?
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btownmeggy wrote:
darvlay wrote:
btownmeggy wrote:
Iliad wrote:Oh and whatcha mean my similiar?

Politically?

Geographically?

Enviromentally?


I mostly meant culturally.


I answered Yes, although I think the question is too complex for a simple yes/no answer. I think we are very similar culturally in that sections of America are very similar to sections of Canada. We have our own midwest, our own oil tycoons, our own have and have-not states, our own retro-counter-counter-culture, our own melting pot cities, etc. Sure, us Canadians have a few items of memorabilia which we can lovingly claim as our own, like our love for Hockey, healthcare, and hairy beavers but essentially there is no cultural border to speak of between our two countries.


Yes, yes, yes. This what I'm saying. But let me tell you, about hairy beavers...

So far as the animals, Oregon IS the Beaver State.


I have never seen a beaver in my life except for in a zoo. I thought I saw one up in Muskoka once but it was just a duck floating around with its ass in the air. :(
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2dimes wrote:1. 'Merica is full of patriotic people proud of thier country.

Just out of interest. I live in what once was part of the kingdom of Mercia, whare is Mercia in canada?
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Balsiefen wrote:
2dimes wrote:1. 'Merica is full of patriotic people proud of thier country.

Just out of interest. I live in what once was part of the kingdom of Mercia, whare is Mercia in canada?

You see, you could have done that if he had said Mercia, but he didn't, he said 'merica. See the little '? Ya... That means that the ' replaces a letter. In this case, an A.
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hecter wrote:
Balsiefen wrote:
2dimes wrote:1. 'Merica is full of patriotic people proud of thier country.

Just out of interest. I live in what once was part of the kingdom of Mercia, whare is Mercia in canada?

You see, you could have done that if he had said Mercia, but he didn't, he said 'merica. See the little '? Ya... That means that the ' replaces a letter. In this case, an A.


Damn, my eyes are tired, I'm not reading the letters in the right order >.<
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Back to Autralia boys!
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Post by muy_thaiguy »

Iliad wrote:Back to Autralia boys!
This thread is about CANADA! The country that proudly bears a maple leaf on it's flag! Not the land down under (don't make me give you more of those special Oysters).
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muy_thaiguy wrote:
Iliad wrote:Back to Autralia boys!
This thread is about CANADA! The country that proudly bears a maple leaf on it's flag! Not the land down under (don't make me give you more of those special Oysters).
read it! IT was about canada but then she bumped it and now it is about Australia.
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Post by Dekloren »

Hey you Aussies....


Did you hear about the dude who spray painted 9/11 was an inside job on the Opera House??

I can't find anything on it.
There was a video on youtube with the news report.
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Dekloren wrote:Hey you Aussies....


Did you hear about the dude who spray painted 9/11 was an inside job on the Opera House??

I can't find anything on it.
There was a video on youtube with the news report.

f*ck off. Now. No I didn't hear it. No I don't give a shit and if you don't stop threadjacking you will regret it
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Thanks!
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