HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA

[talfighel]

Hi everyone,

I would like to take this opportunity to wish my fellow Canadian Internet Marketers a HAPPY CANADA DAY.

Love this great country, especially in the summer.

Tal

[Trader54]

Its not till July 1st.

[Cerberus]

You're a bit early.
Happy 142nd Canada

[Alice Seba]

Early or not, I'll take your wishes. Happy Canada Day!

[HeySal]

OOOOUUUUUU - I wonder if I'll be able to see the fireworks from here.

Happy Birthday - and many more. (with constitutions intact, that is).

[Michael Motley]

what is it canada actually celebrates on canada day

[ThomM]

Love this great country, especially in the summer.

Both weeks of it?

[Patrician]

Happy Birthday Canada!

I was just watching a forensic show and I know it was in Canada because of the way all the people say 'O' - (the only accent I ever detect)

...anyway, they kept talking about the 'Crown' charging this guy - There is a Queen or King of Canada? What 'Crown' are they talking?

American dummy girl.

[KenStrong]

Originally Posted by Michael Motley

what is it canada actually celebrates on canada day

Canada Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Michael Motley]

so why are the canucks around me saying its canada's independence day?

[KenStrong]

Originally Posted by Michael Motley

so why are the canucks around me saying its canada's independence day?

I don't know. Give them a Molson and they'll answer any question you want.

[Michael Motley]

I already have to listen to their beer cracks.

do you know how american beer and 3 fat guys in a canoe are alike?

Both are damn close to water.

yes, that is an official canadian beer joke brought to you by my co-workers from the north.

[Wakunahum]

Let us Americans join in your celebration and you in ours letting us all holiday from July 1st through the 4th.

You like that, right?

[ThomM]

Originally Posted by Wakunahum

Let us Americans join in your celebration and you in ours letting us all holiday from July 1st through the 4th.

You like that, right?

Sounds like a plan to me.
Living in upstate NY whenever I go to Lake George I fell like I'm in Canada anyways

[Leads4Builders]

Happy Canada day to all!!

[Selkie-Judi]

hey nice to see a Happy Canada Day thread and yep, we have a Queen she's on all our money but she doesn't visit much ;-)

Canada Day celebrates when we became an official country, coast to coast to coast

[slvrsrfr]

Originally Posted by Michael Motley

what is it canada actually celebrates on canada day

it's basically the same as your july 4th independence day.

we celebrate on july 1st as canada day. the day we became our own country.

[Doug English]

Umm....are you sure you Canadians got official permission from the USA to have your own holiday?

(yah, for those of you anal enough to start drama over trivial OT stuff, that was a joke)

[slvrsrfr]

Originally Posted by Doug English

Umm....are you sure you Canadians got official permission from the USA to have your own holiday?

(yah, for those of you anal enough to start drama over trivial OT stuff, that was a joke)

i like it lol. made me laugh. also reminded me of the time that canadians' burnt down the white house (in a manner of speaking)

Burning of Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and i'm jesting here too

[Alice Seba]

Originally Posted by Michael Motley

I already have to listen to their beer cracks.

do you know how american beer and 3 fat guys in a canoe are alike?

Both are damn close to water.

yes, that is an official canadian beer joke brought to you by my co-workers from the north.

LOL! Very true about the beer and probably the fat guys too.

[roofcoatings]

I want to say happy birthday to all the canadian members.

[seasoned]

Originally Posted by Patrician

Happy Birthday Canada!

I was just watching a forensic show and I know it was in Canada because of the way all the people say 'O' - (the only accent I ever detect)

...anyway, they kept talking about the 'Crown' charging this guy - There is a Queen or King of Canada? What 'Crown' are they talking?

American dummy girl.

From what I understand, it is the queen of ENGLAND! She appoints one known as the "governer general", and HE basically rules canada like the queen would. He serves at "her pleasure", but has a KIND of term(generally 5 years), and otherwise, the government is kind of similar to great britain. That is to say that the governer general DOES carry weight, but it is ALSO limited. Of course, I just quickly looked this up earlier, and my response is MEANT to be overly simplistic, but I think that is right.

And the canadian accent is kind of like a lot of boston ones are now. You can REALLY tell only with certain things. Of course, the dialect is a bit different and there may be different word choices.

OH, and a belated happy birthday!

Steve

[Lawrh]

Originally Posted by seasoned

From what I understand, it is the queen of ENGLAND! She appoints one known as the "governer general", and HE basically rules canada like the queen would. He serves at "her pleasure", but has a KIND of term(generally 5 years), and otherwise, the government is kind of similar to great britain. That is to say that the governer general DOES carry weight, but it is ALSO limited. Of course, I just quickly looked this up earlier, and my response is MEANT to be overly simplistic, but I think that is right.

And the canadian accent is kind of like a lot of boston ones are now. You can REALLY tell only with certain things. Of course, the dialect is a bit different and there may be different word choices.

OH, and a belated happy birthday!

Steve

The GG's role is largely symbolic and only has meaning is special circumstances. The role still exists simply because we haven't formally separated and become a republic like many of us want.

Canadian accents are as regional as in the U.S. The stereotypes are mostly in Ontario and the maritimes. Language and spelling is like in the UK but with U.S. programming dominating television that's shifting. Attitudes and politics are literally different from province to province, getting this place united about anything is a miracle. O Canada!

[seasoned]

Originally Posted by Lawrh

The GG's role is largely symbolic and only has meaning is special circumstances. The role still exists simply because we haven't formally separated and become a republic like many of us want.

Much the same can be said of ENGLAND! Most monoarchies I have heard of are ones that are mainly just traditional. You hear a LOT about the queen of england, but does she REALLY meddle with the government, etc? She probably does LESS in england than the president does in the US. That is not to denigrate her, it's BETTER that way. HEY, the SAME is true of the queen of denmark.

Originally Posted by Lawrh

Canadian accents are as regional as in the U.S. The stereotypes are mostly in Ontario and the maritimes. Language and spelling is like in the UK but with U.S. programming dominating television that's shifting. Attitudes and politics are literally different from province to province, getting this place united about anything is a miracle. O Canada!

Yeah, and even in the US they are disappearing. I think, as you implied, that its origins began with widely received TV programming. I mean RADIO was somewhat boring and even THAT was often fairly local. TV is now addicting and a program in Hollywood may be seen by the most remote areas. Even when I was a little kid, programs were LOCAL! TODAY, only a few shows on some TV stations and some cable spots are local. OTHERS AREN'T! HEY, we EVEN get canadian programming, and several "American" stars are canadian.

As for attitudes and politics, some say that the civil war in the US started because of a difference in economies, with the south being more agrarian. MANY things are only now really getting automated. Of course, does it REALLY matter? The north was obviously serious. The south ended up surviving, though FEW really can have that lifestyle anymore.

Steve