Yes, Canada, you do say 'aboot'.

Yes, Canada, you do say 'aboot'.

It only sounds like "aboot" if you're used to hearing "abaht," and you huff paint.

Canadians pronounce 'Z', as zed?

Yes, Canada, you do say 'aboot'.

yeah...as does the rest of the English speaking world...ZED ZED ZED ZED...what the hell does Zee mean? ZEE? What a homosexual way of saying the letter Z

Go north you hosers

this is the Canadian equivalent to "this is our country" commercials.

take your pick

yeah...as does the rest of the English speaking world...ZED ZED ZED ZED...what the hell does Zee mean? ZEE? What a homosexual way of saying the letter Z

Um, well, it does match many of the other letters... bee cee dee gee pee tee vee... it's the only oddball besides double-u and the etymology of that is obvious.

Zed? That's how the rest of the English speaking world says it?

No.

We ARE the English speaking world. If you don't say it like we do it's WRONG.

I'm Canadian and I say ZEE. It sounds better to me. That rhymes so it must be true.

I'm Canadian, and I had a very sincere talk with a girl from Utah (we were in a hostel in Boston) about Canadian accents. I sat there saying "about" and trying VERY hard to say it normally, and each time she claimed I was really saying "aboot", even though when she said "about" it sounded exactly how I say "about". There was no winning for either of us.

It's probably the same as how most Mexicans don't sound like Speedy Gonzales, and most frenchmen don't sound like Pepe LePu (sp?).

On another note, it disturbs me how much of the Canadian self-image is based on comparing ourselves (for the better, usually) to Americans. The above commercial is a prime example of that.

Me, I'm proud to be Canadian because I can get a full-contact lap dance from a completely nude stripper, whereas most places in the states won't even let them take their bottoms off, eh?

*I* am Canadian.

We believe in diveristy, not assimilation

Yeah ... that seems to be working pretty well in all the European nations now, don't it!

Enjoy your soon-to-expand Islamofascist underbellly.

/I hear it as "a-boat," not "a-boot" from Canadians
// and what aboat that fruity way they spell color "colour"

Canaduh===What a farking joke ...LOL

haha It's fun to pick on canadians coz they're so obsessed with trying to differentiate themselves from us.

Incidentally, does anyone know if canada has its own currency or do they use the good old US $?

kidkeno

Canaduh===What a farking joke ...LOL

Well, now that we have heard from the 13 year old girls out there, what does everybody else think about the ad?

Wow, for a beer commercial, that was pretty lame. But I do want a beer, so I guess it was effective.

/Zed my ass.
//Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

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Well gee moderator. Perhaps you could ban the troll for a day or so.

I love canada.

/Kiwi

ABCDEFG-HIJLKMNOP-QRS-TUV-WX-Y-and-Zed.

Man, that really farks up the alphabet song.

that's funny.

i'm from Canada. and i live in an igloo. and i do know sally from canada (she's a bi*ch!)

also, i don't pronounce it "A Boot" but a lot of people from the mainland do. and it makes me laugh, sometimes.

and i'm totally reading this while sitting on my chesterfield.


too bad Molson Canadian is not a very good beer, because that was a pretty good comercial.

Canadian + arshole is not a good mix.

Canadians--if you don't like it you can get the hell out!

TheHustler Incidentally, does anyone know if canada has its own currency or do they use the good old US $?

Neither, our currency is basically just hockey pucks and jars of maple syrup

You Am-mexicans are funny. Ever talk to an Am-mexican from anywhere south of Ohio? Now that's some funny sounding talkin'.

/Does the United States of Am-mexican teach geography in their schools? Just wondering....

Why do Americans say "ruff" instead of "roof"?

/yeah you ALL do
//just like ALL Canadians say aboot

When I was in montreal all the candians said fark. I was dissapointed because only one guy I met said aboot and eh? Everyone else I talked to it was like I went to wiseguy hell.

The farking guy, fark. He farking went to the farkin hotel to get the farking thing, fark.

Not kidding

Oh sorry, Muntreal.

The aboot thing will "out" most Canadians.

Aboot.. pfft you've never met a Canadian if you believe that. Quebecois have a distinct accent. Easterners have an accent similar to minnesotans that's all you're gonna hear. Come to ontario and learn.

Zed's dead baby... Zed's dead

baorao

A pic of the chopper would be more appropriate, but hey, hot boxer on frenchie sex is good enough for me.

Thanks!

It's not anti-Americanism unless you consider ignorance about Canada to be Americanism.

DonnyBaker : "Yes, Canada, you do say 'aboot'."

Only in the boondocks of the east.
Eastrn Canadian Accents >= Accent in Louisiana

MooseUpNorth: It's not anti-Americanism unless you consider ignorance about Canada the rest of the world to be Americanism.

Fixed.

KidKeno

Eat a dick.


/that is all

ImOscar: A pic of the chopper would be more appropriate,

yeah I looked all around, but short of getting the DVD out and screen capping it wasn't going to happen.

http://www.mooviees.com/i/mf/485.jpg


Only one I could find.

\my aitch-tee-em-el skills are lacking

ImOscar:
MooseUpNorth: It's not anti-Americanism unless you consider ignorance about Canada the rest of the world to be Americanism.

Fixed.

When Americans make fun of other countries it's usually just to twist the nerves of the hypersensitive. You call us fat, lazy and arrogant so we'll sterotype (sp?) too. Don't take it personally, unless of course you are a dirty hockey-playing syrup-drinking moose-loving Canadian.

Was it just me or does that commercial seem more like satire than anything else?

When the commercials became successful the actor moved to the US. I think that says a lot more than the ad.

Buff_B

Only in the boondocks of the east.
Eastrn Canadian Accents >= Accent in Louisiana

that's funny. I'm from Newfoundland, which i assume to be "the boondocks of the east" and no one i have ever met or known from this province says "aboot". New Brunswickers and Nova Scotians, on the other hand ;) . . .

and i like my East Coast Boondock "accent" just fine. And most people find it very easy to understand me when i speak --- they have to, i'm an English teacher.

I think all accents are wonderful. If we all spoke with a non-regional news dialect, how would we know who to make fun of?

The ruff, the ruff, the ruff is on fire.

I'm from NB. I keep being told I say "car" funny.
Might be the Carleton County influence...

TheHustler - haha It's fun to pick on canadians coz they're so obsessed with trying to differentiate themselves from us.
Incidentally, does anyone know if canada has its own currency or do they use the good old US $?

I see what you did there....drole!

/Canuckistani

Cletus from Canuckistan

I'm from NB. I keep being told I say "car" funny.

Rick Mercer says it funny.

When he says "Car" it sounds like he's a pirate.

"Cawer"

Arnold T Pants
When the commercials became successful the actor moved to the US. I think that says a lot more than the ad.

Says a lot about the actor or the country? For all I know the actor IS American.

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