I have yet to meet an American who understands what a washroom is.
Whenever us Canadians travel, people often hear us speak and immediately assume we’re American.
But let’s get something straight: Canadians are SO different from Americans.
It’s like NIGHT AND DAY in a lot of ways.
“‘Just gonna squeeze right past ya there.'”
“They take their shoes off at the door even if no one else does.
They’re told not to worry about it, but then said person still takes off their shoes.”
u/Ornery_Context_9109
3."‘Washroom.’
I was shown a laundry room once."
u/849x506
4.
“They mention their duotangs from back in elementary school.”
u/chrisdj99
5. u/bazackward
6.
“Being in a store and helping a random person find something they are looking for.
Then talking to them about family stuff and not even working at that store.
I’m Canadian and this happens a lot of times with me.”
But mostly, if I notice someone struggling, I volunteer to get it for them.
And then stand and chat in the aisle for a while."
u/Sunflower_grl
7.
“Describing a 10-below day in winter as ‘mild.'”
u/dom462
“‘Ah, the windchill’s not too bad.'”
u/Canadian-Man-infj
8.
“Apologizing when someone bumps into them.”
u/CDNSpartan
“Apologizing when you bump in to an object.”
u/TheSkyIsAMasterpiece
9.
“Americans will just eat the last candy or chocolate.
u/AmbivalentSamaritan
10.
“Saying ‘thank you’ when you get off the bus.”
u/RytheGuy97
11.
“True Canadians will hold a door for you and smile.
At least where I was born and raised.”
u/Nd343343
12. u/SpiralToNowhere
13.
“Uses both metric and imperial measurements.”
u/anarchylovingduck
“But we switch back and forth depending what is being measured.
Height of a person is still in imperial.
The temperature outside is metric, but oven temperature or body temperature (fevers) are imperial.
The weight of meat or produce is metric, but the weight of a person is imperial.”
u/Vast_Section_5525
14. u/BillClintonsMistress
15. u/oddlotz
“We have an accent.
u/No-Wonder1139
16.
“I’ll do you one better.
You KNOW they are from specifically Saskatchewan if they call a hooded sweater a ‘bunnyhug.'”
u/Cheezdealer
17.
And WTF is a sophomore?”
u/luna934934
“We also say ‘what mark did you get on the test?’
versus ‘what grade did you get?'”
u/Firm-Investigator152
18.
She said, ‘You must be Canadian!’
I asked how she knew, and she said it was because I said ‘mom’ like ‘mum.’
I guess we spell it mom but pronounce it ‘mum.'”
u/Outrageous-Advice384
19.
“Has a strongly-held opinion about whether or not windchill is real.”
u/ThisSaladTastesWeird
20.
“They refer to their electricity bill as ‘the hydro.'”
u/KLONDIKEJONES
21.
“Wearing Roots sweaters.”
u/amysite
“I was in California once with my red Canadian Roots hoodie with the giant beaver on it.
More than one person asked me about the giant beaver.”
u/KellyBreard
