Hey just wondering how many people here are from canada and from what general area Me myself im from the langley/surrey area of vancouver canada.


Dan

Well, I was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia...Does that count? :cool:

Moved in 1962 to So. California then to Atlanta, GA in 1993....I'll never leave the South ya'll

This may be a stupid question but why are Canadians sometimes called Canucks?

...why are Canadians sometimes called Canucks?
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

canuck

n : US slang for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular [syn: Canuck]

Hey 87SS, if you can still handle the canadian beer, then I think you can still quailify for honorary status. Hope GA treats you well, I spent 10 years in FL when I was a kid and do miss it from time to time.

As for Tommys questions, the furthes back story I can think of is the canadian ski team competing in the Olympics. (maybe 50 years ago or so) I believe the anouncer covering the events kept refering to them as those crazy canucks. there may be other reasons but that's the one I can think of. I like it, especially the "crazy" part.

oh and while I did live in Vancouver, I'm now in Calgary.

Interesting tidbit Ernie, maybe let Mr. Webster that among some canucks that we refer to French Canadians as Frogs. It's not very nice but their women niiice 8) so it's ok.

Im a canuck and i don't speak french im from Halifax Nova Scotia way down on the east coast of canada and we just went throught a blizard last thurday we recieved over fifty inches of snow in 24 hours and now it doesn't look like ill ever get the elky out for atleast another 2 months. and 87 ss if you ever come back down to this area just give me a call and we can meet and have tim hortons coffee.

Hope you guys up north have a sense of humor! Is it true that when they were thinking of what to name your country, someone suggested putting a bunch of letters in a hat and drawing the letters out one at a time...it went something like this>>>>C...eh? N...eh? D...eh?

So as far as you Canadians are concerned, is it good slang or bad slang? :-)

and 87 ss if you ever come back down to this area just give me a call and we can meet and have tim hortons coffee.Well, now that you mention it, we may be coming up the end of July or early August to visit relatives at Amherst Shore for a week or two this year...I'll keep you posted.

Hey guys Dave here in St.Catharines Ontario ( 10 min. from Niagara Falls)

Hey Dave nice to meet ya.

and for Tommy, I think it's safe to say that 'canucks' is a-ok by us :D

oh yeah, sorry Mike, I think we were named that way...ya know I've heard that before and i wasn't ready for it. laughed myself out of my chair.

seriously! :D

Good Day Eh!
May your basement be warm and your beer cold :-D

Im not a elky but im close i have a 69 chevelle malibu and im from Coquitlam Bc

Frogs are french from france, not french canadians, for anyone who cares
and i live in michigan, close enough, but we dont have the beer, send me case

WROR

howdy. i am also from langley bc. great place to live.
for those of you not in the area, every first weekend of september we have a huge car show. last year there were over 2000 cars. easy. :)

hi i'm from toronto and have 81/84 camino
and i can say with authority that we refer to all french people either from france or quebec or any other french speaking area as frogs or frenchies .
i'm waiting to be slapped with a 7 second delay now .
don cherry rules : )