Recently came across this CNN article..now what caught my eye was response to smarta$$ European who called Canadian and Americans same...
Here is the link

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/01/travel/fake-canadians-canada-day-travel/

and here is response. Kudos to the guy!


Thanks! Canada & the US have a lot in common and there are so many jokes about Canada being the 51st state, but there are many differences between us. What makes Canada fantastic (to name a few) is that we have:

Cleanliness, butter tarts, gun control, poutine, universal health care, hockey, high standard of living, the Rockies, Roots, vast natural resources, Tim Horton's, maple leaf/syrup/cookies/sugar, Nanaimo bars, Smarties, Red Rose tea, great beer, ringette, beavers, back bacon, football with 3 downs, the RCMP, Chapters & Indigo, Thanksgiving in October, colourful money, dill pickle chips, ketchup chips, all dressed chips, 4 seasons, affordable & high quality education, Red Green, the word "eh", 1 year of paid maternity & parental leave, Coffee Crisp, the best view of Niagara Falls, a national anthem everyone can sing & remember the words to, Joe Fresh, the CN Tower, great music, Canada Dry ginger ale, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Trailer Park Boys, Canada geese, toques, loonies & toonies, Mr. Dressup, the metric system, moose, Bonhomme, Shopper’s Drug Mart, Canada Goose jackets, Polka Dot Door, Bloody Caesars, CBC, Habitant pea soup, the CNE, Casa Loma, Genie Awards, Swiss Chalet, the Calgary Stampede, 6 time zones, Laura Secord chocolate, Timmy’s runs, Dundurn castle, elk, Cirque du Soleil, milk in cartons, jugs & bags, RONA, lacrosse, Remembrance Day, Aero bars, the Big Nickel, Hudson’s Bay Company, red roads in PEI, tourtière, Canada Day, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, politeness, Shreddies, curling, Toronto International Film Festival, a 2-4, Mickey, 26’er, Forty, double double, Timbits, broomball, Dudley Do-Right, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Just for Laughs, BC salmon, CFL, Panango, Vanelli’s, Smitty’s, Mr. Noodles, Much Music, West Edmonton Mall, road hockey, Banff, Algonquin, Stanley, Jasper, Whistler, Muskoka, McIntosh apples, the Junos, Yuk Yuk’s, Degrassi, East Side Mario’s, Harvey’s, lacrosse, aurora borealis/northern lights, Vancouver Aquarium, the ROM, Vachon cakes, Second City, May two-four, Hopewell Rocks, Esso, PetroCan, Husky and Mohawk, the Air Canada Centre, Royal Canadian Mint, Flare, Chatelaine & Maclean’s, Boston Pizza, the Friendly Giant, Rideau Canal, Canadian Tire money, ice wine, the Cabot Trail, 5 pin bowling, the Jays, Leafs, Flames, Raptors, Canadiens, Oilers, Senators, Jets, Canucks, Argonauts, Ti-Cats, Lions, Stampeders, Eskimos, Blue Bombers, Alouettes, low crime rate, Rockets candy, Canada’s Wonderland, Royal Canadian Air Farce, Don Cherry’s suits, CNR, beaver tails, Lululemon, This Hour has 22 Minutes, Parliament Hill, Mr. Sub, the Shaw Festival, the Ottawa Bluesfest, the Maid of the Mist, Global TV, Confederation Bridge, the Keg and Wiarton Willy, to name a few.

We roll up the rim to win, we like doughnuts, cheese, peace and Kraft Dinner, we eat stew and we like vinegar on our fries, we take our shoes off when we enter a home, we’re honest, friendly & like to talk about the weather, we stop at red lights even when no one’s around, we’re the birthplace of some of the world’s best comedians, we can legally drink as teenagers, we’re home to Anne of Green Gables and to the longest coastline & the longest street in the world, we don’t like bumper stickers or celebrity worship, we don’t pay taxes on lottery winnings, we drive with our headlights on 24/7, we’re the 2nd largest country in the world, we pay for things with debit cards, we have expert ability to drive in the snow and a high tolerance for cold weather, we instantly recognize the flute music at the beginning of the Hinterland Public Service Announcements, Boxing Day is a national holiday, we have amazing Colleges & Universities and they’re not the same thing, we spell favourite, behaviour, honour, neighbour, labour and colour with a “u”, we can buy Tylenol with codeine in the drug store & not need a prescription, we know that a check is a mark while a cheque is a payment and we vacation in Cuba.

We slide on toboggans not sleds, use postal codes not zip codes, have a SIN not an SSN, drink pop not soda, sit on couches not sofas, eat chocolate bars not candy bars, drive on highways not freeways, clean eaves troughs not rain gutters, empty garbage cans not trash cans, hail cabs not taxis, wear housecoats not bathrobes, use serviettes not napkins, ask for freezing not Novocaine, pronounce “Z” as zed not zee, we spread icing not frosting, spell it centre not center, eat Pogos not corn dogs, say grade 1, grade 2 not 1st grade, 2nd grade, live in bachelor apartments not studio apartments, use cutlery not flatware, wear runners not sneakers, ask for brown bread not whole wheat, say expiry date not expiration date, call it icing sugar not powdered sugar, have a Prime Minister not a President, are in 1st year or 2nd year - we’re not freshmen or sophomores, pronounce it TRON-o not Tor-ON-to, we order “a coffee” not “some coffee”, we say “for sure” not “definitely”, we slurp on freezies not icies, we wait in line or in lineups – we’re not on line, we ask for the bill not the check, we have provinces not states, we buy Girl Guide cookies not Girl Scout, we prefer to settle not sue, a red ribbon means first place and a blue means second – not the other way around, we believe in peacekeeping not policing, we admit when we’re wrong and we say “sorry” even when it’s not our fault.

We like our American friends & neighbours. Together, we’re the largest trading partners in the world and we share the longest international border on the globe, but we’re not the same. Canadians aren’t Americans & Americans aren’t Canadians.

We have our own culture, just as Americans have theirs, and we’re proud to be Canucks.

Excellent ways to differentiate ourselves!!

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Hurat Honani Murat!