Canada's RESOURCES?

[Effexxor]

This is so freaking interesting. Especially hearing about the Quebecois (sp?) point of view. I'm from Nebraska, and there just isn't a lot of diversity here. We have the Hispanics in Omaha thanks to the meat industry and African Americans and then mostly German Americans or Irish Americans and... that's kind of it.

What I thought was really interesting about Canada was the sheer amount of native americans that I saw. In Nebraska, I've met two people who are mostly Native American. Then I go to Alberta, go into and A&W and... I'm surrounded. It was cool, I'd just spent that summer filling out grant requests for reservations, but it was bizarre. Granted, it may have just been Alberta.

Also, do y'all have any Taco Bell's? I didn't see one and it just about killed me. All I saw was A&W. That was odd too, because I've only seen two A&W's in Nebraska in my life.

I have to say though, if Canada dropped off the face of the planet, I mourn the loss of Degrassi. That's a brilliant piece of television right there. And god but is it ever addictive.

Can anyone tell me some really scathing Quebecois (sp?) curse words, by chance? I know curse words in German, Yiddish, Spanish and Cadre (Gotta love X Force and Shatterstar) and it would be cool to expand my repetoire.

[-K-M-]

Also, do y'all have any Taco Bell's? I didn't see one and it just about killed me. All I saw was A&W. That was odd too, because I've only seen two A&W's in Nebraska in my life.

Oh yeah we have lots of Taco Bells, heck in my area where I live there is 5+ stores. However, they all have turned into a KFC/Taco Bell hybrid now.

[syvalois]

This is so freaking interesting. Especially hearing about the Quebecois (sp?) point of view.

Well, I'm not representative of all the Quebecers, but I do think I'm not an alien in my province. :P

What I thought was really interesting about Canada was the sheer amount of native americans that I saw.

It depends where you live, in some area, you just won't see many or like in Loretteville near Québec City and the Huron village(Wendake as the like better to be called) there is so much intermariage that the native have green eyes and red hairs, so not easy to see in a mass, but the culture is there, which is the most important anyway.

Also, do y'all have any Taco Bell's? I didn't see one and it just about killed me. All I saw was A&W. That was odd too, because I've only seen two A&W's in Nebraska in my life.

From my understanding there is none in Québec. We do have Mc Do, BugerKings, Pizza Hut, A&W and all that bad stuff. There is a lot more choice of a good restaurant, good food at low price than that list above here and if you really want disgusting no good for the healt but good to the taste, it's got to be a poutine from the local french fried stand (le stand Ã* patates)(Sorry, I feel a little bit snobish here ).

Can anyone tell me some really scathing Quebecois (sp?) curse words, by chance?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_profanity

for the usual ones.

And if I remember correctly, some expressions are not right but in general it's true and some are very, very vulgar

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlan...ois.1.html#so0

[Mokole]

In my southern prairie local we have only KFC but in Moose Jaw they've got Mcd's, Burger Burner I mean Baron, Dairy Queen, Arby's, A&W, more I guess, lots of other more sit-down type of restaurants, 4 in the town closest to me too. After all, Saskatchewan is the eating-out capital of Canada (I lived in North Battleford for years, and we had more restauraunts per capita than anywhere in Canada.)

[Canucklehead]

In Moncton, NB, we have every fast food place there is. Also I have heard we have the most Tim Horton's per capita in all of North America (there's litterally one on almot every street corner, inside every mall and outside those very malls). We've got everything from TacoBell, KFC, BurgerKing, MacDonald's, Harveys, A&W, Sub Way, Ed's Sub, Arbeys, Dixy Lee, Wendy's, Pizza Delight, Pizza Twice, Greco Pizza, Dominos, Vito's, Pizza Hut, Delux, NY Fries, again Tim Horton's and many many more. We never really had any nice restaurants except for a couple snooty places that eventually closed. Finally though we are the second fastest growing city in Canada next to Calgary, so we're getting some nicer places like Montana's Steak House, East Side Mario's and a few other places.

We're also the first official Bilingual city in Canada (Ottawa second :P) so you need to be biligual to get a job here (especially if you work at any of the above restaurants).

We're not exactly diverse here either. We have French and English. That's about it. I just moved back from Vancouver where half the population and 90% of my students were asian. I miss that diversity.

[syvalois]

for restaurants, I forgot somes but some of the names mean nothing to me. I know Dixie Lee because I was raised in the east in Québec where the restaurant is seen, if I was from the west it would be PFK(or if you like KFC in english).

I've got a little story about restaurant. I was in Ontario and we went to rooster BBQthinking it would be nice to go to a restaurant we never been in, just to realise after eating that in fact the restaurant is also in Québec but known as le Coq rôti.

I've got other stuff like that :

staples=bureau en gros
beaver ???=castor bricoleur
the bay=la Baie
KFC=PFK
and many mores that I forget

[Effexxor]

Also I have heard we have the most Tim Horton's per capita in all of North America (there's litterally one on almot every street corner, inside every mall and outside those very malls).

That kinda reminds me of Walgreens. You can't breathe in Omaha without seeing a Walgreens. And they're all overpriced and stuff and it's a parasite. *grumbles*

The Great Canadian Tire Store threw me through a loop too, I must stay. It made no sense for a tire store to be that big and I was confused as to why on earth Canadians needed that many tires. Then my cousin explained it to me and I felt like a bit of a dolt.

Good to know that there are Taco Bells in Canada. That's comforting. Makes everything seem right in the world.

Oh, and I've been getting the best kick out of my friends by showing them two dollar coins. I kind of wish I'd saved some paper bills too, but oh well.

[Legerd]

The Great Canadian Tire Store threw me through a loop too, I must stay. It made no sense for a tire store to be that big and I was confused as to why on earth Canadians needed that many tires. Then my cousin explained it to me and I felt like a bit of a dolt.

Oh, and I've been getting the best kick out of my friends by showing them two dollar coins. I kind of wish I'd saved some paper bills too, but oh well.

Did you see the Canadian Tire money? Yeah, the store actually prints its own money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tire_Money

[SephirothsKiller]

Halifax has more bars in its down town than any other place in the world (per capita.) This stat seems suspect to me but everywhere I go its repeated. St. John's has George St, which is a street which only has bars on it. Its diverse in Halifax. Especially the Universities. So many Asians.... There's even a restaurant which caters specifically to the Japanese population on the campus of one of the universities.

[Effexxor]

Dude. That is kinda creepy.

It's like... A Great Canadian Cult.

My mind is officially boggled.

[syvalois]

Good to know that there are Taco Bells in Canada. That's comforting. Makes everything seem right in the world.

Can I ask why? You're a Taco Bells addict? What are you going to do if you go in Europe? One of the fun of travelling is doing new stuff, tasting new food. I know it's not always obvious, but let face it Canada is not like Burkina Faso, it's pretty much the same, no?

I've never tasted a taco bell meal, but somehow, it don't really got a good reputation from my undertanding. I've heard, it's the same level as McDo or Pizza Hut, Did I hear right? I hope not, because I can't stand pizza Hut, my liver goes mad and I'm always feeling sick after eating there.

[Effexxor]

Can I ask why? You're a Taco Bells addict? What are you going to do if you go in Europe? One of the fun of travelling is doing new stuff, tasting new food. I know it's not always obvious, but let face it Canada is not like Burkina Faso, it's pretty much the same, no?

I've never tasted a taco bell meal, but somehow, it don't really got a good reputation from my undertanding. I've heard, it's the same level as McDo or Pizza Hut, Did I hear right? I hope not, because I can't stand pizza Hut, my liver goes mad and I'm always feeling sick after eating there.

Taco Bell is good, but more importantly, it's cheap. You can get a big filling meal for 2 dollars, and that's with a drink.

What will I do in Europe? I'll try new things and eat new food, but I'll still be longing for the familiar. Human nature, I guess. And yeah, Canada is pretty similar to America, but it still has those little differences that are really freaking interesting. I'm a sociology major, so I like hearing about this kinda stuff. Besides, I want to live in Canada one day, so it'll be good to know about this.

[Transmetropolitan]

Taco Bell is good, but more importantly, it's cheap. You can get a big filling meal for 2 dollars, and that's with a drink.

This needs to be editied/reparsed-

"Taco Bell is vile, but more importantly, it's capable of sending you to the toilet for hours on end. You can get a nasty heap of ill-prepared "Mexican" food for more money than than it could ever be worth."


Anyway.


On a related note- when in Italy, I was disgusted by how many of my fellow Yanks went to McDOnald's. We were in Italy.

Travel is a good excuse to eat5 differently. You can yearn for the familiar as you head home....

[Effexxor]

On a related note- when in Italy, I was disgusted by how many of my fellow Yanks went to McDOnald's. We were in Italy.

Travel is a good excuse to eat5 differently. You can yearn for the familiar as you head home....

I agree, but when everything else in bewildering and making no sense, it's nice to have some connection back to the 'real' world.

And Taco Bell has never made me sick. Granted, I may be blessed with the iron stomach of a teenager, but it always stays quite happily in my stomach.

[syvalois]

On a related note- when in Italy, I was disgusted by how many of my fellow Yanks went to McDOnald's. We were in Italy.

I must say it's not always easy to go to unknown restraurants where you think of the salubrity may get you sick. But at the same time trying new food is so fun.

I also knew someone that went to many countries and eat at McDo at every places and the only time she did not like it was when she was in the US. Strange no?

I agree, but when everything else in bewildering and making no sense, it's nice to have some connection back to the 'real' world.

It's really nice to have those quotation mark, because otherwise I knew people that would be offended by that comment. Let me explain.

For the story I had been europe for over a month in total with people of different nationalities, but in this case mostly french. We where in France when a new bunch of different nationalities arrived. After 1 week the only american said he wanted a real breakfest.

The french where offended and I understood what he meant but I also understood the french. By saying real breakfast, he was implying that the french breakfast was not as good or as valide as his. Like there is only one good breakfest. What he meant, and I understood very well after 1 month in Europe was the hurge to taste the breakfast that we are use to, the one we have at home. At that point, I would have done almost anything to have big sliced bread, but I would not say it's real bread.

Just to say, it's not the "real" world but "your" world.

As for other countries and the little things that makes them differents,I could go on and on for hours. I've been in many countries, sadly not enough long or with the local enough to really understood them. But still, I had a glimps and it did change me, I hope for the best.