We do not ride polar bears, live in igloos, have an obnoxious accent, and say eh 100% of the time. I do say eh, but that's really not a conscious thing for me.
Myaccount4. That's sad that u think that. Canada has invented insulin, phones, snowmobiles, shall I go on? Sure America has invented stuff but you don't have to make it sound like Canada hasn't contributed to the world. I'm proud to say I'm Canadian.
it's sad that everyone's so ignorant about our country.
@zeldasol LOL. Americans are the inventors of the world. America explores the deep sea and the heavens. America sends men to distant moons and brings them safely back to earth. America explores distant planets and builds devices that see back to the beginning of the universe. Canada? They make moose hats and maple candy.
Was this spoken in the canadian accent? I've gotten too used to my girlfriend's canadian accent to be able to hear it anymore. If this IS the canadian accent, i can tell you it's from the east coast.
Ha, everyone knows that "my Canadian girlfriend" means I don't have one and I'm making her up. Canada is the world's foremost exporter of imaginary girlfriends.
@trilobright Hey now, no need to be rude. I don't need to prove to you I have a girlfriend, and what would I be gaining by doing so? I haven't heard of Canada's reputation in that respect, so that's an unfortunate coincidence on my part :(
Ha, I think it's a New England (Northeastern US) joke, as children lot of us go to summer camp in Maine or northern Vermont or Upstate New York, where a lot of kids from the Windsor-Quebec Corridor also go. So you're saying, "I've totally kissed a girl, but it was at camp and she lives in Canada so you guys wouldn't know her."
I didn't see you're Australian, so I take t back. I mean no one's going to spend twenty hours on a plane to see an imaginary girlfriend.
Here's a better guide: Speak English. I hate Canadians who are like "OH WERE SO DIFFERENT FROM AMERICANS WHY DO PEOPLE THINK WERE THE SAME!1" we're basically the same in almost every cultural aspect. We just have access to a better education system hence why we're much smarter on average.
this is so right. i was agreeing with everything you said. So good! haha.. especially the metric system stuff, never really thought about it before haha
watch your video and listen to yourself say "about" you don't say it the way you did when you were slowly saying it. your saying "aboot" I say it too so no worries.
So, Im American, but my mom is from Canada, and I will always think that the Canadian currency is so much cooler looking than the American currency. We only have like green money, Canadians have like multi colored. That may sounds really dumb, but then again I'm American.
I always found it weird that most americans, or at least american television calls all post-secondary education "college". And that they say 7th grade not grade 7. Seems so strange to hear that :P
I am American, lived in many parts of the US (Seattle, Portland, LA, San Diego, Chicago, NYC) and now live in Toronto. I find most of this spot on. I will say, that most major metro areas, in US or Canada speak with a "CNN" accent. There are *very* subtle differences though to Toronto accents and American. I hear it only very seldom. However, outside of downtown Toronto their is a more obvious accent and its the closest to Michigander's accent in my estimation.
I agree that you guys don't say "aboot." You say "aboat." It's funny because you say "but I think I've talked aBOAT that before, it's aBOUT." You say it differently when you're consciously thinking about it.
@alana66694 shit! You're right. I heard this years ago from an aussie... must have had my terms mixed up, we were talking about various slang words between our countries. /embarassed
go america and canada!...best countries in the world!...this being said from an argentine. oh can you also clarify why when canadians say sorry, the ''o'' sound, sounds like a ''u''
I'm American and have been my whole life and i've been asked numerous times if I'm Canadian because i talk different, I havn't been to Canada since 94. :-)
i think people missed the joke. she showed the $1/$2 bills to show americans what the denomination of a loonie and t(w/o?)onie is... unless she just completely messed up lol
I live in Kansas and we do not say abaht, we say abOUT extra on the out part. seriously though i need to learn to speak Canadian for a play i'm in and i have no idea how to. Please continue to make videos with tips.
I'm english so obviously unable to differentiate between american and canadian english. suppose its something you would pick up living in Canada or USA.
@meadowlane37 There is no American or Canadian accent in the first place, they are all very regional, more so in USA than in Canada, but you can tell if someone is from Newfoundland in a group of Canadians once they speak, same with Cape Breton and the Quebecois are French...so they have the most recognizably different accent.
Oh man! I remember when thos Nagano Olympic hats were huge! I wanted one sooo bad lol and am I the only one who thinks her voice is sooo soooothing? lol :0)
I'm from New Zealand and despite the obvious difference in accents, we have many similarities e.g the metric system, we say "eh" as often or perhaps even more often than Canadians, we say chocolate bar, college is high school and university is universtity unless you go to a technical institute, and yes "roots" does mean something different in our part of the world.
Now I know I am getting old because it doesn't feel all that long ago! In 1987, the dollar bill was replaced with a dollar coin that had a loon (bird) engraved on it. Hence, the name 'loonie' that was adopted in reference to the dollar coin. Few years later, the two dollar bill was replaced by a 2 dollar coin and voilà the 'toonie' was born...giving merchants a catchy cheezy break for marketing their promos : Toonie Tuesdays : 2 ('whatevers') for 2$/ All the rest of video, DEAD ON!
@ipodgal1000 I think during the time when this video was made, the world was paying a lot of attention to Canada because of the Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver. However, yes, it is probably also because of Justin Bieber.
hey I'm brazilian .. well you said at the first beggining of your video you guys don't say "aboot"... but you might not realize that when you guys speak a sentence fast you really do .. check out your own video 1:27 ..anyway I love canadian accent ...
@maciela1234 I'm genuinely curious, do you consider that a clear example of "aboot"? When she says it at 1:27? Or would you say that's a mild example? There may be a slight o sound there, or it's a little softer at the end, but she's clearly saying "bow" as in to take a bow, as opposed to "boo" or "bow", as in to tie a bow. I'm trying to figure this out.
@raydredX Those units are only used colloquially. The official units of measurement are: metre, litre, gram, and Kelvin (although, Celsius is more commonly used).
@raydredX Yes, it is quite a mess. Some people can convert between the units, but it's not taught as much in school. To convert someone's height from inches to centimetres, you just take the number of inches and multiply that number by 2.54 (the approximate number of centimetres in an inch) to get the height in centimetres.
@raydredX hahaha yeah. It's usually taught in Chemistry and Physics classes, but not much else. I only ever learnt basic unit conversions (inches to centimetres, miles to kilometres, pounds to kilograms) but not many conversions between the Imperial Standard American units. Many Canadians (often including myself) are usually too lazy to convert all of the standard units to metric, though. I think that's the main problem.
wrong! a loonie is a one dollar "coin" with the loon on the obverse.And the twoonie is a 2 dollar "coin"(in which does not have a loon on it).....not the discontinued paper currency ..
You're probably just young. If you were born in 88 then you probably didn't use money until after the changes had happened! The loonie and twoonie are not very old. I remember the twoonie changing to the coin in the early 90s I think. And the loonie changed in the 80s as far as I can remember....
@Room142 You may have not seen many coin loonies or toonies in the 80s and 90s, but they were definitely around before then. I own a few original print toonies from 1956 (which are legitimite, considering my grandparents kept a few during the currency change as "souvenirs").
I'm surprised by how much the English and Canadians have in common. I suppose because we get so much exposure to American TV and such over here, we all kind of expect them to be the same in many ways. It's interesting to hear the slang for money (we have 'fivers' and 'tenners' in pounds), the casual use of the metric system, the fact that college and university are different, fish and chips, pop, chocolate bars and the like. Fantastic video. :)
Okay um, I'm Canadian.
For all Americans:
We do not ride polar bears, live in igloos, have an obnoxious accent, and say eh 100% of the time. I do say eh, but that's really not a conscious thing for me.
For the win British Columbia, Fraser Valley.
jennyolivia1998 21 hours ago
I'm Mexican-American, and i think Canadian French Girls are sexy!
cervezero11 3 days ago
never realised how confusing the canadian launge was and i speak it
fun747 3 days ago
Thank you for proving once again that Canadian girls kick ass! And they're hot!
bike4peaceRTW 6 days ago
My favorite word from New Brunswick is MOOSEHEAD! EH! :0)
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thanx!
Phil86vie 1 week ago
I AM CANADIAN and so proud of it. BTW your video rocks girl
westernstar4000 1 week ago
Your video rocks!
craigsmithx 1 week ago
Roots or a root in my country (Australia) means sex. So yeah I guess it does mean something different to Canada
jairyb01 1 week ago
when she talk French I just don't understand and I'm french canadian :/
alexe150496 1 week ago
@alexe150496 She said dont tell the americans that this is a joke
lovelaughxx1 1 week ago
@alexe150496 lol she did say it wasn't good french didn't she? lol
rochelle178 1 week ago
hockey hockey aboot eh hockey eh poutine
julieseto 1 week ago
priceless
love2live2learn 2 weeks ago
2:09 = "Unrendered." Save you all time pausing and playing the video.
davojnr1937 2 weeks ago
the driver's licence thing? So very, very true.
vandaylen 2 weeks ago
LOOL thanks for the heads up about Roots meaning something different in australia.. defn not wearing my roots pants there!
TDOTEMPIRE 2 weeks ago
Haha, have you ever worn roots brand stuff in Australia? Do they even believe it's a real brand?
gregkrazanski 2 weeks ago
you look French Canadian lol that is right if they ask your weight they better be your doctor...
lucy9359 2 weeks ago
Hahahaha "This... means something different in Australia" It's funny cause it's true.
TiarniJaques97 3 weeks ago
Are you living in the Vancouver Area or outside Vancouver?
howaidouglas 3 weeks ago
Myaccount4. That's sad that u think that. Canada has invented insulin, phones, snowmobiles, shall I go on? Sure America has invented stuff but you don't have to make it sound like Canada hasn't contributed to the world. I'm proud to say I'm Canadian.
it's sad that everyone's so ignorant about our country.
SuperStarstepper 3 weeks ago
@SuperStarstepper The Canada Arm.
snottyification 2 weeks ago
God dammit, South Park Lied.! Canadians heads dont come apart and bounce when they speak.! :(
BARandSalex 3 weeks ago
i want to have sex with u too :P lol kidding..need to buy me a drink first or poutine
MultiBshane 3 weeks ago
You are so gorgeous! Can I sleep with you??
TheJjuvida 4 weeks ago
@zeldasol LOL. Americans are the inventors of the world. America explores the deep sea and the heavens. America sends men to distant moons and brings them safely back to earth. America explores distant planets and builds devices that see back to the beginning of the universe. Canada? They make moose hats and maple candy.
MyAccount4TrollingU 4 weeks ago
Those are old 1 and 2$ bills not loonies and toonies.
EmilieEmber 4 weeks ago 2
I haven't seen those bills in years! :))
Curicta85 1 month ago
Was this spoken in the canadian accent? I've gotten too used to my girlfriend's canadian accent to be able to hear it anymore. If this IS the canadian accent, i can tell you it's from the east coast.
cybersteel8 1 month ago
@cybersteel8
Ha, everyone knows that "my Canadian girlfriend" means I don't have one and I'm making her up. Canada is the world's foremost exporter of imaginary girlfriends.
trilobright 1 month ago
@trilobright Hey now, no need to be rude. I don't need to prove to you I have a girlfriend, and what would I be gaining by doing so? I haven't heard of Canada's reputation in that respect, so that's an unfortunate coincidence on my part :(
cybersteel8 1 month ago
@cybersteel8
Ha, I think it's a New England (Northeastern US) joke, as children lot of us go to summer camp in Maine or northern Vermont or Upstate New York, where a lot of kids from the Windsor-Quebec Corridor also go. So you're saying, "I've totally kissed a girl, but it was at camp and she lives in Canada so you guys wouldn't know her."
I didn't see you're Australian, so I take t back. I mean no one's going to spend twenty hours on a plane to see an imaginary girlfriend.
trilobright 3 weeks ago
Perfect!
JayMeDee 1 month ago
Here's a better guide: Speak English. I hate Canadians who are like "OH WERE SO DIFFERENT FROM AMERICANS WHY DO PEOPLE THINK WERE THE SAME!1" we're basically the same in almost every cultural aspect. We just have access to a better education system hence why we're much smarter on average.
alastairmctavish 1 month ago
Actually if you asked how far two cities are from each other it would be answered in time. Example "city A" is about one hour away from city B
ColeBoland12 1 month ago
@ColeBoland12 This is true.
cybersteel8 1 month ago
this is so right. i was agreeing with everything you said. So good! haha.. especially the metric system stuff, never really thought about it before haha
oxnina 1 month ago
watch your video and listen to yourself say "about" you don't say it the way you did when you were slowly saying it. your saying "aboot" I say it too so no worries.
robar57770 1 month ago
so very true & cool well done mon ami
frdavecdn 1 month ago
So, Im American, but my mom is from Canada, and I will always think that the Canadian currency is so much cooler looking than the American currency. We only have like green money, Canadians have like multi colored. That may sounds really dumb, but then again I'm American.
CourtneyM092 1 month ago 22
I'm british, I like Canadians. They're cool versions of Americans.
Jonaldinho180 1 month ago 9
"In Canada we use the metric system... but not all of the time."
Hahaha, yeah. That's so true. Feet and pounds and kilometers and liters.
devourerofbabies 1 month ago 2
poutine is NOT light!! lol
kinterodavid12 1 month ago
I always found it weird that most americans, or at least american television calls all post-secondary education "college". And that they say 7th grade not grade 7. Seems so strange to hear that :P
tuliptishuebox 1 month ago
very accurate!
what part of canada are you from?
kyrarmadillo 1 month ago
Amen! Thank you for disspelling all the myths d'Americane a BOOT us. LOL
nateisgreat108 1 month ago
I am American, lived in many parts of the US (Seattle, Portland, LA, San Diego, Chicago, NYC) and now live in Toronto. I find most of this spot on. I will say, that most major metro areas, in US or Canada speak with a "CNN" accent. There are *very* subtle differences though to Toronto accents and American. I hear it only very seldom. However, outside of downtown Toronto their is a more obvious accent and its the closest to Michigander's accent in my estimation.
MrJoshItIs 1 month ago
Well done overall eh .. But a loonie (huard en francais) is the 1$ coin and a toonie / twonie (deux piastres) is the 2$ coin.
marchky 1 month ago
can we return justin bieber?
AllegiancePledged 1 month ago 2
anyone else see that at 2:08-2:12
i'm not sure what it says...
iangfrazier 1 month ago
I agree that you guys don't say "aboot." You say "aboat." It's funny because you say "but I think I've talked aBOAT that before, it's aBOUT." You say it differently when you're consciously thinking about it.
wicaco 1 month ago
when is the next class?
micuba1000 1 month ago
Excellent points kiddo.
dedricthere 1 month ago
Canadian is NOT a language
Fabulositylost 1 month ago
I love cannadian forests wanna visit them in future :)
SlowmotionDim 1 month ago
canadains are so dumb and so are americans
that they have a $20 bill and a 25 cent coin
lowaces 1 month ago
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rohobian 1 month ago
@rohobian haha actually it means to have sex with someone
alana66694 1 month ago
@alana66694 shit! You're right. I heard this years ago from an aussie... must have had my terms mixed up, we were talking about various slang words between our countries. /embarassed
rohobian 1 month ago
check la grosse tête carré
TheBazoukajoe 1 month ago
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go america and canada!...best countries in the world!...this being said from an argentine. oh can you also clarify why when canadians say sorry, the ''o'' sound, sounds like a ''u''
stillatit90 1 month ago
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stillatit90 1 month ago
I really really care, really do.....really!
Elricck 1 month ago
I'm American and have been my whole life and i've been asked numerous times if I'm Canadian because i talk different, I havn't been to Canada since 94. :-)
12345671char 1 month ago
lol i didnt know canadians use bills for 1dollar and 2
bizarewigga 2 months ago
Nice girl, useless information. What was up with the out-of-circulation money?
cobbman88 2 months ago
Finally some one can prove my point :o YAY CANADIANS
EpicSoulChick 2 months ago
Is Canada still an independent nation? I thought they were calling it Northern Montana now...
DanValentineFilms 2 months ago
i think people missed the joke. she showed the $1/$2 bills to show americans what the denomination of a loonie and t(w/o?)onie is... unless she just completely messed up lol
07foxmulder 2 months ago
LMAO
Da124orget1022 2 months ago
When I go to Canada I usually speak French so I will ask "Ou sont les toilettes?" instead of "where is the washroom?"
delorme9 2 months ago
before anyone asks, no we dont live in igloos
mrawesomeness2412 2 months ago
ay wey! how did the mexican get here?!?
NinaXKaname 2 months ago
I...I love you.
joltfrey 2 months ago
LOL poutine is a light snack! so they don't have poutine in America?
Ps. Loonies and toonies are coins
jdsavvy 2 months ago
Poutine.. is a Nice light snack..
LOL hell yeah woman..you're 100% Canadian
IRONKREW 2 months ago 42
I actually just learned a little something about our neighbors to the North. :)
GrayfaceLV 2 months ago
Poutine light? Wow
urbanninja0 2 months ago
I thank you, you have enlighten my ignorant American mind.
alexmrrm 2 months ago 3
Good to know. I generally don't believe in the stereotypes and what not that spread, but this is still good stuff to here.
Aero159X 2 months ago
Thank you for this video. I'm tired of Americans thinking that we talk like retards.
beaverdammer 2 months ago 3
cute.
MARASALVATRUCHA199 2 months ago
Oi imma go root some Sheilas mate!
MrKevin486 2 months ago
I think you are very very cooool!!!
fjin1 2 months ago
loved it, it's good to listen about Canada
larissayuritominaga 2 months ago
''Aboot'' we sometimes say that in Scottish Glasgow slang.. seriously no joke.. meaning ''about''
donnamariegallagher 2 months ago
Canadians don't say "aBOOT," but they do say "aBOAT." Just as dorky! LOL
strawberrygirlie76 2 months ago
those bills are not loonies or toonies
floggingmolly3332 2 months ago 38
@floggingmolly3332 she was clearly trying to trick people. 1 and 2 dollar candian bills dont even circulate anymore
oxnina 1 month ago 3
@floggingmolly3332 canada used to use bills for $1 & $2
MrJakeFTW 1 month ago
I live in Kansas and we do not say abaht, we say abOUT extra on the out part. seriously though i need to learn to speak Canadian for a play i'm in and i have no idea how to. Please continue to make videos with tips.
ShelbymBrooks 2 months ago
I'm english so obviously unable to differentiate between american and canadian english. suppose its something you would pick up living in Canada or USA.
meadowlane37 2 months ago
@meadowlane37 There is no American or Canadian accent in the first place, they are all very regional, more so in USA than in Canada, but you can tell if someone is from Newfoundland in a group of Canadians once they speak, same with Cape Breton and the Quebecois are French...so they have the most recognizably different accent.
mothman64 2 months ago
@meadowlane37 The accent you think of as the stock north american english accent is the metropolitan accent.
mothman64 2 months ago
paper money loonie and tooney? dint know they existed
MaDaB1 2 months ago
"unrendered" :o subliminal messages at 2:10!!! I wonder what it'll make me want to do...
makaveli2p 3 months ago
I love this video
fjin1 3 months ago
God damn, canadians are stupid. canaDUH could be such a great country, if it weren't for all the filthy, vile canadians populating it.
jsizzle2012 3 months ago
Where the F*** you get a 1$bill and 2$bill all i got are stupid ass coins. (I live in Ontario does that change anything?)
Magitia 3 months ago
I really liked this video. I want to move to Canada so bad...
iPodTouch1080 3 months ago
Oh man! I remember when thos Nagano Olympic hats were huge! I wanted one sooo bad lol and am I the only one who thinks her voice is sooo soooothing? lol :0)
soapbox187 3 months ago
Great vid except...
@2:28
How is a Dollar Bill a Loonie and a Two Dollar Bill a Toonie?
Only a dollar and two dollar coin is given that designation...
Theobrothers 3 months ago
Hey buddy,....FART!
24fRaMeSps001 3 months ago
Guess it is nice, we could chat sometime. You have bb eyes!
luisferc1970 3 months ago
uni's are not the same as colleges either here too..
blackvirse 3 months ago
I still feel your "about" is a bit different than the american one
UmMariam09 3 months ago
@UmMariam09 It is different. It's not aBOOT, though. It's about. Americans say abaht. Relative to us, that is.
karflooie 3 months ago 6
@karflooie We say about, you guys say uh-BOAT
RofIStomper 1 month ago
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Jacko686 3 months ago
2:09 Unrendered
athlonz2007 3 months ago
And, we never, ever use $1 or $2 bills. Hence the reason they're mint condition in this video.
BrandonSchleifer 3 months ago
Very clever and very true. And holy crap this girl is cute!
madaxe606 3 months ago
1:30 "Aboot body temperature"
rich1051414 3 months ago
more than a half of those words are different in quebec.... Just sayin.. I'm from Quebexico.
1034206 3 months ago
@1034206 quebexico????? lol
mpg895 2 months ago
so true. so unbelievable true :D
Umedark 3 months ago
perfect
squee222 3 months ago
My height on my driver's licence has me about 6" taller than I actually am. It's ridiculous.
littlemisswelder 3 months ago
Poutine is a nice LIGHT snack - yeah, sure!!
PeterNGloor 3 months ago
i love the trolling witht he oldschool 1 and 2 dollar bills
JamesMichaelDoyle 3 months ago
very hot....yummmmm eh!!!
bobbyeph 3 months ago
a double double is a burger wit 2 patty's and 2 cheese here in the states
footballiswayfun 3 months ago
@footballiswayfun nope thats a double cheeseburger.
Umedark 3 months ago
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hhooman2005 3 months ago
I'm from New Zealand and despite the obvious difference in accents, we have many similarities e.g the metric system, we say "eh" as often or perhaps even more often than Canadians, we say chocolate bar, college is high school and university is universtity unless you go to a technical institute, and yes "roots" does mean something different in our part of the world.
gsf67 3 months ago
you are awesome ! :)
dubai20077 3 months ago
lol why are you showing paper money D: wheres our coins D:
oldskool61892 3 months ago
@oldskool61892 paper money??? everything i know is a lie!!!!! D:
cavemantiger 3 months ago
hahaha, so true, I think I'm 7'4 once converted on my driver's license.
darrochryanboniface 3 months ago
I never realised how similar Canada is to the UK
MEVVH 3 months ago
Actually, if ya ask distance between 2 citys, we say it in hours and (or) minutes. atleast in eastern canada anyways.
TheDaleDenton 4 months ago
Now I know I am getting old because it doesn't feel all that long ago! In 1987, the dollar bill was replaced with a dollar coin that had a loon (bird) engraved on it. Hence, the name 'loonie' that was adopted in reference to the dollar coin. Few years later, the two dollar bill was replaced by a 2 dollar coin and voilà the 'toonie' was born...giving merchants a catchy cheezy break for marketing their promos : Toonie Tuesdays : 2 ('whatevers') for 2$/ All the rest of video, DEAD ON!
Coucousaimoi 4 months ago
the world is paying attention 2 canada due to JUSTIN BIEBER..!!
ipodgal1000 4 months ago
@ipodgal1000 I think during the time when this video was made, the world was paying a lot of attention to Canada because of the Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver. However, yes, it is probably also because of Justin Bieber.
ComedyNurd 4 months ago
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THIS IS 100% TRUE !
SandyraTamyra 4 months ago
looney and tooney :)
Jettygurrl 4 months ago
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Very nice... I'm proud to be Canadian... :-) God save the Queen.
kilkenian2 4 months ago
Except we don't use 1 dollar or 2 dollar bills we use coins and I have no idea where the hell you got them but they sure are old and hard to find.
XileLord 4 months ago
@XileLord We used to use 1 and 2 dollar bills in Canada, but that was a very long time ago.
ComedyNurd 4 months ago
Im canadian
sasklego 4 months ago
Did those planes finally take off? What's with the noise?
mdtaranto 4 months ago
Right on girl - I left the US a few years ago and have never gone back
heysteele 4 months ago
This is a fabulous video.
beyondsection17 4 months ago
The only person I know who says 'aboot' is Scottish. She also has to either poosh or pool the door to enter the building.
MaeNotEast 4 months ago
Lol root means sex in Australia, your cool!
Amunication 4 months ago
whats the French sentence you said ..... cuz I didnt get it hun
6493caro 4 months ago
what does it mean in Australian? What does it mean in Australian!?
abdullah2322852 4 months ago
ok that was just confusing me now lol so your preety much usa and english lol
Clickybux 4 months ago
I love everything aboot Canada, eh.
OneNBK 5 months ago
How if you live in Canada do you confuse a `Loonie`COIN and a `Twoonie`COIN with the old paper $1 and $2 bills?
Harorace 5 months ago
hey I'm brazilian .. well you said at the first beggining of your video you guys don't say "aboot"... but you might not realize that when you guys speak a sentence fast you really do .. check out your own video 1:27 ..anyway I love canadian accent ...
maciela1234 5 months ago
@maciela1234 I'm genuinely curious, do you consider that a clear example of "aboot"? When she says it at 1:27? Or would you say that's a mild example? There may be a slight o sound there, or it's a little softer at the end, but she's clearly saying "bow" as in to take a bow, as opposed to "boo" or "bow", as in to tie a bow. I'm trying to figure this out.
rufonzo38 4 months ago
@rufonzo38 I would say that's she's just saying about, with the 'bow' sounds, as in the bow of a boat as apposed to a bow tie
jkwright94 4 months ago
What a mess of measure units. Seems interesting though.
raydredX 5 months ago
@raydredX Those units are only used colloquially. The official units of measurement are: metre, litre, gram, and Kelvin (although, Celsius is more commonly used).
ComedyNurd 4 months ago
@ComedyNurd I supposed so. But they think with lots of units. That's interesting, but still messy when there's lack of conversion skill.
Thanks though.
raydredX 4 months ago
@raydredX Yes, it is quite a mess. Some people can convert between the units, but it's not taught as much in school. To convert someone's height from inches to centimetres, you just take the number of inches and multiply that number by 2.54 (the approximate number of centimetres in an inch) to get the height in centimetres.
ComedyNurd 4 months ago
@ComedyNurd It probably should, it seems important, mainly if you find people whose driver's license say they are 2,50 meters. XD
raydredX 4 months ago
@raydredX hahaha yeah. It's usually taught in Chemistry and Physics classes, but not much else. I only ever learnt basic unit conversions (inches to centimetres, miles to kilometres, pounds to kilograms) but not many conversions between the Imperial Standard American units. Many Canadians (often including myself) are usually too lazy to convert all of the standard units to metric, though. I think that's the main problem.
ComedyNurd 4 months ago
wrong! a loonie is a one dollar "coin" with the loon on the obverse.And the twoonie is a 2 dollar "coin"(in which does not have a loon on it).....not the discontinued paper currency ..
renegss 6 months ago
@renegss ...Yeah, it's called a joke she was making. XD
I had a nice laugh at the loonie toonie part. :P
PolarRook 1 month ago
Best advice to talking like a typical Western, Prairie or Mid-Eastern Canadian: Be as utterly monotonous as Humanly possible
alastairmctavish 6 months ago
OMG I might just be a really bad Ontarian lol but YOU HAD A PAPER LOONIE AND TOONIE!!! I didn't even know they existed. Where are you from?
veenesse88 7 months ago
@veenesse88
You're probably just young. If you were born in 88 then you probably didn't use money until after the changes had happened! The loonie and twoonie are not very old. I remember the twoonie changing to the coin in the early 90s I think. And the loonie changed in the 80s as far as I can remember....
Room142 6 months ago
@Room142 oh thats great! I'd love to see one lol. Not gonna lie though I love our loonie and twoonie coins. :P
veenesse88 6 months ago
@Room142 You may have not seen many coin loonies or toonies in the 80s and 90s, but they were definitely around before then. I own a few original print toonies from 1956 (which are legitimite, considering my grandparents kept a few during the currency change as "souvenirs").
ComedyNurd 4 months ago
lol. Ur cute mami.
eet2000 7 months ago
i agree with everything you said ! no canadians say aboot, unless your scottish living in canada.
"this means something different in australian" LMFAO!
iamfearless09 7 months ago
@iamfearless09 Many people from Southern Ontario also say "aboot" occasionally, depending on the context of the word.
ComedyNurd 4 months ago
That was Great,,thank you so much , by the way you look cute ;)
arashcom 7 months ago
Root means intercourse in Australian
Bobo4lyf 7 months ago 3
Because Of Jb
SingDanceLove567 7 months ago
I'm surprised by how much the English and Canadians have in common. I suppose because we get so much exposure to American TV and such over here, we all kind of expect them to be the same in many ways. It's interesting to hear the slang for money (we have 'fivers' and 'tenners' in pounds), the casual use of the metric system, the fact that college and university are different, fish and chips, pop, chocolate bars and the like. Fantastic video. :)
sonosaryn 7 months ago