'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
in the "wouldn't Americans already know that?"
This.
BWAHAHAHAHAAHAH! Oh, that's good. I needed that.
Seriously, though, my mom told someone she was Canadian and got complimented on her english. The existence of provinces at all would be a stretch, let alone what they are or the numbers.
DC people: anybody know what the snow situation on the roads is in the area around National Airport? Someone I know is driving in tomorrow and staying at a hotel near there and wants to know what to expect.
Yeah, sorry, I'm relatively Canada-aware, and I couldn't have told you there are 10 provinces off-hand.
Does that include Nunavut? See? I've heard of Nunavut!
Seriously, though, my mom told someone she was Canadian and got complimented on her english.
This actually happened to me in New York this fall in a shop. The sales lady complimented me on having no accent. I bought a purse from her anyway.
I do know that generally Americans are ignorant of Canada. (One comedian did a whole comedy special on it. [link] It's just surprising that they're laying it out at such akindergarten level.
Does that include Nunavut? See? I've heard of Nunavut!
It's one of three territories... they're extra to the provinces.
I'm pretty sure there are some Americans who don't know we have 50 states.
At my university we do an ESL test on Canadian graduate students to determine whether or not their English is good enough to teach class without further remediation.
Is our NBC doing something weird? The opening ceremony hasn't been on yet, and they're just talking to athletes and talking about the weather in Whistler today.
Gods give me the strength not to leap across the counter and throttle the sweet but inept cvs tech.