This one is for you HTRegz...

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TORONTO -- Ask any Canadian to define the typical Canuck and among the descriptions proffered is sure to be: "We're not like Americans."

After all, Americans are brash, arrogant and aggressive. We Canadians, on the other hand, are polite, modest and somewhat introverted.

We're as different from our neighbours to the south as, well, beavers are from bald eagles.

Aren't we?

Not according to a study of national personalities, which found that this time-honoured perception of our oh-so-unique Canadian psyche -- and other cultures' stereotypes of themselves -- are in fact just so much hooey.

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Read the full article here on Canada.com:

http://www.canada.com/national/story...7-e35623a8121a

Ya know I can agree with the overall assessment if it was only taken in the what everyone in Canada thinks Torontonians think is the centre of the Universe "Ontario", because I believe if they had of really sat down with a bunch of Newfies and Capers here on the East Coast (East of Toronto), they would have found out that, we Maritimers are in no way related to those from the centre of the Universe,(with the exception of course of the very large Newfie and Caper communities in Teronah)so should be excluded from any of these lofty (probably expensive ) studies :D

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"The views that persons in Vancouver have about Canadians are very similar to the views that Nova Scotians have about Canadians,"

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notice they left out Toronto aka Ontario, mind you I am not blind to the fact that with almost 9 Mill people in one Province, (out of what 40 Million countrywide) how easy it would be to forget the rest of Canada. :p

They forgot mush heads can't drive for **** when they hit the Michigan border. (HT likes me, I can say that, hell I've earned it with the number of times I've been cut off, almost rear ended, and all around trying to be a ping pong ball on the free way to dodge them when they drive)... except HT though, he's never hit anything when he comes to my town.

Is that before or after we take the Ontario plates off of our cars, is it safe to take the I95 nowadays, back when I used to travel that road, the favorite thing was bowling balls from the catwalks. Course that was also back when you drove through Detroit doing 90 and didn't stop for no-one. :p

A Texan, a Canadian and a Guy from Michigan
A Texan, a Canadian, and a guy from Michigan are out riding horses. The Texan pulls out an expensive bottle of whiskey, takes a shot, then another, and suddenly throws the bottle in the air, pulls out his gun and shoots the bottle in mid air. The Canadian looks at him and says, "What are you doing?! That was a perfectly good bottle of whiskey!" The Texan says, "In Texas, there's plenty of whiskey and bottles are cheap."
A while later, not wanting to be outdone, the Canadian pulls out a bottle of champagne, takes a few sips, throws the bottle in the air, pulls out his gun and shoots it. The guy from Michigan can't believe this and says, "What did you do that for? That was an expensive bottle of Champagne!"
The Canadian says "In Canada there's plenty of Champagne and bottles are cheap."
So a while later the guy from Michigan pulls out a bottle of beer. He opens it, takes a sip, takes another sip, and then chugs the rest. He then puts the bottle back in his saddlebag, pulls out his gun, turns around and shoots the Canadian.
The Texan, shocked, says, "Why did you do that?"
The guy from Michigan says, "Well, in Michigan, we have plenty of Canadians, but bottles are worth a dime." :D

The base article for the article posted above was posted in Science magazine (Science, Vol 310, Issue 5745, 96-100 , 7 October 2005): http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conten...on_type_101001

A very kind person reposted it on another forum site for those of us who aren't subscribers:
http://www.muslimwakeup.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=17701&

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The Science paper was authored by 87 researchers who studied 49 cultures across 48 countries on six continents. (Switzerland was split into the French Swiss and the German Swiss, because of historical differences between the two cultures.)

The project was headed by Professor Robert R. McCrae from the National Institute of Health in the USA.

Dr Shakespeare-Finch said the research team based its studies on five identified personality traits that were global - to varying degrees.


"Even though these dimensions of personality are universal, the perceptions of stereotypes we hold about national character are at best exaggerations and at worst completely inaccurate."

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Very interesting read...

Heh heh heh

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The guy from Michigan says, "Well, in Michigan, we have plenty of Canadians, but bottles are worth a dime."

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......well (as far as HT is concerned) you have sure pegged the Michigan guy right.
(OF COURSE I think that it has pegged USers and canucks in the same plane as the Michigan guy, not a bit better....either one of them.)

This is kinda off topic but im from Texas and going to Canada for the first time in dec. to visit a friend for 2 weeks. any suggestions besides bring warm clothes? lol

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Originally posted here by The Texan
This is kinda off topic but im from Texas and going to Canada for the first time in dec. to visit a friend for 2 weeks. any suggestions besides bring warm clothes? lol

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Learn to drink strong beer. ;)

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any suggestions besides bring warm clothes? lol

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You do know that Canada is the 2nd largest nation in the world right? So it might help to narrow down WHERE in Canada you're going since some areas will be colder than others (Vancouver tends to be down right mild with little to no snow while Winnipeg will freeze the snot in your nose by mid-November).

And I saw that report (the one this thread was started on). Was rather surprised and somewhat curious as to how they came to this conclusion. I do know that I find Westerners (particularly Albertans) to be more "American" (conservative and such) while West Coasters (BC) tend to fit a little more closely with Californians (must be all that weed). East coast gets as laid back as possible while Quebec whines about anything in between. The Prairie provinces just eke things out and remain quiet about it all while Ontario bitches about transfers and not getting respect it deserves (it's kinda the Roger Dangerfield province). Toronto is just bizarre and self-centered in many respects while Ottawa is the ultimate fishbowl (who shuts a city down at 4:30pm!??!!)

But that's just this Acadian Canuck's view of things..

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Learn to drink strong beer.

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Beer!?!? I thought that they served flavoured water in the US. Isn't that what it is?! :D

Im going to moosejaw,sask. dec 27th thru jan 10th... and i have only seen actual snow with no mud in it once in my life lol. and i like strong beer:)

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Originally posted here by MsMittens

Beer!?!? I thought that they served flavoured water in the US. Isn't that what it is?! :D

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Are you sure it's "water" MsM ?? ;)

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while Winnipeg will freeze the snot in your nose by mid-November).

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:rofl:

So true though

Here in cottage country we try and enjoy the winters as much as possible...we skate on the lake, canals...cross country and down hill ski (whoever called the hills here in ontario "mountains" obviously has NEVER seen the Rockies)...and my most favorite...


Snowmobiling. ....

Moosejaw will definately freeze the snot in your nose ;)



MLF

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Originally posted here by The Texan
Im going to moosejaw,sask. dec 27th thru jan 10th... and i have only seen actual snow with no mud in it once in my life lol. and i like strong beer:)

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Well this site might interest you,Sask Weather

As for the beer, not sure what they drink out there in Saskatchewan, but if you don't mind ales, see if you can get Molson Export :cool:

Better options for weather would be The Weather Network or Environment Canada's Weather Service (imperial units)

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see if you can get Molson Export

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Oh, ewwww. Gawd. Pick a better beer please. Like one of the microbreweries (Breweries in Sask)

http://www.warsteiner-usa.com

thanx for the links MsM and Dalek. btw the microbrewery site, the one in Moosejaw is no longer brewing :(

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Oh, ewwww. Gawd. Pick a better beer please. Like one of the microbreweries

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LOL :D

I would have mentioned Keith's or Olands, but I didn't think westerners (anybody west of Moncton NB) would have been forunate enough or actually worthy enough to get, what is arguably the best beer in Canada (with respect to Nfld's Blackhorse, of course,) you can import right?? :p

Or that truly Maritime beer of all time Schooner (some Acadians I know actually like this stuff) ;)

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This is kinda off topic but im from Texas and going to Canada for the first time in dec. to visit a friend for 2 weeks. any suggestions besides bring warm clothes? lol

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Leave your guns behind you wont need them over hear .... Do not be surprised if it feels like your still in the U.S.A. ....

Hey Hey,

It finally let me reply (first time was a mysql error.... second time it crashed my browser).


Anyways... As for the study... I read that when it was first published (it was one of my news articles on my homepage)... I don't really believe it. Something tells me if most of a society perceives themselves in a certain way... it's most likely true. I'm willing to bet that the majority of the study was done in Southern Ontario (Most people forget that the rest of Canada exists) and everyone knows that Southern Ontario is really only Little America... I've got no more respect for Southern Ontario (Even though I live here) than I do for the US... the people are just as bad. Anyways... that's my opinion and I'm sticking with it.. Go out East.. or out West (as far as Alberta... BC is just Little Asia and doesn't really count as part of Canada anymore either)... and you'll meet real Canadians.. Northern Ontario is a great place to start.... Good Ol' Fashion Country Goodness up there... people that can withstand a bit of climate change (We do have one of the broadest series of climate changes in the world)... It's a different, slower way of living up there... and it makes more sense.. People are good to each other.. decent and wholesome.. People barter up there still... and it's not always about a buck... It's about people and living.. (God I miss home).. It's also not about technology and for someone in IT that means moving away.... and it's a shame because going out West or out East are the only ways to find similar people... Canada may be one large country... but S.Ont, BC and Quebec don't display the truely Canadian attitude... Southern Ontarians are rude, people from Quebec are just asses and in BC... well I prefer to speak English or French since those are the national languages... but hey that's just me.

Now as for coming up and drinking beer... There's a small brewery that produces the best beer.. Northern Breweries... One of their two breweries operates out of my hometown, the other is 3.5 hours away. They used to produce Superior Lager which was the best beer you could drink... difficult to find outside Northern Ontario but still possible. Last year (2004) they were bought out and the names were changed.. Now it's Northern Premium Lager... Make sure you give it a try because you won't be disappointed.

Anyways... that's about it for my opinion... I gotta get going.. need to get a few hours sleep since I'm sick and need to be back at work tomorrow.

Peace,
HT