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**RBJamez** · 03-06-2006, 02:58 AM

I don't know a single person who has ever claimed to be Canadian when they've left the U.S. Secondly, I've traveled out of the U.S. many times and I've never had a problem. As a matter of fact, unless you're in another English speaking country, they don't even know you're American unless you tell them. You go to France, or Germany, or anyplace where English is the primary language they more commonly assume that you are British. They don't hear the difference between our accents like other English speaking people do.

You may want to try talking of something you know more "aboot", eh?

Ask a Brit, they'll tell you you're full of shit. I lived in the UK for a year and was constantly asked if I was American due to my accent. When I said, with a pained expression, no I'm Canadian, the usual response was invariably, "thank god!" By the way, no one in Canada says "aboot." Furthermore, the sources I posted above are just a sampling of hundreds on the topic of Americans posing as Canadians while abroad. I'll trust the expert at the University of New York over you anyday for starters....and few people are going to say to your face that they think your country has run amok.

03-06-2006, 02:58 AM	#20
RBJamez Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 371 Senior Member	I don't know a single person who has ever claimed to be Canadian when they've left the U.S. Secondly, I've traveled out of the U.S. many times and I've never had a problem. As a matter of fact, unless you're in another English speaking country, they don't even know you're American unless you tell them. You go to France, or Germany, or anyplace where English is the primary language they more commonly assume that you are British. They don't hear the difference between our accents like other English speaking people do. You may want to try talking of something you know more "aboot", eh? Ask a Brit, they'll tell you you're full of shit. I lived in the UK for a year and was constantly asked if I was American due to my accent. When I said, with a pained expression, no I'm Canadian, the usual response was invariably, "thank god!" By the way, no one in Canada says "aboot." Furthermore, the sources I posted above are just a sampling of hundreds on the topic of Americans posing as Canadians while abroad. I'll trust the expert at the University of New York over you anyday for starters....and few people are going to say to your face that they think your country has run amok.
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