The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to White People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoThis is a major Life Pro Tipkbin.runimagemessage-square313fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down126
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minus-squareGestridlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 months agoIt took me several years to realize that Canadians were from Canada. Specifically, I didn’t connect the spoken words. I was fine with the written words.
minus-squareIlluminostro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 months agoYou’re not wrong. They’re from Canadia.
minus-squareSpaceCowboylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoWhile traveling I convinced a lot of people that Canadia is the official name of the country, Canada is just commonly used because it’s easier to say.
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoDid you wonder why no one is mentioning Canadaians?
minus-squareraptore39@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoTook me three tries to pronounce this. Love it!
minus-squareGestridlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoNot really. I live in a part of the US where the topic of Canada doesn’t come up often enough in conversation for me to have questioned it.
minus-squarecumskin_genocide@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoFor the longest time I thought if you said someone was lanky I assumed they were Sri Lankan
It took me several years to realize that Canadians were from Canada. Specifically, I didn’t connect the spoken words. I was fine with the written words.
You’re not wrong. They’re from Canadia.
While traveling I convinced a lot of people that Canadia is the official name of the country, Canada is just commonly used because it’s easier to say.
Did you wonder why no one is mentioning Canadaians?
Took me three tries to pronounce this. Love it!
Not really. I live in a part of the US where the topic of Canada doesn’t come up often enough in conversation for me to have questioned it.
For the longest time I thought if you said someone was lanky I assumed they were Sri Lankan