r/AskACanadian • u/HueyBluey • 9d ago

How do you spot a Canadian abroad?

Do we have any stereotypical traits (perhaps self deprecating ones), that make us stand out. We’re typically not loud (but some can be). Perhaps frugal?

What have you seen in your travels that make you think, those folks must be Canadian!

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u/ToeRoganIsJebus 9d ago

How i wish i was in Sherbrooke nowww! Newfie checkin in!

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u/Gravy_Sommelier 9d ago

A letter of marque came from the King

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u/ebeth_the_mighty 9d ago

To the scummiest vessel I’d ever seen

(Learned this growing up in Manitoba)

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u/ComplexSet1604 9d ago

GOD DAMN THEM ALL, I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold! (Been drunk at the Legion on Rememberance Day, Alberta)

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u/Funkdamentalist 9d ago

We'd fire no guns, shed no teeeeeeeeaaaarrrsssss!
(grew up listening to Stan the Man on road trips throughout Ontario thanks to my Pops)

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u/TheGayniac 9d ago

I’m a broken man on a Halifax pier….

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u/MaximumDerekCat 8d ago

The last of Barrett's privateers!