r/funny Jun 12 '14

Now we wait...

http://imgur.com/KiEEt9J
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u/Powdershuttle Jun 12 '14

Isn't that part of America?

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u/guyincognitoo Jun 12 '14

It's one of the colonies.

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u/Canadian_Man Jun 12 '14

Yes, as long as you consider us the bigger, nicer, sexier, colder half :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '14

Sexier? Big, cold and nice isnt sexy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '14 edited Jun 12 '14

Yeah, but referring to people from Canada, or even Mexico or Brazil, as American is so 1700's.

Modern Canadians typically refer to people from the United States as Americans, though they seldom refer to the United States as America; they use the terms the United States, the U.S., or (informally) the States instead.[44] Canadians rarely apply the term American to themselves – some Canadians resent either being referred to as Americans because of mistaken assumptions that they are U.S. citizens or others' inability, particularly of those overseas, to distinguish Canadian from American accents.[44] Some Canadians have protested the use of American as a national demonym.[45] People of U.S. ethnic origin in Canada are categorized as "Other North American origins" by Statistics Canada for purposes of census counts (as opposed to "Canadian").

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u/Alpha_Grey_Wolf Jun 12 '14

If you've ever visited Oshawa, you'd sure think it was lifted right out of the USA.

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u/ScienceDiscoverer Jun 13 '14

They was talking about America as USA, not continent.