Last night I was watching How I met your Mother, which is definatley one of my favorite television shows on TV today. Who wouldn’t enjoy Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel for a whole 30 minutes???
If you don’t watch the show, you might not know that one of the characters, Robin, is from Canada. She typically gets picked on a lot from her friends about being a Canadian. Seeing as how I’m from Canada, I always get excited when our lovely country gets brought into the show and in last night’s episode there was a whole story line where Robin was torn whether to give up her Canadian citizenship and become an American. I won’t tell you how it played out, but I wanted to post about it because there are a lot of stereotypes about Canadians.
First off, let me say that I have never used the word eh in my vocabulary… ever. I am not an ice skater, I have only ever held a hockey stick to give to my brother, I’m not always polite, it doesn’t snow in the middle of June and the only french I studied was in grade 9.
So clearly I don’t really fit into the stereotypical Canadian citizen, but I will tell you that our country is amazing. We have lots of really wonderful and polite people living here and as How I met your Mother showcased last night, we have really great coffee at Tim Horton’s! I found this amazing commercial that use to be on all the time and it pretty much sums up what I’m trying to say in this post and it makes me extremely proud to be a Canadian – enjoy!
9 Comments
October 21, 2009 at 12:36 pm
hehe i say eh all the time. probably watching too much don cherry and windsor is just minutes away. i am surprised about the french thing though (forgive me for being stereotypical) i thought you had to study it in elementary school.
October 21, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I say eh a lot!
Ria – We normally start to study it form grade 4 until grade 9, and after that it is your choice. I don’t know about walkingonsunshine18 but I know I took it in elementary school.
October 21, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I didn’t take it in elementary school. I only had to study was in junior high… Interesting
October 21, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I’m from Texas, so I understand stereotypes. I do say “y’all,” but I don’t own a horse (I wish), a gun, or 17 American/Texas flags.
My grandfather was Canadian, which my friends think is hilarious for some reason. I’m like, why? Canada’s freaking awesome.
I think the French in elementary school thing depends on your province? But I could be wrong.
October 22, 2009 at 2:43 am
as you know, i think lady gaga is over-rated – big time. but her new song ‘no way’ is growing on me … here’s the link:
http://musiccrate.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Lady%20GaGa%20-%20No%20Way.mp3
what do you think?
p.s. i’m missing playlist wed’s
October 22, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I love Canada. And I’m American. (Though I’m from Michigan, so some people think that’s close enough to Canada…and I do say ‘eh’ a lot, come to think of it…)
October 23, 2009 at 3:05 am
Aw! I hear you on ALL of those things. I think I say “hey” more than I say “eh”. It snows lots where I live, but at the same time that it will snow in Colorado, Minnesota… you know… those colder states!
I LOVE CANADA!!
October 25, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I watched the same HIMYM last week, too! Random! Love that show, and it makes me happy that while you aren’t the “stereotypical Canadian” (though I’m not sure there is such a thing..) you’re proud to be a Canadian. That’s awesome!
October 28, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Oh… TIm Horton’s!
I went to Canada a few years back to visit my uncle in Montreal and it was the best time ever!!! 