Wednesday, February 17, 2016

For my first topic on witch I will discuss its corresponding misconceptions I decided to chose something that hits close to home because it is home.CANADA. In my opinion Canada is one of the best most beautiful countries and probably one of the best places to live on earth.But others don't necessarily see it the same and it gets a weird reputation.

Lets start with one of probably the biggest being that everyone is super nice and polite.Well this can be true for some and yes we say sorry for things other people do that doesn't mean we are all like that there are a lot of really mean and rude people.Since I brought up the word sorry that is an other one about the accent and we say sorry(so-re) and about(aboot) weirdly and say eh.  I have never heard someone say aboot or eh other then ironically.


Next the one where Canada is in a constant state of horribly cold snowy winter. This one is so off. First off Canada like most other places has four actually very different seasons where only one of witch fits that description. This is one that i thought was just a joke but no, I'm pretty sure theres a bunch of people that think this. They even had a video in disney that started out "jokingly" saying how Canada is cold and snowy 24/7 and they had to have Martin Short come on and explain that it wasn't so. I even once heard from someone I know who worked at the border that they had a family come over once in the heat of summer saying they wanted to take the family on a nice skying trip and asked where the nearest sky hill was, what a surprise they must have had. Some people are so very ignorant to the world around them.

So to rap this up we don't live in igloos, we don't ride polar bears to work or keep them as pets , we don't keep maple syrup in our pockets, the Mounties aren't the only police we have,we do have normal bacon, we don't all play hockey and we don't all speak perfectly fluent french.


4 comments:

  1. Hey Laura! I really liked this blog post you made. You covered pretty much every single thing some non-Canadians think aboot us! (LOL, I'm just kidding!). What's that video? Is it that Disney video you mentioned? I don't have the time right now to watch it. Keep writing, I'm following your blog!

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  2. To start off, I really like the subject of your blog in general and I also like this specific subject because I have actually been a part of this subject. A lot of the time when I go to the U.S. for an activity I'm always asked where my polar bear is or how cold is my igloo so I really liked how you expressed that in your blog. I can't wait to see what misconception you explore next.

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  3. Hi Laura, I agree that a lot of people (outside of Canada of course) do think our beautiful country is always cold and snowy, but other I also don’t think many people will ever get to experience our country the way we do, in the sense that they don’t know anything more than what they’ve heard about Canada. I really enjoyed this post and look forward to more!

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  4. Hey Laura, I find your topic very different and fun to read about. I like how you are able to talk about many different topics and never be off topic. I can relate to your blog a lot, specifically this post, and I totally agree with your opinion. What you are saying is absolutely true and I really look forward to reading more of your posts!

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