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how do you know when you're in Canada?

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When you see signs like "Tire Centre".

If you're in Britain, you're going to see it spelled "Tyre Centre". If you're in the US, it will be "Tire Center". Canada, as far as I know, is the only place that treads that line, adapting most British spellings, but not all.

Another way to tell you're in Canada? Ask for directions. It's not unusual to hear "it's two miles down the road, then turn left, and it's six and a half kilometres on your right"...

Odd but true!
 
Eh?
 
Then again, you could have made a wrong turn and wound up in Florida...I have seen the "centre" spelling crop up more and more down here...usually in the naming of mini-malls...a feeble attempt at "sophistication"?
 
bugimike said:
a feeble attempt at "sophistication"?
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Marketing. I'd bet you can find a lot of 'Towne Centre' strip malls around the country.

The spellings weren't always like that though. Language evolves I guess. My home town, south of the Mason-Dixon line, was "Centreville". People used to tell me I always spelled it wrong.
 
One of our local theaters is "Civic Theatre", so the changed spelling is all around. On a note about Canada, I just spent two wonderful days in Vancouver after two weeks in Alaska. Not many LBC's in the 49th state, although I briefly saw a MG Midget in Fairbanks. But Vancouver was a car mecca. Porsches, Maseratis, Ferraris, a great looking TR6, and I passed an Aston Martin dealership and a Lotus dealership both near the market on Granville Island. This was while riding on the Big Bus, and old RHD double decker through the city.
 
Even in different parts of the US, different spellings are used. Take Pittsburgh, if that was down here in Georgia, it would be spelled Pittsburg.
 
That's true.

Don't forget some of the bilingual signs too. English and French. You see that a lot in Maine too, I guess to help the Quebecois tourists.
 
I have also seen Pittsburgh mis-spelled as Pittsbourgh!!
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:] how do you know when you're in Canada? [/QUOTE]

It snows 'til June then there's ~almost~ three months without snow... :devilgrin: :jester:
 
Doc, are you sayin' summer here is three weeks of bad skiin'?

Actually had two days in a row with the top down this year. Pretty good EH!

Dave :lol:
 
WOW!!! Don't tell th' folk over in Maine. You'll get invaded. :smirk:
 
It's our secret then. Mums the word.

Dave :nonod:
 
I drove through part of British Columbia,Canada
when they first converted to the metric system.
I saw a sign that (If I remember correctly)-
- "Cranbrook 30 miles".A little further up the road-
- another sign.This one said "Cranbrook 40 Kilometers".
It took a few miles to figure this one out.
I also got to the Border just North of Eureka,Montana.
It was 12:15 A.M.They closed the border at Midnight.I
ended up sleeping in the "Toyota Hilton" (Toyota p/u).

- Doug
 
You park your car when you get to the border. We used to have Dog Sleds but we moved into high powered snowmobiles. You can scream down the groomed trails 100mph plus.

Cheers

Mark
 

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Call me a good Canadian then...

For all sorts of words, I spell them the Canadian way... And I really don't care if the computer puts that red line underneath to tell me I'm spelling it wrong... LOL


For example, "colour" and of course since it was mentioned "centre", can't think of any other examples off the top of my head, but there are quite a few examples
 
You know you're in Canada when:
1) Speed limit in Kph
2) Beer comes from the beer store, liquor comes from the LCBO(in Ontario anyway)
3) You can buy camping gear, air rifles, tools and home appliances all at the same store - Canadian Tire!
4) Milk comes in plastic bags
5) People don't take vacations, they are "on Holiday"
6) Students get stuck in school until Grade 13
7) High school is "College", college is "Univiersity"
8) You don't worry about State Troopers, you worry about the OPP. (Ontario again)
9) Tim Horton donut shops
10)You buy something and you get a "Loony" or a "Twoony" as change.
 
They aren't afraid to show the strength of the beer on the bottle/can, unlike some!!!

They might use centre and colour, but they still don't use aluminium.

Dual citizen here; Brit and Canada.
 
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