Originally posted by JimJohnson We Yoopers know about 'eh'. Maybe we learned aboot it from all those fine people from Ontario who travel through the area, eh?
Or maybe it is all those kids playing ice hockey on travel teams? (Professional ice hockey in the United States originated here
Hockeyville USA boon to Calumet, oldest indoor ice arena in North America | NHL.com.)
For a fact, my wife and I have been incorrectly identified as Canadians on several occasions when we visit Europe.
Back bacon is a great addition to egg sandwiches.
Your turn Les.
Border state people can always ID Canadians.
Can't remember if I told this story, probably did. Years ago when my son was about 14 or so, he and I drove across the border to Grand Forks, North Dakota to watch a sprint car race. There are usually a couple of racers from my city mixing it up with the 'Merican racers there and the racing is fabulous. Anyway, that night on the way back, we stopped off at the McDonald's right by the interstate north. We ordered our food and the clerk asked if we were Canadians. I replied yes, how did you know ?
She said because we were so polite and I had slipped in an 'eh' at the end of the sentence.
My wife and I have been identified as Americans over in the UK, while on visits. One time we were looking at an old church site that went back about 1000 years or so, and the caretaker started to talk to us and said you Americans probably don't have any buildings this old, back in the USA. I said were not Americans we're Canadians.
He replied, same difference, you're all from the colonies.