Americans vs. Canadians

dancingtoelectropop:

Coke Diet:

^ You're right, everything in Canada is so damn expensive. We have to spend $12 to go watch a movie in theaters. When I lived in U.S I only paid $5. It's ridiculous.

That's weird, I live in NY and I usually spend $10 to see a movie.
Maybe it was a matinee show.

No, most states in the US I hear are only like 5-6 dollars. New York is just really really expensive. Somet theaters here are 10 dollars.

I went to the movies last week with my friend. We ended up spending FOURTY dollars for tickets and popcorn, not to mention we had to ask this guy for a dollar and we were still 50 cents off.

It really depends on what theatre you go to. Here, it can probably cost you anything from $6 to $12 per person.

Connecticut is a very expensive state.
A move ticket is $8.50 plus 6% sales tax. Popcorn is nearly $11.00 without the tax added in yet!

In North Carolina some movie theaters only charge you four dollars.

At the drive in it's five dollars for however many people you can cram in a car.

I love this place! We still call soda "pop".

The amount of taxes you pay in Canada is different too, depending on what province you live in.
In Alberta, where I live, we only pay 5% tax.
Last year I lived in a different province and we paid 12% tax.

I agree with most of the people on here, the stereotypes about saying 'eh' and 'aboot' aren't true.
A majority of our population live in Ontario and Quebec but our culture in every province is different.
I live in Manitoba where it gets to -40(Celsius) in the winter, a majority of the population has aboriginal blood in them and we're highly encouraged to learn French.
I don't think I would be able to handle living in the States.
No free health care and an almost completely capitalist government, no thank you.
A lot of people at my school make fun of Americans for some odd reason, I don't really as both my great grandfathers are from the U.S. but a lot of them call Americans stupid, fat, ugly and annoying.
I don't believe that.
Oh and movies here are only $8.50 and $3.50 at the cheap theatres.
Our tax here is also 7% pst and 5% gst.

^ There are people who say "eh" and pronounce "about" as "aboot", it's called an accent. Saying that it's a only a stereotype and that no one talks like that is just like saying that none of the North Easterners (United States) use the short 'a'. Heck, if you got to Wisconsin, or Michigan some people pronounce it "aboot". Of course there are always the people who over do the accent, which is why people think it's a stereotype. If you've ever watched the show "Life with Derek", I'm pretty sure you may have noticed that Daniel Magder (Edwin) says "aboot" sometimes.

Movie tickets here (Texas) cost $5 before noon, and $8 for adults after noon. And we've got $1 theaters too.

^ Are you serious?! $1 movie theaters?! We have the cheap theater here and its still $5 or $6. The cheap theater is bad though. They're still playing Star Trek! At least they were like 2 weeks ago, when I checked last.

Coke Diet:

^ Are you serious?! $1 movie theaters?! We have the cheap theater here and its still $5 or $6. The cheap theater is bad though. They're still playing Star Trek! At least they were like 2 weeks ago, when I checked last.

Yeah, our Dollar Theaters play new movies longer than the mainstream theaters. I like that they do that, because if I don't get to see it I can go spend $1 on a ticket and then $2 on a drink and popcorn. Though the popcorn is usually stale and the theater I've been to is run by an Indian family that have really thick accents so it's hard to understand them sometimes. Honestly, I haven't been to the Dollar Theater in years, but I've got friends who still go.

I've never heard of a dollar movie theater!

Our cheap movies are $3 or so here.

I'm jealous. The cheapest theater I've ever been to, which is also the cheapest one in my area, is $5 for a matinée.

I'm Canadian and very proud of it.
We do not live in igloos [unless you're way up north], polar bears do not roam the streets, we're not always drunk and we're not all obsessed with hockey.
I think it's funny how some people that live directly below us believe that everything changes so dramatically..

Ooh, I don't know where you fellow Canadians are going to movies, but for me it's 9 bucks normally, not 12, and some places you can go for 3 or 4 dollars.
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I don't think I could live in the states, but I definitely like to go down there to visit. Good shopping, some cool cities and such. :]

I tend to notice the accents right away when I cross the border. But then again even when you go from coast to coast in Canada there are different accents too. So I don't think it's just from country to country, it's more an area thing...

Oh! One thing I actually do notice a lot, though is Americans seem to have a lot more tattoos than Canadians, and even when I go into the city I don't find Canadians have them quite as much as Americans. I don't why that is...

Sardonic Grin:

Well Canadian's all live in igloos and say "eh" after every sentence. And have an obsession with hockey and are probably drunk and or high half the time.

And American's are all fat and stupid and usually we just sit around with our fingers up our bums and talk in an obnxious southern accent.

True story.

HAHAHAHA wow you just made my day!
I love Canadians! I lived in Buffalo NY and pretty much what you just said is kind of true. Except for the Southern accent since it was in the north!
HAHA

haha canadian stereotypes you ask?
'Eh' after every sentence
'aboot' instead of about
Maple syrup and beer with every meal

American stereotypes...
Burgers, fries & milkshakes = daily meal
We are slow (mentally) and not classy one bit.
We're only good for screwing other people over, apparently

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I'm Canadian, eh. I love me some pancakes and maple syrup, eh. Eh, it's cold out, eh?

I am Canadian myself (still live here, too) and I see no difference. I've been down the the States plenty of times and have a lot of American friends.. and we all seem the same.

I mean, We have assholes. They have assholes.
We have nice people. They have nice people.
We have blah blah blah. They have blah blah blah.
so on and so forth

I'm Canadian and I'm dying to see a moose, but they live really far north. I think close to the Arctic circle, or like in Churchill.

There's a movie theatre in my hometown that charges a toonie on Tuesdays or something, and then it's half price for concession.