i dissagree my experience is that when you ask an immigrant what they are they ALWAYS say their old nationality there are no candians here from ukraine or italy or latvia ....etc....they ALWAYS give their "old country" nationality when asked...even the ones who have been here since WWII ...sometimes even their children who were born here
But spaceman, if they say the old country they are from do you hear it hyphenated? In Toronto there are many from tons of backgrounds ethnicities who will say they are Canadian or the old country. I generally don't hear it hyphenated
they dont use the canadian in speech i have no idea what they would write as i tend to talk to friends and neighbours and we dont send each other letters or postcards
I see this as much ado about nothing. Does it matter if I call myself an American, a French-Irish-American (dad's family has been traced back to Quebec in the 1600's, mom's came to NYC in the great waves of Irish immigration that came through Ellis Island) or just a typical American mutt (An American of mixed lineage)? First and foremost I'm an American. I don't care where you are from, what religion you practice (or don't), what color your skin is or who you love but rather what matters to me is how you treat me and other folks.
I am Canadian. Torontonian. It is about how you treat people. the use of hyphenation is just not common in Canada When spoken and I like that. I will just assume since you don't want to say. . Thanks for your contribution and insight you have provided in this thread. Lol. Cheers
What you say here resonates true with me, too...I would have just added how you treat people and animals.....That is no secret about me, though.
Korean Canadian Cultural Association The National African Canadian Association Italian-Canadian Cultural Association Jamaican Canadian Cultural Association of British Columbia Chinese Canadian Cultural Association Korean Canadian Cultural Association Guyanese Canadian Cultural Association of BC Dutch Canadian Club German Canadian Cultural Association Irish Canadian Society there is several thousand variations of every country with immigrants in Canada...business associations, cultural societies, private schools, restaurants etc etc etc problem is the OP used such an accurate survey what with those 5 foreign companions that its kinda hard to argue against that....it was the Ethiopian dude that convinced me
I will give you lessons in how to properly use the word eh, teach you how to say Toronto like a person from turonno... and when you get your citizenship we will have a Canadian beer or whiskey, since they are both really mastered trades here... eat back bacon then I will get you a toque with a pompom. you will learn that Canadians do not say aboot and then we will go tobogganing... take the stairs of the cn tower because it is cheaper... stand at lake Louise while holding a 20 dollar bill in hand with the same image that is behind us on the bill.. see Niagara Falls and learn the boundary between Canada and the USA ... we will wave to them... smiling.... see the hockey hall of fame Some people seem to think that a cultural center depicts people here actually referring to themselves as such. They don't. Lol. Wondering how long they spent trying to make a list and an invalid point, Lol. You are canadian after all, you have decided to be a part of afterall. Then we will go to the east and the west coast and learn how large this country truly is. 4.5 hours time difference e from the East coast to the west coast. We don't sleep in igloos either.
I agree with you as that has always been my experience as well. To be honest I have had the same experience in the US that they don't give me a hyphenated version there either.
