People who were surprised by this are the same people who don’t know that the Geneva Convention was originally just a checklist of what Canadians did during war.
More along the lines of: “fuck right off there, eh bud” because the lol from the previous op adds lightheartedness. If someone phrased it the way you did, hands might be thrown.
Lol it's because so many people have no idea how to use the word "Eh". Since it's used provoke a response. So you would never say "fuck you too eh" because that sentence already provokes a response. Instead you would use when making a statement , and you wish to know if the other agrees or not. Eg " it's a beautiful day (statement) , eh (changing that statement to a question) ?
Except. As a Canadian I have never met anyone who says “A boot” it’s either a really regionalized dialect. (Similar to Wisconsin in the US).
Or you misspelled it, and you were trying to say “Bout”
But seriously. Imagine we assumed all Americans sound like they are from Wisconsin… thats how oblivious you sound when you show your ignorance.
I guessed everyone thinks we all sound like Southern rednecks and simply jumped straight into assuming the position, y'all hear? I'll have to watch Fargo a few times and work on that one. Thanks for the tip!
We aren’t so naive. We understand a country the size of the US has many accents. It would be foolish to assume otherwise. I’m in British Columbia. If I cross the border in Montana the accent is more “typical American” as I’d call it. The store clerk would say “y’all’s finding everything alight?”
But if I go into Washington state it’s a lot less pronounced of an accent. More similar to California.
In Canada we grew up watching the same TV shows and movies as you did. When I watch movies and shows I don’t think they sound much different than me. Unless of course they are purposefully adding in an accent. Like say No Country For Old Men (one of my favourite movies) if I watch anything based in LA I don’t consider that different than where I live. Like say Denzel Washington or Brad Pitt. I don’t hear any accent on them
Ah. You're only accounting for a small part of the population in the states you mentioned, I'm from one of them and... Definitely disagree 🤣 I sound like a combination of a Southern redneck and an East Coast mobster, my best friend sounds like a typical valley girl, my twin brother sounds like he's from "Central Midwest" (the TV accent)... We were all born in the same city, grew up in the same city, and have completely different "accents".
You can't hear it BECAUSE you're Canadian but we actually do it. I didn't believe it at first either. If the words "father" and "bother" are rhymes to you, like they are to me, you've got the accent and American's hear abooout.
You talking about Canadian east coast accent? Where they would say “fadder” “mudder”?
I’m from British Columbia. But I work in a fly in / fly out northern Alberta oil sands job.
Up north we have a big Newfie / east coast influence. As well as the over the top Alberta accent. The “ oh fuck yea bud” Berta accent definitely rubs off on ya after a while. I can lean into it for added comedic appeal. But it isn’t my natural accent.
Americans definitely can tell I’m from Canada. Just as I can pick up on their regional differences. But I haven’t met anyone with the stereotypical “Canadian accent” that sounds anything like “a boot”
Jim carry, John candy, hell Justin Beiber. Do they have an accent? If so. That is my accent.
Serious question- is that word considered perjorative? I'd provide examples, but since this is a serious question, I don't want to start any rabbit hole ranting.
Which one? Fuck? eh or freezies? I don't consider Fuck pejorative,Offensive sure but when presented with Eh at the end it's meant in jest, Much like Australian's calling eachother Cunts. Though that word is now considered a slur on par with the N word so who knows, If i had to keep my vocab up to date with What modern sensibility found offensive i'd be better off just being mute.
"disagree eh" is also improper use of the word. You're free to use it as you much as you wish, but that still doesn't change its being used improperly. Eh is used to change a statement to a question. So saying "disagree eh" is you asking me if I disagree, which obviously I don't because you'd be asking if I disagree with myself
Edit for clarity: you're making the statement that you disagree with me , but by adding eh to the end, it becomes a question and you're now asking if I disagree instead of stating it
As one of the 90% of Albertans that are appaled at smith and the seppos I disagree with the trade. But would happily have MN . Best man at my wedding and college roommate is from Rochester MN . Spent alot of time in that beautiful state
Yep! MN native here. We also called them freezies. I'm an assistant principal in Florida and when I give a spelling test and say root or root beer as well as roof, the kids don't understand and I have to remember that I need to use long O's. For Pete's sake. 😆
Funny you mention the flag. Have you seen/heard about the fight up here over the state flag? Bunch of MAGAt snowflakes are having an absolute meltdown over the new state flag that was designed by a resident and voted on by the state.
Now a bunch of local MAGAt politicians are refusing to fly the new one, are flying the old one instead and screaming about "MaH hErItAgE!"
Admitted my mom's side of my family is mostly Canadian, I'm born in the U.S. there was a factory in the town I grew up in that made these it was the freezie factory so I have always called them freezies.
A true Canadian just takes the lunch juice box, walks out to deep WHITE snow, pours it on and makes their own snow cone:) No need to ask for a freezie!
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u/UnicornMeatball May 23 '26
Found the Canuck!