Damson Rhee

Okay, let's get some feedback from Europeans once and for all. I'm a
Canadian, and I'm planning on going to England, Scotland and Ireland next
May. Canadians are under the impression they need to do stuff to make it
very clear to Europeans that they are CANADIANS, not Americans. Americans
say it isn't true. True, not true? In quiring minds want to know,
especially before they get over there for 3 weeks.
D

Reid

Following up to Damson Rhee

    >Okay, let's get some feedback from Europeans once and for all. I'm a
    >Canadian, and I'm planning on going to England, Scotland and Ireland next
    >May. Canadians are under the impression they need to do stuff to make it
    >very clear to Europeans that they are CANADIANS, not Americans. Americans
    >say it isn't true. True, not true? In quiring minds want to know,
    >especially before they get over there for 3 weeks.
    >D

Not true. Bush would get a punch in the mouth, but you are not
Bush.:-)

B Vaughan

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:10:54 -0500, "Damson Rhee"
<> wrote:

    >Okay, let's get some feedback from Europeans once and for all. I'm a
    >Canadian, and I'm planning on going to England, Scotland and Ireland next
    >May. Canadians are under the impression they need to do stuff to make it
    >very clear to Europeans that they are CANADIANS, not Americans. Americans
    >say it isn't true. True, not true? In quiring minds want to know,
    >especially before they get over there for 3 weeks.

I'm an American who lives in Europe. I've never felt any need to
pretend to be Canadian, nor to apologize for being American.

Why don't you do a little experiment and then let us know? Start off
by making no effort to reveal your nationality. If somebody asks where
you're from, just give the name of your city, say, "Hamilton". Make
sure to always be polite and pleasant, however. If in spite of your
good manners, you feel as though you're getting shabby treatment and
that it's not just bad manners on the other person's part, then pull
out those little Canadian flags and stick them all over your clothing
and luggage and see if it makes a difference.

We'll expect a report from you when you get back.


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Johnt

"Damson Rhee" <> wrote in message
news:qK8sb.3644$...
    > Okay, let's get some feedback from Europeans once and for all. I'm a
    > Canadian, and I'm planning on going to England, Scotland and Ireland next
    > May. Canadians are under the impression they need to do stuff to make it
    > very clear to Europeans that they are CANADIANS, not Americans. Americans
    > say it isn't true. True, not true? In quiring minds want to know,
    > especially before they get over there for 3 weeks.
    > D
I have an American friend who visits me regularly in England. She doesn't
wear a badge saying "I am an American" and she doesn't expect Europe just to
be exactly the same as the USA. It would never occur to her to impersonate
a Canadian and I can see no reason at all why a Canadian visiting Europe
should ever draw attention to his or her own nationality.

JohnT

barney

In article <qK8sb.3644$>,
(Damson Rhee) wrote:

    > Okay, let's get some feedback from Europeans once and for all. I'm a
    > Canadian, and I'm planning on going to England, Scotland and Ireland
    > next
    > May. Canadians are under the impression they need to do stuff to make
    > it
    > very clear to Europeans that they are CANADIANS, not Americans.
    > Americans
    > say it isn't true. True, not true?

Not true, really. There might be the *very* occasional circumstance where
a Canadian is more welcome than an American -- where every other bed in
your hostel is occupied by members of the Anarchist Federation on their
annual outing to the theatre, for example.

But for every Brit who thinks that all Americans are gun-totin',
Iraq-invadin', electric-chair-switch-pullin' cowboys, there's probably one
believing all Canadians are off-duty Mounties or straw-sucking farm boys.

And there aren't many of either kind. People don't have a problem
distinguishing citizens from their governments. In the case of Canada, of
course, they won't have the faintest idea about your government anyway.

Padraig Breathnach

"JohnT" <> wrote:

    >...I can see no reason at all why a Canadian visiting Europe
    >should ever draw attention to his or her own nationality.
A little bit of national pride, perhaps, and being fed up with being
mistaken for an American. I have met Canadians visiting Europe who
seemed almost pathetically grateful to be recognised as Canadians.

I agree with those who responded that there is no real disadvantage in
being an American rather than a Canadian visitor.

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No Problem -we have nothing against Americans or Canadians.

Damson Rhee

"www.amforbes.com - professional photography" <> wrote
in message news:boreql$q0$...
    > No Problem -we have nothing against Americans or Canadians.

Well that's good to know. This is my first overseas trip. My sister in law
is Irish and she says that you want to wear something making sure they know
you're Canadian. Canadians say you need to wear something. My friend I met
in Boston was British and she said the same. Given some of the bad feeling
between the US and France, Germany and such, I just wondered if now might be
a good time to find out what's true, what isn't.
D
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    > "Damson Rhee" <> wrote in message
    > news:qK8sb.3644$...
    > > Okay, let's get some feedback from Europeans once and for all. I'm a
    > > Canadian, and I'm planning on going to England, Scotland and Ireland
next
    > > May. Canadians are under the impression they need to do stuff to make
it
    > > very clear to Europeans that they are CANADIANS, not Americans.
Americans
    > > say it isn't true. True, not true? In quiring minds want to know,
    > > especially before they get over there for 3 weeks.
    > > D
    > >
    > >

Damson Rhee

"Reid" <> wrote in message
news:...
    > Following up to Damson Rhee
    > >Okay, let's get some feedback from Europeans once and for all. I'm a
    > >Canadian, and I'm planning on going to England, Scotland and Ireland next
    > >May. Canadians are under the impression they need to do stuff to make it
    > >very clear to Europeans that they are CANADIANS, not Americans.
Americans
    > >say it isn't true. True, not true? In quiring minds want to know,
    > >especially before they get over there for 3 weeks.
    > >D
    > Not true. Bush would get a punch in the mouth, but you are not
    > Bush.:-)

And thank goodness for that. LOL
D
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Damson Rhee

"B Vaughan" <> wrote in message
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    > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:10:54 -0500, "Damson Rhee"
    > <> wrote:
    > >Okay, let's get some feedback from Europeans once and for all. I'm a
    > >Canadian, and I'm planning on going to England, Scotland and Ireland next
    > >May. Canadians are under the impression they need to do stuff to make it
    > >very clear to Europeans that they are CANADIANS, not Americans.
Americans
    > >say it isn't true. True, not true? In quiring minds want to know,
    > >especially before they get over there for 3 weeks.
    > I'm an American who lives in Europe. I've never felt any need to
    > pretend to be Canadian, nor to apologize for being American.
Therein lay my question. I'd always heard it and then heard it wasn't true.
I didn't much care one way or another until I decided on this trip. then it
just seemed practical to know. Y'know.
    > Why don't you do a little experiment and then let us know? Start off
    > by making no effort to reveal your nationality. If somebody asks where
    > you're from, just give the name of your city, say, "Hamilton".

Actually, I wanted to know because I didn't want to make any effort to
demonstrate my nationality at all. People like me or they don't, whatever
natioanlity I am. It's just what, practical to know what I might have been
in for.
Make
    > sure to always be polite and pleasant, however. If in spite of your
    > good manners, you feel as though you're getting shabby treatment and
    > that it's not just bad manners on the other person's part, then pull
    > out those little Canadian flags and stick them all over your clothing
    > and luggage and see if it makes a difference.

I have a Canadian flag luggage tag, but I got that when I went to Boston, so
that wasn't why I got it. That's the only Canadian anything I got. I just
wanted to know the experiences of others. You get what you put out I always
say, so you're right, be polite and pleasant. (That what I guess they'll
know you're Canadian-LOL) We're always supposed to be so polite you know.
Not always true, but there you have it.
D
    > We'll expect a report from you when you get back.
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    > My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot
it
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