Canadians!! Who'd've thought??!!!

[francois]

In my experience, it is often the BIG, POWERFUL countries that have a chip on their shoulders about the smaller countries in their vicinity. For example,

USA vs.Canada

Canada is about same area as the USA. Not as powerful.

[frequent]

In my experience, it is often the BIG, POWERFUL countries that have a chip on their shoulders about the smaller countries in their vicinity. For example,

China vs. Japan
USA vs. Cuba
UK vs. Ireland
USA vs.Canada
Thailand vs. Laos

The Chinese, in particular, are simply returning to type - they are the Middle Kingdom (ie. the centre of the world) and everyone should kowtow to them. Many of the others could be put down to mendicant countries pissing off their richer patrons. I'd have to say during all the years I spent in the US I never heard an American talk about Canada - it was simply an irrelevance

[frequent]

Canada is about same area as the USA. Not as powerful.

Size queen! It's about population not area I'd have thought

[werner]

I'd have to say during all the years I spent in the US I never heard an American talk about Canada - it was simply an irrelevance

Hmm... I also spent many years in the U.S. (too many years in fact), and found that some Americans obsessed with Canada and Canadians. For example, leftist Americans seems to fantasize about Canada as some type of ideal society with, for instance, low crime rates and wonderful health care for all.

Americans do not seem to know much about the French Canadians, (Québecois). In fact, many Americans do not even realize that French is an official language of Canada. The Québecois have their own special hang-ups about Americans and about people that speak French with European (or African) accents.

[frequent]

Americans do not seem to know much about the French Canadians, (Québecois). In fact, many Americans do not even realize that French is an official language of Canada. The Québecois have their own special hang-ups about Americans and about people that speak French with European (or African) accents.

I'd agree if you'd used the word "care" rather than "know"

[werner]

This is an interesting discussion for some of us.

But doesn't this belong in "Everything Else" rather than "Gay Thailand"?

[latintopxxx]

since when does ice count as a country...place is a frozen wasteland...makes dakota in winter look like paradise...and everyone lives within 5 min of the US border just in casenthe next ice age hots and they gotta flee...

[arsenal]

The UK doesn't really have a chip on our shoulder about Ireland. After all, we won....just like all the others. AWoI notwithstanding. And the Irish are far too busy having chips about each other and whether someone is green or orange to care about much else. So it's all good.

[frequent]

This is an interesting discussion for some of us. But doesn't this belong in "Everything Else" rather than "Gay Thailand"?

Did you read the original post? It states a finding reported in a Thai newspaper that Canadians are the most numerous ex-pats in Thailand. However if you want it moved the appropriate way of doing that is to "report" the post to the Mods via the red exclamation mark (!) and suggest where you believe it belongs

[francois]

werner, please don't question the word of the pansophic frequent who is over and beyond mere mortals.