Canadian traits that are RUDE in British culture 

@UCskCb1T6aqQetLhDkCa17EQ It is. Still creepy AF. Sorry Alanna! hahaha

looks like a cross dressing Hitler.

Holy shit i`m gonna have bad dreams over that picture, sorry Alanna!

Yep …It's Hitler in Drag :)

I swear it's eyes are moving.

Hahaha most of us are social butterflies lol

I’m from Bath

Wait what I live in Bath, England tf what the one in town??

@@henry8239 same where abouts??

gamingwithholly _101 same

ha ha ha, so true. This is what we are saying about Brexit

End of the world would be a bit annoying.

they always say its 'not ideal', when its abismal, i know they are down playing it. but sometimes its annoying understatement.

Yesssss !!!! So funny. My country makes me laugh. I also like "Sooooo.......that went well then"

To be fair, a lot of Londoners can't stand London. I'm one of them!

What does queue, cuppa, and lorry driver mean lol

Maisie Callaghan, it means a line, cup of (mainly tea), and a truck driver. You guys are too Americanised lmao

My cousin s husband is from England and he had similar experiences. People saying pants instead of trousers through him off, as well.

@@HeII2Pay I'm pretty sure most Canadian's know what that means, I do. That person is obviously stupid

@@emmab8600 I only knew what queue meant.. But we never call them queues. I've only heard queue as a verb as an alternative to line up "queue up". Not as a noun though. Cuppa, never heard it. Lorry, found out brits use this word a while back. I wouldn't call someone stupid for not knowing these words if they're not from the UK though.

You noticed? ;o)

Laura X stunning! If I knew how to add a photo I’d seem less creepy😂😂

Big Jimmy haha thank you!

Laura X where you from in England?? Please don’t say London!!😂😂🙈

Big Jimmy Haha no I am from the North East, best place in England if you ask me 😆

You forgot spitting in the street

@@spencerwilton5831 Nah that's pretty acceptable nowadays for us 😅

@@spencerwilton5831 I was just about to write that! Absolutely HATE spitting

Talking to me. Dont do that.

Le Plum But im Scottish...we invented talking to strangers 😂

I am from a Toronto suburb and I agree

Being from elsewhere in Ontario, agreed. Toronto is not the be all and end all.

L Dunham of course it is, the town you grew up in sucks

here in Winnipeg and in general in western Canada, yeah we get the whole London thing. Exactly the way we dislike Toronto. When I visited the UK, I definately preferred places like Manchester over London. Too many hoity-toity wannabee urbanites just like Toronto in London. The north is much cooler in the UK just like how western Canada is much more authentic than eastern Canada. 😁 Also, I don't think Canadians are as naive and unable to understand satire or understand the deadpan sarcasm in the UK. I love it personally and relate to that, although I agree thst Americans for sure though are like and take everything literally that's why they don't "get" deadpan humor, but Canadians are usually more clever than that.

Michel vachon people from big cities ARE smarter and more cultured than people from smaller towns

You missed out whispering too quietly.

Im English, that's true, id rather have banter than any of the above things.

Yikes.

Sun gets the same random reccommendations ayyyyy keep making good content sun

Not a northerner then!

As a Canadian I would respect your preference of not being spoken to in public. Would also understand it, when someone has a bad day. Would never understand it as part of the upbringing though.

spruceguitar I agree. If you sat down next to a kiwi on a flight (however short) it would be considered extremely rude NOT to introduce yourself and have a brief chat.

As a woman you'll never have to endure the worst of all privacy invasions- when at an otherwise empty row of urinals a man stands next to you to piss! I really think you should be able to get away with murder in such circumstances.

Exactly, urinal rules apply. You sit at the furthest one available.

@@andrewguthrie2 Americans coming here, bastardising our language 😤

I don’t know, I do sort of agree. When I’m on the bus I don’t want random older people talking to me but it sometimes happens when I’m talking to a friend about like a marvel movie and someone near us chirps in and we talk for a few seconds.

No-one sits next to me on the bus. Ever. Mostly because I drive the damned thing

Yeah I avoid conversations at all times 😂

It really is. The horror on someones face when people try and mess it up

The sighs and tutting that will occur

@M Grey good I do to. So many will not say a thing! What happened to "excuse me there is a que"

@@elleford8725 that's me i do that tutting thing also majing eye contact with someone who looks like they're about push in.

Americans call it "waiting in line" they don't even know the correct word. Tut! Tut!

LOL

You get that in Canada, too. Or - "Excuse me?"

@@nozecone 2: What? 1: It's nothing, sorry.

There was a poll about what people called themselves depending on where they were from and there was only London that called themselves British

We couldn't be more British, we're more stereotypical though😂😂

You explained that perfectly !

Americans feel the same way about NY and LA.

So many were offended when John Cleese mentioned the fact that London isn't an English city anymore, ignoring the fact that the English are an ethnic group, not just people living in a location.

That would be a very apt explanation if Europe was a nation state- or if England/ Scotland were still a nation state. Neither is though. You're British and foreigners identifying you as British aren't being lazy or anything of that nature- they're being 100% accurate as to your nationality. If you've got an English passport I'll naturally retract this- but you haven't due to their being no such nation as England anymore. Your pedantry for being called English would be more equivalent to asking someone in India if they're Indian and them replying that they are Punjabi.

@@pugilistspecialist70 yes but Punjabi is an ethnic group and if they wanted to be referred to as Punjabi instead of Indian I would do so because it's no skin off my teeth to make that adjustment. It's just a preference so it doesnt make any sense to deliberately say brit if someone has specified on a preference. I wouldn't be offended at being called British and I dont think Brits should be. That said if they prefer English or whatever to Brit then just comply, doesnt hurt if they prefer it :)

@@katiefurze6731 Punjab as an ethnic group is a man made concept to pander to the obsession with pretending we're a lot more different than we are. Go fill out a form on your ethnicity and you'll have about 50 boxes to tick. Ask a biologist how many distinct races actually exist within humanity and they'll tell you 4-5 at most. Most of this identity crap is pure nonsense and whilst it's easy enough to pander to- where does it end? More significantly who starts it and why? Classic divide and rule from our governments if you ask me.

My Welsh friend would be offended if she was referred to as anything else that isn’t Welsh because they have a different language in Wales that isn’t English. And that’s her native language. And the Welsh language is getting lost.

@@sweetcanada17 with all due respect to your Welsh friend (get it? 😉), their self defined individual identity (Welsh ) is fine for them to have as a personal quirk but it doesn't change the fact that their nationality is British and always will be. In the unlikely event of the UK dissolving, Scotland would become an independent nation (it is historically an independent kingdom), Northern Ireland would most likely join the Republic of Ireland although possibly could become an independent state (their was an ancient kingdom of Ulster roughly aping the current position of the modern Northern Ireland's borders) but Wales would probably remain with England. Historically Wales isn't so much a region of the U.K. but a part of England. English law has applied in Wales for over a millenium, there was no Act of Union to incorporate Wales- it was simply a part of the English crown's territory. There's virtually no support for Welsh independence within Wales and culturally Wales is far closer to England than Scotland or Northern Ireland too. The Welsh language is a dying language that is artificially maintained by a few oddballs and nationalists. Nobody speaks exclusively Welsh (unless they're refusing to speak English on principal) and most Welsh people don't understand Welsh and think it's rather antiquated and a waste of time (and money) to artificially maintain it as we do. Regardless of all the above, I support your friend in their identity with just a few small points ☺. I'd say to your Welsh friend: when talking to foreigners, if asked about nationality don't contradict them by saying "Welsh" if asked if you're British. It's confusing, misleading and annoying. You wouldn't do it to border control in Canada if they asked you to confirm you're a British citizen, so don't do it to tourists who're often in need of help and just want to check you're from this country. We need to look after tourists- after English taxpayers they're the biggest source of income for Wales and the Barnet formula can't last forever. You carry a British passport and accept all its protections so stop with the "I'm not British I'm Welsh" nonsense (unless you don't have a passport, in which case I'll let you get back to your boiled onion). We all in the UK have a secondary identity after British (a real one that relates to the nationality of our ancestors in the case of English and Scottish folk) but we're all still British, like it or not. There's no Welsh passport, no Welsh army and no Welsh customs border. There isn't even a Welsh parliament- just an Assembly. Most schools have an assembly, the headmaster makes a little speech and they maybe sing a song but they don't go around wanting an ancient dying language and denying their British identity do they? Let's stop confusing foreign visitors (Americans seem to find it all particularly baffling, possibly as they have secondary and tertiary identities -Pennsylvanian's who claim to be English- German due to their great- great- great- great- great grandparents nationality for example- but they don't refuse to acknowledge they're American). I'd add that whilst my point about refusing to acknowledge ones British identity/ nationality is serious, much of what I say is just banter said in jest with no wish to offend (I'm a unionist with bo animosity toward any of my British countrymen, be they Welsh, British, Irish or Scots)- and I hope your friend would take in that way.

😂

Canadian.......so you are a British colonist.......lol

Same I’m socially awkward

Only seen it happen in Canada once and it started a fight. In a Walmart.

That's where we are very similar. You don't jump a queue in Canada either, but you might get called out on it because we suspect you might be an American or you may get slapped silly with a beaver tail and drown in maple syrup.

Are you southern by any chance? We arent all friendly deficient

@@MGustave na Northern. From Preston

When I was a teen I used to catch a bus into town and every Saturday morning there was a guy at the back called 'Big John' He used to always get his knob out.

@@georgebailey7389 Bit of bad luck if I was on the bus. I talk to anyone. No i'm not the weirdo at the back, I'm the Midlander that doesn't care about the idiots who don't like me talking. But then I don't force people to talk to me, and do not talk every time.

@@georgebailey7389 I'm in Newcastle and usually before I'm even on the bus I've made friends with the old ladies in the bus queue!

The weather outside in Canada does get a heck of a lot colder than the UK sees in winter but I've had a lot of people tell me that they found winter in Canada more pleasant. First, our winter air is generally quite dry because it's below the freezing point so don't get a damp cold that you feel in your bones. It's more of a crisp nip at your face. Second, the entire country is set up to deal with that kind of weather so the houses are well insulated and warmed by widespread or central heating (my entire house says a comfortable 22C even when it's -35C or 35C outside), our winter clothing is designed to handle that weather, our city services know how to deal with it and even our vehicles are usually winterized (and vehicles with bad heating or bad AC don't sell well here because winter's cold and summer's hot). The first genuinely cold snap is still usually a shock to new arrivals but then they realize that it's pretty easy to cope with here.

I think being polite is in their DNA.

A myth most excellently perpetrated by Due South. I imagine that even Alanna has her breaking point!

One can only maybe get away with being rude or a jerk in Toronto and a few other big cities. Although he is dead now, you can look up videos on RU-vid of Rob Ford and you will see really bad behavior from a Canadian.

Robert Sitch I have lived close to Toronto my entire life and I can assure you, myself and all of Canada cringed along with the rest of the world at every move Rob Ford made, and now his brother is carrying on that legacy in a sense (yikes 😅)

@@cyanidexsunset yes indeed and I am over 2 hours from Toronto. Justin Bieber is another famous Canadian who is similarly unpopular in his hometown due to bad behavior in his recent past.

The Original Bombhead “I’ve been to England” oh yeah where did you go “London”... My favourite phrase is London is an island.

Tim Bartle agreed, it’s like a different world! And a beautiful one at that. Kernow bys vyken!

Fucking love Cornwall, True Celts living their

Because the people in Cornwall are their own grandparents.

Very true! the times I do talk to people I often wished I had not!.

I don't necessarily think that's true. I commute for two hours every day by train and sometimes I'm bored shitless and my phone's died and I'm sat at a table. I might talk about shitty Northern Rail or the weather etc.

@@CallMeBeautifulRacoon Indeed also if the train is being typically useless and shows up late or they just cancelled one it's a perfectly normal passtime to complain about the damn trains to anyone who will listen. Heh then that goes for most things if there is a good excuse to complain people love to complain about it.

"I'm not from London" made me laugh. Reminds me of the film "Withnail and I", where the two guys from Camden find themselves in dire straits in Penrith. Looking for help from a local, one of the first things Withnail says is "We're not from London!"

Also, if you look round the train and you can't see a weirdo, then it's you.

The sky is way to fucking blue

the parking here sucks

The convicts have returned?

Thank you so much, hope you enjoy uni here!!

I did a semester on the bus and was arrested!

It's all just stereotypes at the end of the day.

Thank you!! I think some are automatic but I know there's a Patreon who specifically types a lot of them up. He's a saint!

@@AdventuresAndNaps No problem! Subtitles (Captions in Canada??) are a pretty mixed bag on RU-vid so when they work well, it's worth expressing some thanks. So a big thank you to your hard-working Patreon! It's much appreciated.

That it does but on the spectrum of words you could use to refer to a vagina it is, and anyone is free to correct me, probably one of the least offensive. If you used it as an insult, people would probably laugh at you - although please don't refer to women by a name for their genitals. The expression "fannying about" is also something I heard a lot as a kid, with messing about or wasting time as an alternative.

In England, apparently, there is nothing offensive in referring to female genitalia in any way, time, place, or company.

@@nozecone apart from seeing you next Tuesday, to put it politely. Most brits will wince at this if sober. On a piss up though is a different matter.

@@rosieapplelemontart Hmmm, you lost me there - but I probably don't need to know ... ! Wait - I've got it (I;m a pretty sharp fella). Anyway - I thought that one was almost as common as, as ... some word that's really common. In Canada, use of that particular term in mixed company, drunk or sober, would mark you as the lowest of the low - unless you are an artist of some stripe.

Your more likely get arrested for harrassment

@@knightboy1234 not if he doesn't harass anyone! Introducing yourself, having conversation, and/or asking to go out sometime is perfectly fine for most women. When we say no I'm not interested - accept that, and do not follow, belittle, and threaten us.

@@Jackie-lj2ts /S

@@knightboy1234 r/whoosh

It's not. Your socially acceptable opportunities are reduced.

Holly A wowee

😅🤣😅

But tbh Essex might as well be London so

I forgot to mention I despise Essex equally as much as London lol.

Certainly no shortage of people from Essex working in London. If it weren't for Essex we wouldn't have any secretaries!

The rest of Canada has a similar relationship with Toronto. Give a Canadian that point of reference and they'll get it.

More likely to find East Londoners in Essex

Katy Rrr she probably got off at a stop that was way before where she needed to go, just to escape 😂😂lol i’m joking but some people would definitely do that , or just move seats 😂

YES but random old ladies love to talk, so you can't be rude to someone whose a similar age to your gran!

RJ Yes in Glasgay well be swapping emails 😂

Homework Radio I agree and I use to live there 😱

I live here. Was born here. Can't deal with it either haha

Nicknames may be acceptable, or not, depending on who is saying them and who is hearing them. Being called a "NEWFIE" by a foreigner(or even a Canadian from another part of Canada) may get different responses depending on the occasion and the people involved'. Somewhat like calling the city of San Francisco, "FRISCO" in front of one of its natives, English people"LIMEYS", Canadians "CANUCKS", Americans"YANKS" (or gringos),etc. Travelers to other countries should tread softly, be mindful and remember what the old night club comedians used to say: "know your room"....

Gary L I got it!! So I slangs from there o someone from there but my friend said to not say this because not everyone likes those kind of slangs so I learnt

IS that because the 'Newfy' is still the equivalent of Irish jokes in mainland Canada?

@@GFSLombardo OR Pea Soupers for French Canadians by English speaking Canadians...

I walk past someone and we just stare at each other, and the first one to bow their head is the bitch. I'd say for dudes especially, it is very standoffish.

Lee A i think we are both lol

Holly Smith yeah maybe actually haha. Although we’re much friendlier up north.

LOL I AM STANDOFFISH 100%

Lee A You’re pretty

laila almousawi I found that as well when I travelled to Italy and I’m Canadian. They told me many Americans wear Canada 🇨🇦 flag pins because they get treated nicer. I thought they were assholes for doing so. Most Canadians strongly dislike being mistaken for Americans.

Ever occur to you that maybe there are lots of quiet Americans that you are not hearing?

@@nozecone I sure don't think all of Americans are loud or even most of them. But most of the time when I am in a cafe or something and there is noise and loud people they are Americans. Btw.. I live in the UK where people are actually quiet.

I have to agree, its not a stereotype its true. I'm not saying its a bad thing but they definitely speak at a much higher volume in places where that would be considered rude here (such as on a bus)

My experience with an American: I was at a bar in a hotel with my friend and we were talking to a couple from America. The bar was really crowded so I said that we'd buy in rounds. I bought the first round, my friend bought the second then the Americans bought their own and said they didn't want to spend too much money. I don't think all Americans are like that but it really pissed me off.

Mils yeah that would piss me off also. I’m from the us and we are all not like that

yes, as a Cdn in England for 24 years I am never mistaken for a septic ... have had it remarked several times that they reckon I am Canadian because I have a soft voice ... oh, and good manners ...

What is the tube

The London Underground.

Most likely because you had alcohol in your system.

You'd have to be the first Scottish person that would be fine with being called British. I wouldn't have the bollocks to say it to a Scottish person 😂

Canadians are a little more likely to catch British sarcasm than our American neighbours since we're culturally closer to the UK than they are and we had a fair number of Brits emigrate here during the mid-20th century after the war. Scotland and Ireland tend to be seen as rather distinct entities by North Americans, largely because we've got large communities of folks who's families had Irish or Scottish heritage. Once they'd migrated to the US or Canada, it was their sense of Irishness or Scottishness that they passed on, not their sense of Britishness. It was the families with English and Welsh roots that passed on a sense of Britishness to their families for whatever reason. We've got folks who are quite a few generations removed from Ireland or Scotland who fiercely identify with those countries.

@@paranoidrodent I've always found the Americans that have a great, great, great grandfather than was Irish calling themselves "Irish" laughable.

Yea as a Canadian ive found that most Americans dont do well with sarcasm.

scottish IS british lmao. people just like to assume that british only means english

As an Irish person, I disagree with these

@@alexwalsh541 but Island Bois is so applicable! 😂😂

@@HeyItsOlive415 yes, to the Irish it is

@@andrewguthrie2 nah Yorkshire folk would never go for that other than to refer to southerner

Thanks for watching!

YES, but the divide in Canada is there too: east v west, anglophone Canada v Francophone, & Newfoundland v mainlanders.

i’m from Toronto and I agree. We are polite but we are not very friendly and quite reserved. Although I have heard Vancouver is more unfriendly, is that true?

Chris Redfield is from Racoon City, USA.

You can. Just hold them the right way round. :)

Lol surely that's universal?

Yes, I was expecting this to be in the list actually. I visited some Canadian friends last year and while I was in a queue one of them got my attention and was motioning for me to pick up two of something... I couldn’t understand why he was telling me to f-off!

Canadian like a queue, too. It's pretty rude in Canada, but I think people would most likely let it go. They might have someplace they need to be!

Adventures and Naps thanks for replying! I wouldn’t have the balls to say something if someone did it to me, I’d probably curse them under my breath though 😂

I've had someone jump in front of me in a supermarket queue with the unacceptable excuse that they've only got one item and, yes, I'd already started putting items on the conveyor belt and was about to be served by the cashier. Being British, I bit my upper lip, but was seething inside. Needless to say, I complained about it to friends/colleagues afterwards, but was puzzled when some people actually defended the practice (probably because they've been guilty of the heinous crime themselves)! As you say, don't mess with our queues - they are sacred...

I asked 10 videos ago...still no dice (Canadianism)...but keep asking! Start a petition! LOL

We think of ourselves as NOT Americans, so.... 🇨🇦😉

Thank you so much, hope you have an easy move to Canada!!

Thank you!