Do you think most Americans think Canadians live in Igloos?
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September 10th, 2009
Americans have asked me where i plug my computer in, and ask why don’t igloos melt, its ridiculous!
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I think it’s a joke.
It’s the same way I know you guys aren’t always oat ‘n’ aboat in a boat.
So what..people always say stupid stereotypical stuff…oh you’re Russian…is it cold there? and are your veins full of Vodka…har har har…did you get married to an American so that you don’t get beaten up…and isn’t that like totally blasphemous anyway…you’re a traitor ‘cause it’s like a cold war…like, get it, cold war…yeah, I know what you’re saying…
on a different note, I don’t think people know what igloos are for that matter
We don’t think Canadians live in igloos. We don’t even think Eskimo’s live in them anymore.
Yes and all British people eat bad food and have bad teeth
I need a Canadian to back me up here because i bet at least once they have been asked that question or another ridiculous one along that nature.
Why yes. I do think that. You mean to tell me this is a misconception? OMG.
Where do Canadians live, then? Russia?
As always, youtube has something to say on the subject.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OEqR71y_BQ
Though I am sure it took them a long time to find people to believe that kind of stuff.
Americans aren’t all ignorant, but people seem to go out of their way to find those that are.
No, of course not. All Canadians are cannibals, though.
Is it stereotype time again?
I’ve known many Canadians. None of them had mullets, didn’t live in igloos, don’t eat moose for breakfast and don’t bleed maple syrup. They all played hockey though, but that’s only because hockey is the best sport ever.
I wonder how Avril Lavigne learned how to play her electric guitar then.
@bree00 Canadian here. Never been asked that.
Do most Canadians think that Americans are that stupid?
I just figured out y’all have houses and cities and stuff last year. I might have figured it out sooner if everyone down here in the south didn’t live in hillbilly shanties with no electricity. The libraries down here only have picture books about hunting, so that didn’t help much.
There are stereotypical jokes about every place. Did you really think those people were serious?
No, we don’t live in igloos. We live in quinzees.
@ekans Omg! I never thought that Canadians lived in igloos, but that shows the ignorance of many Americans. That’s bad, but funny.
Well, in all the times I’ve visited Canada I have never even seen an igloo. Why would I think Canadians live in igloos when even most Inuit don’t any longer?
Do Canadians think Americans live in buffalo skin teepees?
I must admit, though, that when I was in London some years ago and the TV show Dallas was all the rage, several times when I admitted to living in Texas Brits asked me in all serious if I had ever met J.R. Ewing (I haven’t even met Larry Hagman, the actor who portrayed him).
Every country has its stereotypes, in part because to some degree at some point in time, there were folks who fit those stereotypes at least sometimes.
well. i had never ever heard that generalization until i met some canadians at the beach (i’m in the U.S.) and they were like, “so do you think we live in igloos?” and i’m like ”...no? do you?” and they’re like, “no. but a lot of people here think we live in igloos.”
i’ve never associated that stereotype with canada, even as a joke. alaska, maybe. canada? no.
Do you think most Canadians think Americans live in wigwams? Do you think most Americans think Europeans live in castles?
I grew up in Las Vegas. My father worked at the casino that we lived in, my mother never had to cook because we ate at the buffet every day and my favorite class in school was craps.
ok thats all i needed to know, not all americans think canadians live in igloos.
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