It’s not Americans themselves we don’t like, it’s overbearing, rude, condescending, brash obnoxious boors we have some issues with.
We do some things a bit differently up here, and we are quite aware that “that’s not how we do it in the states”. There are reasons that things are done differently here, or in Appalachia, or California, or Maine, or Texas, or wherever: It’s called REGIONAL DIFFERENCES.
Our culture is different from yours in a few ways. We know this, and don’t care for our ways to be denigrated and insulted simply because it’s not the way ‘Merkinz’ do it.
Don’t hold back /grin
Typical and predictable Canadian defensiveness, insecurity, presumptuousness, finger-pointing, and condescension. Thank you for telling me what ‘things are called,’ about the culture I know like the back of my hand and how worldly you are. I can continue this conversation in any of five languages including the french you probably despise. Can you?
In 1976 we took a motor home (rented) trip around a lot of the U.S. - from CA to NY, then went up to Vermont then north again into Canada.
At one of our stops (not a camp-ground) we were in a small Canadian store and the young female clerk said to our 16 year old daughter - when the clerk realized we were from CA, (can’t remember now what our daughter said) - - the Canadian clerk assumed the Queen of England, and Canada, etc., was OUR Queen too!
Too funny!