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His Speaks with broken English, he might have Canadian citizenship but that doesn't make him Canadian originally, if I get Canadian passport tomorrow and I gonna be Canadian? Or am I still gonna be Russian?
And you asked me what I liked so I told you. And I meant american football.
If you have a Canadian passport you are Canadian. That doesn't mean that you have to give up your culture.
Well, what are other things representative of Canadian culture then? It's a very young country. And I didn't mean soccer, I wrote football, american football.
You misread my inference. I was comparing your scorn of those things that are part of Canadian culture to those same things taken for granted and even lauded as part of European culture. You scoff at them being present in Canada but readily accept them as part of an older culture that should have long outgrown them by now, eh?
And I hate hockey, Tim Hortons and cottaging. I like football, Starbucks and beach holidays
There are plenty of people in BC who like the beach (even surfing) and despite having all summer to enjoy it, will still fly to Mexico or Hawaii in the winter; plenty of Starbucks and the Seahawks flag seems to fly every time they're playing ... Although we do like heading out of town for a weekend or more if thats what you mean by "cottaging" but I know many American enjoy this too.
You're right. I was thinking of how some people call 'going to the cottage' going to their 'camp.'
Many people in the Toronto and southern Ontario areas "go to the cottage" on summer weekends. Many also "go camping." But in Ontario, they are two different things.
"Cottaging" means that you basically own a second house, outside of the city; or you rent one. "Camping" means that you're going to go to a campground with your tent, or you're going to take a trailer somewhere. In contrast to Ontario, many Albertans love "camping"--though with fifth-wheel trailers or forty-foot travel units, with full kitchens, bedrooms, and bathrooms (not to mention diesel engines, and truck transmissions), it's hardly "camping" in the tent sense.
In fairness, Albertans don't have the ability to buy properties "in cottage country," like Ontarians can. All the good cottage country in Alberta is either a national park or a First Nations reserve. But both have campgrounds, so--Albertans "camp," however they feel that word works.
...... many Albertans love "camping"--though with fifth-wheel trailers or forty-foot travel units, with full kitchens, bedrooms, and bathrooms (not to mention diesel engines, and truck transmissions), it's hardly "camping" in the tent sense.......
I guess it would be fair to say they're taking their cottages with them to cottage country.
You misread my inference. I was comparing your scorn of those things that are part of Canadian culture to those same things taken for granted and even lauded as part of European culture. You scoff at them being present in Canada but readily accept them as part of an older culture that should have long outgrown them by now, eh?
You've lost me. I accept what exactly as part of a European culture?
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Having my double double from Tims under a coconut palm in January... That's the life 
