Whoa. I had no clue "washroom" wasn't used in the states.
Personally, I and most people I know only call public ones washooms. The ones in homes and hotel rooms are bathrooms.
Another one I've heard but never really verified yet, is that most Canadians pronounce the word "adult" as Ah-dult, while Americian say "uh-dult". I still say uh-dult though.
About TV again, I think Canadian TV in general is pretty lousy. And our "Teletoon" sucks when compared to Cartoon Network.
Zero anime, No Ed Edd n Eddy shown in years (even though its creator is from Toronto
), no SWAT Kats. We get NFL games on Fox, ABC and CBS affiliates, but none of those
uber new awesome commercials everyone goes on about. =(
And to answer konnokami's question...
Is the humor in the show typical of Canada or the US?
(I wanna know if I should watch more Canadian TV)
SPC's humor is definitely American centric. What with all the references to names like Clint Eastwood, Muhammad Ali, and Fred Astair.
The only Canadian referencial joke I can think of was from Bad Bird in
Hot and Cold Kitties"Now you know what it's like to live in Quebec. Perhaps now you'll learn to speak en français. Give us the secret, or you'll be eating crêpes, pal!"And Quebec is
barely Canada, in my personal opinion.
If the humor had more Canadian influence, you'd probably hear more jokes about, umm... hockey (I can't stand that game), Canadian politicians, Newfies (people from the province of Newfoundland), and uh... whatever else Canadians talk
about aboot.
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