Bluenoser here, I know she's young, but here in the east coast of Canada bathroom is more used for home and washrooms are more used for public. It's not being more posh, just describing the building it's in.
She's talking about banter between strangers, not friends. Some of the banter I've heard in the UK would definitely come across as confrontational here if just randomly started with some random guy in a random bar.
Canadians banter and swear like sailors on a binge lol sorry but I’ve lived in the Uk and the only difference is people in the UK are a lot more humorous because of their slang!
@darlened.1354 I love British tv shows , I have both britbox and Acorn. I started watching Coronation Street on January 23, 1968. I was born on the 22nd. Lmao😂😂😂. I live in BC but have lived in Saskatchewan and Ontario, and I am afraid I disagree with most of what this girl said. I believe what she said is true for her own life and experience, but not in regards to the average Canadian. ❤
I don't think of washroom as being "posh." I'm not sure if people in Canada think of it as a "posh" term. In Canada it's just the generic term that we use for "toilets" when we are out of the house. Generally, we only say "bathroom" when we are in a home since there's generally a bathtub or a shower in the bathroom.
Yah, it's not posh. Indeed, the term used depends on whether it is located in a house or a public space. Houses have a bath/shower in the same room as the toilet, so it's the bathroom (also known as a full bath. Half bath is when it is just the sink and toilet) Public buildings just have the toilet and the sink where you wash your hands, so it's the washroom. Restroom is the older term for washroom as restaurants and theatres back then would often have comfortable chairs in the same room as the toilet and sink; so you could take a rest there. Powder room (a washroom with mirrors for you to fix your makeup) was also used a long time ago, but the term has since died out, at least in Western Canada.
Now that I'm retired, I don't hear the shit talk, but as a kid and younger adult, I remember circles of guys bashing each other in good fun all the time. On the other hand, if females were doing it, it was either a bullying situation or a fight. 😊
Maybe less so nowadays but yes, growing up being a dick to your friends was like the most common thing, pure banter and ripping on each other. Maybe if your a city girl in a liberal area, but everywhere I ever lived, everyone shits on each other constantly. And with the swearing thing, don't try and fuck around, we don't have as creative of swears but try and get through a 10 year old hockey game without a kid screaming "oh fuck off"
The "C" word is a big no no in Canada. 95% of the places you go if you call someone a "C" word jokingly or even just say it out loud at no one in particular, someone within earshot will be hugely offended. I watch a lot of British movies and television, so it doesn't bother me at all. But I would say that with about 1/3 of our population, it is about the worst word you could possibly utter and is the epitome of vulgarity. I see the humour in it, most will not see anything funny about it at all. Nope. The "C" word in Canada, that's a fighting word.
Lol there's a song called you can't say cunt in Canada by Kevin Bloody Wilson. Look it up sometime and enlighten yourself. Not everyone is a religious stick in the mud here.
"C" word is up there with "N" word because it was heavily weaponized. It also always sounds really aggressive. It doesn't serve a purpose and really does not need to be used.
Narrator sounds like she has come from one particular place in Canada and has never explored much of the rest. Several of her observations don't apply to much of the country.
I’m from the east coast and can confirm that in Newfoundland people (women specifically) will use the phrase m’love (my love). It’s said in a very endearing way and shows friendliness. You can go to a Timmie’s, place your order, and have the counter person reply “is that everything m’love” and then tell you the price of your order 😊
Absolutely ... Newfoundland and Labrador do say "love"... I've been called "love" by the cashier at grocery stores, as a 46 year old man. They also refer to a female partner as "The Misses"... The back of a truck is also called the "pan" and "where ya to?" can mean just about anything 🤣 I grew up in NB (currently in Alberta) and the differences are shocking, amusing and wonderful.
This girl is SO young. She definitely doesn’t have the experience to speak for Canadian “culture”. Most of her points are simply language and slang differences which are matters of awareness and education. TBH, the description “rude” is a stretch. I imagine she means well, but this “list” sounds more like a recital of the things that most bothered HER after she moved to Kent and found that interacting with the British was more challenging than she expected.
It might be generational. While I am far older than her, I suspect I'm far younger than you, & I'd say my generation would also classify some of these things as rude if we didn't know it was a cultural difference. "Toilet" is too abrupt, bantering comes across as confrontational unless it's between friends that already have an established understanding in place, and people calling me "luv" sounds condescending (or sexist).
She’s young and you can tell by the way she says “Keyeneda” she must be from Ontario. And she didn’t have grandparents from the UK or watch British comedy.
I'm tired of people making these canada videos and not saying "this is how it is in my province" because Newfoundland and Ontario and Alberta and Northwest territories are completely different in many respects, so it gives people the wrong idea
Artharrison9586 I was going to say the same thing. It really bothers me when people say keyeneda…they need to go back to school and learn the. Vowel sounds…
@@gamexsimmonds3581 Unfortunately it's the same for all videos whether the person in the video is American, British or Canadian - a single person speaking on behalf of a nation is never going to be correct and they never specify where they're from. I've seen so many videos that are supposedly about Canadian food, culture, slang, pronunciation etc. and it's always wrong because the person speaks only of their own experience which differs from place to place. I agree they should say where they're from and say "in MY experience." But I also hear comments of people saying 'that person must be from...' and even when they name where I'm from it's a generalization that doesn't apply. I think the only thing one can comment on that is universal would be history related content.
Just a couple of things, English Canada may not have colourful language/phrases when swearing, but as someone from Montreal, I can tell you we French do. Secondly, in the Maritimes, especially Newfoundland, calling someone Love is rather common.
I've always found French swearing amusing because it's just an inventory of things you find in a church. It has no impact in English, which just shows that vulgarity is cultural in origin.
I was always told that "tabernac" and 'Sacre bleu" were the worst curses for the french... Is there much truth to that? Because I am guessing that I may have been misled... I'm in B.C., so pardon my ignorance for being an ignorant Canadian on this subject.
@@leonessity Tabarnac it's offensive. Sacre bleu is mild swearing, like a mother inventing a swear word so the kids don't catch up on it. Really, anything religious is really swearing in Quebec. People out of Quebec find it funny that we use such words, but when they are spoken in anger, they take an altogether different dimension.
She is very young and lives in another country, how much can she possibly know about Canada and she speaks for the entire nation of Canada. Seriously how many places do you think she has lived or visited in Canada? Ya not many. He should be getting the opinion of someone who is older and been more places in Canada.
This young lady is just that, young. I don’t agree with her on a lot of what she said. I’m Canadian and almost 68 years old and I don’t think she’s been around long enough and possibly not familiar with all of the geographical regions of Canada as far as culture goes to make some of those comparisons.
It's more to do with how different generations see things and maybe southwestern Ontarians. I'm halfway between you & her, but I agree with most of what she said. "Toilet" sounds too abrupt, banter can be seen as "mean" or "confrontational" depending, "luv" is condescending or sexist, swearing is "crude", so yeah, I think she's pretty spot on.
Absolutely thanks, I was going to say something similar. I actually laughed when listening to her, she’s about 20 and doesn’t even live in Canada. How much could she possibly have seen, how much could she possibly know from her limited time wherever she was born and lived 18 years before moving. I don’t agree with anything she said except the toilets part. As for the rest I’m 61 and I’ve lived in 3 different provinces and one territory. She’s very naive and it’s disappointing listening to her speak as though she has all the answers. Well I guess it’s because she’s young and obviously believes she knows much more than she does.
I grew up in the Montreal area of Quebec, and now live in Ontario... La Toilette, is definitely more widely used in Quebec.. "Salle de bain", is used at home, when saying I'm going to the bathroom.. The translations for restroom (salle de repos), or when looking up the French word for washroom, toilettes comes up...
Take a big grain of salt with what she is saying. No man in the entirety of Canada would ever think a female was being weird or gross or icky or rude, etc., for saying luv in an offhand way, this is one of those "they desperately look for things to be offended at" kind of things, based on who they are. I am also 99.9999999% sure no man would ever say luv in any of the ways she is inventing to be offended at. It's like if the guy is attractive to them, then it's ok, but if not, then he is a creep/the evil Patriarchy/Toxic, etc., etc.
There was a huge controversy on the local Facebook forum today because someone used the word “Hun.” They were very offended while other people were not.
Just so everyone knows... the comment above highlights the woke war of ideology currently happening in the west. Not a great time to be living in the west right now. Not a great time to be a white male either. Pre-age of consent Gender affirming surgery is going to cause riots, parents have no control of their children... sorry for the rant.. hit close to home.
I believe a lot of the sensibilities she speaks of are rooted in Southern Ontario, just culture changes from province to province, North to South. I have lived in all parts of this country. Local custom varies as much as this country's landscape.
@@klondikechris I can't STAND when people say hun (and as a female it's usually said by other females so it's not a creepy or offensive thing it just bugs me to no end) but I've had both men and women say Luv and in my experience it's never creepy because it's usually older people saying it to younger as a term of endearment (whereas the hun thing is usually a peer.)
@@cukanukdrivestruck I am from Southern Ontario but didn't agree with pretty much anything she said - that's what happens when videos have one person speaking for a nation on what is common/uncommon, acceptable/not acceptable.
Forgive me but everything this girl said is off! I don’t know how old his child is but whatever she’s saying I’m not agreeing with whatsoever. We do have banter in Canada. It’s called chatting with each other and ribbing off each other. I don’t know what she’s talking about. Say toilet in bathroom washroom it doesn’t matter. It’s really no big deal, and as far as the whole subject calling people love why does that offend you so much? It’s like being called hon or darling or sweetie if it offends you so much then you got bigger problems honestly, I don’t think you should be listening to this rant about manners because she’s way off in my opinion.
This person has lived out of Canada a little too long. Canadians are extremely friendly across the country including with visitors. As of April 2023, a comprehensive study of 53 cities worldwide based on their friendliness to non-natives shows Toronto, tied with Sydney, Australia, is the friendliest city in the world. Concerning swearing, I think it is safe to say, that Canadians can very well compete with any Brit. As a matter of fact, when I lived in England, people would often say to me that it was rude to say words that I used sometimes. Ironically, the eldest daughter of the family I lived with visited Canada two years after I returned to Canada and, after just a three-month visit, within five minutes of her return, and her using a few Canadian expletives, her parents said, 'Well it is certainly evident you vacationed in Canada." To this day, she still freely uses the vocabulary learned in Canada. All that said, we do not merely throw the various words around anywhere, anytime; but, we do use them when and where they are appropriate. The endearing usage of 'dear' and 'love' was used extensively in Toronto, and, I think, other areas of Canada until it was suddenly labelled as patronising to women by people who didn't have the foggiest understanding of its usage. Sadly, it was another harmless and charming custom lost to political correctness. Men and women used it. At my age I still use it and have never been corrected because I use it in a friendly manner. If someone were to take offence, I would explain it was used in all innocence. If they persisted, I would just smile and tell them to lighten-up or, if they escalated their ire, to get knotted. Chimo
In Canada in grade school you would only ask the teacher to use the washroom, if you said can I use the toilet everyone would take the piss out of you.
Luv is very common in NFLD and the maritimes. I think she needs to travel more in Canada. Now I am not sure what Canadians she is representing. We have a massive country with very diverse cultures. I really hopes she reads this and goes on a big adventure back home.
Friends or "buddies" typically banter with each other or in a relaxed working environment, sometimes families do banter, but yes we don't typically banter with strangers 5:34
1- a lot of people just ask where's the shitter 2- yes banter IS common , we take the piss from each other all the time at work and in the bands I play in , may be eastern Canada, but that place may as well be a different continent 3- calling someone love, dear , etc is not rude what she is doing is generalizing to a certain small geographic area, Canada is so vast it would be impossible to generalize like that
She was so right about small town/rural people being friendly, though! When we moved to Vancouver Island, I had to teach my children to TALK TO STRANGERS! 😅 We banter, but not to the point of being hurtful. No matter how strange-looking someone is, for instance, that's off the table.
Mert...take this kid with a grain of salt...all my friends and family "banter" even my grandparents when I was growing up...Oh btw I have lived in england.
The point she didn't explain clearly enough was that banter is common with complete strangers in England. You wouldn't walk up to a bunch of guys at a bar or a stranger at a bus stop and start to shit talk them playfully without over exaggerating or being overly self depreciating to clearly illustrate your intent. In the UK, the default setting is you're just engaging in banter.
Omg she said we dont banter with strangers and if we do banter its with friends alot of cases when strangers banter its while they are under the influance of something itoxicating and ends in a fist fight
She is very young, perhaps its a generational thing but most of what she says I don't agree with. I've never been offended by someone calling me love and its never been considered rude here. I don't care if you call it washroom, toilet, loo, bog or restroom. We banter with each other a lot among my friends/family.
She is definitely young. She has no idea where the words come from and thinks it has to do with being posh. Though used interchangeably today, they used to describe the utility of a room. A restroom was a washroom that included a lounge area to rest in. Haven’t seen those since childhood.
I don't consider any of these 'differences' as being rude. If someone doesn't recognize these terms/actions or doesn't use them, they are just 'diffferent'. They aren't 'rude'. Ha Ha, ,Mert, that was 'rude' interrupting her before she finished explaining the difference between the north and south of England. 😊😊
East Coast Canada here (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)... banter (taking a p*ss, ribbing, etc.), swearing, getting called "love/sweetie" is something we do to each other all the time. I think the smaller the town, the more we are like the UK in that regard. Most of these "RUDE" suggestion just don't apply the further east you get but more of a west of N.B. kind of thing. Right!? Back me up capers, lol.
This is so true. People from western Canada often experience culture shock when visiting the Maritimes and Newfoundland. The mindset is so different on the east coast...the British heritage is surprisingly strong.
@@fippodegyeoolies3629 Yes, I'm sure you are absolutely right. Haven't spent more than a day or so in Quebec while passing through so my ignorance is showing a bit. Cheers my friend!
as a canadian i can confirm we use washroom or bathroom and our 'bathrooms' always have a bathtub/shower a sink and a toilet in them ... banter is a common thing in western canada ... places like alberta and saskatchewan -- at least in my circle of friends -- but in general we dont really do that with people we dont know as it can lead to a catching of hands if the other person doesnt know you -- i 'banter' with my friends all the time not so much strangers ... we do tend to acknowledge people just casually on the street -- sometimes with just a friendly nod or a polite 'hey hows it goin??'
I don't think this girl is really representative of most Canadian people. I can't imagine any of my family/friends thinking that using the word 'love' as offensive. Generally speaking - I do not agree with her.
The younger women that I work with get HIGHLY OFFENDED if a male customer calls them Love or Hun or something similar. They find it incredibly creepy and absolutely will not let it slide. While I personally see it as an overreaction, I wonder whether it’s the new generation’s version of the acceptance in the past of men slapping the ass of a waitress. Remember when that was a thing?
@@AprilAiteen Yes, it depends on the situation. Sadly, young pretty women get their boundaries crossed a LOT (daily) by creepy strange men, so it's no wonder this kind of familiarity would sit poorly with some people.
Like the British would say half what she mentioned is rubbish. Women in Newfoundland say ok my love in a drive thru etc. I hear men saying it too. Depends where you live in canada. Can or toilet is used also but depends where it's been said
Don't take it so personally. She never said anything about you not being posh, and that Canadians are. You're actually proving her point, that English people can be quite arrogant and snobby. You're offended because she's calling you out on it, and you don't like it! LOL
Im way confused over this video. Just because we speak different doesn't mean we think others are rude when they speak different. We may not call them toilets but I'm sure 99.9% of us wont think its rude if someone asks us where they are lol. I also seem to feel a lot of us are very tolerant of people with "accents" that call things different then the "norm". Same with calling each "luv" If you have a UK accent we totally understand the meaning behind it and don't think its rude at all! Bantering is normal in Canada for those who know each other ie coworkers/family. Hell my username was created due to the many of my UK friends always calling me Lass lol.
If anyone asked me where the toilet is, depending on where we were, I'd either say it's in the bathroom or in the washroom. I mean seriously, do they expect them to be in outhouses in the back, or somewhere out in public?
@@LassDream There are some things that are just common sense. If you want the washroom (because while I don't know exactly what you want to do there, I would hope you're going to wash your hands, no matter what), ask for it. Or look for the little door signs that are self-explanatory.
On the "Banter" one. In Canada it's more of a guy thing, ... I've had almost every woman I've dated for an extended period of time ask me "Why do you guy's DO that"?? lol. *: )*
65 year old Canadian here. She would be surprised to hear me ask where is the `pisser or the `can`for the bathroom. Or a greeting like hows it hanging or how are ya, ya dirty dawg. All we do is banter but I do agree the UK lives and breathes for banter. Every culture speaks in local sayings together with movie culture sayings. Canada is no different.
I've walked into a Tim Hortons and asked "where's the shitter box at?". Of course, I'm also a Newfoundlander, so my general vernacular contains many colloquialisms.
You watched Letterkenny, we take the piss out of each other, not sure what she's on about. A quick vibe check that's common upon meeting a friendly stranger is to see if they can laugh at themselves. You better be able to take what you give type of thing.
I grew up in Newfoundland, and I can say that banter used to very much be a thing, and it was prolific. As a matter of fact, some of us also used to call it "taking the piss". It could be because Newfoundland shared close cultural ties with the UK for longer than the rest of Canada, being a dominion of and not joining Canada until 1949. Also, from Newfoundland, we still regularly use terms of endearment with complete strangers. ie: m'love, m'lover, lover, m'dear, darlin', m'darlin' etc. It's probably why Newfoundlanders, in general, wonder why mainland Canadians are so uptight. We also, even today, will greet absolute strangers as you pass on the street with a "How she going?", "how are ya?", or the very popluar "What'r ya at b'y?"
As a canadian who speaks michiff and is learning Chinook, with much love, you're a Newfie.... so what the f___ are you talking about, Boomhauer???? You should all be mumble rappers.
On 'banter' i would call it more taking the piss like you said. Canadians as a whole are very self-deprecating in our humor, so id say its very much a thing here
Bathroom is for bathing and washroom is a toilet and a sink to "wash" your hands. I don't know what she's talking about but in Canada we take the time to say hello to pretty much all passersby.
That is dependent on the region you live. I grew up in Nova Scotia and there I would have agreed with you. I live in BC now and I most definitely would not say people here are friendly. You would never talk to a stranger unless they screamed tourist.
@@denisegreene8441 BC'er here. It's very context-dependent. If I am in a residential area walking on the sidewalk and another woman or older man (ie a "safe" person and not Johnny Meth-head/Rapist) passes me, and we are the only two people around, we will likely say "'morning" or give one of those stranger-acknowledgment-smiles. But not on a busy city-street - you would just be bothering busy people. As for BC people, I grew up in the 70s (in Vancouver) and I'd say people have actually gotten a little friendlier over time. I don't recall many people greeting strangers when I was a kid, but it is not uncommon now. Maybe it's all the incomers from other provinces, lol.
She obviously didn't live on the east coast. "Banter" is very common where I come from. Lol, very sarcastic, somewhat self deprecatation type of humour. In my circle of people anyway.
I'm on the east coast, too. That delicate little waif wouldn't survive here. Depending on whom I'm talking to, I just might ask where their $h!+ house is. Lol
I have a feeling it´s not so much that friends banter at ach other, but it´s the degree to which people go before the banter becomes "fighting words" that is different. Brits I know are willing to go further sooner.
Yes we banter in Manitoba with friends, family or co workers, but we are as a rule respectful and polite to strangers or others we don’t know well. With them we will talk about the weather or just say hi in passing.
Westerner here. She's young and doesn't know all of Canada. Toilet is completely and utterly acceptable. However, in most establishments, the direction to the toilet is clearly indicated by a sign so you don't even have to ask. See restaurants, hardware stores, hospitals, etc.... Very common to use 'toilet'. Canadians do rib each other. In fact, there's a thing called 'roasting', where people are ribbed in public at their retirement party.
I'm older and I'm from Western Canada. I grew up and "washroom" was used for public bathrooms ie at school, at the mall, at a restaurant. "Bathrooms" were in private homes. Washroom was considered the "most polite" when I was in school.
This is certainly ONE perspective on our culture. Being young, provides a certain outlook on life, however, these particular perspectives lack life experience and large latitude on individual expression. It feels alot like navel gazing as the video progresses and she in NO way speaks for Canadians at large. I have picked up and adopted so very many expressions from my dear Scottish friends and Australian friends, that I no longer define my linguistic patterning as Canadian. So, take this perspective with a cows salt lick's worth of patience and just smile...it is after all just one persons perspective.
Given that I'm much older than she is, I'm surprised at how similar her experience of Ontario is to mine. I would have thought that there would be a greater generational difference, but I agree with everything she said.
@@RatKindlerI grew up in Ontario and am 45 and disagree with most of it. She sounds like a person from Ontario with a very narrow set of experiences. Washroom, restroom, toilet and bathroom. All acceptable. Calling a woman luv when done with genuine kindness and not lusciously is usually just fine (especially if the person is elderly or a female). Banter isn't as common as it is for Brits (I know quite a few), but it is still faily common - especially among close male friends, etc. Nah. All of it is poppycock.
She's got it a bit wrong. Most Canadians would understand/say - bathroom( usually in a private home - because there's usually a bath/shower), washroom( not "posh" at all - common - all public places, malls,airports,restaurants etc. would be labeled as such), and restroom( as from a rest stop on the road when travelling by car - designated as such at service stations/ restaurants on the highway and/or stand alone buildings). Canadians may use these interchangeably. Washroom is rarely if ever used in the USA, and is sometimes confused with the laundry room if asked by a Canadian. Toilet for us,just seems too blunt, like asking " where's the $h!++er"?
Totally agree with you that Canadians don’t do say these things as a rule. I just don’t see them as offensive. I love it when a stranger jokes with me, it is a great icebreaker.
Not sure I'm with her on the banter thing, but what she said about being friendly was so real (and obviously something we're known for globally). I live in the big city and even here I've had some really lovely friendly interactions with people. I helped a woman with bus directions and when we got off at the same stop, she helped me carry my bulging grocery bags part way. But in rural areas it's even moreso, if you drive past someone on the road you'll probably wave to them and they'll wave back, even if you've never seen each other before in your life.
I don't know about the rest of Canada, but for Quebec ... I think we go into banter mode more often than we go into serious mode. We love to laugh, at others and at ourselves. In Quebec, we have an impressive long list of swear words. We love swear words so much that we use them as adjectives, adverbs, qualifiers, turned into verbs, several in the same sentence, positive, to laugh, in short, we use them everywhere, even to express that we're angry !!! While I'm pointing out our differences ... We prefer to speak informally, familiarly with everyone, even strangers. The formal form is used avec older people and in a professional context.
You swears make no sence in quebec my step mom is from there and she said that quebec swears make no sence and you take the lords name in vien more then it being an actual swear
@@cannibal5layer157 There are plenty reasons for us to use church terms for swearing words. There's a long history between Quebeckers and the church which explains the reasons. At a certain time, Quebecers blindly and without any question obeyed and complied with all the priest's orders and dictates .... Plus a long series of other good causes for us to religious swearing Those sacred terms were also transformed in nouns, adjectives, Verbs or adverbs, and are equally used to express extreme happiness as they are to show anger. Which is all well and good!
This makes me aware of how large Canada is. I live in the interior of BC and most of the issues she raises are non starters here. Perhaps why we are open and friendly in the more rural areas is the further you get into the bush the more important it is to be able to exchange information going the other way. E.g. where a bear or cougar was recently seen. An aside: my wife and I were hiking in Wells Gray Provincial Park with our 2 dogs . We encountered some tourists from Europe who were absolutely terrified of our dogs. The next people we met coming down the trail were talking about a bear they had seen a couple of hundred meters up the trail . Here they were terrified of dogs and yet willing to take their chances with bears. “Unbelievable.”
Going to the washroom or hitting the can, it's the same. I worked with quite a few Scottish women, I got called hen, guys were mostly bloke, occasionally cock. I think guys banter more than girls and we can come up with some creative swear words in sentences too, especially when pissed. I watched a lot of British tv growing up, so I already knew a lot of the terminology, my favourite was I'll knock you up in the morning or the vacation spot hameldaeme , when anyone asked me what it meant, I just told them it was an island in Georgian Bay 😂 Canadian tv has a lot of the same humour incorporated.
Rest Room comes from a time when people would go there and rest a bit in part of the room, with the toilets and sinks in another part. You can see this in old movies. Harrods in London has a lovely 'restroom' area which offers seating and vanity tables apart from the toilets and sinks, and that seating at the vanity tables always have several brands of perfume and cologne on each table to sample. Right now in Canada we have The Hudson Bay flagship store in Toronto which has a lounge area where you can put your shopping bags down and your feet up and rest between spurts of consuming, with a open door at each end leading to the sinks and toilets.
It's true that older department stores had/have these areas (also the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver has one), but I don't think that is where the term came from. I think it's just a euphemism to politely distance ourselves from thinking about what toilets are for: urination and defecation.
Either she has trouble expressing herself, or Canadians really don't like her. I've never heard the word "rude" used so often in connection with Canadians. Except for the winter, which is sometimes rude, there's not much else that's "rude" about Canada.
I wouldn't consider pretty much any of those examples as being rude. I guess if I said hello to someone I passed on the street and they didn't respond at all, but I wouldn't expect someone to say Hello first. If she considers being called "Love" weird for Canadians, I expect she hasn't met anyone from Newfoundland. It is weird that we will be at a restaraunt and ask "Where is the bathroom?" when we know there isn't going to be a bath in there.
The thing that always jars me is the British propensity to freely tell each other to “shut up.” It was drilled in to me as a child to never say shut up to someone. It’s the epitome of rudeness. I love the use of the word “love” referring to a person, however, and use it here in Canada myself. Lots of differences, but they definitely enrich us culturally.
I've found that people are more friendly, the more extreme the weather is. People in the north of the northern hemisphere tend to be more friendly. I see the same for the people who live near the Equator. Perhaps the reason is that in those types of extremes, you need to be able to count on your neighbours.
I've heard that in some parts of Canada people habitually leave their house and car doors unlocked in case someone needs to escape a bear. Or possibly a moose.
That sounds plausible. I would say maybe less counting on your neighbours in some parts but rather just a common experience. Walking down the street bundled up for the -30 weather and you nod to the person as if to silently say "it's pretty cold out here, hey?" Like words aren't needed because you know what the other is thinking
Ontarien here. It has nothing to do with being posh. I say “washroom” because the room doesn’t have a bath. Restroom is a crossover from when public women’s washrooms also had a rest area with a couch. I came across them in upscale malls. They’re gone now to conserve space but the name remains.
Probability, cultural references (unknown in another country) behind a phrase, a joke, a banter, an expression that makes the person not react as expected. Canadians are not rude by nature; on the contrary, they are smiling and curious. With very few exceptions. It's not because of a lovely English accent that responses back. are not rude. On the contrary, Canadians respect and understand diversity and cultural differences, especially those of foreigners.
A lot of times in Canada we have a bathroom in most homes (bath and toilet in the same room) but also in a lot of bigger homes we have a bathroom and a "half bath" which is just a small room with a toilet and a sink 2:03
Ever since my daughter married a Yorkshire man that she brought back from a trip after high school. We have learned lots of new words like taking the piss, you’re a tosser and many others. Watching him banter with his brother is Olympic level with the two of them. They resort to their Yorkshire dialect. My two grandsons do it too.
A lot of homes in the UK were built with the 'water closet' separate from the bathroom. Many were so separate as to be outside, perhaps even built detached from the house or tenement, and the bathroom was often in front of a coal or log fire or kitchen stove, when the tin bath was brought in from where it usually hung on a nail, on the back wall of the house. Mind, it was the same in many countries. Even when homes were built with both a toilet and bathroom they were usually separate rooms.
We (Canadians) wash our hands and face in a washroom, after we use the toilet. When you're visiting someone's home and we need to use the facilities, we'll often ask where to find the bathroom, since there is most likely a bathtub within the same room as the toilet. Restrooms are for tourists and truckers. Simply put, we wash up in a washroom, we bathe in the bathroom and a restroom is usually found at truck stops...
Canadian here and don't fully agree with her. Yes, we don't tend to banter as much anymore because of people becoming rather sensitive. I definitely banter a ton with people I know and those who seem to have a sense of humour. I just don't trust myself to not hit a nerve with a stranger. Especially since I live in a very diverse place. Her bathroom rant though was just odd. It is fine to ask for the toilets, restroom, bathroom, washroom and lou. We know what all those are. We do swear less because of our politeness, but we make up for it in passive aggressive. Excessive swearing also make you sound unintelligent and aggressive to us. We do tend to respond poorly to endearments, but that is because it can seem overly familiar and a little creepy coming from strangers. That being said, it does depend how it is said and the intention behind it. It is not 'rude' to keep to yourself, but returning a smile and a wave is welcome and considered friendly. You can easily excuse yourself by saying you are busy or you need to get to a meeting/home.
You almost never hear rest room in western Canada even though it may be written on the wall that way. It’s also fairly common to literally say you have to use the toilet. In fact we often tell someone that we have to take a piss.
Restrooms come from the old days when the lady's room had a nursing section in the same area as the washrooms. The men's some time had a sitting area/smoking area for private conversations. The men's rest areas where alot more rare than the women's nursing area.
Thanks - I have a vague memory from when I was a kid, of being in an old hotel or old big-city railway station, and glancing through the doorway of a 'ladies' washroom, and being surprised to glimpse a big leather couch, and maybe another door inside; it was clearly a separate room that adjoined the, um, washroom/bathroom/toilet. I've always assumed that the term 'restroom' originated in this kind of a set-up.
@@hilariousname6826 Yep thats why. but its like early 20th i think was the last time they used them; but I could be wrong on that. I do remember in the Gents they had the washroom attendants. Always felt weird doing my thing, than washing my hands and someone handing me a warm towel and a mint. Never sure of how much to tip the man in the John. Also never sure on how much to tip the shoe shine kid
I agree with her that most people don't say toilet in English when referring to the room, maybe because it seems too direct or explicit. Bathroom, washroom, restroom are common. Some others, too, depending on the area. I always thought restroom came from reststop. It's not common where I live to use endearments like luv or hon for everyone but you hear it sometimes, generally from women. But it's quite common in some other parts of the country. I doubt most people get offended by it. I feel the same way about the other stuff she mentioned. It might not be everywhere but it's common in certain areas or certain groups. I don't think most Canadians from an English background would get offended by most of this and it would seem perfectly normal to many. Maybe she hasn't been exposed to other areas of Canada outside of where she grew up.
If a person comes up to me for directions to the toilet, I know they are from England because I was born in England ..it’s not “rude” and it just doesn’t matter..🇨🇦🇬🇧
She is of the generation that seeks to be offended in everything. I don't find any words she used as examples, bad or offensive. I travel the world for work and find it comforting if a clerk or waitress uses the word "sweetie" or "love". It is like an acknowledgment of common respect.
Putting Canada in generalities is almost impossible, our country is about 7800 kms wide. I've lived in the west and east and in my travels met many Maritimers and all regions have their own quirks and sayings. Banter is a way of life in Southern Ontario so that doesn't apply where I live.. It is rare to hear somebody ask to use the toilet but it's not like it will get you ostracized. My mother immigrated from England so hearing "luv" was a regular thing. We swear like sailors but I have noticed one thing and that is you guys use the "C-Word" for commas after a few beers and that'll get you slapped in any Canadian bar. Cheers!
OK I'll tell you that you are wrong. Sort of. "Washroom" is what a sign will say in a public place in Canada directing you to the toilets. It is the American equivalent to "restroom" in the U.S. If you say "washroom" in the US, they will immediately direct you to a place that has a washer and dryer. We Canadians say "Washroom" in public and they are listed as such.
I'm bilingual but of French Canadian origin so that might be the reason for the difference but we may ask for the toilet among other things to refer to the toilet. I do banter with friends but I'm not a super outgoing person so I may not do that much out in a packed place and definitely not at or with people I do not or barely know. We swear a lot, just not in public.
washroom is not posh/fancy, that is how we in the west call the toilets, because it also has the sinks. Some people like to wash up before they eat, so we call it the washroom. bathrooms is where a toilet and a tub/shower is (which is why they are called bathrooms)
Same here in Ontario. She’s young but old enough by now to be called ignorant. I mean, she has the internet at her fingertips but couldn’t be bothered to look up the origin of washroom, bathroom, and restroom before putting up such a myopic video speaking for Canada? Though the names are self evident, I don’t fault people who can’t riddle the meanings, only the ones who can’t be bothered to use a dictionary and proceed to talk out of their a$$ when explaining these things to foreigners.
The toilet thing is not "too much" but perfectly acceptable - most of Europe says it and it's because unlike in N.A. toilets are often not where the rest of the facilities are. I wouldn't expect this child would know that but yet she acknowledged it and still said it would be met with 'yuck'.. Not sure why she called her video 'British' when she was only talking about England.
What a delicate, sheltered, little flower, getting offended over stupid stuff like people calling her, "Love" and asking for the toilet. 59 year old Canadian, believe me I've heard and said worse. Haha
In Quebec, to refer to "a place where we go pee" we mostly use the expression: ☆ "Je vais aux toilettes " - I'm going to the toilet. or ☆ "Je vais à salle de bain" - I'm going to the Bathroom 《even if there's no bath in the room 😉》. ☆ We do not say the french translation of "washroom", "restroom" We may also say: ☆ "je m'en vais au petit coin" Literally translated as: - I'm going to the little corner. Or, bluntly, we can say: ☆ "J'm'en vas pisser" - I'm going to take a leak. Sometimes, depending on where we are, At the Chalet, for example We may say: ☆ "J'm'en vas au bécosse" - I'm going to the back house. Even if they are not. Only to speak in old-fashioned language.🙃
@@mitchchartrand Hooo !!!! Thanks, I wouldn't want them to be offended. 😆 However, if I'd not contracted my phrase, as we do too much in Quebec, I'd have written: Je m'en vais à la bécosse 😁 Of course that's an anglicism, from Back house. More seriously, You use "out house", is this the most common name for this place ???
@@magalipeloquin881 outhouse ou bein shitter. Haha. Nous on appelle ça la klaazet ou la tollett en michiff. Seule temps que j'aurais entendu "bécosse" c'est quand les soeurs (enseignantes) disaient "Pas de fosse dans la bécosse"
@@mitchchartrand Haaa !!! Yours expression "Being Shitter" has reminded to me that we can also say in Quebec Slang: "aller aux chiottes" hahaha - Ce que l'on peut être vulgaire 😂 The "klaazet" is probably an anglicism from "water closet". But the expression used by the nuns is surprisingly weird 🤣 Parceque si la bécosse n'a pas de fosse, jamais je ne l'utiliserai ... Arkk 😵😆😂 Michiff, which region are you from ??
@@magalipeloquin881 le michiff c'est la langue de mon peuple, les Métis. Pense à le plus joaul, ajoute des noms communs Cri ou Ojibwe et avec un accent de quelqu'un très rural qui est soûlé bein raide. Nous sommes retrouvé surtout au Manitoba, mais aussi en Saskatchewan, Alberta, nord-ouest de l'Ontario, et aussi au Dakota du Nord et du Sud, et le Minnesota. Voici un extrait d'un placard au centre d'accueil de mon village de Saint-Laurent (Manitoba, pas à Montréal): St. Laurent Métis Heritage Festival is a celebration of Métis history culture and way of life held during the August long weekend. Les jours Métis est le festival communautaire le plus important et le plus populaire de Saint-Laurent. Il a lieu tous les ans durant la longue fin de semaine du mois d'août et offre de nombreuses activités culturelles. ST. LAURENT METIS DAYS, SI T'AYN SILIBRASYON DI LI MICHIF, PI LA KULCHUR, IPI LA VI DI MICHIF. ON SILEB METIS DAYS, LE LONG WEEKEND D'O.
Bluenoser here, I know she's young, but here in the east coast of Canada bathroom is more used for home and washrooms are more used for public. It's not being more posh, just describing the building it's in.
It's exactly the same here on the west coast.
Prairie guy here. I completely agree.
Cheers from Southwest Nova. 🥃
Gotta love the Right Coast. She’s at sea on that one. A 🚽 by any other name would smell as sweet.
Yup. Washroom in a public place, bathroom at home.
When you find out that the guy helping you in the hardware store doesn't work there, you're in Canada.
Those are the best people to ask ! they actually know 😂
In the UK he's a shoplifter.
@@philipm06 😂
@@philipm06hahahaha
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She's wrong about the banter thing in Canada... working class guys rip on eachother all day every day.
Sooooi TRUE!! The song, 'Out For A Rip' even speaks to bantering, scrapping and then going out for a rip!
She's talking about banter between strangers, not friends. Some of the banter I've heard in the UK would definitely come across as confrontational here if just randomly started with some random guy in a random bar.
Canadians banter and swear like sailors on a binge lol sorry but I’ve lived in the Uk and the only difference is people in the UK are a lot more humorous because of their slang!
banter is the lion's share of the conversation in my experience.
"Banter" is 90% of conversations I have in Canada, and it doesn't matter if it is a "working class" person or rich person.
Friends and family definitely banter. Canadians have a very dry sarcastic sense of humor.
It's sad though, how few North Americans in general, don't get British humour..
I love British sitcoms!
So have we the ethnic British 😂
@@darlened.1354 Guilty as charged! I don't get British humor, though I also don't like British sitcomes lol
This is the answer.
@darlened.1354 I love British tv shows , I have both britbox and Acorn. I started watching Coronation Street on January 23, 1968. I was born on the 22nd. Lmao😂😂😂. I live in BC but have lived in Saskatchewan and Ontario, and I am afraid I disagree with most of what this girl said. I believe what she said is true for her own life and experience, but not in regards to the average Canadian. ❤
I don't think of washroom as being "posh." I'm not sure if people in Canada think of it as a "posh" term. In Canada it's just the generic term that we use for "toilets" when we are out of the house. Generally, we only say "bathroom" when we are in a home since there's generally a bathtub or a shower in the bathroom.
Yah, it's not posh. Indeed, the term used depends on whether it is located in a house or a public space.
Houses have a bath/shower in the same room as the toilet, so it's the bathroom (also known as a full bath. Half bath is when it is just the sink and toilet)
Public buildings just have the toilet and the sink where you wash your hands, so it's the washroom.
Restroom is the older term for washroom as restaurants and theatres back then would often have comfortable chairs in the same room as the toilet and sink; so you could take a rest there.
Powder room (a washroom with mirrors for you to fix your makeup) was also used a long time ago, but the term has since died out, at least in Western Canada.
This is the exact distinction - washroom for public ones, and bathroom for the one at home.
In Canada we shit talk each other all the time especially when playing sports or hockey it's very much a thing we do in canada
"Chirping."
@@sheblyne bud at the end of the day that's a Canadian word for shit talk there buddy guy
Now that I'm retired, I don't hear the shit talk, but as a kid and younger adult, I remember circles of guys bashing each other in good fun all the time. On the other hand, if females were doing it, it was either a bullying situation or a fight.
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Yeah, I grew up doing ballet... we shit talked each other all the time lol
Maybe less so nowadays but yes, growing up being a dick to your friends was like the most common thing, pure banter and ripping on each other. Maybe if your a city girl in a liberal area, but everywhere I ever lived, everyone shits on each other constantly. And with the swearing thing, don't try and fuck around, we don't have as creative of swears but try and get through a 10 year old hockey game without a kid screaming "oh fuck off"
The "C" word is a big no no in Canada. 95% of the places you go if you call someone a "C" word jokingly or even just say it out loud at no one in particular, someone within earshot will be hugely offended. I watch a lot of British movies and television, so it doesn't bother me at all. But I would say that with about 1/3 of our population, it is about the worst word you could possibly utter and is the epitome of vulgarity.
I see the humour in it, most will not see anything funny about it at all. Nope. The "C" word in Canada, that's a fighting word.
The C word is the nuclear option in Canada. It would get you a special meeting with the HR department or your boss if used at work
I thought Canadians were cunts.
Lol there's a song called you can't say cunt in Canada by Kevin Bloody Wilson. Look it up sometime and enlighten yourself. Not everyone is a religious stick in the mud here.
Yeah, "casual c*nting" is frowned upon here. 😂
"C" word is up there with "N" word because it was heavily weaponized. It also always sounds really aggressive. It doesn't serve a purpose and really does not need to be used.
Narrator sounds like she has come from one particular place in Canada and has never explored much of the rest. Several of her observations don't apply to much of the country.
I’m from the east coast and can confirm that in Newfoundland people (women specifically) will use the phrase m’love (my love). It’s said in a very endearing way and shows friendliness. You can go to a Timmie’s, place your order, and have the counter person reply “is that everything m’love” and then tell you the price of your order 😊
As someone from Newfoundland, I absolutely use m’love often, I don’t even realize I do it sometimes 😅 m’dear and m’darlin, are common too
@@Newfoundlandmoose ders tree of us ere now luh! :p
U think you Newfoundlanders can tonne that Mlove thing down ur making the rest of us Canadians uncomfortable.
Absolutely ... Newfoundland and Labrador do say "love"... I've been called "love" by the cashier at grocery stores, as a 46 year old man.
They also refer to a female partner as "The Misses"... The back of a truck is also called the "pan" and "where ya to?" can mean just about anything 🤣
I grew up in NB (currently in Alberta) and the differences are shocking, amusing and wonderful.
@@Newfoundlandmoose me ducky.
Banter is done here in canada but it's with close friends.
With strangers, I think it's more common to make fun of yourself.
Absolutely !!
This girl is SO young. She definitely doesn’t have the experience to speak for Canadian “culture”. Most of her points are simply language and slang differences which are matters of awareness and education. TBH, the description “rude” is a stretch. I imagine she means well, but this “list” sounds more like a recital of the things that most bothered HER after she moved to Kent and found that interacting with the British was more challenging than she expected.
It might be generational. While I am far older than her, I suspect I'm far younger than you, & I'd say my generation would also classify some of these things as rude if we didn't know it was a cultural difference. "Toilet" is too abrupt, bantering comes across as confrontational unless it's between friends that already have an established understanding in place, and people calling me "luv" sounds condescending (or sexist).
Men in Canada love to banter! I don't know what she's saying.
She’s young and you can tell by the way she says “Keyeneda” she must be from Ontario. And she didn’t have grandparents from the UK or watch British comedy.
I'm tired of people making these canada videos and not saying "this is how it is in my province" because Newfoundland and Ontario and Alberta and Northwest territories are completely different in many respects, so it gives people the wrong idea
@@gamexsimmonds3581 Yes, it’s a very big country. I’m on the West Coast and I don’t think it’s a monolithic culture across the country.
Artharrison9586 I was going to say the same thing. It really bothers me when people say keyeneda…they need to go back to school and learn the. Vowel sounds…
@@gamexsimmonds3581 Unfortunately it's the same for all videos whether the person in the video is American, British or Canadian - a single person speaking on behalf of a nation is never going to be correct and they never specify where they're from. I've seen so many videos that are supposedly about Canadian food, culture, slang, pronunciation etc. and it's always wrong because the person speaks only of their own experience which differs from place to place. I agree they should say where they're from and say "in MY experience." But I also hear comments of people saying 'that person must be from...' and even when they name where I'm from it's a generalization that doesn't apply. I think the only thing one can comment on that is universal would be history related content.
Just a couple of things, English Canada may not have colourful language/phrases when swearing, but as someone from Montreal, I can tell you we French do. Secondly, in the Maritimes, especially Newfoundland, calling someone Love is rather common.
My Granddaughter came up with a colourful one the other day, we are from BC, I knew immediately that she had new online friends from Quebec🇨🇦❤️
I've always found French swearing amusing because it's just an inventory of things you find in a church. It has no impact in English, which just shows that vulgarity is cultural in origin.
I was always told that "tabernac" and 'Sacre bleu" were the worst curses for the french... Is there much truth to that? Because I am guessing that I may have been misled... I'm in B.C., so pardon my ignorance for being an ignorant Canadian on this subject.
@@leonessity Tabarnac it's offensive. Sacre bleu is mild swearing, like a mother inventing a swear word so the kids don't catch up on it. Really, anything religious is really swearing in Quebec. People out of Quebec find it funny that we use such words, but when they are spoken in anger, they take an altogether different dimension.
She is very young and lives in another country, how much can she possibly know about Canada and she speaks for the entire nation of Canada. Seriously how many places do you think she has lived or visited in Canada? Ya not many. He should be getting the opinion of someone who is older and been more places in Canada.
This young lady is just that, young. I don’t agree with her on a lot of what she said. I’m Canadian and almost 68 years old and I don’t think she’s been around long enough and possibly not familiar with all of the geographical regions of Canada as far as culture goes to make some of those comparisons.
It's more to do with how different generations see things and maybe southwestern Ontarians. I'm halfway between you & her, but I agree with most of what she said. "Toilet" sounds too abrupt, banter can be seen as "mean" or "confrontational" depending, "luv" is condescending or sexist, swearing is "crude", so yeah, I think she's pretty spot on.
Absolutely thanks, I was going to say something similar. I actually laughed when listening to her, she’s about 20 and doesn’t even live in Canada. How much could she possibly have seen, how much could she possibly know from her limited time wherever she was born and lived 18 years before moving. I don’t agree with anything she said except the toilets part. As for the rest I’m 61 and I’ve lived in 3 different provinces and one territory. She’s very naive and it’s disappointing listening to her speak as though she has all the answers. Well I guess it’s because she’s young and obviously believes she knows much more than she does.
Asking for the ‘toilets’ is less rude in French speaking Canada (I’m in Montreal) it can be in some cases but it is more normal here.
I grew up in the Montreal area of Quebec, and now live in Ontario... La Toilette, is definitely more widely used in Quebec.. "Salle de bain", is used at home, when saying I'm going to the bathroom.. The translations for restroom (salle de repos), or when looking up the French word for washroom, toilettes comes up...
Take a big grain of salt with what she is saying. No man in the entirety of Canada would ever think a female was being weird or gross or icky or rude, etc., for saying luv in an offhand way, this is one of those "they desperately look for things to be offended at" kind of things, based on who they are. I am also 99.9999999% sure no man would ever say luv in any of the ways she is inventing to be offended at. It's like if the guy is attractive to them, then it's ok, but if not, then he is a creep/the evil Patriarchy/Toxic, etc., etc.
There was a huge controversy on the local Facebook forum today because someone used the word “Hun.” They were very offended while other people were not.
Just so everyone knows... the comment above highlights the woke war of ideology currently happening in the west. Not a great time to be living in the west right now. Not a great time to be a white male either. Pre-age of consent Gender affirming surgery is going to cause riots, parents have no control of their children... sorry for the rant.. hit close to home.
I believe a lot of the sensibilities she speaks of are rooted in Southern Ontario, just culture changes from province to province, North to South. I have lived in all parts of this country. Local custom varies as much as this country's landscape.
@@klondikechris I can't STAND when people say hun (and as a female it's usually said by other females so it's not a creepy or offensive thing it just bugs me to no end) but I've had both men and women say Luv and in my experience it's never creepy because it's usually older people saying it to younger as a term of endearment (whereas the hun thing is usually a peer.)
@@cukanukdrivestruck I am from Southern Ontario but didn't agree with pretty much anything she said - that's what happens when videos have one person speaking for a nation on what is common/uncommon, acceptable/not acceptable.
Forgive me but everything this girl said is off! I don’t know how old his child is but whatever she’s saying I’m not agreeing with whatsoever. We do have banter in Canada. It’s called chatting with each other and ribbing off each other. I don’t know what she’s talking about. Say toilet in bathroom washroom it doesn’t matter. It’s really no big deal, and as far as the whole subject calling people love why does that offend you so much? It’s like being called hon or darling or sweetie if it offends you so much then you got bigger problems honestly, I don’t think you should be listening to this rant about manners because she’s way off in my opinion.
Yes, this young generation is so fragile, that's why they were called snowflakes. I miss the good old days
Nobody says toilet in Canada what on earth are you talking about?
This person has lived out of Canada a little too long. Canadians are extremely friendly across the country including with visitors. As of April 2023, a comprehensive study of 53 cities worldwide based on their friendliness to non-natives shows Toronto, tied with Sydney, Australia, is the friendliest city in the world.
Concerning swearing, I think it is safe to say, that Canadians can very well compete with any Brit. As a matter of fact, when I lived in England, people would often say to me that it was rude to say words that I used sometimes. Ironically, the eldest daughter of the family I lived with visited Canada two years after I returned to Canada and, after just a three-month visit, within five minutes of her return, and her using a few Canadian expletives, her parents said, 'Well it is certainly evident you vacationed in Canada." To this day, she still freely uses the vocabulary learned in Canada. All that said, we do not merely throw the various words around anywhere, anytime; but, we do use them when and where they are appropriate.
The endearing usage of 'dear' and 'love' was used extensively in Toronto, and, I think, other areas of Canada until it was suddenly labelled as patronising to women by people who didn't have the foggiest understanding of its usage. Sadly, it was another harmless and charming custom lost to political correctness. Men and women used it. At my age I still use it and have never been corrected because I use it in a friendly manner. If someone were to take offence, I would explain it was used in all innocence. If they persisted, I would just smile and tell them to lighten-up or, if they escalated their ire, to get knotted. Chimo
In Canada in grade school you would only ask the teacher to use the washroom, if you said can I use the toilet everyone would take the piss out of you.
"Can I use the toilet?" .. "I don't know! Can you!?". It's a classic.
well if they take the piss no more need for the toilet.... problem solved lol
I see what you did there
LOL!
Well unless you are in your mandatory French class; then you say “est-ce je peux aller aux toilettes?”
Luv is very common in NFLD and the maritimes. I think she needs to travel more in Canada. Now I am not sure what Canadians she is representing. We have a massive country with very diverse cultures. I really hopes she reads this and goes on a big adventure back home.
Friends or "buddies" typically banter with each other or in a relaxed working environment, sometimes families do banter, but yes we don't typically banter with strangers 5:34
1- a lot of people just ask where's the shitter
2- yes banter IS common , we take the piss from each other all the time at work and in the bands I play in , may be eastern Canada, but that place may as well be a different continent
3- calling someone love, dear , etc is not rude
what she is doing is generalizing to a certain small geographic area, Canada is so vast it would be impossible to generalize like that
She was so right about small town/rural people being friendly, though! When we moved to Vancouver Island, I had to teach my children to TALK TO STRANGERS! 😅
We banter, but not to the point of being hurtful. No matter how strange-looking someone is, for instance, that's off the table.
This little girl is off her rocker. She is certainly not speaking for the majority.
Why “this little girl”?
She’s a woman ffs.
100% true. Her list of rude items made no sense.
Really. I couldn’t listen to more than 2 minutes of her bs 😂🙄🤦♀
Just because someone does something different does not make it rude.
There is plenty of banter here in Canada. Especially among the boys.
Mert...take this kid with a grain of salt...all my friends and family "banter" even my grandparents when I was growing up...Oh btw I have lived in england.
Washroom is used more. Banter is very common in canada.
The point she didn't explain clearly enough was that banter is common with complete strangers in England. You wouldn't walk up to a bunch of guys at a bar or a stranger at a bus stop and start to shit talk them playfully without over exaggerating or being overly self depreciating to clearly illustrate your intent. In the UK, the default setting is you're just engaging in banter.
I feel like this girl knows nothing about Canada, banter is huge in Canadian culture
Especially during the playoffs.
Omg she said we dont banter with strangers and if we do banter its with friends alot of cases when strangers banter its while they are under the influance of something itoxicating and ends in a fist fight
As a Canadian,I REALLY don't care if you ask me where the toilet is!
She is very young, perhaps its a generational thing but most of what she says I don't agree with. I've never been offended by someone calling me love and its never been considered rude here.
I don't care if you call it washroom, toilet, loo, bog or restroom.
We banter with each other a lot among my friends/family.
She is definitely young. She has no idea where the words come from and thinks it has to do with being posh. Though used interchangeably today, they used to describe the utility of a room. A restroom was a washroom that included a lounge area to rest in. Haven’t seen those since childhood.
I don't consider any of these 'differences' as being rude. If someone doesn't recognize these terms/actions or doesn't use them, they are just 'diffferent'. They aren't 'rude'. Ha Ha, ,Mert, that was 'rude' interrupting her before she finished explaining the difference between the north and south of England. 😊😊
East Coast Canada here (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)... banter (taking a p*ss, ribbing, etc.), swearing, getting called "love/sweetie" is something we do to each other all the time. I think the smaller the town, the more we are like the UK in that regard. Most of these "RUDE" suggestion just don't apply the further east you get but more of a west of N.B. kind of thing. Right!? Back me up capers, lol.
I'd say west of Quebec. Contrary to popular belief, Quebecers' aren't that stuck up. Ontarians are, though.
This is so true. People from western Canada often experience culture shock when visiting the Maritimes and Newfoundland. The mindset is so different on the east coast...the British heritage is surprisingly strong.
@@fippodegyeoolies3629 only the TO and west areas
@@fippodegyeoolies3629 Yes, I'm sure you are absolutely right. Haven't spent more than a day or so in Quebec while passing through so my ignorance is showing a bit. Cheers my friend!
I was wondering if you also use the phrase chirping on the East Coast where you are and you also referred to it as taking the piss out of someone?
as a canadian i can confirm we use washroom or bathroom and our 'bathrooms' always have a bathtub/shower a sink and a toilet in them ... banter is a common thing in western canada ... places like alberta and saskatchewan -- at least in my circle of friends -- but in general we dont really do that with people we dont know as it can lead to a catching of hands if the other person doesnt know you -- i 'banter' with my friends all the time not so much strangers ... we do tend to acknowledge people just casually on the street -- sometimes with just a friendly nod or a polite 'hey hows it goin??'
I don't think this girl is really representative of most Canadian people. I can't imagine any of my family/friends thinking that using the word 'love' as offensive. Generally speaking - I do not agree with her.
The younger women that I work with get HIGHLY OFFENDED if a male customer calls them Love or Hun or something similar. They find it incredibly creepy and absolutely will not let it slide. While I personally see it as an overreaction, I wonder whether it’s the new generation’s version of the acceptance in the past of men slapping the ass of a waitress. Remember when that was a thing?
@@AprilAiteen Yes, it depends on the situation. Sadly, young pretty women get their boundaries crossed a LOT (daily) by creepy strange men, so it's no wonder this kind of familiarity would sit poorly with some people.
Like the British would say half what she mentioned is rubbish. Women in Newfoundland say ok my love in a drive thru etc. I hear men saying it too. Depends where you live in canada. Can or toilet is used also but depends where it's been said
She's making it seem like Canadians are "posh" and we're not. It's just the words we use.
Don't take it so personally. She never said anything about you not being posh, and that Canadians are. You're actually proving her point, that English people can be quite arrogant and snobby. You're offended because she's calling you out on it, and you don't like it! LOL
Im way confused over this video. Just because we speak different doesn't mean we think others are rude when they speak different. We may not call them toilets but I'm sure 99.9% of us wont think its rude if someone asks us where they are lol. I also seem to feel a lot of us are very tolerant of people with "accents" that call things different then the "norm". Same with calling each "luv" If you have a UK accent we totally understand the meaning behind it and don't think its rude at all! Bantering is normal in Canada for those who know each other ie coworkers/family. Hell my username was created due to the many of my UK friends always calling me Lass lol.
If anyone asked me where the toilet is, depending on where we were, I'd either say it's in the bathroom or in the washroom. I mean seriously, do they expect them to be in outhouses in the back, or somewhere out in public?
@@Shan_Dalamani annnnd now I see why the lady in the video said people might be rude about it. TY for clearing up my confusion
@@LassDream There are some things that are just common sense. If you want the washroom (because while I don't know exactly what you want to do there, I would hope you're going to wash your hands, no matter what), ask for it. Or look for the little door signs that are self-explanatory.
On the "Banter" one. In Canada it's more of a guy thing, ... I've had almost every woman I've dated for an extended period of time ask me "Why do you guy's DO that"?? lol. *: )*
Exactly! If girls are doing it, it's either a bullying situation or a fight.
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65 year old Canadian here. She would be surprised to hear me ask where is the `pisser or the `can`for the bathroom. Or a greeting like hows it hanging or how are ya, ya dirty dawg. All we do is banter but I do agree the UK lives and breathes for banter. Every culture speaks in local sayings together with movie culture sayings. Canada is no different.
I've walked into a Tim Hortons and asked "where's the shitter box at?". Of course, I'm also a Newfoundlander, so my general vernacular contains many colloquialisms.
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As a Canadian replying I would think you were vulgar to say any of those things.
My husband says he’s going to the can. I’m going to the washroom.
Not all of Canada finds "love" rude. In Newfoundland people who are strangers can be called "love", "me lover", "me ducky" or just "ducky".
You watched Letterkenny, we take the piss out of each other, not sure what she's on about. A quick vibe check that's common upon meeting a friendly stranger is to see if they can laugh at themselves. You better be able to take what you give type of thing.
I grew up in Newfoundland, and I can say that banter used to very much be a thing, and it was prolific. As a matter of fact, some of us also used to call it "taking the piss". It could be because Newfoundland shared close cultural ties with the UK for longer than the rest of Canada, being a dominion of and not joining Canada until 1949.
Also, from Newfoundland, we still regularly use terms of endearment with complete strangers. ie: m'love, m'lover, lover, m'dear, darlin', m'darlin' etc. It's probably why Newfoundlanders, in general, wonder why mainland Canadians are so uptight. We also, even today, will greet absolute strangers as you pass on the street with a "How she going?", "how are ya?", or the very popluar "What'r ya at b'y?"
As a canadian who speaks michiff and is learning Chinook, with much love, you're a Newfie.... so what the f___ are you talking about, Boomhauer???? You should all be mumble rappers.
On 'banter' i would call it more taking the piss like you said. Canadians as a whole are very self-deprecating in our humor, so id say its very much a thing here
Bathroom is for bathing and washroom is a toilet and a sink to "wash" your hands. I don't know what she's talking about but in Canada we take the time to say hello to pretty much all passersby.
That is dependent on the region you live. I grew up in Nova Scotia and there I would have agreed with you. I live in BC now and I most definitely would not say people here are friendly. You would never talk to a stranger unless they screamed tourist.
@@denisegreene8441 BC'er here. It's very context-dependent. If I am in a residential area walking on the sidewalk and another woman or older man (ie a "safe" person and not Johnny Meth-head/Rapist) passes me, and we are the only two people around, we will likely say "'morning" or give one of those stranger-acknowledgment-smiles. But not on a busy city-street - you would just be bothering busy people. As for BC people, I grew up in the 70s (in Vancouver) and I'd say people have actually gotten a little friendlier over time. I don't recall many people greeting strangers when I was a kid, but it is not uncommon now. Maybe it's all the incomers from other provinces, lol.
She obviously didn't live on the east coast. "Banter" is very common where I come from. Lol, very sarcastic, somewhat self deprecatation type of humour. In my circle of people anyway.
I'm on the east coast, too. That delicate little waif wouldn't survive here. Depending on whom I'm talking to, I just might ask where their $h!+ house is. Lol
Don't think she's from the west coast either...but...maybe she's just really young lol
Main problem is that this pleasant, trying-to-be-helpful young woman hasn’t lived much anywhere, at all. She seems quite young. Age will cure that.
Anyone who would use "banter" at me would not be my friend. There's a way to tease and have fun with friends without being rude and insulting.
I have a feeling it´s not so much that friends banter at ach other, but it´s the degree to which people go before the banter becomes "fighting words" that is different. Brits I know are willing to go further sooner.
She's clearly never talked to a native all we do is swear especially when we're telling stories
Replace love with dear is also common in Cape Breton.
I am not sure what part of Canada she is talking about but, here in S/W Ontario we do all the things she says are rude and no one gets offended...
Yes we banter in Manitoba with friends, family or co workers, but we are as a rule respectful and polite to strangers or others we don’t know well. With them we will talk about the weather or just say hi in passing.
Westerner here. She's young and doesn't know all of Canada. Toilet is completely and utterly acceptable. However, in most establishments, the direction to the toilet is clearly indicated by a sign so you don't even have to ask. See restaurants, hardware stores, hospitals, etc.... Very common to use 'toilet'. Canadians do rib each other. In fact, there's a thing called 'roasting', where people are ribbed in public at their retirement party.
None of what she said applies to french Canada, obviously. :)
I'm 65....it's washroom....this girl is a youngster
I'm older and I'm from Western Canada. I grew up and "washroom" was used for public bathrooms ie at school, at the mall, at a restaurant. "Bathrooms" were in private homes. Washroom was considered the "most polite" when I was in school.
This is certainly ONE perspective on our culture. Being young, provides a certain outlook on life, however, these particular perspectives lack life experience and large latitude on individual expression. It feels alot like navel gazing as the video progresses and she in NO way speaks for Canadians at large. I have picked up and adopted so very many expressions from my dear Scottish friends and Australian friends, that I no longer define my linguistic patterning as Canadian. So, take this perspective with a cows salt lick's worth of patience and just smile...it is after all just one persons perspective.
Given that I'm much older than she is, I'm surprised at how similar her experience of Ontario is to mine. I would have thought that there would be a greater generational difference, but I agree with everything she said.
@@RatKindlerI grew up in Ontario and am 45 and disagree with most of it. She sounds like a person from Ontario with a very narrow set of experiences. Washroom, restroom, toilet and bathroom. All acceptable. Calling a woman luv when done with genuine kindness and not lusciously is usually just fine (especially if the person is elderly or a female). Banter isn't as common as it is for Brits (I know quite a few), but it is still faily common - especially among close male friends, etc. Nah. All of it is poppycock.
In BC, we say washroom, restroom, or ladies or men’s room.
Pretty much the same everywhere, outside of Quebec..
To me restroom is American. Lived in BC my whole life.
She's got it a bit wrong. Most Canadians would understand/say - bathroom( usually in a private home - because there's usually a bath/shower), washroom( not "posh" at all - common - all public places, malls,airports,restaurants etc. would be labeled as such), and restroom( as from a rest stop on the road when travelling by car - designated as such at service stations/ restaurants on the highway and/or stand alone buildings). Canadians may use these interchangeably. Washroom is rarely if ever used in the USA, and is sometimes confused with the laundry room if asked by a Canadian. Toilet for us,just seems too blunt, like asking " where's the $h!++er"?
I'm Canadian and I've used luv unironically for stranger's
Totally agree with you that Canadians don’t do say these things as a rule. I just don’t see them as offensive. I love it when a stranger jokes with me, it is a great icebreaker.
Not sure I'm with her on the banter thing, but what she said about being friendly was so real (and obviously something we're known for globally). I live in the big city and even here I've had some really lovely friendly interactions with people. I helped a woman with bus directions and when we got off at the same stop, she helped me carry my bulging grocery bags part way. But in rural areas it's even moreso, if you drive past someone on the road you'll probably wave to them and they'll wave back, even if you've never seen each other before in your life.
I don't know about the rest of Canada,
but for Quebec ...
I think we go into banter mode more often than we go into serious mode.
We love to laugh, at others and at ourselves.
In Quebec, we have an impressive long list of swear words.
We love swear words so much that we use them as adjectives, adverbs, qualifiers, turned into verbs, several in the same sentence, positive, to laugh,
in short, we use them everywhere, even to express that we're angry !!!
While I'm pointing out our differences ...
We prefer to speak informally, familiarly with everyone, even strangers.
The formal form is used avec older people and in a professional context.
You swears make no sence in quebec my step mom is from there and she said that quebec swears make no sence and you take the lords name in vien more then it being an actual swear
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There are plenty reasons for us to use church terms for swearing words.
There's a long history between Quebeckers and the church which explains the reasons.
At a certain time, Quebecers blindly and without any question obeyed and complied with all the priest's orders and dictates ....
Plus a long series of other good causes for us to religious swearing
Those sacred terms were also transformed in nouns, adjectives, Verbs or adverbs, and are equally used to express extreme happiness as they are to show anger.
Which is all well and good!
This makes me aware of how large Canada is. I live in the interior of BC and most of the issues she raises are non starters here. Perhaps why we are open and friendly in the more rural areas is the further you get into the bush the more important it is to be able to exchange information going the other way. E.g. where a bear or cougar was recently seen. An aside: my wife and I were hiking in Wells Gray Provincial Park with our 2 dogs . We encountered some tourists from Europe who were absolutely terrified of our dogs. The next people we met coming down the trail were talking about a bear they had seen a couple of hundred meters up the trail . Here they were terrified of dogs and yet willing to take their chances with bears. “Unbelievable.”
Going to the washroom or hitting the can, it's the same. I worked with quite a few Scottish women, I got called hen, guys were mostly bloke, occasionally cock. I think guys banter more than girls and we can come up with some creative swear words in sentences too, especially when pissed. I watched a lot of British tv growing up, so I already knew a lot of the terminology, my favourite was I'll knock you up in the morning or the vacation spot hameldaeme , when anyone asked me what it meant, I just told them it was an island in Georgian Bay 😂 Canadian tv has a lot of the same humour incorporated.
Rest Room comes from a time when people would go there and rest a bit in part of the room, with the toilets and sinks in another part. You can see this in old movies. Harrods in London has a lovely 'restroom' area which offers seating and vanity tables apart from the toilets and sinks, and that seating at the vanity tables always have several brands of perfume and cologne on each table to sample. Right now in Canada we have The Hudson Bay flagship store in Toronto which has a lounge area where you can put your shopping bags down and your feet up and rest between spurts of consuming, with a open door at each end leading to the sinks and toilets.
Also, the lounge is useful if you are feeling a bit under the weather with your period.
It's true that older department stores had/have these areas (also the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver has one), but I don't think that is where the term came from. I think it's just a euphemism to politely distance ourselves from thinking about what toilets are for: urination and defecation.
In Canada we like to say ‘I gotta go to the can’ instead of wash room. Restroom to me means a Restaurant washroom.
Either she has trouble expressing herself, or Canadians really don't like her. I've never heard the word "rude" used so often in connection with Canadians.
Except for the winter, which is sometimes rude, there's not much else that's "rude" about Canada.
I disagree with the assessment of 'banter' - it is quite common in my home neighborhood. It builds one's resilience - in my opinion.
I wouldn't consider pretty much any of those examples as being rude. I guess if I said hello to someone I passed on the street and they didn't respond at all, but I wouldn't expect someone to say Hello first. If she considers being called "Love" weird for Canadians, I expect she hasn't met anyone from Newfoundland.
It is weird that we will be at a restaraunt and ask "Where is the bathroom?" when we know there isn't going to be a bath in there.
The thing that always jars me is the British propensity to freely tell each other to “shut up.” It was drilled in to me as a child to never say shut up to someone. It’s the epitome of rudeness. I love the use of the word “love” referring to a person, however, and use it here in Canada myself. Lots of differences, but they definitely enrich us culturally.
I've found that people are more friendly, the more extreme the weather is. People in the north of the northern hemisphere tend to be more friendly. I see the same for the people who live near the Equator. Perhaps the reason is that in those types of extremes, you need to be able to count on your neighbours.
It actually is. You depend on community actions when weathers does weird stuff that puts everyone in danger.
That would be Newfoundland…very friendly people.
I've heard that in some parts of Canada people habitually leave their house and car doors unlocked in case someone needs to escape a bear. Or possibly a moose.
@@wizardsuth That would famously be Churchill, Manitoba. The Polar Bear capital of the world.
That sounds plausible. I would say maybe less counting on your neighbours in some parts but rather just a common experience. Walking down the street bundled up for the -30 weather and you nod to the person as if to silently say "it's pretty cold out here, hey?" Like words aren't needed because you know what the other is thinking
Ontarien here. It has nothing to do with being posh. I say “washroom” because the room doesn’t have a bath. Restroom is a crossover from when public women’s washrooms also had a rest area with a couch. I came across them in upscale malls. They’re gone now to conserve space but the name remains.
The _Onion_ has an article titled, "Northerner terrifies Londoners by saying 'Hello'".
Lol
Probability, cultural references (unknown in another country) behind a phrase, a joke, a banter, an expression that makes the person not react as expected. Canadians are not rude by nature; on the contrary, they are smiling and curious. With very few exceptions.
It's not because of a lovely English accent that responses back. are not rude.
On the contrary, Canadians respect and understand diversity and cultural differences, especially those of foreigners.
A lot of times in Canada we have a bathroom in most homes (bath and toilet in the same room) but also in a lot of bigger homes we have a bathroom and a "half bath" which is just a small room with a toilet and a sink 2:03
I have also heard a half bath called a 'wash closet'. They are super convenient to have on the main floor for guests.
I've heard the "half bath" called a "powder room" as well (a very old euphemism I think!)
"Half bath" is always right next to the entrance. So, I assume it is just for the guests.
@@nithinkhydrose4899 It actually comes in clutch if you only have one full bath and it's currently occupied when the 'need for speed' hits you.
Called a powder room
I’ve never heard a Canadian use the word posh.
That's cuz she now thinks she is English
Ever since my daughter married a Yorkshire man that she brought back from a trip after high school. We have learned lots of new words like taking the piss, you’re a tosser and many others. Watching him banter with his brother is Olympic level with the two of them. They resort to their Yorkshire dialect. My two grandsons do it too.
A lot of homes in the UK were built with the 'water closet' separate from the bathroom. Many were so separate as to be outside, perhaps even built detached from the house or tenement, and the bathroom was often in front of a coal or log fire or kitchen stove, when the tin bath was brought in from where it usually hung on a nail, on the back wall of the house.
Mind, it was the same in many countries.
Even when homes were built with both a toilet and bathroom they were usually separate rooms.
We (Canadians) wash our hands and face in a washroom, after we use the toilet. When you're visiting someone's home and we need to use the facilities, we'll often ask where to find the bathroom, since there is most likely a bathtub within the same room as the toilet. Restrooms are for tourists and truckers.
Simply put, we wash up in a washroom, we bathe in the bathroom and a restroom is usually found at truck stops...
Canadian here and don't fully agree with her.
Yes, we don't tend to banter as much anymore because of people becoming rather sensitive. I definitely banter a ton with people I know and those who seem to have a sense of humour. I just don't trust myself to not hit a nerve with a stranger. Especially since I live in a very diverse place.
Her bathroom rant though was just odd. It is fine to ask for the toilets, restroom, bathroom, washroom and lou. We know what all those are.
We do swear less because of our politeness, but we make up for it in passive aggressive. Excessive swearing also make you sound unintelligent and aggressive to us.
We do tend to respond poorly to endearments, but that is because it can seem overly familiar and a little creepy coming from strangers. That being said, it does depend how it is said and the intention behind it.
It is not 'rude' to keep to yourself, but returning a smile and a wave is welcome and considered friendly. You can easily excuse yourself by saying you are busy or you need to get to a meeting/home.
You almost never hear rest room in western Canada even though it may be written on the wall that way. It’s also fairly common to literally say you have to use the toilet. In fact we often tell someone that we have to take a piss.
If she is a little upset about the use of luv, well she would'nt do very well here in Newfoundland!!!!
Restrooms come from the old days when the lady's room had a nursing section in the same area as the washrooms. The men's some time had a sitting area/smoking area for private conversations. The men's rest areas where alot more rare than the women's nursing area.
Thanks - I have a vague memory from when I was a kid, of being in an old hotel or old big-city railway station, and glancing through the doorway of a 'ladies' washroom, and being surprised to glimpse a big leather couch, and maybe another door inside; it was clearly a separate room that adjoined the, um, washroom/bathroom/toilet. I've always assumed that the term 'restroom' originated in this kind of a set-up.
@@hilariousname6826 Yep thats why. but its like early 20th i think was the last time they used them; but I could be wrong on that. I do remember in the Gents they had the washroom attendants. Always felt weird doing my thing, than washing my hands and someone handing me a warm towel and a mint. Never sure of how much to tip the man in the John. Also never sure on how much to tip the shoe shine kid
@@hilariousname6826 Ah, the mysterious "ladies´lounge".
@@raquellofstedt9713 You got it - in fact, everything about ladies was mysterious ... !
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I agree with her that most people don't say toilet in English when referring to the room, maybe because it seems too direct or explicit. Bathroom, washroom, restroom are common. Some others, too, depending on the area. I always thought restroom came from reststop.
It's not common where I live to use endearments like luv or hon for everyone but you hear it sometimes, generally from women. But it's quite common in some other parts of the country. I doubt most people get offended by it.
I feel the same way about the other stuff she mentioned. It might not be everywhere but it's common in certain areas or certain groups. I don't think most Canadians from an English background would get offended by most of this and it would seem perfectly normal to many. Maybe she hasn't been exposed to other areas of Canada outside of where she grew up.
Bathrooms in the home, washrooms in general public like schools and shopping centre's while restrooms in higher-end "more posh" restaurants
If a person comes up to me for directions to the toilet, I know they are from England because I was born in England ..it’s not “rude” and it just doesn’t matter..🇨🇦🇬🇧
She is of the generation that seeks to be offended in everything. I don't find any words she used as examples, bad or offensive. I travel the world for work and find it comforting if a clerk or waitress uses the word "sweetie" or "love". It is like an acknowledgment of common respect.
Washroom is used in Canada, bathroom in the USA.
Putting Canada in generalities is almost impossible, our country is about 7800 kms wide. I've lived in the west and east and in my travels met many Maritimers and all regions have their own quirks and sayings. Banter is a way of life in Southern Ontario so that doesn't apply where I live.. It is rare to hear somebody ask to use the toilet but it's not like it will get you ostracized. My mother immigrated from England so hearing "luv" was a regular thing. We swear like sailors but I have noticed one thing and that is you guys use the "C-Word" for commas after a few beers and that'll get you slapped in any Canadian bar. Cheers!
OK I'll tell you that you are wrong. Sort of. "Washroom" is what a sign will say in a public place in Canada directing you to the toilets. It is the American equivalent to "restroom" in the U.S. If you say "washroom" in the US, they will immediately direct you to a place that has a washer and dryer. We Canadians say "Washroom" in public and they are listed as such.
I'm bilingual but of French Canadian origin so that might be the reason for the difference but we may ask for the toilet among other things to refer to the toilet. I do banter with friends but I'm not a super outgoing person so I may not do that much out in a packed place and definitely not at or with people I do not or barely know. We swear a lot, just not in public.
Most people in Canada say washroom and the use of restroom is considered posh
In the UK if we're being polite we'd say toilet, if not we'd say bog.
I do feel posh when I go to the restroom, especially if they have 3 ply asswipe. 😁
washroom is not posh/fancy, that is how we in the west call the toilets, because it also has the sinks. Some people like to wash up before they eat, so we call it the washroom. bathrooms is where a toilet and a tub/shower is (which is why they are called bathrooms)
Same here in Ontario. She’s young but old enough by now to be called ignorant. I mean, she has the internet at her fingertips but couldn’t be bothered to look up the origin of washroom, bathroom, and restroom before putting up such a myopic video speaking for Canada? Though the names are self evident, I don’t fault people who can’t riddle the meanings, only the ones who can’t be bothered to use a dictionary and proceed to talk out of their a$$ when explaining these things to foreigners.
🤣🤣Canadian here, my buddie's and I banter all the time....best of times.
I'm Canadian, we banter...😊 with friends, not strangers
other than the not acknowledging of someone while walking past I don't think she got this right
The toilet thing is not "too much" but perfectly acceptable - most of Europe says it and it's because unlike in N.A. toilets are often not where the rest of the facilities are. I wouldn't expect this child would know that but yet she acknowledged it and still said it would be met with 'yuck'.. Not sure why she called her video 'British' when she was only talking about England.
This younger generation is incredibly sensitive.
I think she's from an upper class area of Canada. I live in western Canada and the swearing, bantering and blunt speech is mainstream lol.
What a delicate, sheltered, little flower, getting offended over stupid stuff like people calling her, "Love" and asking for the toilet. 59 year old Canadian, believe me I've heard and said worse. Haha
Think you misunderstood something. She wasn't offended. She merely described differences in cultural etiquette.
I think you're confused.
Right? GGiven her list of grievances, I wonder if she actually knows what the word "rude" means.
Not sure where this young lady is getting her info, we definitely take the piss out of each other and we banter too!
In Quebec,
to refer to
"a place where we go pee"
we mostly use the expression:
☆ "Je vais aux toilettes "
- I'm going to the toilet.
or
☆ "Je vais à salle de bain"
- I'm going to the Bathroom
《even if there's no bath in the room 😉》.
☆ We do not say the french translation of "washroom",
"restroom"
We may also say:
☆ "je m'en vais au petit coin"
Literally translated as:
- I'm going to the little corner.
Or, bluntly, we can say: ☆ "J'm'en vas pisser"
- I'm going to take a leak.
Sometimes,
depending on where we are,
At the Chalet,
for example
We may say:
☆ "J'm'en vas au bécosse"
- I'm going to the back house.
Even if they are not.
Only to speak in old-fashioned language.🙃
*à la bécosse or aux bécosses, not au bécosse. I am offended that you misgendered the outhouse.
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Hooo !!!!
Thanks, I wouldn't want them to be offended. 😆
However, if I'd not contracted my phrase, as we do too much in Quebec, I'd have written: Je m'en vais à la bécosse 😁
Of course that's an anglicism, from Back house.
More seriously, You use "out house", is this the most common name for this place ???
@@magalipeloquin881 outhouse ou bein shitter. Haha. Nous on appelle ça la klaazet ou la tollett en michiff. Seule temps que j'aurais entendu "bécosse" c'est quand les soeurs (enseignantes) disaient "Pas de fosse dans la bécosse"
@@mitchchartrand
Haaa !!! Yours expression "Being Shitter" has reminded to me that we can also say in Quebec Slang: "aller aux chiottes" hahaha
- Ce que l'on peut être vulgaire 😂
The "klaazet" is probably an anglicism from "water closet".
But the expression used by the nuns is surprisingly weird 🤣
Parceque si la bécosse n'a pas de fosse, jamais je ne l'utiliserai ...
Arkk 😵😆😂
Michiff, which region are you from ??
@@magalipeloquin881 le michiff c'est la langue de mon peuple, les Métis. Pense à le plus joaul, ajoute des noms communs Cri ou Ojibwe et avec un accent de quelqu'un très rural qui est soûlé bein raide. Nous sommes retrouvé surtout au Manitoba, mais aussi en Saskatchewan, Alberta, nord-ouest de l'Ontario, et aussi au Dakota du Nord et du Sud, et le Minnesota. Voici un extrait d'un placard au centre d'accueil de mon village de Saint-Laurent (Manitoba, pas à Montréal):
St. Laurent Métis Heritage Festival is a celebration of Métis history culture and way of life held during the August long weekend.
Les jours Métis est le festival communautaire le plus important et le plus populaire de Saint-Laurent. Il a lieu tous les ans durant la longue fin de semaine du mois d'août et offre de nombreuses activités culturelles.
ST. LAURENT METIS DAYS, SI T'AYN SILIBRASYON DI LI MICHIF, PI LA KULCHUR, IPI LA VI DI MICHIF. ON SILEB METIS DAYS, LE LONG WEEKEND D'O.