Peter T. remarked, "Oh, ho hum. Americans don't know much about Canada."

Sorry, Peter, many of us "Americans" don't know much about the USA either. One of our local magazines gets great mileage about the various verbal gaffes some of make from time to time.

We hear stories about asking postal folks how much extra postage is needed to send a letter to Alasks OR Green Bay, Wis. Others of us get very disturbed that people in Mexico or Central America don't readily speak English, after all they are only an hour by air from New York!

Those of us from the more rural areas find great humor in the odd things city folks say in all seriousness.

NY Twit: Does this road go through to Jacksonville? ( a perfectly normal request if it wasn't said with such a haughty manner)

Local resident: It always has.

Second Local Resident: Did you tell her about the bridge being out/the big rock in the center of the road about 100 yerds down the road?

Local Resident: Nope, She didn't ask me about that.

   Hellacious clang from down the road.

Local Resident: Guess I better get the tractor out, she hit the rock/bridge dead center with her oil pan.

NY Twit: Why didn't you tell me about this rock/bridge?

Local Resident: You didn't ask me about that.

Having said all this, most all of the Canadians I have met here or in Canada seem to be really nice folks who are unfailingly polite, no matter how stupid I seem to get from time to time. They also seem to be much better educated too.

Dave