A Texan in Ontario

February 22

I’ve been giggling ever since I heard this story.

One of our local radio talk shows was commenting and taking phone calls about NBC’s recent enormous error in confusing Michael J. Fox for Terry Fox, one of Canada’s legends remembered yearly with The Terry Fox Run.

The theme to the whole conversation was easy to find: do the Americans really know so little about Canada?

And then a Texan got on the phone and confirmed all our worst fears.

He married a Canadian – like me – and moved to the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario – like me – and thought Canadians lived in igloos before his move – I wasn’t that bad, was I? – but was pleasantly surprised to find that they had an actual house upon arriving, that Canada was advanced enough to boast a Burger King and McDonalds and that the country had actual cities.

See, he knew way back in ’88 that Canada had one city and it was called Calgary. Now, he joked, the Americans must surely surmise that Canada is growing as it seems to have sprouted yet another city, for a grand total of two, called Vancouver.

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2 Comments for “A Texan in Ontario”:

  1. February 24th, 2010 AJ says:

    say it aint so! definately a /facepalm moment.

  2. February 24th, 2010 Kalanna says:

    it so *was* so. and ridiculous, but funny! i mean come on, canada’s got a new city hosting the olympics. riiiiiiiiight. lol

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