Pre-Meta Post, and a call to my Canadian Flisters!

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First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY xdigital_kittyx! I hope you've had a great day! :D

In other news, I think it rained blueberries when I wasn't looking. Seriously.
When I left work today there were blueish/purple spots all over the ground and on people's cars. And some of them had what looked like the skin bit of the berry. I have no idea WTF happened :-/

In other, other news, I've been talking a lot lately with paradise_city. We seem to spend a lot of time having... "deep" meta conversations (so what if some of them involve how hot Colby is...).
One of the things that we were talking about was some of the wank that has gone on in fandom, like the race wank from earlier this year, or the more recent thing about yuletide being anti-semitic, and how a lot of this could be avoided if people took the time to explain what bothers them in fandom to other people. My most common complaint is how fandom represents Canadians (which is funny, since they don't much :P). In the interest of not being all talk and no walk, I've been thinking about making a post about it. Post about what it means to me to be Canadian, and how we're unique. Talk about how I see Canadians represented in fandom, and fanfic, and how people get us right/wrong.

Saying all that though, I mostly just whine about it because it's something I can relate to and not because I have rage issues against fandom associated with it, so in the interest of not being boring, I'd like to ask the people on my flist for help.

So, what kind of representations of Canadians have you seen that strike you as off, or make you angry or roll your eyes? And particular trends, stereotypes?

Hell, even if you're not Canadian, feel free to add your input. Things that you used to think, but now know to be untrue (what do you know, it's *not* always winter up here), or things you still think to be true (and they might be!)
If you have any questions about Canada that you've wanted answered but didn't know how to ask, fire away. I promise not to be offended!

I think it'd be especially interesting to hear from people who are in the due South fandom, since that show was stereotypes personified.

I'll start off by screening comments, in case anyone is shy but will probably unscreen them as I go, depending on the content.

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remember in McKay and Mrs. Miller, Sam mentions how cute Rodney and Jeannie sound.
Know what got me most about that scene? Amanada Tapping is Canadian.
Actually, in season 1 the only non Canadian in the main cast was Joe (Jason now too).
I find it telling that people generally only comment on how Rodney sounds Canadain. I can understan why no one would comment on Teyla, Carson or Zelnka since they have different accents, but I've never heard anyone comment on Weir, Ford, or Lorne's accent. Even more so out side of SGA, since there are a ton of famous actors out there who are Canadian.
I think it comes down more to a vocabulary thing, and, if there is an accent, and I've been told repeatedly that there is, it's something you have to really listen for in order to hear.

I've seen you talk about paradise_city before and I think I'll go bug her to friend me sometime.
Oh she's super nice, I'm sure she would love to have you on her flist. She took part in the SGA friending meme where we met, you could try tracking her down there to ask.

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Oh no, I've noticed Torri's accent too. I've seen some snark about it too, and how people wish she's make an attempt at hiding it since she's supposed to be playing an American. To tell you the truth, I've never noticed an accent on Teyla or Ford or Lorne.

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Oh no, I've noticed Torri's accent too. I've seen some snark about it too, and how people wish she's make an attempt at hiding it since she's supposed to be playing an American
Hmm, I'm glad I never ran across that. I seem to get irrationally annoyed when it comes to the whole Canadian accent thing. I think it just frustrates me that I can't hear it. I really need to get over it though :P

To tell you the truth, I've never noticed an accent on Teyla or Ford or Lorne.
Well I wouldn't really expect anyone to hear it on Teyla (or Carson or Zelenka) since, on the show, she speaks with a different accent. It would be hard to pick up since she speaks so precisely.

Lorne hasn't spoken that much period, but Ford has.

Random story, I actually met Rainbow once. Before he was on Atlantis, my high school music class went on a field trip to Much Music and we met up with him for a little bit, and he acted all long suffering, because everyone wanted to meet a different VJ and didn't really care about meeting him. :P Now I kind of wish I had gotten a pic with him or something, but too late now. *shrugs*