CANADIAN - AMERICAN DICTIONARY
(some serious, some funny)

Serious Items

Spelling

Issue

Canadian

American

O - U - R spelling Colour
Favour
Behaviour
 Color
Favor
Behavior
Center and Centre Center of a Circle

Shopping Centre

 Center of a Circle

Shopping Center

A Eh A
Round Things Police eat     Doughnut Donut
Ron's favorite beverage    Draught Beer Draft Beer
To pay Ron a bribe you write a  cheque check
     
     

Pronunciation

Issue

Canadian

American

Ctrl - Z  Control - Zed Control - Zee
Order of Operations BEDMAS 
(Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction)		 PEMDAS
(Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally)
About Out and About Aboot
People from 
C - Eh -N - Eh - D - Eh		 Can-Eh-Dians Cana - Dee - ans
     
     

Not So Serious Items

Other

Issue

Canadian

American

Money Colourful
no one dollar bills		 Bland - All looks the same
no loonies or toonies
Silent / Invisible letters Invisible 'R' as in YOU
(like the Silent K in Know)		 YOUR
War of 1812 Canada won the war of 1812 America won the war of 1812
Chocolate Bars Coffee Crisp
Aero		 Whatever Ron smuggles across the border
Favorite Fruit B Eh N Eh N Eh French Fries
Favorite Sport Playing Hockey Watching Football
Guns Guns and bullets are allowed, but the bullets can not be loaded the gun. Guns and bullets are allowed
Marijuana (no longer illegal in Canada) Canadian Ex-Prime Minister Kim Campbell did not exhale American Ex-President Bill Clinton did not inhale
Cuba Canadians can visit Cuba anytime Americans can visit Cuba if they pretend they are Canadians and leave from Canada
Military What army? Three men sharing one slingshot? Strongest, best equipped in the world
Football
  • 12 players
  • 3 downs
  • 110 by 55 yard field
  • 25 yard end zones
  • 24 second play clock
  • single point for touchback
  • Goal posts are on goal line  
  • 11 players
  • 4 downs
  • 100 by 50 yard field
  • 10 yard end zones
  • 45 second play clock
  • no point for touchback
  • goal posts at back of end zone
National Anthem Oh Canada Star Spangled Banner
Unofficial Anthems 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

Theme to 'Hockey Night in Canada"

 God Bless America

Battle Hymn of the Republic

     
     
     

Did You Know:

McLean Stevenson died February 15, 1996.  Roger Bowen died February 16, 1996. Who were they? They both played Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake on MASH.   Stevenson ( born 14 November 1929) in the series and Bowen (born May 25, 1932) in the movie. McLean was also the cousin of Adlai Stevenson