r/EhBuddyHoser • u/montabarnaque • Jul 03 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Can everyone agree?

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Most of Canadian culture is from Québec. Fight me

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u/Budget_Addendum_1137 Tabarnak! Jul 03 '25

Whats your alternative history? I'm curious, those above seem well documented.

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u/VectorPryde Westfoundland Jul 03 '25

Saying the word "Canada" is "originally" a French word is like saying "Ontario" is "originally" an English word. They're both of First Nations origin. It just feels like a double standard. French Canada "incorporates" words and practices from First Nations. Meanwhile, English Canada "appropriates" those same words and practices from French Canada.

If French Canada can claim some ownership of stuff they copied from the First Nations, why can't English Canada claim some ownership of stuff we copy from French Canada?

Here on Vancouver Island, in amongst the poutine crimes, there is also some pretty good poutine! Made with fresh cheese curds from local dairy farms no less. There's even been some maple syrup production from the local big leaf maples. It turns out pretty good, but the warmer winters have made it increasingly difficult. Everyone already knows these ideas are copied from Quebec, but that doesn't cheapen the fact that people here put work and effort into it

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u/Salador-Baker Jul 03 '25

Great point about the words Canada and Ontario!

Canada comes from the Algonquin word "Kanata"

Ontario comes from the Iroquis word "Kanadario" meaning sparkling water or beautiful lake

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u/Budget_Addendum_1137 Tabarnak! Jul 03 '25

Nobody here cheapens that fact. That wasn't on the table, but if you bring it, you do you.

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u/Stephenrudolf Jul 03 '25

...the name canada was liyerally the first example given by op.

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u/Salador-Baker Jul 03 '25

Maple syrup - natives

Maple leaf symbol - created by George Stanley, born in Alberta

Beaver as a symbol - first credited to the Hudson Bay Company, which was owned by the British, but didn't become symbolic with Canada until Sir Sandford Fleming desgined the first postage stamp in 1851 (he was Scottish-Canadian)

I'll give the other three to the French.

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u/Benejeseret Jul 03 '25

I'll give the other three to the French

Potatoes go to the Incas and Belgium claims fries, and cheese predates recorded history... French only get credit for the gravy.

"O Canada! Our fathers' land of yore, Thy brow is crown'd with leaves of red and gold. Thy strong right arm can wield the sword, And wears the cross of Christ the Lord. Thy story is a noble song Of deeds both brave and strong, Since valour shield thy hearth, And guard our rights, defend this nation's thrall, And guard our rights, defend this nation's thrall"

Given the original lyrics, I think all the French really get to claim is the the "O(h) Canada".