Why No Canucks on the TOS Bridge?
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Because Star Trek represents a bright and optimistic future!
Like the one facing the United States, which is on the verge of a bigger economic meltdown than the recent "too big to fail"/politicians owe them their offices via campaign contributions?"
BTW, I say this as a person born, bred and still living in the United States. i know you were joking, but I'm not.
Any one on that ship could have been Canadian. Or gay, lesbian, democrat, asshole... Unless critical to the story, it doesn't matter to me if it was stated or not. I'm okay with just assuming they were on the ship.
Ya, that's not going to happen in the near future. Alberta may be interested as a passing fancy, but it's just knee jerk rhetoric in response to any government interest in their oil. And Quebec will never leave Canada (we pour a disproportionately rediculous amount of money into that province), and even if they did, they wouldn't leave us for the US or any other country.
I've never heard anyone actually speak like that outside of Strange Brew (unless joking around of course)... And I've lived in Ontario, the Yukon, and Nova Scotia...
Ya, that's not going to happen in the near future. Alberta may be interested as a passing fancy, but it's just knee jerk rhetoric in response to any government interest in their oil. And Quebec will never leave Canada (we pour a disproportionately rediculous amount of money into that province), and even if they did, they wouldn't leave us for the US or any other country.
I've never heard anyone actually speak like that outside of Strange Brew (unless joking around of course)... And I've lived in Ontario, the Yukon, and Nova Scotia...
John Byrne once commented that it was pretty sad that Canada had to get its national identity from Bob & Doug McKensie.
As for DeSalle, he pretty clearly stated that his ancestry was French, not French Canadian.
As for DeSalle, he pretty clearly stated that his ancestry was French, not French Canadian.
I've imagined the American Pacific Northwest and Canadian British Columbia both breaking away to form their own country. We seem to have more in common with each other, than with our respective distant current capitals.
We need to have this character on the show.
I've imagined the American Pacific Northwest and Canadian British Columbia both breaking away to form their own country. We seem to have more in common with each other, than with our respective distant current capitals.
We need to have this character on the show.
Intersting choice of words. Breaking away... I foresee that as well. Unfortunately they'll have to call themselves Atlantis after they slip into the sea...
A gay lesbian democrat asshole. Hmmm... Sounds like the perfect job for *insert clever name here*!
There was one ENT episode where Archer suggests that Hoshi take a vacation in Canada after her experiences with the Xindi...
If memory serves me Canada was mentioned in Tribbles. In TNG on crew member had the mistaken belief that Riker was from Canada and in DS9 was not did not Marqus spy (name escapes me I am so ashamed) say he had a "lucky loonie". For those who do not know a "loonie" as a one dollar Canadian coin. I can't recall any oother Canadian references, help me out.
The "Tribbles" reference was "the root grain, tricale, can trace its ancestry all the way back to twentieth century Canada," with no mention if there was a 23rd Century Canada.
And Chuck, don't forget Chuck, he was Canadian too!!
I remember saying "eh" to a Canadian online once and they flew into a rage at me as "no one says 'eh' here!!", odd that, cos the first thing I heard someone say [in Canada] was "oh you're Irish eh"
Conversely us Irish never say "top o the morning"
Or begorrah
We need to have this character on the show.
Ah, but would they be a Canadian?
Canada's a big country. Folks in Montreal sound like folks in Wisconsin, while get out in the rural areas, and you'll find more than a few folks that sound just like the lumberjacks in old Warner Brothers cartoons.
In all fairness, though, Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas made up the "hoser" bit.
In all fairness, though, Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas made up the "hoser" bit.
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