Canajan, eh?

Happy Canada Day all, y'all.

nice to see some Canadians here *waves*

I'm from Vancouver myself

PeterD said:

For those writing in the "real world" do you guys write "Canadian fiction" or do you base your stories in other areas? US? UK?

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I don't set much in the real world 'cept WWI, but when I do, it's always in Canada.

Transplanted Canadian here. I moved to Australia 22 years ago, but held onto my Canadian citizenship (and the rest of my family is still in Canada).

I still don't get why people make a big thing of how we say about. It sounds perfectly normal to me.

As for where I set my stories... I did set one story in St Catharines, but generally it depends on what the story calls for.

Obviously, they're embarassed because they all *mis*pronounce "about", and are trying to hide their shame by making fun of those of us who do it correctly.

As for settings . . . I'm primarily a fantasy writer, so I don't usually do real-world settings, and when I do, they're pretty vague (no unambiguous names of real cities, towns, or provinces/states) and could be just about anywhere in North America. I think, anyway.

I tend to write fantasy as well, but I'm going to be writing a ghost/horror story shortly, and I'm still debating if I want it to take place in Canada or Every Day America.

From small town eastern Ontario, with sojourns in small town New Brunswick. Currently in the process of trying to decide what small town to set down in next. Or Boston. My cousin thinks I should move to Boston.

Another Canadian here -- live in Toronto now, but grew up in New Brunswick and spent several years in Nova Scotia as well. Hoping to go back to the Maritimes at some point, but we'll see where life takes me.

Hiya fellow Canajuns!Newbie here, reporting for duty!

Hiya, Mark! What part of the country are you in?

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Weirdly enough, we're having roast beef today instead of turkey.

Yes, Happy Thanksgiving!

Turkey dinner tonight with lots of stuffing.
And pumpkin pie. I love pumpkin pie.

I'm Canadian too, born in Vancouver, raised in Ottawa, then spend some time in Toronto and my family is originally from the East Coast.

Have to say though, I don't set my stories in Canada specifically, preferring to keep the locations a bit generic.

I'm not Canadian-born but Canada has been my home since I was 9 years old. I can't imagine calling anywhere else home.

I have lived in Edmonton, AB most of my life, but I was born in Toronto, ON. I am currently looking at moving to Kelowna, BC.

Juts saying Hi to all the new folks, and welcome to AW and the International District!

One more Canadian noob here I'm in Montreal. Not to toot my own horn but Lonely Planet has just named it the 8th best city to visit in 2013.

Hi guys!

I'm actually an American living in Canada. Came up here to wed Canadian fella 12 years ago and love it. We're in the GTA in Ontario. My husband adores Montreal Michel! I've still not been, but he promises to take me sometime soon.

theDolphin said:

Hi guys!

I'm actually an American living in Canada. Came up here to wed Canadian fella 12 years ago and love it. We're in the GTA in Ontario. My husband adores Montreal Michel! I've still not been, but he promises to take me sometime soon.

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Hey Dolph, me too. (American, married to a Canadian for 12 years). He moved to the states to marry me, but we're back!

We're in E'Town.

Hip-Hop-a-potamus said:

Hey Dolph, me too. (American, married to a Canadian for 12 years). He moved to the states to marry me, but we're back!

We're in E'Town.

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How fun!! So we're actually pretty close, too. That's pretty cool.

My husband's a big genealogy buff as well. Working on a non-fiction book about early Canadian immigrants, as a matter of fact! Sounds like we may have a few things in common!

Thanks for saying hi!

theDolphin said:

How fun!! So we're actually pretty close, too. That's pretty cool.

My husband's a big genealogy buff as well. Working on a non-fiction book about early Canadian immigrants, as a matter of fact! Sounds like we may have a few things in common!

Thanks for saying hi!

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Oops....sorry E'Town for me being Edmonton. Not QUITE that close. What's E'Town there so I don't confuzzle any more Ontarians?

Ha! You know, I probably should've known that. I think I was thinking of Etobicoke for some reason, which is right outside Toronto, but honestly I think I should've known that. So don't worry, you're only confusing a transplanted American. haha.

theDolphin said:

Ha! You know, I probably should've known that. I think I was thinking of Etobicoke for some reason, which is right outside Toronto, but honestly I think I should've known that. So don't worry, you're only confusing a transplanted American. haha.

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Duh! We even have friends in Etobicoke. I shoulda known that.

Hey! Yay Canadians! There's a few of us now aren't there!
Currently in Streetsville, born in Brampton, lived in the GTA most of my life although was in Kingston for two dreadful years with the ex. *shudders*

JDMorgan said:

was in Kingston for two dreadful years with the ex.

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The Pen?

I never said "eh" until I moved to Alberta from Quebec 33 years ago, within 3 years I was saying "eh" regularly.

Then 11 years ago I moved to Honolulu Hawaii and within 2 years I was pronouncing the last letter of the alphabet as "zee" and not correctly as "zed".

So I like to tell people that I went from "eh" to "zee"!



Bill