A Canadian in America
// September 11th, 2009 // 18 Comments » // Academic, Work/Volunteer
I’ve been at Cornell for about three weeks now - it’s exhilarating! Okay yes, the honeymoon period is slowly draining out of my system but I still find something new to love in Ithaca every day.
Now as a Canadian I expected very few differences north and and south of the border. But I’ve been noticing a lot of small amusing things!
- Y’all say “bathroom” instead of “washroom”! I’ve gotten so many weird looks when I say I have to go to the washroom. I mean, you wash your hands in the washroom, but you don’t bath there!!
- People are highly amused when I say “eh”. I’ve been saying it a lot more now that I’m here just to emphasize my Canadiana
- Labor! Color! Neighbor! Favor! Note to self: take out u’s
- Fahrenheit still makes no sense, but I think I’m slowly getting it
- I still have no idea where Long Island is, even though 50% of my faculty seems to be from there (okay now I do because I just Googled it)
- People laugh at me for my US geographical-challenged-ness
- No one knows what IB is
Some classes are fascinating, some are good but not too relevant. I found a job already - as an administrative assistant in a VP office. Joined a bizallion student organizations as well, need to whittle that down. My suite in my dorm is really chill. Life is good.
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