What do you think is the biggest misconception about where y

People presume I live in an igloo and am essentially American.

Neither is true.

Canadians are not Americans.
Despite living in the 'extreme north', I have never even seen an igloo.

Well, technically you live in North America, so you are American.

PSSSSHHHT. Technicalities... Why on earth did you have to be the United States of America! Way to make the entire continent yours anyway. :P

Because it's the United States of the continent of America (implies geographic LOCATION OF these United States, not POSSESSION of the continent BY these United States).

I live in Colchester Essex and thanks to stereotyping everybody thinks women are blonde bimbos in white stiletto heels called Chantalle and have boyfriends called Gaz or Jez or Baz who drive flash cabriolets with R&B music pumping from the stereo.

That might be the typical image of a certain faction who live in the south of the county in Basildon, Romford or Billaricay and appear on a pseudo-reality show called The Only Way Is Essex (for the US contingent think Jersey Shores with London accents).

North Essex is a lot more rural and Colchester's got quite a mix of folks from all over the UK, such as myself - originally from Scotland.

And of course because I come from the West Coast of Scotland... I obviously eat deep-fried Mars bars!

People think saying 'eh' to me every second word is the best joke ever, and you wouldn't believe how many people have asked if I have ever built an igloo, or how I can stand living in a place where it snows all year.
Born and raised in vancouver, we do not talk like that and we get very little snow, lol.

I'm from York (in England) and because its in Yorkshire people seem to think that we all wear flat caps and say "eeee by gum" and all live on farms and drive tractors. Either that, or people think you are really really common and live in a hovel... York is one of the poshest places to live in the country!

The other annoying thing about York is that because its such a tourist hotspot any time you say when you're from York people say "ooooh York! I went to visit York in..." and then go on to tell me a really cliche boring story about what they did in York that I have heard a million times before and, to be frank, really dont care about!

And if you speak to anybody from the US, they say "oh, New York!" ...Er no... just regular York...

I am going to whip out another cliche -- DOWNTOWN ABBEY RULES!!

Well being from Canada, everyone thinks we're super polite and that we say "eh" a lot. The sad thing is that it's kind of true. I've literally caught myself apologizing to inanimate objects that I've walked into on multiple occasions.

Oh my goodness, I say sorry so much! Sometimes instead of 'hello', a 'sorry' will pop out, for no reason at all!

People presume I live in an igloo and am essentially American.

Neither is true.

Canadians are not Americans.
Despite living in the 'extreme north', I have never even seen an igloo.

Well, technically you live in North America, so you are American.

PSSSSHHHT. Technicalities... Why on earth did you have to be the United States of America! Way to make the entire continent yours anyway. :P

Because it's the United States of the continent of America (implies geographic LOCATION OF these United States, not POSSESSION of the continent BY these United States).

Oh, I know... but no one calls it the United States... people call your country; America... which then leads to your people being called Americans which then leads to confusion when people try to insist that Canadians are just Americans. Well, if you mean North Americans yes... if you mean members of the United States of America... no.

PS: When I talk about 'people' saying Canadians are just Americans (as in the United States of America, Americans... in case there is still confusion) I'm actually talking about my fellow Canadians. National pride? The Canadians I know have none. ):

from Minnesota and everytime we go down south everyone makes fun of our accents and asks how cold it is...we do warm up here sometimes...and we don't have accents...haha

From Wisconsin and everyone assumes all we have is cornfields and cows...there's much much more to this state and very beautiful. Lots of lakes, forests, hills and mountains too...but nature here is wonderful...love it.

Me too!! Why is it every time they show someone from WI on TV, they pick someone with no teeth. We're not all like that, really. :laugh:

RAIN!!

Seattle gets 38 inches/year and the US average is 37. How is that so rainy?

Additionally:
Where I work - Sequim (zip 98382), WA, gets 17 inches/year
Where I live - Port Angeles (zip 98362), WA, gets 25 inches/year

And that doesn't even consider all those folks in eastern Washington who get to hear the rain stereotypes in a region that varies from dry pine forests to desert to grain land.

I used to live in Eastern WA (the Tri-Cities) and rain was a rumor to us....

I love this conversation I get when travelling:

Them: Where are you from?
Me: Washington
Them: OH- DC...
Me: No, Washington State

This whole thread cracks me up! People are just so ignorant!

This thread is hilarious.

My family is from Northern Indiana / Greater Chicago, but I've lived in Houston for 31 years. So, while I consider myself a Texas, and at the very least a southerner - Native Texas call me a "yankee". And my friends at home thought we talked funny. But, family from "up north" make fun of my drawl.

I actually had someone in CA ask me, three weeks ago, if there were "a lot of cowboys and horses" around in Houston. My response was - "I live in the 4th largest city in the US. We're pretty modern and urban." (Political views notwithstanding depending on your persuasion.) Most assume I am a gun toting, big-SUV-drivin', uber-religous, right-right-wing conservative - I am not.

As a Longhorn I admit to stereotyping Aggies and Sooners - sorry y'all :-) And welcome all T-sip jokes - cause I think they are funny. I only hate Aggies and Sooners on game day. Aggies especially are so fun to tease when they lose in football. But, really - whatever, it's just the rivalry that's fun.

I was born and raised in Hawaii and people seem to think we all live in grass huts, dance hula and surf. I remember when I was in middle school we had pen pals from California and my pen pal asked me these very questions! I have never surfed, couldn't dance hula to save my life and have only seen a grass hut at our local museum.

Big, wonderful, open space of Wyoming! We do travel by automobile though, not wagons.

I'm from Long Island. The misconceptions about us are ENDLESS.

I'm from Lousiana, and apparently all we know how to do is 'gators' lol. We are looked at like hillbilly's and dumb as well. Of course it doesn't help to have shows on TV representing us as such. We are a very loving state, very family oriented. I love my state, but hate the wrap we get. And PLEASE don't watch Bayou Billionaires and think we are all like that! This is a disclaimer~~WE ARE NOT!. Now the 'Redneck Hillbilly' show is (sigh) kind of close to what we do around here lol!! We do like our mud and we love our beer. And our deer. And fish. And just about any other animal that is edible.

Well being from Nova Scotia, Canada, it grinds my gears the way people from all over think we are ALL a bunch of push overs, and we all drink Alender Keith's beer... Don't get me wrong... I'm a well mannered, polite man, but if you wrong me or insult me, trust me; you'll be the first to know, and it won't be pretty... And i DO NOT drink that horrible skunk p*ss Keith's! I drink many things but that's not even allowed in my house LoL... So that being said... Good day eh! LoL