Canadian Star: You Papped My Cherry!
Just because you're a big TV star in Canada, doesn't mean anyone stateside will know what all the fuss is aboot.
Check out this piece from TMZ TV -- and check local listings for show times.
Reader Comments
(Page 3 of 4) Previous 15 Comments | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments31. Can I please just say that I'm soooo tired of people thinking that in Canada we say "aboot?" Because we don't.
Posted at 9:14PM on Jun 26th 2008 by Megan
32. can I just say that Americans have been thinking Canadians say " aboot" for 2 decades that I know of..well.." aboot that" hahahahaha
Posted at 12:10AM on Jun 19th 2008 by my igloo is melting !
33. I grew up in Seattle and like Canada a lot, but seriously, you do say Abooot. I hear it in hockey interviews. I was watching a show on cable called X Weighted that is from Vancouver and the host DOES say Aboot!! But who cares anyway...
Posted at 2:59AM on Jun 19th 2008 by dee
34. Looks like hockey star Sydney Crosby!
Posted at 5:08AM on Jun 19th 2008 by Mike
35. I'm a Canadian living in the States and if you guys say "aboot" one more time I'm going to start complaining about Americans who say li-berry (library), vet-in-arian (veterinarian), de-teer-e-ate (deteriorate), and so on. I won't even get into the mumblers!
Posted at 7:40AM on Jun 19th 2008 by Kay
36. I roll off my chair laughing, I'm not making fun of it, but that word aboot is so funny, my accountant is canadian, and he says it all the time, I love it!!!!!! He has a hoose too!!! LOLOLOLOLOL Nuttin' wrong with it people of Canada, be proud,say it loud!!
Posted at 7:52AM on Jun 19th 2008 by FreakHater
37. I'm from Canada, while we don't exactly say 'ABOOT' we do say 'about' a bit different than Americans. They say a-BOW-t (as in taking a bow) and we say a-BOUT (as in a bout of flu).
Some Canadians here can't take a joke! Who CARES that people think we say aboot?
Mmmkay well it's breakfast time, I'm going to go load up the huskies and find some caribou. Good eating!
Posted at 8:03AM on Jun 19th 2008 by bananapartypants
38. I dated Dillon for a couple of years and all I can say is he is one HUNK of canadian back bacon! Grab this piece of meat while it's piping hot, y'all amerricans...
Posted at 12:02PM on Jun 19th 2008 by Kong
39. BTW, I was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, and have been living in
NYC for 15 years, we Canadiana do not say ABOOT!!!! I'm so tired of
people asking me to pronounce "A.B.O.U.T." I won't even get started
on American English, your pronounciation, and your grammar.
And stop trying to use "eh", because Americans just have no idea in
which context to use it.
Don't know who this guy is either, but I'm sure that after this post
many more people will.
Posted at 9:59AM on Jun 23rd 2008 by Char
40. Why are most of the Canadians posting so angry? So what if this guy isn't famous. The pap knew who he was and asked him some questions.
It also seems as if some of the posts are angry at the fact that this happened in America, PPPPPlllleeeeeaaaazzzzeeeee. Just as some posted... most Americans think this or we don't all say that. You are stereotyping yourselves, just as you have anyone from the US. Not everyone in this country thinks those things of Canada or the people living there. So chill peeps, no one is picking on you.
Posted at 10:14AM on Jun 19th 2008 by paptart
41. Who is this guy??? Didn't that show die a quick and slow death despite all of the government taxcredits and other hand outs?
Sorry TMZ, but nice try - obviously you didn't have enough to fill your show and resorted to this. He's NOT famous in Canada... he's just another actor.
Posted at 10:25AM on Jun 19th 2008 by madamoo
42. I don't think that saying that he's from Canada so he still has a lot to learn constitutes as a compliment to Canadians. How we as Canadians do or don't pronounce a word is no difference to me. After all I don't say aks instead of ask like most Americans I know. BUT to say that Canadians have a lot to learn tells me that the American who wrote that garbage believes that he or she is superior to the Canadians that were watching. The world has the impression that the USA is an arrogant, uneducated country because of generalizations like that. Not that you all are, just that it's the impression that has been given...
Posted at 10:30AM on Jun 19th 2008 by Colkay
43. i am canadian and have never heard of him give me a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Posted at 11:30AM on Jun 19th 2008 by prohusbandandwife
44. haha that reminds me of south park when they're making fun of that canadian for saying "aboot" bahahahaha
BLAME CANADA
Posted at 11:37AM on Jun 19th 2008 by bahaha
45. us canadians with our beady eyes and flappy heads...nice your american dont know why everybody thinks you all have no class?????? for the americans who are good people, you must be embarassed by the rude ones like that who just make every other country in the world think your rude and arrogant.
lm canadian and l dont know who he is.
Posted at 11:40AM on Jun 19th 2008 by dawn
