{"id":3508,"date":"2012-01-13T16:13:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T21:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2016-06-15T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T19:48:18","slug":"you-want-to-be-canadian-eh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=3508","title":{"rendered":"you want to be canadian eh?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hi there, I’m an American applicant to U of T (and a couple of other Canadian universities). Which brings me to my question! Do you call them
\n“unis” in Canada? What’s the slang? If I do come to uni (??) in Canada I hope to make everyone think I’m super-hip and possibly even Canadian (I
\nshould be so lucky!).Also, will I be shunned, chased back to New York with pitchforks, etc. if I’m caught watching Degrassi\/attempting to befriend members of the cast?Please advise.Thanks and hope you’ve enjoyed your New Year!<\/div>\n

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Hey American,<\/p>\n

We support stalking in this country (but it is still illegal, so don’t get any ideas) But really? Degrassi kids are who you’re going to stalk?<\/p>\n

Side Bar Ted – 5 babalicious Canadians you should stalk instead<\/p>\n

1) RYAN GOSLING<\/p>\n

2) Ryan Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n

3) Rachel McAdams<\/a><\/p>\n

4) Ellen Page<\/a><\/p>\n

5) Evangeline Lilly<\/p>\n

I actually had to really think about your question … I really haven’t referred to a university verbally lately. I’m pretty sure Canadians (this is a huge generalization, so maybe Ontarians) say university. Uni could suggest a variety of things. Apparently Aussies call it Uni though. However we do love to?shorten the names of all our universities. Like University of Toronto is just U of T, University of Victoria is U Vic, Dalhousie University is Dal, Ryerson is … well just Ryerson.<\/p>\n

Just say “I know, eh” or “oh yah” and everyone will believe you’re are Canadian.<\/p>\n

forever Canadian,<\/p>\n

aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi there, I’m an American applicant to U of T (and a couple of other Canadian universities). Which brings me to my question! Do you call them “unis” in Canada? What’s the slang? If I do come to uni (??) in Canada I hope to make everyone think I’m super-hip and possibly even Canadian (I should be so lucky!).Also, will I be shunned, chased back to New York with pitchforks, etc. if I’m caught watching Degrassi\/attempting to befriend members of the cast?Please advise.Thanks and hope you’ve enjoyed your New Year! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Hey American, We support stalking in this country (but it is still illegal, so don’t get any ideas) But really? Degrassi kids are who you’re going to stalk? Side Bar Ted – 5 babalicious Canadians you should stalk instead 1) RYAN GOSLING 2) Ryan Reynolds 3) Rachel McAdams 4) Ellen Page 5) Evangeline Lilly I actually had to really think about your question … I really haven’t referred to a university verbally lately. I’m pretty sure Canadians (this is a huge generalization, so maybe Ontarians) say university. Uni could suggest a variety of things. Apparently Aussies call it Uni though. However we do love to?shorten the names of all our universities. Like University of Toronto is just U of T, University of Victoria is U Vic, Dalhousie University is Dal, Ryerson is … well just Ryerson. Just say “I know, eh” or “oh yah” and everyone will believe you’re are Canadian. forever Canadian, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americans","category-being-canadian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t