American Student: Why do they call it “zed” instead of “zee” in Canada, that doesn’t rhyme in the alphabet song.
Professor: Well, unlike Americans, we don’t need a song to remember the alphabet.
- Burnside, Econ 230

“Why is there a statue of Abraham Lincoln in a Canadian university library?”
“Because he is Abraham Lincoln.  Who doesn’t love Abraham Lincoln?”
“Um, John Wilkes Boothe.  Just a guess…”

—4th Floor McClennan

Prof.: So Brian Mulroney used to sing and dance for the American bosses as a child in Baie-Comeau and when he became Prime Minister he never really stopped.
Class: nervous laughter

Canadian Nationalisms Class

American Girl: “I don’t know anything about hockey. Who even won the Stanley Cup last year?”
Canadian Girl: “Carolina.”
American Girl: “Carolina? Where’s that?”
Canadian Girl: “Like the state… there’s a North Carolina and a South Carolina”
American Girl: “Wait… the States has teams in the NHL? I thought it was just a Canadian thing!”

–BMH Cafeteria