Yes, I am ODing on Canada. Shhhhhhhhh.
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lerouxDearest American Friends writing fiction in Canadian settings:
The beer brand Molson Canadian is abbreviated to "Canadian", never Molson, and certainly not Molson's. Which leads to incidentally hilarious sentences like, "I had a couple Canadians and went to bed," though I should note that no one ever notices that those sentences are actually hilarious. Seriously, though, in a bar you would say, "I'll have a Canadian." I know it's weird.
Also, Canadian beer isn't actually stronger than American. It's just that you guys used to measure alcohol content by weight, and 5% alcohol by volume is equal to 4% alcohol by weight, which makes us look more impressive. That said, these days most of our breweries are foreign-owned, so the only real "Canadian beer" is microbrewery stuff, and a lot of that has a higher abv. But then, that's true of America too.
Love,
Me
The beer brand Molson Canadian is abbreviated to "Canadian", never Molson, and certainly not Molson's. Which leads to incidentally hilarious sentences like, "I had a couple Canadians and went to bed," though I should note that no one ever notices that those sentences are actually hilarious. Seriously, though, in a bar you would say, "I'll have a Canadian." I know it's weird.
Also, Canadian beer isn't actually stronger than American. It's just that you guys used to measure alcohol content by weight, and 5% alcohol by volume is equal to 4% alcohol by weight, which makes us look more impressive. That said, these days most of our breweries are foreign-owned, so the only real "Canadian beer" is microbrewery stuff, and a lot of that has a higher abv. But then, that's true of America too.
Love,
Me
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Date: 2010-07-14 04:31 pm (UTC)You're right, that is funny. I never noticed. Weird.
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Date: 2010-07-14 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-14 08:08 pm (UTC)