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Is there any resentment in Canada over the British queen being on your bills? Or do people just accept it as a part of life.
I am not entirely sure but I would assume Aussie and Kiwi currency would be the same.
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: British queen
She isn't the British Queen.
She is so, so much more.
One of the things she is is Queen of Canada.
Or to give her her full Canadian title (in English); Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith
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chriselst wrote: Or to give her her full Canadian title (in English); Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith
Bet she's got a big business card with that title? 
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Even worse in Canada, cos it has to be in French too.
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English on the front, French on the back?
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Mike Hankey wrote: English on the front, French on the back?
You won't be popular in Quebec with that attitude. 
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They want equal billing I assume?
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It gets worse, in Canada she is also;
Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces
Chief Hunter of the Order of the Buffalo Hunt
Sovereign of the Order of Canada
Member of the Order of Dogwood
Sovereign of the Order of Military Merit
Colonel-in-Chief of le Régiment de la Chaudière
Colonel-in-Chief of the 48th Highlanders of Canada
Colonel-in-Chief of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Captain-General of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Colonel-in-Chief of the Governor General's Horse Guards
Colonel-in-Chief of the King's Own Calgary Regiment
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal 22e Régiment
Colonel-in-Chief of the Governor General's Foot Guards
Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Grenadier Guards
Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Guards
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Brunswick Regiment
Colonel-in-Chief of the Military Engineers Branch
Colonel-in-Chief of the Calgary Highlanders
Commissioner-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Have a scroll area on the card? 
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Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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She's the queen. Her card is a scroll.
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No, to appease the Quebecois, it's French on the front in large font, and English on the back in a smaller font ... and the French is so wordy that it spills on to the back!
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Compromise they can have all 4 sides.
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Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!
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Well, then I guess the question should have been - do Canadians resent having her as their queen?
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They're basically a German royal family, changed their name from Saxe-Coberg and Gotha during the first world war cos German's weren't too popular at that time, a trick the branch of the family currently ruling in Belgium also pulled off.
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Contrary to what our "beloved leader" says, Canadians of all origins and political stances think the queen is useless and while it is part of our history; it is only a symbol of historical significance.
I'd rather be phishing!
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and yet other Canadians do not think this way
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Some do, most don't!
Being an ex-Brit, I'm amazed at how most Canadians often seem obsessed by all things British. My son quickly learned that his English accent was a magnet for the ladies! I was once asked by a woman in a coffee shop to place her order so that she could hear me speak (she didn't pay for my coffee though!)
A surprising number of Canadians thought that I should be devastated over Diana's death and excited beyond belief at Kate's baby. I was underwhelmed by both and loved Private Eye's (a British satirical magazine) front page "Woman Gives Birth".
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I've had Christian Graus and Chris Maunder tell me that their Australian accents are a hit with people in the States and Canada, but most times I've been somewhere with Christian, they mistook him for a Brit. Most people can't tell the accents apart.
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: ...but most times I've been somewhere with Christian, they mistook him for a Brit. Most people can't tell the accents apart.
That speaks volumes about the morons in North America. FFS, there is no way in hell I sound anything like a Pom and anyone who thinkls I do probably thinks aclimated is a real word.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Morons? Really?
My father was from West London and we moved to East London. I can hear the differences between the two accents. I can also tell an Aussie from a Cockney and an Afikaaner, but I'm tuned in to the accents.
I'm willing to bet that not many people from outside London could tell and East Londoner from a West Londoner. There are similarities in London, Aussie and South African accents, especially if you're not tuned in and the accent isn't that strong.
How many Aussies could distinguish between someone from Maine and someone from B.C.?
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Not all people in North America are morons; some of us can tell the difference between the two.
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I wouldn't worry about it. Mick knows I'm a 'Mercan, consequently thinks I'm an idiot, and we still get along okay.
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