Matt Labash delves into the American/Canadian divide in his article “Welcome to Canada� and pops up with the results from a survey that shows some Canadians are needing to loosen their hats a bit.
While Canadians pride themselves on knowing more about us than we do about them (undoubtedly true), the problem–captured in a survey done for Canada Day in 2000–is that even historically challenged Americans know more about ourselves than Canadians do about themselves. In parallel 10-question quizzes on everything from our first president/prime minister to the words of our respective national anthems, 63 percent of Americans scored five or more right answers. Only 39 percent of Canadians did. One Canadian television critic expressed disbelief, writing, “Average Americans appear to be in worse shape–judging by the evidence on TV, anyway.” She would know, since at the time of her comment, 92 percent of the comedies and 85 percent of the dramas on Canadian television were made elsewhere, mainly in America.
But we’re still ‘those stupid Americans’, right?
Found at DANEgerus