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TheHockeyist · 09-04-2019, 11:30 PM

Episode 6, guys. I can't believe it.

https://youtu.be/xjZpB1W6s-I (36 minutes)

I talk a bit about the SHL, a bit about Canada (my neighbor to the north) and what I know about it.

Also, I sing a song on a budget. I couldn't find an instrumental (the original doesn't mention the territories). Thus, I created my own.

Post editing: I checked a map of Canada after I recorded this and I did make some errors about the geography of Canada.

British Columbia: Turns out Vancouver is not on Vancouver Island. It's on the mainland, just north of Washington. Quite confusing! I also mentioned Victoria is on the mainland. Nope. It's on Vancouver Island. Come on, Canada! Why must you do this? I should have switched these two in my mind.

Alberta: The Rockies do in fact define a part of the border between British Columbia and Alberta. I was not sure. Also, I trash Calgary.

Saskatchewan and Manitoba: I am so sorry.

Thunder Bay is farther east than I thought it was. I thought it was next to Manitoba. No.

Ontario is the most populous province, but only about two-fifths of Canada's population lives there. I said the majority lives in Ontario, which is incorrect.

Québec: Mon français n'est pas très bon. Clairement, je ne peux pas dire une phrase simple en français. D'une manière ou d'une autre, j'ai traduit cela de manière incorrecte. Désolé. En anglais, ce sont les "Québec Nordiques" et non "Nordique Québecs". Comment ai-je réussi à dire cela de manière incorrecte?

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island: Is there anything distinctive to tell these three apart? Also, the capital of PEI is Charlottetown, not Charlotteston. I mess this up in the song at the end.

Newfoundland and Labrador: It's different from the other Maritimes, but I don't know how.

Yukon and Nunavut: I've called both of these provinces. They're territories.

Also, I'm pronouncing Nunavut and Iqaluit the way that they're pronounced in Inuktitut (the language both of these terms come from), which is probably not the way the majority of Canadians say them.

The Northwest Territories: Is it correct to say "they are" or "it is" when referring to NWT? I don't know. I think I switch between the two in this podcast in confusion.

Noble · 09-05-2019, 02:38 AM

Fun canadian facts!

1) The 60th parallel is what seperates the territories from the western provinces! It's perfectly in like with the borders!

2) The BC/Albert border is actually formed by the continental divide. This means the border exactly follows the highest altitude in the Rockies before heading straight up from where they end.

3) Saskatchewan was home to Gordie Howe and is the birth place of other NHL players like the Schenn brothers, Braden Holtby, Dave Hawerchuk, and Darcie Kuemper.

4) Saskatchewan was carved out of the NWT in 1905, and got it's boring box shape because map makers were lazy and didn't want to make messy borders. The only reason we became a province is because Eastern Canada was afraid more of the population would love in the mega province of the NWT (which previously included Sask, Manitoba, and parts of Alberta). We are one of the only places in the world to have totally straight borders.

5) Me, @Jepox, @mckee29, @~~gorlab~~ and a few others are from Saskatoon, SK.

6) Canadian nationalism can be summed up by the band "The Arrogant Worms".

7) Canada has more lakes than every other country in the world combined, making up over 20% of the global fresh water.

8) Saskatchewan is the only province in Canada, and one of few places worldwide that does not observe daylight savings.

9) The winter cold temperature in Saskatoon sometimes surpasses the temperature on the surface of Mars.

10) Canadian radio stations are required by law to play at LEAST 20% of their music from Canadian artists per day.

11) Canada's constitution was only completed in 1980 when we officially became a sovereign state from Great Britian.

12) Our bills spread out to make a rainbow (in order).

13) Canada's free healthcare was started by Tommy Douglas in Saskatchewan, who now has a high school in Saskatoon named after him.

14) Canada only allowed women to vote in 1918.

15) Quebec and Saskatchewan both have strong seperatist movements active aiming to seek sovereignty from Canada.

Enjoy more knowledge.

***Citizen of Adraa*** · 09-05-2019, 04:25 AM

09-05-2019, 02:38 AMNoble Wrote: Fun canadian facts!

1) The 60th parallel is what seperates the territories from the western provinces! It's perfectly in like with the borders!

2) The BC/Albert border is actually formed by the continental divide. This means the border exactly follows the highest altitude in the Rockies before heading straight up from where they end.

3) Saskatchewan was home to Gordie Howe and is the birth place of other NHL players like the Schenn brothers, Braden Holtby, Dave Hawerchuk, and Darcie Kuemper.

4) Saskatchewan was carved out of the NWT in 1905, and got it's boring box shape because map makers were lazy and didn't want to make messy borders. The only reason we became a province is because Eastern Canada was afraid more of the population would love in the mega province of the NWT (which previously included Sask, Manitoba, and parts of Alberta). We are one of the only places in the world to have totally straight borders.

5) Me, @Jepox, @mckee29, @~~gorlab~~ and a few others are from Saskatoon, SK.

6) Canadian nationalism can be summed up by the band "The Arrogant Worms".

7) Canada has more lakes than every other country in the world combined, making up over 20% of the global fresh water.

8) Saskatchewan is the only province in Canada, and one of few places worldwide that does not observe daylight savings.

9) The winter cold temperature in Saskatoon sometimes surpasses the temperature on the surface of Mars.

10) Canadian radio stations are required by law to play at LEAST 20% of their music from Canadian artists per day.

11) Canada's constitution was only completed in 1980 when we officially became a sovereign state from Great Britian.

12) Our bills spread out to make a rainbow (in order).

13) Canada's free healthcare was started by Tommy Douglas in Saskatchewan, who now has a high school in Saskatoon named after him.

14) Canada only allowed women to vote in 1918.

15) Quebec and Saskatchewan both have strong seperatist movements active aiming to seek sovereignty from Canada.

Enjoy more knowledge.

Slovakia has a similar law to your point 10, but we limit it to at least 25%.

Also funnily enough Czechoslovakia allowed women to vote on its creation in 1918, so thats similar too.

We are basically Canada at this point

uhh · 09-06-2019, 01:03 PM

Wow, I live in Canada and I didn't know about rule 10:

https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/cancon/r_cdn.htm

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