Americans don't have the same vocabulary as Canadians

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I was in Buffalo a couple of years ago and I asked the cab driver to stop at the nearest bank machine. He had absolutely no idea what I was talking about. I had to think a few seconds before I remembered that they always call bank machines "ATMs" on American TV. When I told him I wanted an ATM he snarled at me "Why didn't you say that in the first place?!"

Using the word "serviette" to describe a "napkin" is a bit much. That's something my grandmother would do.

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I know what is a serviette, though it might have taken me an extra second to figure it out. Bank machine and pop should be really easy, though I don't use those words myself. I swear, as the world gets smaller, it seems like people just stick to their own thing and have no comprehension that people do things differently in other parts of the state/country/world.

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What's a serviette?

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A French word for napkin.

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It's like the French have a different word for everything.

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This explains it all. A quebecois frog goes to VT and tries to mix it up with guys in plaid flannel shirts at the Mobil station off the highway.

"AHOHHONO! No straws for my pop? Where is the no bank machines? Where is the bathrooms? I will have to pees in the ashtray in the car and wipe with a serviette! merde !"

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Yes. Also, I say "pop" and people understand me. They usually laugh at me, though. I refuse to say 'soda'.


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Just say soda-pop. Everyone will know what you mean, unless you dress like Liberace.

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You silly. When ever did Vermont have Olympics? Quebec have Olympics. ha ha

Vermont, is that Englisch name? NO, Verd Mont is Green Mountain in French. You name you states for French words. ohn ohn ohn (or however you transcribe that superior French snigger... certainly not "ha ha")

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Where is the bathroom? (No clue)

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I don't believe this.

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Lots of people in the U.S. don't know what "pop" is. It takes every bone in my body to not make fun of somebody who uses the term "pop" for soda.

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Lots of people in the U.S. don't know what "pop" is. It takes every bone in my body to not make fun of somebody who uses the term "pop" for soda.

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We have had entire threads on this topic. LINK


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Lots of people in the U.S. don't know what "pop" is. It takes every bone in my body to not make fun of somebody who uses the term "pop" for soda.

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My bay area x girlfriend still makes fun of me because i use the word pop. This is 6 years after the first time she heard me use it.

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Yes. Also, I say "pop" and people understand me. They usually laugh at me, though. I refuse to say 'soda'.


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Just say soda-pop. Everyone will know what you mean, unless you dress like Liberace.

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Both pop and soda are bettr than soda-pop. If you are going to say soda-pop you might as well say coke when you want to order a dr. pepper.

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Do you have any serviettes? (No clue)



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I would not have known this because i do not speak french. The rest you listed are trivial and wound be understood by 90% of americans. Most likely they simply didn't feel like telling you.