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Sorry Bill...Canadians do not have Canadian bacon.
...any more than the English have English muffins. Or at least, they are available, but I never heard them called that in the UK.
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My friends and I came up with a list of such cultural misnomers:
French fries, French vanilla, French kissing, French braid, French onion dip...oh man, I can't remember the rest! Anyone else got some?
And what belMarduk calls strip bacon I would call side bacon. She's right, normally you don't find back bacon in your run-of-the-mill store. I always got confused about the Canadian bacon thing myself.
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and are there vienna sausages in vienna ? vienna sausges are small, (gerkin sized) sausages, usually sold in a can
or danish pastries in Denmark? actually there are, but they are called vienna pastries!
and i suspect no national of Italy, France or Vienna would want to claim as their own what passes for italian, french or vienna bread in most american grocery stores.
i think italan sausages are pretty close to something that can be bought in italy, but no italian could claim creamy italian dressing (salad dressing) as their own.. and the same goes for russian and french!
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Canada goose
I've never been goosed by a Canadian. Tell us about it, if you please.
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Dear Geoff: we had geese, though not Canadian. My younger son was bending over teasing the goose who was incubating some eggs, when the gander came up behind him, and grabbed his scrotum. You should have heard him yell. That's getting goosed.
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Meanwhile, chulm, to address your question:  I have no idea why the modifier is in adjective form in some expressions and in noun form in others.
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Is this even a Canadian corporation?The only form I know it in is Canada Dry Ginger Ale - not any other type of pop. Here's an URL (I didn't read the whole thing yet) http://www.dpsu.com/canada_dry.html It's far, far, far, far, far better than Schweppes. Love the stuff - and it tastes great with a shot of Canadian whisky and some lemon. Edit: That page mentions about the "dry" bit at the bottom: "What's in a name? When ginger ale was first introduced, it was dark in color and considered by many to be too sweet. John J. McLaughlin wanted to create a ginger ale that was reminiscent of the "dry" and clear sparkling champagnes of France." Also they seem to show Canada Dry club soda, too. Never had it, m'self.
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When my family first moved farther north, we laughed when we saw what we thought was the local pop - Temagami Dry. (Temagami is a town in northern Ontario, more famous for trees than for pop). It just seemed like a funny variation on Canada Dry, the Champagne of Ginger Ales. When last I visited, I was dismayed to see that Temagami Dry was made in the States! So much for local colour and/or authenticity.
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Oh, dear. Another tangent: What US brand was marketed as "The Champagne of Bottled Beers"?
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