Made in “the” Canada

[Pat Riot]

I happened to notice this on a can of Sure deodorant. I thought it was pretty funny. I think from now on, in my best Thurston Howell the third accent, I will refer to Canada as “The Canada”. 
 

[Dirty Dan Dawkins]

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I notice they don't say it's distributed by a place in The Texas.

 

I tell folks I live in The Arizona Territory, but that's a different kettle with a different fish.

[Rye Miles #13621]

I tell people I live on THE North Coast .

Its really The South Shore but The North Coast sounds better

 

Oceans have coasts, lakes have shores but who cares ?? 

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

My heart goes out to Pat Riot.  He has been reduced to reading deodorant cans for entertainment.

 

From The Larsen E. Pettifogger.

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619]

Why do Californians use 'the' for freeways? The 5, etc.

[Subdeacon Joe]

2 minutes ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said:

Why do Californians use 'the' for freeways? The 5, etc.

 

That actually has some reasonable history. It was mostly Southern California but has since infected the rest of the state.   And it is a fairly recent development to use "The" in front of the number.

 

Southern California freeways used to have names.  THE Santa Monica Freeway.  THE San Diego Freeway.   And so on.  When signage changed to reflect the numbers instead of names lots of people kept using The.

 

I grew up, well, was raised, saying I-5, I-10, US 395, US 101, State Route 78.  No "The" on any of them.

[Subdeacon Joe]

19 minutes ago, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said:

Why do Californians use 'the' for freeways? The 5, etc.

 

A more detailed version

https://la.curbed.com/2017/9/6/16264074/socal-los-angeles-the-freeways

[Yul Lose]

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

Sounds like the same mindset as THE Ohio State University. Why? It's not like there's more than one.

[Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L]

5 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

I notice they don't say it's distributed by a place in The Texas.

 

I tell folks I live in The Republic--nuff said

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

6 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

My heart goes out to Pat Riot.  He has been reduced to reading deodorant cans for entertainment.

 

From The Larsen E. Pettifogger.

That's THE Pat Riot.  

[Pat Riot]

36 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

That's THE Pat Riot.  

Yeah!

 

Thanks to THE Forty Rod for having my back. 

[J.D. Daily]

20 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

That's THE Pat Riot.  

It is THE Pat Riot so you can distinguish him from all the wanabes.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Seriously?  Who would "wannabee" The Pat ?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pat Riot]

30 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Seriously?  Who would "wannabee.." The Pat?  

Me!

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Many other languages do not have the articles, a, an, the, some do not have present tense to be verbs, am, is, are, Russian does not have Mr, Miss, Mrs.

 

When I see something like that I figure “English as a second language”, probably third or fourth. They insert ‘the’ because they don’t know what is correct. But it is highly likely that something was made in China, maybe just the label.

 

 

[Pat Riot]

7 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Many other languages do not have the articles, a, an, the, some do not have present tense to be verbs, am, is, are, Russian does not have Mr, Miss, Mrs.

 

When I see something like that I figure “English as a second language”, probably third or fourth. They insert ‘the’ because they don’t know what is correct. But it is highly likely that something was made in China, maybe just the label.

 

 

I think the can labeling process is automated and at one time Sure deodorant was “made in the United States” then when manufacturing shifted to Canada some boss somewhere told some minion “Replace ‘United States’ with ‘Canada” and that was that. 

[Old Man Graybeard]

also calls their freeways "THE". At least in Ontario. Take The 401 to The 402 and go east

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

9 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Seriously?  Who would "wannabee.." The Pat?  

 

9 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

Me!

Well nobody ELSE would.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

13 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

Me!

Yeah, but you ain't got no options.  Even the IRS, Social Security, Amazon. and girl Scout cookie sellers have you listed that way.

[Dusty Devil Dale]

On 1/27/2023 at 6:45 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

I happened to notice this on a can of Sure deodorant. I thought it was pretty funny. I think from now on, in my best Thurston Howell the third accent, I will refer to Canada as “The Canada”. 
 

It appears the word 'Canada' was patched in.  Hard to tell from the photo angle. but it appears to be a slightly larger font.

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

On 1/27/2023 at 7:45 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

I happened to notice this on a can of Sure deodorant. I thought it was pretty funny. I think from now on, in my best Thurston Howell the third accent, I will refer to Canada as “The Canada”. 
 

 

Last summe,r a guy called into a Calgary radio talk show to complain that most of the newscasters were referring to Ukraine as "the" Ukraine.  He told the radio host that Ukraine is a country, and that you don't say "the" France or "the" Germany.  He also went on to say that the talk show and newscasters were also mispronouncing the city of Kiev by mispronouncing it as Kee  ev when it should be pronounced as Keev.  The only single country that comes to mind that would have "the" in front of it would be The United States of America.

[Subdeacon Joe]

56 minutes ago, Buffalo Creek Law Dog said:

The only single country that comes to mind that would have "the" in front of it would be The United States of America.

 

Los Estados Unidos de Mexico (The United States of Mexico)

 

The Netherlands

 

The Bahamas 

 

all come to mind.