contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoA cool guide to nicknames of American and Canadian statesi.redd.itimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down115file-text
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minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·4 months ago Canada doesn’t have states I have never heard anyone call BC the “Pacific Province” - that really sounds like someone from out east who had never thought of the west coast but knew Oregon was the Beaver State was put on the spot and made up something that sounded plausible.
minus-squareWindex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoAlso incorrectly coded Saskatchewan “Land of the Living Skies” as “Climate/Weather” Anyone who’s lived there knows it’s a reference to the density of flying insects.
minus-squareCanadianCorhen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoBCer here, never heard that. “Supernatural BC”, on the other hand.
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoBC calls (called) itself “the Best Place on Earth”, lol. Now put that on the chart to make all 62 other Provinces, Territories and States upset.
Also incorrectly coded Saskatchewan “Land of the Living Skies” as “Climate/Weather”
Anyone who’s lived there knows it’s a reference to the density of flying insects.
BCer here, never heard that.
“Supernatural BC”, on the other hand.
BC calls (called) itself “the Best Place on Earth”, lol. Now put that on the chart to make all 62 other Provinces, Territories and States upset.