OK, now you’re just piling on.

I concede your point (albeit ad nauseam) that respect for our beloved neighbor to the north may be too much to ask. But can’t you at least try to exercise some measure of restraint?

logis on January 21, 2013 at 10:51 PM

Log I am Canadian, (born in Toronto, ON) and I can testify that yes indeed, our dollar coin is in fact called a loonie and our $2 coin (which replaced the $2 bill, that also had QE’s image on it in 1996 )is called a twonie(toonie) ? I am not even sure how it’s spelled.

At least it can still be green though…

After seeing those orange bills they put out a few years back I wouldn’t even count on that.

Actually Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada, and certainly a Canadian Citizen… She is it’s sovereign.

ebrawer on January 21, 2013 at 10:02 PM

The Queen isn’t even a citizen in the UK. It’s one of the few drawbacks of sovereignty.

Does Canada even have paved roads? I know Wisconsin doesn’t.

Bishop on January 21, 2013 at 10:28 PM

Now that’s just mean. Wisconsin has paved roads. I’ve seen pictures of both of them.

By that standard, Obama takes American money somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion times more “seriously” than Canada and Europe take theirs.

logis on January 22, 2013 at 12:49 AM

Touche! LOL.

And yet the Canadians have the good sense to save money and mint their one and two dollar denominations instead of printing. Same with the Euro in Europe. So who doesn’t take their money seriously now?
Sgt Steve on January 21, 2013 at 11:00 PM

By that standard, Obama takes American money somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion times more “seriously” than Canada and Europe take theirs.

And, yes, it’s particularly sensitive in French-speaking Quebec.

They prefer a plain, white flag.

logis on January 21, 2013 at 10:12 PM

And yet the Canadians have the good sense to save money and mint their one and two dollar denominations instead of printing. Same with the Euro in Europe.

So who doesn’t take their money seriously now?

(Canada still flew the Union Jack until then, which might surprise American readers.)

As we used the Red Ensign and not the Union Jack, it would come a surprise to Canadians too. (journalism heh!)

BL@KBIRD on January 21, 2013 at 10:07 PM

Was about to say, “Way to fail at insulting the readership.”

Then again, I’m sure there are plenty of Americans coming from our public school system who would be amazed we let the English loiter about on the continent (and give us more French people!) after the colonial uprising.

I’m being self-ingratiating, as I am one of those Acadian exiles.

Dude, Canada’s dollar coin is called the LOONIE!
logis on January 21, 2013 at 10:12 PM

It is called a loonie because an image of a Loon is stamped on it. The two dollar coin is called a twoonie.
BL@KBIRD on January 21, 2013 at 10:21 PM

OK, now you’re just piling on.

I concede your point (albeit ad nauseam) that respect for our beloved neighbor to the north may be too much to ask. But can’t you at least try to exercise some measure of restraint?