[Foundation-l] currency POV

[Ray Saintonge]

I was being perfectly literal.  Of course now there are some malls that 
cater to Canadian business, and the merchants in those malls would fall 
in line with the mall's policy.  Apart from that, and a few others who 
are a little more knowledgeable, rather than informing themselves of 
exchange rates they tend to look at Canadian currency as some kind of 
multicoloured play money.  Canadians quickly adapt and don't bother 
trying to use Canadian currency there.

To say that ALL Canadian merchants accept US currency would be a little 
absolute.  One can always find exceptions to a rule.  It should come as 
no surprise that a British study a few years ago about jokes determined 
that the most popular joke topic among Canadians was Americans. :-)

Of course too, New Zealander comments about Australians aren't always 
kindly. ;-)

Ec

Robin Shannon wrote:

>At the risk of flaming race riots, this intrigues me. What do you mean
>they are confused by canadian $s. As in they do not know the exchange
>rate? And do all canadian merchants accept US$, or all merchants near
>the border? Either way that seems very strange (then again as an
>Australian land borders seem very strange)
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>if this is getting too offtopic, then you can reply to me personaly.
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>paz y amor,
>-[[User:The bellman]]
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>On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:36:45 -0800, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
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>>It's not a matter of NPOV at all.  It's a matter of avoiding
>>ambiguities.  Canadians are far more experienced at recognizing which $
>>is intended by the context than people in the US who get very confused
>>when any curency than their own is mentioned.  It's quite common for US
>>merchants, even ones near the border, to refuse Canadian currency
>>because they don't understand it.  A Canadian merchant will except the
>>US currency, and have some idea about what to do with exchange rates.
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>>This leaves Canadians bemused, and contributes much to putting our
>>streotypes about confused Americans on a solid footing.
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>>Ec
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