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A Canadian Vs A Brit

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OK GUYS - I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP!

O.k I am currently in the process of organizing my business final exam presentation. Since I go to a Canadian School we have been asked to relate whichever country we are studying to Canada. Now I have 2 actors. One is going to play a stereotypical Canadian and one will play a typical brit. From the short 1-2 minute conversation that they have I want to be able to depict some major differences in their cultures and their language. Ideally this should be a funny conversation and humour my audience who are out to learn about cultural differences between the two countries. I was thinking of the two being in an airport lounge and talking to each other. Maybe they could be talking about something which they think is the same thing but actually be talking about something completely different and not realizing because of the difference in their English. Now I love drama and acting but when it comes to script writing I am absolutely useless – I kno what I want but as much as I have tried I cant seem to form the script and it only has to be 1-2 minutes long. This is where you lot come in – do you think someone could write me a short 1-2minute speech in exchange for some rep???? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if possible could someone do this for me – I’ll be forever in ur debt!

Thanks guys!!

Love Ladyshort! :wink:

Reply 1

xxSpicyChickenxx

9

the brit.. :biggrin:

the canadian.. :mad:

in a buzy airport lounge a typical brit :biggrin:

and a stereotypical canadian :mad:

sit down in seats next to each other.. in their bordom they start to talk.

:biggrin:

: "bloody ques, i mean every where you go these day you get bleeding traffic and god no's what else to stop you getting to you destination on time!!"

:mad:

: "umm yes, i suppose, you find it more so in other countries say britian and america! its murder over there!"

:biggrin:

: :"no, no Englands not so bad you just have to leave at the right time and be in the right place is all. but you gotta bloody love bitian! :rolleyes:

"

:" love it!?!?!?! no no i have to drag my self to that god forsaken country every mounth for work. i mean London is absolutly packed with people its hard to move, and the weather! dont get me started on the weather, i can safely say i would stay at home in canada any day!"

:biggrin:

: " your canadian?! and theres me thinking im talking to some nice british gentelmen with good maners! only in other countries would they be so rude!"

:mad:

: " now come on! britian has its fair share of arrogant people!"

:biggrin:

:" oi mate, that comment best not have been aimed at me! you bloody foreigners all the bleeding same!!! sod off back to your own country. "

and so it all kicks off and people get hit and the brit :biggrin:

leaves with a broken nose and a bloody knee. but as for the canadian :mad:

lets say being in coma helps him think of more fighting moves for the next time hes in a buzy airport.........

thats all i have. :confused:

Reply 2

ladyshort4u

OP

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xxhayleyxx

the brit.. :biggrin:

the canadian.. :mad:

in a buzy airport lounge a typical brit :biggrin:

and a stereotypical canadian :mad:

sit down in seats next to each other.. in their bordom they start to talk.

:biggrin:

: "bloody ques, i mean every where you go these day you get bleeding traffic and god no's what else to stop you getting to you destination on time!!"

:mad:

: "umm yes, i suppose, you find it more so in other countries say britian and america! its murder over there!"

:biggrin:

: :"no, no Englands not so bad you just have to leave at the right time and be in the right place is all. but you gotta bloody love bitian! :rolleyes:

"

:" love it!?!?!?! no no i have to drag my self to that god forsaken country every mounth for work. i mean London is absolutly packed with people its hard to move, and the weather! dont get me started on the weather, i can safely say i would stay at home in canada any day!"

:biggrin:

: " your canadian?! and theres me thinking im talking to some nice british gentelmen with good maners! only in other countries would they be so rude!"

:mad:

: " now come on! britian has its fair share of arrogant people!"

:biggrin:

:" oi mate, that comment best not have been aimed at me! you bloody foreigners all the bleeding same!!! sod off back to your own country. "

and so it all kicks off and people get hit and the brit :biggrin:

leaves with a broken nose and a bloody knee. but as for the canadian :mad:

lets say being in coma helps him think of more fighting moves for the next time hes in a buzy airport.........

thats all i have. :confused:

hahaha - thats pretty good!! i might use some of that! however I'm looking for more differentiation. I want the audience to know right from the start whos the Canadian and whos the Brit and although i want it to be humorous it must also stick to the point that the whole skit has to depict the cultural differences and language differences between the two countries - thank u so much for your help though - will for sure use some of this!!! :biggrin:

thanks!!!

Reply 3

pete77

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Thats Fine !

But Jus Remember Brits Rock !

Always !

Reply 4

OneAndOnly

do you mean like australians say thongs and we say flip flops or sandals, and to us thongs are underwear, and americans say pants when brits say trousers and to brits pants are underwear, do canadians call trousers pants? i was thinking you could do a canadian talking about his new pannts, and then a brit saying ill show you mine and he takes off his trousers in a public place or something, amid the shock and horrow of all the canadians around. but if canadians dont call them pants it wont work and it may be crap anyway i dont know lol.

cheers

Reply 5

Oziris

15

Also i guess if you want a stereotypical canadian you could end every sentence with eh? :p:

Reply 6

xxSpicyChickenxx

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OneAndOnly

do you mean like australians say thongs and we say flip flops or sandals, and to us thongs are underwear, and americans say pants when brits say trousers and to brits pants are underwear, do canadians call trousers pants? i was thinking you could do a canadian talking about his new pannts, and then a brit saying ill show you mine and he takes off his trousers in a public place or something, amid the shock and horrow of all the canadians around. but if canadians dont call them pants it wont work and it may be crap anyway i dont know lol.

cheers

i like........ *whishes she thort of that first* :rolleyes:

Reply 7

silver~planet

1

Canadians do say pants... that would be a funny conversation.
Maybe you could also do word play on the Canadians "eh" at the end of sentences, and what it means to a Brit... ie, "eh?" would be like "what?" :confused:

Just an idea...
Good luck :smile:

Reply 8

Gwen

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OneAndOnly

do you mean like australians say thongs and we say flip flops or sandals, and to us thongs are underwear, and americans say pants when brits say trousers and to brits pants are underwear, do canadians call trousers pants? i was thinking you could do a canadian talking about his new pannts, and then a brit saying ill show you mine and he takes off his trousers in a public place or something, amid the shock and horrow of all the canadians around. but if canadians dont call them pants it wont work and it may be crap anyway i dont know lol.

cheers

that's really good - and it would work, because to us "pants" mean "trousers"

Reply 9

ladyshort4u

OP

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lol yeh u guys coming up with some good ideas - u think any of you could write me a short conversation!? I'm real crappy at these things!

Reply 10

ladyshort4u

OP

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GUYS!!! please help! still need many more humorous things I can add to a coversation between a canadian and a brit!

Reply 11

snmichaels

1

One word (but please take it lightly, I'm not hating on anybody, this should really give you a lot to go on. But I don't know you're allowed to choose such a topic... anyway, here goes)

Fag.

Brit: "Pardon me, you wouldn't happen to have a spare fag on you, would you?"

I don't know if I'll get in trouble for this, but it's definately a way to be misunderstood :biggrin:

Reply 12

snmichaels

1

"Man I could really go for a fag right about now"

"Can I bum a fag?"

Reply 13

ladyshort4u

OP

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lol yeh that got me giggling :biggrin:

but for a international alevel presentation don't think I can use it - argh it's on thursday and still havent got the conversation sorted :s-smilie:

- PLEASE HELP PEOPLE!!!!

Reply 14

kate86

8

Just please dont have your Brit speaking really posh. It drives me mad when particuarly American shows on TV (eg Friends) only ever show one accent for British people and always portray them as middle class posh

Reply 15

Gwen

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kate86

Just please dont have your Brit speaking really posh. It drives me mad when particuarly American shows on TV (eg Friends) only ever show one accent for British people and always portray them as middle class posh

hehe, that's really funny and true. the stereotype over here is that there's only one british accent with slight variations in it :rolleyes:

Reply 16

Jamieeeee

Fraiser... thats a funny try :smile:

Reply 17

Colly

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canadians always pronounce about "aboot", well they all did in the South Park movie anyway...

Reply 18

Mr @

1

have something about the weather...they're immune to the cold.

Reply 19

ladyshort4u

OP

1

thanks for all the help guys - am just constructing the conversation now - any more ideas would be really helpful!! I'll show you all the conversation when I'm done!!!! Keep up with the ideas!!! Thanks

Love Ladyshort

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