An Unfortunate Display of Excessive Xenophobic Hostility

I love Canadians, and in theory find the Canadian accent charming, precise, literate and intelligent. In practice, however, their manner of speaking infuriates me.

I give you as an example the Canadian woman who comes on to tell you, "We're sorry, the number you have reached is not in service." The way she says "o" in "sorry" and "not" makes you want to hurl your phone against an innocent bystander. It sounds over-enunciated, mannered and affected. Your rage is compounded by the utter irrationality of an Houston, TX-based American phone company hiring a Canadian woman to record its messages. And of course you are livid at having misdialled.

It takes several bottles of medication before the feeling subsides.