Celebrate #Canada Day (#July1) with a #HappyBirthday to #FortuneFeimster @FortuneFUNNY & #PamelaAnderson @PamFoundation & ... you? (in that #BirthdayCohort) | @Microsoft @Bing & @BingRewards, and words associated with Canada | @Sporcle @TodayIFoundOut1 @TheGreatTrail

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That''s right; comedian Fortune Feimster AND Pamela Anderson were born on Canada Day, along with David Prowse (the guy in the Darth Vader suit), Princess Di, Liv Tyler, Dan Aykroyd, Andre Braugher (Captain Raymond Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Missy Elliott, Alan Ruck (neurotic Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day Off), producer Sydney Pollack, Jamie Farr, track-&-field icon Carl Lewis, famous choreographer Twyla Tharp, Estee Lauder ... and many "celebrities" I don't recognize.

'That country-name' (below-hyperlinked to 'evidence Bing Rewards uses to prove Canada's a beautiful country) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The name “Canada” is built on ancient (Iroquoi Tribe) words that mean "Town, Village."  
#Canadian #CanadaDay #CanadaDry #Canadianism #FrenchCanada (#LowerCanada) #UpperCanada (#BritishColoniesOfCanada) #DominionOfCanada #CanadaGoose #Canuck
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I suspected that Canada Day was something like America's Independence Day (the Fourth of July); and it is in a way, but it's also the exact opposite! Where America is celebrating its breaking away from something, Canada celebrates the unification of its three territories (still within the British Empire).

Canadians have been encouraged to celebrate this holiday since its first anniversary in 1868 (interesting, Sporcle says Canada's hundredth anniversary was 1967 ... I've heard they count age like that in 'the Far East,' where you're born 1-year-old ...), when the holiday was called Dominion Day. (The holiday became Canada Day in 1982.)
And the words on my Canada-mug (similar to the picture, bu different) include

  • True North Strong - a little confusing—at first, you think the group's about 'pride in it's local area'; and maybe it sorta is, but it seems to be mostly-about Quitting Tobacco.

    I find out that 'True North Strong' is a phrase from the lyrics of  "O Canada" (their national anthem)—sort-of the way Americans convince themselves that America is "the land of the free and the home of the brave."
  • True North itself is actually more 'a direction' ... because the True North Pole is actually North of Canada (while the Magnetic North Pole is still in Canada ... I guess Canadians got used to pointing people to the True North—they might've said in the CBC Special-series I still haven't seen)
  • Eh?? (repeated several times to fill space on the mug, as it's their infamously most-frequent 'expletive' (like 'y'know?')
  • Moose
  • Poutine
  • Kerfuffle
  • Icicles
  • Mountains - land-forms of which Canada is the proud owner
  • Wind Chill
  • Prime Minister - the title given to the main operator of their government
  • Prairies
  • Beaver
  • Canada Geese
  • Igloo
  • Inukshuk
  • July 1st - 'their (Still Dependent) Independence Day'
  • Zed - how they (and the British & many-many other nationalities) pronounce the letter "Z."
  • Ice Skates
  • Rockies
  • RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (The Mounties ... both/either because they mount horses and/or because they often operate in the mountains)
  • Provinces
  • 1867
  • Bonjour
  • Tim's
  • Winter
  • Snow
  • Hockey
  • Back-Bacon
  • Canuck
  • Skiing
  • Sorry - obviously referring to the Canucks' near-instinct of apologizing for everything (including things that people do to them ... "soory" 🤣)
  • Canadian Shield - popular name for the Laurentian Plateau
  • Maple Syrup
  • Maritimes
  • Territories
  • Double double
  • Trans Canada Trail
  • Beaver
  • Toque
  • Bilingual
  • Loonie - though I don't know if 'that spelling' makes it something different from the hyperlinked post there ...
  • Maple Leaf - the symbol on the Canadian flag
  • Cold
  • French Toonie
  • 19 - possibly referring to May 19, Loyalist Day (celebrating Loyalist Heritage & -the creation of Upper Canada)
  • Beaver Tails
  • Toboggan
  • Bear Claw (tracks? because the mug doesn't have 'those words' printed on it, just the animal's footprint (possibly a raccoon or a wolverine))

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