11 Things You'll Discover As A Canadian Living In Britain

They're not as similar as you might think.

1. Grape is not a flavour

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Those purple skittles? Blackcurrant. Purple jello? Lollies? Blackcurrant.

Everything is a lie.

2. No butter popcorn

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Popcorn is either sweet, salty, or both. You can't get butter popcorn at the theater or at the shop. WHAT IS THE POINT OF POPCORN WITHOUT BUTTER?!

3. Winter isn't really winter

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"Winter" is more of a brisk fall. And everyone will hate you for your constant comments about how "its not even cold out!". Everyone.

4. The spellings are different

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You think, Canada and the UK, we use the same spelling, not like those crazy Americans, it'll be fine. And sure, we both spell colour with a 'u' but after that, everything descends into madness. Analyse? Paralyse? What?

5. You have to pay to skate

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What? Why?

6. You have to go back to using pennies

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And if that wasn't annoying enough, they also have a two pence coin. Because why have one useless coin when you can have TWO?!

7. They use miles instead of kilometeres

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For the love of god, WHY?!

8. They don't refridgerate eggs

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You walk into the grocery store and the eggs are just sitting on the shelf next to the bread.

9. Distance is relative

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What do you mean, I can be in another country in a few hours?

10. There are castles everywhere

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Literally, everywhere.

11. You will miss Timmies more than you think you will

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Sure, we all laugh at the stereotypes, until you're 5000km away from home and craving a double-double and timbits.

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And most importantly, living in the UK is totally awesome. Even if it drives you a bit mad.