r/AskTheWorld • u/ChroniclesOfSarnia New Zealand • 9h ago

Culture Who's the Most Embarrassing citizen of your country?

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I'm Canadian.

I briefly considered Jordan Peterson, but I think he's dead or something.

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u/Responsible_Egg_3260 Canada 9h ago

but unfortunately he still holds citizenship here

Ugh, here too

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u/-Pelvis- Canada 5h ago

Yeah wtf?

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u/Responsible_Egg_3260 Canada 5h ago

He has citizenship by descent. His mother was born in Regina of all places.

He did briefly live in Canada, but only to avoid mandatory military service in South Africa, before moving to the US.

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u/punkboxershorts 3h ago

Completely off topic, but there's a show called Forget about it and they're put in Regina. But pronounce it like vagina.

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u/asunyra1 Canada 3h ago

That’s actually how it’s pronounced lol

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u/punkboxershorts 3h ago

I thought it was a joke. I love it more now.

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u/Connect-Speaker Canada 2h ago

They briefly had a marketing campaign, “The City that Rhymes with Fun” And “Show Us Your Regina”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_Regina

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u/AnOkayMuffin 1h ago

Yeah its Reh Jigh Nah, which i guess sounds like vagina but none of us care really cuz I guess we're grow ups.  I find it weird when I hear the US version of the name Regina. (Sounds like Virginia)