Ask them how to pay with a credit cardIncredibly, the United States was the last G-20 country to adopt chip-enabled credit cards. Still, while Canadians almost universally use “chip and PIN” credit and debit cards, the United States still favours “chip and signature” cards. More importantly for our purposes, the brand is virtually unknown in the United States; 500 locations versus 3,700 in Canada. In the United States, meanwhile, they’ve never even cracked the top 100. Quiz their spellingThe average American will probably know the basic quirks of Canadian spelling; colour instead of color, cheque instead of check, etc.

Source: National Post June 30, 2016 19:07 UTC