How TORONTO explains Canada
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@JJMcCullough
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
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@calebcaldwell1101
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
0:12 you don't need to say you're not from Toronto Mr J-man, that was obvious the moment you pronounced the second T
@208467
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
As a born and raised Torontonian, always right in the city, I really appreciated your analysis. It was very inciteful, for a Vancouverite, lol! Excellent presentation, I will be watching more of your videos. I lived in Vancouver for a while in the 80's, beautiful city and the smell from the Cedar mills was amazing but after sitting in traffic on the Lions Gate the sheen wore off quickly. Both cities are awesome places to live but for me Toronto has always been home. It is getting crazy big though and not as much a nice place that it used to be.
@dr.buttholebigstacks3916
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Yes, but what about The Rivoli?
@memoria_technica
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
You meant to say Tomato
@raoulduke8794
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Does a performative pronunciation for about but says Toronto like an American…..
@JohnDoe-d4c
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Lmao, mostly jeets.
@calumashleymcdonough8955
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
I dunno.. I enjoy your videos, but this one felt really negative. I'm a proud Vancouverite, former Torontonian, and a Canadian. And I felt this video was really negative. I usually enjoy your analysis (both good and bad), but after this video, I feel like Canada is a terrible place .
@Aquce92
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
What you say about Toronto is 100% the same in Mexico City, with the caveat that not only it's the biggest city, most populous, where the political, ideological and economical power resides, it IS the capital of the country. All of that meaning that politicians that want to have national, federal positions need to cater to Mexico City's population. So the city has this aura of ultimate importance above anything else in the city. Reflecting how it was also the center of the Aztec Empire not so long ago
@kiris3277
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Stop pronouncing the second t—Please Torono
@Beau-v5g
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Sorry, but as soon as I heard you were from Vancouver and "explaining" Toronto I knew it would be low-key snarky so I clicked off. Sorry, but Vancouver spends half it's time trying to become Toronto, and the other half of it's time crapping on it… which is the typical petty regionalism in Canada toward the largest and most powerful city. This happens in every country of the world toward the biggest city and of course makes great click bait. The best people to actually "explain" any city are the ones who live there, not 4375 miles away yet trying to sound like a local.
@ENGlishJELLo-yk7up
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Toronto is more American than America is!
@JustAnotherHo
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
I do appreciate only 2 universities being mentioned. That is correct as no one should count TMU. It does sound better to say the two largest, and not 3/10.
@Happyharhar
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Welcome to Toronto. The city in Canada with the largest population of non Canadians.
@bigbk301
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Thanks for this video. Im an American with Canadian heritage and it's interesting to see videos like this.
@Red_Platinuum
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
13:02 Frank Sinatra!
@quaesitor
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
tehehehe. it is a glorious and gloriously ordinary city, and i am convinced you are secretly american.
@dustinlechner1219
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
I was born in London Ontario Canada. There, we always pronounced the "second T " In the word Toronto. Just like you do in this video.
@trainrover
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
might JJ actually stand for jaloppying jester, because its dearth of comprehension of cleptoparasitism itself must be tellingly awkward for it & its confrères, mustn't it..?
@trainrover
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Canadia/en/nes tellingly too chicken to ever reconcile the mercantile origin of this domiin of their commonwealth's 💡💡💡💡💡💡
@trainrover
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Vancouver's even flakier & even wishy-washy much like this uploader's own liberty happens to tellingly reveal……….
@trainrover
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Ton o' rot championing Can o' duhhhhhhh
@chickentoucher55
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
7:00 ya that culture comes directly from English protestantism the more English a cities founding the more leftist it is today
@danielstartek9729
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Get a haircut! No hippies allowed in Ontario!
@johnvalat8895
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
3:40 so, so, much better
@effingsix3825
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
7:02 😶
@zel948
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Finally a Canadian calls it "ToroNTo"..
I dont know why most people around here call it "ToroNo"
@willieclark2256
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
‘Why Calgary is Canadas most American city’
@TheGrahamCarter
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
I grew up in a small town, and live in Toronto. People here have no idea about the rest of Canada.
@nobodysanything2330
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm
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