is Canada considered abroad?
Jul 14, 2016 | 11:52 am
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Some confusion happenes because several US air carriers classify Canada as "domestic" for the purposes of lounge access. Has nothing to do with governmental definitions, of course.
Jul 14, 2016 | 5:47 pm
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Jul 14, 2016 | 6:54 pm
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Jul 14, 2016 | 8:30 pm
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No one in California would describe their trip to Canada as "going abroad".
Jul 15, 2016 | 2:49 am
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Is that a fact? What I had in mind was why is the country called "Canada" if the people are "Canadian" (or vice versa)? Is it a part of some plot by the French to infiltrate the English language? Let's not open a can of worms though, especially not in the wrong thread.
Jul 15, 2016 | 3:40 am
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I can't believe the OP is even a serious question. Whether or not you use 'abroad' as colloquial for a near or far journey, Canada, from any other country but Canada, including the US, is 'abroad'.
Jul 15, 2016 | 6:16 am
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Jul 15, 2016 | 10:48 am
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I've actually had this conversation with friends before. We went to dinner and a show in Windsor last year...joked about taking a "trip abroad". Or, since we did cross a body of water, "overseas". (OK, so it was a river...) 
Outside of a joke, I'd never use "abroad" for Canada or Mexico, or anything Caribbean. Technically Webster may give me the right to, but it still sounds silly. Just like I probably wouldn't say "overseas" for Hawaii or the Caribbean, even though it technically is. It'd bound to gather some rolled eyes from your audience.
Outside of a joke, I'd never use "abroad" for Canada or Mexico, or anything Caribbean. Technically Webster may give me the right to, but it still sounds silly. Just like I probably wouldn't say "overseas" for Hawaii or the Caribbean, even though it technically is. It'd bound to gather some rolled eyes from your audience.
Jul 15, 2016 | 10:57 am
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Jul 15, 2016 | 11:54 am
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I've actually had this conversation with friends before. We went to dinner and a show in Windsor last year...joked about taking a "trip abroad". Or, since we did cross a body of water, "overseas". (OK, so it was a river...)
Outside of a joke, I'd never use "abroad" for Canada or Mexico, or anything Caribbean. Technically Webster may give me the right to, but it still sounds silly. Just like I probably wouldn't say "overseas" for Hawaii or the Caribbean, even though it technically is. It'd bound to gather some rolled eyes from your audience.
Outside of a joke, I'd never use "abroad" for Canada or Mexico, or anything Caribbean. Technically Webster may give me the right to, but it still sounds silly. Just like I probably wouldn't say "overseas" for Hawaii or the Caribbean, even though it technically is. It'd bound to gather some rolled eyes from your audience.