Even though English Canada tried to steal it from us, everyone knows that poutine is Quebec’s national dish.
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That’s why it has a French name. Cheese fries.
On the other hand, when the time comes to say it out loud, a large proportion of English speakers find it difficult to say it. Rather they say pou-teen. But not Ryan Gosling.
During a promotional tour for the film The Gray Man, the London, Ontario-born actor was visiting the offices of Lad Bible. He was participating in a capsule in which he ate “Canadian” (not really) and British snacks.
One of the dishes he savors there is poutine, and he insisted that he was not a fan of the name.
“I don’t like the name ‘poutine’. I wish it was something else,” said the 41-year-old actor. We can suspect that it has something to do with a certain Russian president…
“Americans say pou-teen.Not just Americans, Ryan.
Despite his disdain for the name, he still took the trouble to pronounce it correctly. Unlike the entire West Island.
In 2023, we can see the actor playing Ken in the big screen adaptation of Barbie.
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