God forbid. XD astrael_nyx says it's only Montrealers who are lacking in this particular sensitivity, not Toronto or Vancouver. Well, it's Europe too, evidently.

"Konnichiwa" gets it too, mind you. Some of my Japanese language classmates have noted their irritation because as soon as someone finds out they're studying Japanese it's like, "Konnichiwa! :D" and they're like, "...=_=".