Why did they have to give this show such a stupid name?
I am surprised this was even allowed to be distributed with this name ... after all it is the same sound as S-H-I-T.
What's next, Vuck's Valley?
How funny! Not the name, which is crass and vulgar, but the fact that you posted this right now. I saw it in the trending list and was coming here to comment negatively on the name. In my opinion, it was a typically Canadian move, as Canada is like the wimpy little brother of the USA, always trying to be 'edgy' and get attention and instead just coming across as stupid and immature. I can say this without it being bigoted, as I am a Canadian who now lives in the US.
BTW, the phrase "Schitt's Creek" is a play on the Canadian phrase "Up S--t Creek Without a Paddle". Meaning one is in big trouble with no way out.
Yeah!!!, LOL, usually the expressions is expressed as "up the creek without a paddle".
It just rubs me the wrong way, enough that I would not watch it.
Hmmm, Canadian phrase eh?
https://www.yourdictionary.com/up-the-creek
ORIGIN OF UP-THE-CREEK
This phrase may have come from Haslar Creek in Portsmouth harbour, a 'salt' creek (may be origin of alternative 'up a shit creek'). Wounded sailors during Nelson's time, were taken there to be admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar to die or recover. The ships moored up in the Solent and the wounded soldiers were transported up Haslar creek by tramline hence 'Up the creek without a paddle'. They were held prisoner so that they would not desert while being treated, and some tried to escape by going through the sewers to the creek (another suggested origin of the alternative 'up a shit creek'). Without a paddle this would be hopeless, hence the phrase 'up the creek (without a paddle)' to mean being trapped, stuck or in trouble. Much very obscure navy related jargon entered popular culture in the seafaring peoples of the British Isles, and thus entered the English language as a whole.
I just assumed it was Canadian because I used to hear it spoken all the time when I lived there and I have only heard it used in the context of the show in the USA. British influence up there is much more common than in the US. I just assumed it sounded like something a Canadian Hoser would come up with. Maybe we added the "S--t" part.
share> British influence up there is much more common than in the US.
Probably one of the reasons Canada doesn't have the problems and backwardness the US does.
In Australia we also say “up shit creek without a paddle.” I actually assumed it was an Aussie saying.
The name doesn’t bother me. I had a chuckle the first time I heard about the show.
I would say Britain and Canada have their own sets of problems and backwardness, that while different from the USA's, are similar in scale of impact on Canadians' lives.
shareCanucks AKA "North Americans" (lol) are so clueless sometimes. The reason the show is called as it is is because it's a widely known expression in the English language -- not a regional thing. Moreover, Canadian shows/movies tend to downplay their Canadianness and disguise their location to appeal to a broader audience.
However, the second the first "saurry" popped out of a character's mouth, we knew it was Canadian :)