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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2015 13:51:32 GMT -5
Oh gawd! Now you've started again! Now that hockey season is over, for the Blues anyway, some of that should go away EH. LOL PK PK PK.... I thought you'd do better eh? Canucks are out too.
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Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 30, 2015 15:43:01 GMT -5
My boy's a hockey player. My boy he's pretty tough. I'm awfully proud of my boy, he ain't afraid to mix it up. Shoulda seen 'im whoop that Nichols kid, gave that boy a bloody nose. Shoot, by the time he's ten years old my boy 'll be ready for the pros. I wanna see a hockey fight, a little Donnybrook, a little brouhaha, And if our team should score tonight, we all can yell 'hurrah'. Hurrah.
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Post by Malarky on Apr 30, 2015 15:59:45 GMT -5
or a "parking deck". the word "arcade" makes me think of video games, so a "parking arcade" to me would be someplace I could park and play video games from inside my car. I'm don't why "arcade" came to be used for video game establishments specifically, but an arcade is just a building or causeway with an arched/vaulted ceiling. I'm not even sure "parkade" is a portmanteau for "parking arcade". "Parking garages" is common here too. Most of these quizzes have something about Canadians pronouncing "about" a-boot (or something like that). I'm glad to see this one didn't because I've never met anyone from any part of Canada who pronounces it that way. We do say "eh?" occasionally, but nowhere near the extent of the TV/movie parodies. Also, it may be the same way in the US, but young girls/women (age 11-24) here say "like" here so often, it's pitiable. The following wouldn't be the least bit of an exaggeration: "Did you like... see her with her like... thing on her shoulder... and we were all like... we were like... just get it fixed. Like there's a store like right over there. And she was like... looking at us, and we were like 'Yeah, we're being serious.'" I used to tease my sister about it in the late 1990's and it's only gotten worse since then. I think even the guys are doing it now. My fathers family is from Nova Scotia by way of Scotland. "Aboot" seems to be a common pronunciation for about. I did hear that in the older family members when I was young and living in MA and in Nova Scotia-although I haven't been back there for 25+ years.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 30, 2015 16:12:03 GMT -5
I'm don't why "arcade" came to be used for video game establishments specifically, but an arcade is just a building or causeway with an arched/vaulted ceiling. I'm not even sure "parkade" is a portmanteau for "parking arcade". "Parking garages" is common here too. Most of these quizzes have something about Canadians pronouncing "about" a-boot (or something like that). I'm glad to see this one didn't because I've never met anyone from any part of Canada who pronounces it that way. We do say "eh?" occasionally, but nowhere near the extent of the TV/movie parodies. Also, it may be the same way in the US, but young girls/women (age 11-24) here say "like" here so often, it's pitiable. The following wouldn't be the least bit of an exaggeration: "Did you like... see her with her like... thing on her shoulder... and we were all like... we were like... just get it fixed. Like there's a store like right over there. And she was like... looking at us, and we were like 'Yeah, we're being serious.'" I used to tease my sister about it in the late 1990's and it's only gotten worse since then. I think even the guys are doing it now. My fathers family is from Nova Scotia by way of Scotland. "Aboot" seems to be a common pronunciation for about. I did hear that in the older family members when I was young and living in MA and in Nova Scotia-although I haven't been back there for 25+ years. That's what I've heard. "It's a maritime thing." "It's a Newfie thing." Indeed, I know some Maritimers with very strong accents. I find it very comparable to the Irish accent. "Well ya be gohn o'er tada poob witcher mates den?" The trouble is that the "ow" and "uh" phonemes all take on a bit of an "ooh". It's not just "about". The way they pronounce "about" fits in perfectly with the rest of everything they say. So why single out "about"? These "Canadian language facts" sites make it sound like it's a real outlier, and I've never known that to be the case.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 30, 2015 16:22:24 GMT -5
My boy's a hockey player. My boy he's pretty tough. I'm awfully proud of my boy, he ain't afraid to mix it up.
My boy's a hockey player But didn't like the fights. Now he's a figure skater In sequins and in tights.
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Post by MN-Investor on May 1, 2015 0:23:19 GMT -5
11 of 20.
But I did get nanaimo bar. My sister lives in Seattle and when she visited Minnesota a few years ago she brought a nanaimo bar. I loved it!!! Of course it has a zillion calories so I'll probably never make one, but at some point DH and I will visit Canada and I will certainly keep my eyes open for them.
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