Canadian accents are sexy. Actually, any accent is sexy.
How about when it sounds like we have marbles in our mouths?
Canadian accents are sexy. Actually, any accent is sexy.
There's actually a city workers strike going on in Toronto right now, which includes garbage pick up. The first week after the strike started things were fairly appalling, but now that we're a month in it seems the communities have stepped up and gotten things looking tidy again. There are still some public trash cans that are a disgrace, but I'm actually kind of impressed with how quickly different areas came together to handle the strike.
the only thing wrong with Canadians is how much they dislike Americans because of their preconceived notions about us. that's all
Yes, but using what they called "Canadians" (colonists) as part of the militia.Well, technically it was the British, Canada didn't really exist as a country until 1871.
Incidentally, my gr gr gr gr grandfather and his brother who lived in Markham, mostly sat around and got drunk during the War. They were supposed to be guarding the fort in Toronto... Perhaps it was their drunkenness that allowed the Americans to burn the fort. The British retaliated by setting fire to the White House.
That bit about the fort is cool. I bet you don't see that on the plaque!
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Anything east of Richmond B.C. is simply too cold to live.
Someone who knows their geography! I agree with you, and live west of Richmond. Not far from the community that has more retired meteorologists than anywhere else in Canada.
How about when it sounds like we have marbles in our mouths?
All I can say is this- I went to visit Iscariot in Toronto in February. One night I was walking home smoking. A very cute guy stopped and says, "Got anuther smook, eh?" I said, "OMG, yes. That was so adorable. Can you say something else?" He laughed, and I said I was just kidding, but really I wasn't.
The US - Canada relationship used to be a nearly unique one. Now, we are seeing ourselves being delegated to the same status as the rest of world.
It might be taken as condescending or even insulting to say I think of Canada as almost more of America, but I suppose that's a good thing? In other words, Canada is very neighborly!
the wide range of ethnicities and nationalities that you don't see in a lot of the US, I most definitely did not feel like I was in "more of America" when I was in Toronto.
Someone who knows their geography! I agree with you, and live west of Richmond. Not far from the community that has more retired meteorologists than anywhere else in Canada.
All I can say is this- I went to visit Iscariot in Toronto in February. One night I was walking home smoking. A very cute guy stopped and says, "Got anuther smook, eh?" I said, "OMG, yes. That was so adorable. Can you say something else?" He laughed, and I said I was just kidding, but really I wasn't.
I live in Alberta and I've never met a single Canadian that speaks like you keep saying they do. The only real accent I've noticed is that we speak more melodically. And we say roof, not... ruhff.
Here's a little MP3 of me saying the words and how I... think you guys think we say it?
http://drop.io/plasticity/asset/no-accent-mp3
Well apparently, it's different across your country. Everybody had that accent to some degree in Toronto, even Iscariot. His wasn't that heavy though.
All I can say is this- I went to visit Iscariot in Toronto in February. One night I was walking home smoking. A very cute guy stopped and says, "Got anuther smook, eh?" I said, "OMG, yes. That was so adorable. Can you say something else?" He laughed, and I said I was just kidding, but really I wasn't.
Not trying to burst your bubble because I know how adorable you think the accent is...... but I'm from Toronto and lived there most of my life, and I most certainly don't have the accent that you described in your above post (#256).
Canadian guys still use that line?
If I was walking home at night and a guy stopped me and asked for a light or cigarette I'd certainly know what he's looking for.
But you can't deny that a lot of people do have it in Toronto.