I guess I did. I heard it all over the place. Iscariot had it slightly, one of his friends had a heavier one, and the indoor rock-climbing instructor we went to had a really heavy one. I kept making fun of how Iscariot said "about".
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I guess I did. I heard it all over the place. Iscariot had it slightly, one of his friends had a heavier one, and the indoor rock-climbing instructor we went to had a really heavy one. I kept making fun of how Iscariot said "about".
I guess I did. I heard it all over the place. Iscariot had it slightly, one of his friends had a heavier one, and the indoor rock-climbing instructor we went to had a really heavy one. I kept making fun of how Iscariot said "about".
Hehe.
Every once in a while, someone will ask me if I'm Canadian because of how I say 'about'. With me it's very slight, and usually people don't notice, but every once in a while it gets caught.
I'm glad that you had such a good time in TO..... I haven't had a chance to visit in a while (everyone has come to visit me), but I hope to get back in the fall. I'm glad I'm not there now, what with all the rain and the garbage strike.
Pockets of downtown and uptown still reek. The backdoor of my condo, too, since the management is having to pay a lot to have private waste management come pick up their trash. Grrr.
I spend time in both countries and I tell you this... the only difference between Canada and the US is... the change you acquire in your pocket. Canada has no $1 dollar bill. They have 1 & 2 dollar coins... and you will get them back in change. After 2 days I'll find myself with close to 20 dollars in loose change bulging from my pocket.
Oh... one more difference. In the US we have Dollar stores... in Canada they have Looney Stores.
Oh... one more difference. In the US we have Dollar stores... in Canada they have Looney Stores.
Who said anything about hate?
Pockets of downtown and uptown still reek. The backdoor of my condo, too, since the management is having to pay a lot to have private waste management come pick up their trash. Grrr.
Looks like the strike might be ending today........ good luck........
Well, the final truth is actually Canada is the place we Americans pretend to be from when the world doesn't like us while traveling (british Canada), or who we blame in ironic reference to southpark when we refuse to acknowledge our own responsibilities! (those crazies frenchies)
No way!
I will also say that Canadian guys are probably in better physical shape than guys in the US. But that seems to be true everywhere I travel.
Hell, I say roof (not ruhff), but I can still detect a Canadian accent from most Canadians I've ever encountered. Although I have a very keen ear.
Hell, I say roof (not ruhff), but I can still detect a Canadian accent from most Canadians I've ever encountered. Although I have a very keen ear.
I say roof too. I've avoided picking up the Chicago accent too, even though a lot of my neighbors have it.
i live in the US and have no problems with anyone unless they pick fights with me and since i've yet to meet a canadian who picks a fight w/ me, i don't think i have any problems w/ them.
Then you haven't seen me.... too much time in front of a 'puter and behind a camera.
My wife and I don't have accents. Yet when we visit relatives in NY, they are constantly teasing us about our accents. Everything is relative, I suppose.
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.
wtf.. no one talks like that here lol.
When I visit the States, it agitates me when American's say "water" like "wooter". My cousin moved to Buffalo for school, when he came back he kept saying "get me wooter" or "coll me"
pissed me off lol.
Haha! Oh yes they do.
When I visit the States, it agitates me when American's say "water" like "wooter". My cousin moved to Buffalo for school, when he came back he kept saying "get me wooter" or "coll me"
What area were you visiting? It's sounds like New York/east coast to me.
Haha! Oh yes they do.
What area were you visiting? It's sounds like New York/east coast to me.
lol... well I've lived here for all my life (20 years) and have yet to encounter somebody that talks like that... born and raised in Canada.
What you were describing sounds like you met someone from the UK, rather than Canada
And yes... Buffalo is where my cousin goes to school... so I guess that makes sense.
i hope none with anyone, but it does happen once in a while when arguments become really heated and its the end of the week... So, i don't dislike anyone just because of race, ethnicity, country of origin etc. i dislike them only if they have something more personal against me.
lol... well I've lived here for all my life (20 years) and have yet to encounter somebody that talks like that... born and raised in Canada.
What you were describing sounds like you met someone from the UK, rather than Canada
And yes... Buffalo is where my cousin goes to school... so I guess that makes sense.
You can only really notice an accent when you're not part of the society with the accent. Just this past year I realized I say 'frog' like this guy: http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&speakerid=65 but my non-Connecticut friends don't.
I can pick out the accent on this guy pretty quickly, even if he might sound normal to you: http://accent.gmu.edu/searchsaa.php?function=detail&speakerid=1078
I do like a couple of things about Canada though:
1) Tiim Horton's. The coffee is not bad, and you can tell why Canadians are into the doughnut culture, too.
2) A LOT of great Chinese restaurants, thanks to a gigantic ex-patriate population of Chinese from Hong Kong and Taiwan in Toronto and Vancouver, BC.
1) Tiim Horton's. The coffee is not bad, and you can tell why Canadians are into the doughnut culture, too.
2) A LOT of great Chinese restaurants, thanks to a gigantic ex-patriate population of Chinese from Hong Kong and Taiwan in Toronto and Vancouver, BC.
lol... well I've lived here for all my life (20 years) and have yet to encounter somebody that talks like that... born and raised in Canada.
What you were describing sounds like you met someone from the UK, rather than Canada
Umm...nope. They were natives. I don't know how you can say no one there talks like that. Believe me, a lot of you guys have accents- and they're very cute.
Yep -that's the east coast accent. It's really cool.
if it hasn't been said already....
Is Wolverine even really Canadians in the movies?
American Civil War
World War I in American uniform
World War II in American uniform
Vietnam War in ... presumably as an American
Seems to me that he might have been born Canadian but he's definitely a naturalized American at this point.
I think the maple syrup they produce is A+.
Beyond that, I dont have an opinion.
Oh, and the usage of "Eh" in their language is awesome.
So my review of Canada.
5/5.
Ooh wait, gotta deduct .25 for Celine Dion.
4.75/5
Beyond that, I dont have an opinion.
Oh, and the usage of "Eh" in their language is awesome.
So my review of Canada.
5/5.
Ooh wait, gotta deduct .25 for Celine Dion.
4.75/5