Amusing article about Canadian Language
Jun 15th 2005, 12:43 pm
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Amusing article about Canadian Language
This made an awful lot of sense to me, and is probably not a bad thing to read before relocating, or amending your CV (sorry, résumé).
http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm
http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm
Jun 15th 2005, 3:39 pm
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Re: Amusing article about Canadian Language
Originally Posted by cov-canuck
This made an awful lot of sense to me, and is probably not a bad thing to read before relocating, or amending your CV (sorry, résumé).
http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm
http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm
Yes, interesting. They also use what are archaic words in England. I couldn't help smiling when someone said to me "He's only yay high," indicating a size with his hands, and "It's over yonder!" I hadn't heard either of those expressions spoken before. They also have "slough", which is pronounced "slew" and it means "a lot" as in "I have a whole slough of work to do..."
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Jun 15th 2005, 6:39 pm
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Re: Amusing article about Canadian Language
The only thing that I noticed as being incorrect is that "toque" is not spelled with a "u" (tuque).
