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hi, could anyone give me as much info on Estevan in saskatchewan and what other places are surrounding it to live that is rural. is this a rough part?
thanx

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I've never been to Estevan, but my husband has been there on business, and I know several people who grew up there.

The town has a population of about 10,000. It's in the middle of the prairies, in Saskatchewan, quite close to the Canada-USA border.

I've never heard of anyone describing Estevan as being particularly rough. How rough can a town of 10,000 people get?

Actually I don't really know what you mean by rough. I would consider it a bit rough because it gets harsh winters and because it's far away from larger towns with more amenities.

Since Estevan's population is only 10,000, you wouldn't have to travel very far from the town centre before you hit rural areas.

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I know this will be considered unhelpful, but if you could learn proper English it would be advantageous, both here and in Estevan.

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Uh Oh...

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I think that's another way of saying "sorry, I don't know anything about Estevan".

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Remind me Novo...what is the English for aufgeblasen again?

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Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban American singer and songwriter. Her single "Don't Wanna Lose You" (1989) was certified Platinum in the U.S. and reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. Gloria also has number one hits on the pop, dance, adult contemporary, latin and salsa charts.One of her first songs were "Words Get in The Way."(1968)

Known as the “Queen of Latin Pop”, Estefan is one of the world’s most recognized popular music artists. With over 90 million albums sold worldwide, she is the single most successful crossover performer in Latin music history. She is one of the Best selling music artists of all time.

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http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/w...grammarian.htm

HTH.

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But to be fair, the OP...

http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/w...htm/garble.htm

HAND. SIUYA.

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thanks for your words of wisdom nova....i can speak english very well thanx i also have an a-level in the subject. the word rough was the only word at midnight i could think of. i would really appreciate it if anyone has anything sensible to say about the thread i sent..thanx all

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OK, this isn't going to be much help, but might be a smidge more than some of the previous posts..! (is "smidge" ok?)

I don't know anything about living in Estevan; I went there once on my trip to the border to go "round the flagpole" (e to immigrate from outside of Canada). What I discovered was it is quite isolated - as that previous post said, you don't have to go far out of town to be rural.

Rural Saskatchewan is a pretty unforgiving place, and there is not a lot surrounding Estevan. Maybe are you looking at getting an acreage or something? Small SK towns don't have a lot in the way of suburbs - you're on the main road, you head into town and there is the traditional north american (look, no capitals!!! what was that English degree for???) strip as you go in - gas stations, Tim Hortons, McDs, DQ etc. There's a few turnoffs for the town and then the strip out of there and then...nuthin'...

You would be a lot more isolated in rural SK than in rural England (sorry, you probably are aware of all this) - ie in really bad weather you could get stuck - you'd need those apocalypse-style supplies (frozen milk etc).

Erm, sorry, this hasn't been very helpful. But that's pretty much all I know. Oh! and it's very sunny there. Very very sunny. Why Estevan in particular? Have a work offer there?

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hi, thanks for your reply...i expect your letter will be ripped apart too about your English lol. yes my OH got a job offer there yesterday..so looks like there is where we will be living. we do want a couple of acres but i dont want us to be so rural that we could die and noone would know we even there lol.

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Wolfbagging.

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Sorry, I'm out of touch with UK higher education. I'd forgotten that sentence structure, capitalization, spelling, punctuation and coherence were degree level subjects these days.

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They're not. Judging from what I saw of the degree-level Canadians I've had work under me, stuff like grammar isn't required until one does a doctorate.

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When many people's only requirement to write down anything that is to be read by others is via text or email, then you can expect to see some pretty poor spelling, punctuation etc.

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I can understand sentence construction flying out of the window when someone communicates via text but why does a moving from a pen to a keyboard cause many to forget how to spell words?

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Good question. Especially since most pens don't have a spell-checker.

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Especially.

I hate that word.

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?? :confused:

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Over-used and often wrongly.

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I shall be especially careful to use it especially selectively. Especially in the future.

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Don't get me going. I have several hours to kill until I check out.

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OK. By the way, I know it's a while in the future, but are you likely to be in Ottawa in February? I'll be there for a week (third week I think) and it would be nice to have a beer (or gluehwein).

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I have no immediate plans to move house any time soon so I should be around. The last week will be out, though. My brother is coming over on the 25th. He has this insane notion of wanting to experience Ottawa in February. Stupid bastard.

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I'm not sure of the exact dates yet, but I'll give you a shout nearer to the time.

(God, your bro' is a thicko isn't he?)

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He is odd in that way. He wants to "feel" what cold is. He's got the Canada bug. Been here lots, wants to emigrate. Wife won't let him.