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I think calling them a **** is always good, but I've never figured out the pronunciation. Ass-trix-trix-trix-trix? Surely it's simpler just to say *****?

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Let me try to explain the fanny saying in Scotland , it's just another word for things like " idiot, stupid ," not as offensive as these though ,, ill try to give an example of when it might be used. So a chap is walking along the street in Scotland , he then trips and nearly falls over , anyone seeing this would then jokingly say " what a fanny " have a look on you tube for the iron bru add with the word fanny :thumbsup:

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Perhaps slightly off topic, but I got told off for being a dumb Geordie not long ago for mentioning Irn Bru. But at least I spelled it correctly.

I think I can handle fanny.

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They think you are calling them a bottom when you are really calling them a ladies front bottom.

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+1 keep up.

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Cutie patootie is the one that drives me crazy. I guess I understand it, it just makes me cringe :huh:

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The phrase is used in the book "No Clean Clothes" by Robert Munsch (if that makes it less cringeworthy?)

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Ahhh can't believe I spelt it like that , dumb I phone spellchecker , never understands the good auld scottish dialect :eek:

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If a woman comes into our office the Canadians declare her to be either a "cutie pie" or a "douche bag".

My, female, children, stopped going to the office when they were in their early teens and left the province asap. "Canadians" one reasonably observed "are horrible". Certainly their language is horrible, I hadn't heard similar expressions outside Canada until "Mad Men" was televised.

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I believe it's iPhone. I phone is what I do when I phone someone. Oh, and spelled, although you may be speaking Scottish.

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That phrase drives me crazy!

And another is the use of 'entree' for a main dish. No folks, an entree is a starter!!! And you would have thought with it being a bilingual country and all they'd at least understand a bit of French!

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:p :p :p

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And you'd also think that they'd be able to pronounce "croissant" properly...

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and "herbs"

:)

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How about small / medium / large/ double double

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Can you naffing believe this? They have something called fiddling competitions all over the country. I didn't look that closely but I really hope they don't have a kiddie competition. :eek:

http://canadiangrandmasters.ca

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But you could imagine in their innocence that they would have one, and publicise such an event. If they did it might be attended by the odd (I use that term loosely) older British TV/Pop stars :sneaky:

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A proper "Canadian" pint (at least here in Ontario) is the same as an Imperial pint (i.e., 20 oz), whereas a U.S. pint (which you will sometimes get here, but not that often) is only 16 oz.

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Not in BC. The rip off merchants here can pour anything from 14 to 20oz and still call it a pint. :thumbdown:

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I think it's spelled "mangiacake." It's (somewhat derogatory) Italian/Southern European slang for someone of Northern European extraction (or "unhyphenated"/"Heinz 57" Canadians). The implication is that we (people of British, Irish, German, Dutch or Scandinavian ancestry) lack culture and are very white bread in our tastes.

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Yup :thumbdown:

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I saw a report on this on TV. They even found somewhere handing out 12oz glasses as pints even though it's barely over a half.

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In my Province its illegal to have more than 750 ml of beer (26 ozs) in front of you for your personal consumption. So basically you can have 2 x bottles of beer but not 2 pints either imperial size (20 ozs) or US liquid size (16 ozs).
WTF:confused:

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The place is full of naffing morons. I asked a the bartender how much was in pint they served and he said. "It says on the glass its .51 I think?"

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Your province must have run out of important things to make illegal.