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I always thought Dundalk was like like Deliverance. having spent most holidays there the past 7 years as my ex in laws lived on Main Street. there a funny bunch the Dundalkarians. there pretty fiesty about there little shitty town and about how great living in the swamp err i mean country is, yet they are jealous of anyone who made it out LOL ![ROFL](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
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(For the few people unfamiliar with Ontario's high country, the nose is a characteristic of the long term population, it takes a while to be able to tell people apart based just on their appearance).
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"Scumdalk" is what they call it in Melancthon. Lots of cases of the "Dufferin County Nose" there.
(For the few people unfamiliar with Ontario's high country, the nose is a characteristic of the long term population, it takes a while to be able to tell people apart based just on their appearance).
(For the few people unfamiliar with Ontario's high country, the nose is a characteristic of the long term population, it takes a while to be able to tell people apart based just on their appearance).
They didnt like me much cos i wasnt a Canadian, so god only knows what Easter will be like when he takes his new Jamaican GF home!
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Oh my. A Dufferin County cop told me "there's lots of diversity in the county". I pointed out that the census shows less than 1% is non-white" and he adjusted "lots of diversity in white people". That said, I did once see a black man once at the feed mill in Shelburne, I don't suppose tourists buy feed so there's at least one foreign person north of 89.
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Oh my. A Dufferin County cop told me "there's lots of diversity in the county". I pointed out that the census shoes less than 1% is non-white" and he adjusted "lots of diversity in white people". That said, I did once see a black man once at the feed mill in Shelburne, I don't suppose tourists buy feed so there's at least one foreign person north of 89.
I kind of think a Eater in dundalk is a fitting punishment for the Jamaican seeing as she ran off with my ex
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Americanisation is the root of all evil - materialistic, lazy, insular, humourless and boring.
We lived in Canada for a few years - Canadians live to work, they don't work to have a life.
The monotonous scenery, the looooong winters and loooooong drives are boring like the Canadians.
So happy to be home in beautiful diverse historic UK
We lived in Canada for a few years - Canadians live to work, they don't work to have a life.
The monotonous scenery, the looooong winters and loooooong drives are boring like the Canadians.
So happy to be home in beautiful diverse historic UK
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Americanisation is the root of all evil - materialistic, lazy, insular, humourless and boring.
We lived in Canada for a few years - Canadians live to work, they don't work to have a life.
The monotonous scenery, the looooong winters and loooooong drives are boring like the Canadians.
So happy to be home in beautiful diverse historic UK
We lived in Canada for a few years - Canadians live to work, they don't work to have a life.
The monotonous scenery, the looooong winters and loooooong drives are boring like the Canadians.
So happy to be home in beautiful diverse historic UK
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Am now adding Dundalk to list of places to visit, along with Alabama.
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When I was 14 my family upped and left for France-talk about an adventure. Trying to adapt to French ways, learning their language, fighting the hundred years war all over again, wondering where the entente cordiale was, constant fights at school, but it all came right when I was walking through the village and a British tourist stopped his car and asked me, in halting French, the way to the local supermarket. Without thinking I answered in French. The tourist went red in the face and started ranting at me, in English about "bloody frogs and why couldn't we speak English.
If I was a student again, and I wanted to experience a different culture, I would certainly look for something a bit more exciting than an English millieu. How about China? Lots of young people are going there to study now. Could be an advantage as soon there will be a new B.E. forum about Brit expats in China.
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As for spelling, my experience (here in Calgary) is the opposite of dbd's.
"-our" is used in preference to "-or", and the "-ize" is used in preference to "-ise".
This web-site: http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsiss...anAmerican.htm would seem to support my view, but spelling is so inconsistent here anyway, that's it's hard to say which is "correct".
"-our" is used in preference to "-or", and the "-ize" is used in preference to "-ise".
This web-site: http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsiss...anAmerican.htm would seem to support my view, but spelling is so inconsistent here anyway, that's it's hard to say which is "correct".
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I considered France but decided against it because my language skills aren't quite up to par for working in France. It's perhaps harder for British people to go to a country speaking another language because we're not brought up knowing other languages, but also other countries aren't accustomed to hearing their language spoken in a British accent, which compounds the problem. Given that I can't understand half of the British accents, it's no surprise.
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Paulious, you have a good point. It is much harder work to get accepted in France. I 'think' I have settled in well here, and having kids here has helped. I get cross when so many English people who have chosen to make their homes here make quite so few efforts with the language. France is also 'impossible' if you have a non-European husband! The paperwork is a nightmare. I love the idea that Canada has so many different nationalities but with a spirit of inclusivity, even if it may not always be apparent. There are many splendid aspects to life in France but inclusivity certainly isn't one of them.
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