Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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Aug 7th 2010 | 8:08 am

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Yeah, fill in the blanks. More fun, I guess. The last snipped word is a synonym of jolly.

Jocund?

Aug 7th 2010 | 8:09 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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Originally Posted by cityhog

Ha ha but mine says:
jolÂ·ly
â€‚ â€‚/ËˆdÊ’É’li/ Show Spelled [jol-ee] Show IPA adjective, -liÂ·er, -liÂ·est, verb, -lied, -lyÂ·ing, noun, plural -lies, adverb
â€“adjective
1.
in good spirits; gay; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
2.
cheerfully festive or convivial: a jolly party.
3.
joyous; happy: Christmas is a jolly season.
4.
Chiefly British Informal . delightful; charming.
5.
British .
a.
Informal . great; thorough: a jolly blunderer.
b.
Slang . slightly drunk; tipsy.

â€”Synonyms
1â€“3. glad, spirited, jovial, sportive, playful. See gay.

Aaaaah so you're homophobic.

Aug 7th 2010 | 8:12 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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Aaaaah so you're homophobic.

Which means he probably likes UFC himself.

Aug 7th 2010 | 8:20 am

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Which means he probably likes UFC himself.

Are you suggesting this is cityhog and friend?

Spoiler:

Aug 7th 2010 | 8:32 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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Originally Posted by el_richo

Are you suggesting this is cityhog and friend?

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Is one of them Randy Couture? (no I didn't make that name up, he's some guy that does UFC - honestly)

Aug 7th 2010 | 8:57 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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Are you suggesting this is cityhog and friend?

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He he, I don't have any friend here. They look like RICH and Steve_P in one of your BE get-togethers. But I wish I looked like these guys.

Aug 7th 2010 | 8:58 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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He he, I don't have any friend here.

Why does that not surprise

Aug 7th 2010 | 9:12 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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Originally Posted by cityhog

He he, I don't have any friend here. They look like RICH and Steve_P in one of your BE get-togethers. But I wish I looked like these guys.

I'm honoured to be singled out by such an eminent poster.

But unfortunately neither one of them looks anything at all like me.

Aug 7th 2010 | 9:13 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

oooh I 've said it before and I'll say it again - I lurve a bit of UFC or MMA

Aug 7th 2010 | 11:27 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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Is one of them Randy Couture? (no I didn't make that name up, he's some guy that does UFC - honestly)

That's Randy 'The Natural' Couture

Aug 7th 2010 | 11:54 am

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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That's Randy 'The Natural' Couture

oooh thats twice he has "come up" today on BE!!

Aug 7th 2010 | 12:03 pm

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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oooh thats twice he has "come up" today on BE!!

I reckon i could have him, in a fight

Aug 7th 2010 | 12:21 pm

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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I reckon i could have him, in a fight

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...outure%201.jpg

You could probably just have him.

Aug 7th 2010 | 1:21 pm

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

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I reckon i could have him, in a fight

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...outure%201.jpg

bet you could if you used one of these ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbsSeVr5NSI

Aug 7th 2010 | 2:43 pm

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Re: Avoiding unnecessary cultural misunderstandings

Hi
Just wondering ......what is a cradle? Is it some kind of nickname for Canadians....If so I don't think it is very nice...just saying.....
lol
Stef

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Originally Posted by Oink

I thought this topic might be useful to stop new immigrants getting into a sticky situation because of a cultural misunderstanding. I realise Canadians have little sense of humour and they tend to take themselves and their situation too seriously but has one else found that cradles are too easy to take offense at the slightest comment or action? Even sober, I seem to unintentionally piss off cradles on an increasing level, they are a touchy bunch and it doesnâ€™t take much to set them off. Does anyone else have this problem and, if so, what do you find sets them off? Also, whatâ€™s the worst thing youâ€™ve said or done that seemed to get their goat?

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