Can't abide Canadian word?
Jul 25th 2014, 4:34 am
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Jul 25th 2014, 4:41 am
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
For sure. There are lots of regional differences between the US, however from my region its soda, and pop isn't used except by those from some other region...
Here is an interesting website listing maps and differences by region.
I grew up in San Diego, and going to the NE US for example or the South feels like a different different country at times, things are different, same country, regional differences that sometimes are very different.
Here is an interesting website listing maps and differences by region.
I grew up in San Diego, and going to the NE US for example or the South feels like a different different country at times, things are different, same country, regional differences that sometimes are very different.
Jul 25th 2014, 4:57 am
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Ever since I came back from the UK I prefer saying trousers.
Jul 25th 2014, 1:49 pm
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Reach Out, or 'he reached out' instead of he contacted me, phoned me whatever, really gives me the pip...I work with someone who uses this all of the time and I find it most aggravating.
Language is boring here, very pedestrian, they don't generally nuance things well, It's a bit soul destroying when you talk to people who constantly misuse language and wield beautiful words with the joyless fluency of a blunt stick.
Language is boring here, very pedestrian, they don't generally nuance things well, It's a bit soul destroying when you talk to people who constantly misuse language and wield beautiful words with the joyless fluency of a blunt stick.
Jul 25th 2014, 1:55 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
Surely by the time you've said all of that, you're even further behind. I prefer a headless chicken moment.
Mostly though I think it's all of the shiny new grammatical errors I've been subjected to here.
Surely by the time you've said all of that, you're even further behind. I prefer a headless chicken moment.
Mostly though I think it's all of the shiny new grammatical errors I've been subjected to here.
Jul 25th 2014, 2:03 pm
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Jul 25th 2014, 2:55 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Another one... I don't know if it's a Canadian thing or just a curse of the modern world, but I find the phrase "... that being said, ..." to be like nails on a blackboard.
Often, people don't even use it correctly. They say something, then say, "that being said, ..." and then proceed to say the same thing only slightly differently.
"It's going to be a lovely sunny day today here in northern Alberta. That being said, you won't be needing your umbrella today!"
I know Cru-SONT isn't actually correct, but what is the correct pronunciation?
Jul 25th 2014, 2:57 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Like open or close the light. Or I received rain.
Jul 25th 2014, 3:29 pm
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Close the light is used by anglo quebecers...sure fire way to tell them apart from other cradles. Anglo quebecers also say 'autoroute' and 'dep' naturally.
Jul 25th 2014, 3:30 pm
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Jul 25th 2014, 3:31 pm
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Reach Out, or 'he reached out' instead of he contacted me, phoned me whatever, really gives me the pip...I work with someone who uses this all of the time and I find it most aggravating.
Language is boring here, very pedestrian, they don't generally nuance things well, It's a bit soul destroying when you talk to people who constantly misuse language and wield beautiful words with the joyless fluency of a blunt stick.
Language is boring here, very pedestrian, they don't generally nuance things well, It's a bit soul destroying when you talk to people who constantly misuse language and wield beautiful words with the joyless fluency of a blunt stick.