Can't abide Canadian word?
Jul 30th 2014, 12:55 am
#106
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
I am going to ask since I was born and raised in North America, but how does one pronounce sauce other then soss? Its the only way I have ever heard anyone say it, and the dictionary pronounces it that way as well. (north american dictionary)
I am curious, I can usually figure out the differences in how words are pronounced, but this one has me confused.
I am curious, I can usually figure out the differences in how words are pronounced, but this one has me confused.
Jul 30th 2014, 1:07 am
#107
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by caretaker
An apple sat on the railway track,
Feeling blue and cross
Around the bend came Number 10
Toot! Toot! - apple-sauce.
Feeling blue and cross
Around the bend came Number 10
Toot! Toot! - apple-sauce.
Originally Posted by bats
Sauce, source, and sorce(ery) sound the same.
Jul 30th 2014, 1:13 am
#108
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by Gozit
Assuming this is a Canadian poem i'm surprised it uses the word "cross" ... Canadians in my experience don't usually use that.
When you say this I assume you mean they sound the same as pronounced by Brits, correct?
When you say this I assume you mean they sound the same as pronounced by Brits, correct?
Jul 30th 2014, 1:14 am
#109
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
And talking of words, I learned today that hospital gowns are sometimes called Johnnies. If you are a patient and you are asked to put on a Johnnie, think twice before you act.
Jul 30th 2014, 1:17 am
#110
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by bats
Exactly so my friend. Specifically southern Engkish, the others might pronounce the r in source.
Jul 30th 2014, 1:18 am
#111
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by bats
And talking of words, I learned today that hospital gowns are sometimes called Johnnies. If you are a patient and you are asked to put on a Johnnie, think twice before you act.
Never heard of that
Jul 30th 2014, 6:20 am
#112
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
"That's my bad" instead of "Sorry, my mistake"
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Would even prefer "I ****ed up" even in (what Alberta would consider) polite company!
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Would even prefer "I ****ed up" even in (what Alberta would consider) polite company!
Jul 30th 2014, 2:35 pm
#113
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by haggis88
"That's my bad"
But googling shows it was around in the 70s and later popularised by the underrated movie Clueless.
There's even a reference to Shakespeare having used it.
We live and learn.
Jul 30th 2014, 2:43 pm
#114
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by bats
And talking of words, I learned today that hospital gowns are sometimes called Johnnies. If you are a patient and you are asked to put on a Johnnie, think twice before you act.
Jul 30th 2014, 2:58 pm
#115
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
On the news yseterday: turn-a-key for tourniquet
Jul 30th 2014, 3:10 pm
#116
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by Alan2005
On the news yseterday: turn-a-key for tourniquet
Jul 30th 2014, 3:10 pm
#117
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
I heard two cradles conversing. Reminding me that
Going forward
Per se
In some sense
are commonly used here to convey nothing at all. They are the local equivalent of "um", "like", "er" and "y'know?".
Going forward
Per se
In some sense
are commonly used here to convey nothing at all. They are the local equivalent of "um", "like", "er" and "y'know?".
Jul 30th 2014, 4:05 pm
#118
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
On another thread a Brit asked a question of another Brit and called him "dude".
Jul 30th 2014, 5:08 pm
#119
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
Originally Posted by plasticcanuck
On another thread a Brit asked a question of another Brit and called him "dude".
Jul 30th 2014, 5:45 pm
#120
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Re: Can't abide Canadian word?
[QUOTE=bats;11352007. Canadians pronounce sauce as sahce.[/QUOTE]
If this was so, they wouldn't think it rhymed with 'cross'.
I have been in lots of schools on the Lower Mainland and I gave encountered this 'rhyme' many times, so it is obviously a fairly common thing in Primary classrooms.
If this was so, they wouldn't think it rhymed with 'cross'.
I have been in lots of schools on the Lower Mainland and I gave encountered this 'rhyme' many times, so it is obviously a fairly common thing in Primary classrooms.
