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Buoy, not boo-eee! Canadians on boats sound like yummy mummies.

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Got stung a few times before I worked it out! :frown:

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Vaughan Mills - pronounced Von Mills

I called a neighbour when I first moved here asking where a good big mall is and he said "Von Mills" so I looked at the map for 1/2 an hour trying to find it so I called him back to confirm. He said "You Know... Von .... V..a..u..g..h..a..n" Doh!

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They just don't have this is in their culture, do they? I think it because they do not have the pub culture we have in the UK.

I went out with my neighbour and our 2 wives and I bought rounds all night and he never put his hand in his pocket once!

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I think generally they're just cheap bastards because even though Americans don't have pub culture as well, they usually stand their round.

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Passive aggressiveness ..... oh no wait....

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A similar reaction to calling a Canadian an American.

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But Scotland has been a part of England for the last 800 years or so whereas Canada (albeit nominally) is an independent country.

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Humour

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Hummus

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Isn't it because the waitress usually brings the bill?

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Las Vegas - Los Vagas

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Duodenum

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Eh? How the heck do they mangle that?

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Silent W's in place names.

Norr-wich
Kes-wick etc.