~laughter~ One of my best friends is Canadian. eh?
sigh. eh?
~Wicked grin~ I fixed it for you! eh?
sigh
We tease because we care, eh.
So many facets and nuances of the language are lost through such a crude implement. You could at least have thrown in a few key phrases such as;
"Double double", "Back bacon", "King Ralph", "Poutine", "Chinook", or "Hoser".
Distilling all the rich and varied cultures of a land larger than the entire US, down to two letters?
**sigh** indeed.
Rather irksome actually. In fact almost infuriating. This sort of thing makes us want to march down there and burn the white house... again.
If only we weren't so gosh darn polite and apathetic.
=)
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So many facets and nuances of the language are lost through such a crude implement. You could at least have thrown in a few key phrases such as;
"Double double", "Back bacon", "King Ralph", "Poutine", "Chinook", or "Hoser".Distilling all the rich and varied cultures of a land larger than the entire US, down to two letters?
**sigh** indeed.Rather irksome actually. In fact almost infuriating. This sort of thing makes us want to march down there and burn the white house... again.
If only we weren't so gosh darn polite and apathetic.
=)
Oh yeah... wasn't that a rout in 1814! Eh? Well, they burnt down Parliament in York (Toronto) in 1813. So I guess we to return the favour, eh!
Oh, oh, oh: proper "Canuck" spelling...
Armour
Behaviour
Candour
Clamour
Colour
Endevour
Flavour
Glamour
Harbour
Honour
Humour
Labour
Neighbour
Odour
Parlour
Rigour
Rumour
Saviour
Valour
Vapour
Vigour
And there are plenty of other words, for example those words ending in "re" instead of "er" in the U.S.A.
Btw: For those who like a challenge: do ya know what a Inukshuk is? (Gawd, that may be too hard for non-Canadians!)
Eh?
=D
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Btw: For those who like a challenge: do ya know what a Inukshuk is? (Gawd, that may be too hard for non-Canadians!)
Eh?
=D
I do... but I lived there for two years when I was young. (Long enough for the spelling changes to take effect - then moved back and kept flunking spelling for years.)
Funnily enough, I never heard the word "eh" used in conversation except in one instance where the person was hard of hearing... *shrug*
Inukshuk - a stacked stone cairn that marked hunting trails and potential food sources, made by the Inuit people of Canada and Alaska.
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American to Canadian translator so now you can speak to your northern neighbors and be understood.
Bah, don't need no translator. I already live close enough to Canada that most folks think our state is part of Canada or is down south (I swear the rest of this nation is full of nitwits, just because the word 'South' is in the name doesn't mean it's down by Texas).
Although you certainly can't tell the difference between here and Canada, same flat terrain and lack of people.|
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American to Canadian translator so now you can speak to your northern neighbors and be understood.Bah, don't need no translator. I already live close enough to Canada that most folks think our state is part of Canada or is down south (I swear the rest of this nation is full of nitwits, just because the word 'South' is in the name doesn't mean it's down by Texas).
Although you certainly can't tell the difference between here and Canada, same flat terrain and lack of people.
...coughminnesotacough...
They even talk like Canadians there!