Tim Horton's

[Saddle Bronc 124]

I chuckle to myself at the feathers I have ruffled because of a silly donut...

we are all chuckling us Canadians don't take anything too seriuosly

Unless you diss our beer or favourite hockey team...then it's war! Or if some poor shmuck tries to say that Canada sucks...we (some of us) may sometimes even say it ourselves, but if someone who ISN'T Canadian says it? Watch out!

True, we do have a "no one but us can beat-up on our family" approach.

[Leafgal 3]

That is so true. Transplants or not we will all be true to our Home country, and no one better diss either our hockey or our Country else most of us will come out fighting lol.

Leafgal

[bucknekkid 0]

That is so true. Transplants or not we will all be true to our Home country, and no one better diss either our hockey or our Country else most of us will come out fighting lol.

Leafgal

Seeing how I turned a coffee thread into a food fight, and now a "don't diss my beer, hockey team or Country" thread, I have a question for all you proud (and rightfully so) Canadians. (1) For those of ya'll (me being a very Southern boy) who move into the States or have already done so, will you continue or do you still use those unnecessary letters of the alphabet (namely "U") in commonly spoken words (ie. colour, neighbour, flavour, etc.)? (2) If you have school aged children who are now attending school in the States, are they marked incorrectly for this spelling? (3) Will "out and about" still be pronounced "oot and aboot"?

As for your beer...Me, being a lightweight beer drinker and from the South, stuck to good ol Coors Light while I was living there, because I don't care for that hoppy flavor(or flavour). The less it tastes like beer, the better I like it! Do you know how drinking Coors Light is like having sex in a floating canoe?....(A) It's like f**cking near water!

Hockey...Well, you can bet my favorite (favourite) team is not one from Canada, but we don't need to go there!

[Fuzzness 2]

That is so true. Transplants or not we will all be true to our Home country, and no one better diss either our hockey or our Country else most of us will come out fighting lol.

Leafgal

Dare I?.....

I do have an avatar with the Sens scoring on Belfour...

[Flames9_RN 358]

You can pick on the Make-NO-Leafs! I'm certain they will do well on the celebrity golf circuit as they will have lots of time to work on there game when they miss the playoffs!! Better yet, maybe Sundin will serve me a double double next time I visit Tims, hope he can pour coffee better than he handles a hockey stick!! GO FLAMES! lol

[Saddle Bronc 124]

You can pick on the Make-NO-Leafs! I'm certain they will do well on the celebrity golf circuit as they will have lots of time to work on there game when they miss the playoffs!! Better yet, maybe Sundin will serve me a double double next time I visit Tims, hope he can pour coffee better than he handles a hockey stick!! GO FLAMES! lol

:lol:

[Fuzzness 2]

no i'm not a sens fan either. i know these pictures are cruel

Edited April 7, 2006 by Fuzzness

[Saddle Bronc 124]

no i'm not a sens fan either. i know these pictures are cruel

Q: what does it say on the Leaf's unofficial third jersey?

A: "Property of TGH"

(modified from "The Evolution of Hockey", where the Caps' unofficial third jersey is shown to say "Property of John's Hopkins")

:lol:

Edited April 7, 2006 by sriniv

[Fuzzness 2]

tgh?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

tgh?

Toronto General Hospital

[Fuzzness 2]

im gonna have to steal that one from you

[Cristy 4]

I think I am the only person in Canada who does not get the Tims thing.... I hate coffee.....and I don't like hockey. I should have to turn in my Canada flag. lol

[Saddle Bronc 124]

I think I am the only person in Canada who does not get the Tims thing.... I hate coffee.....and I don't like hockey. I should have to turn in my Canada flag. lol

If you call Hershey's "cursey's", then you needn't worry.

[Amy and Brian 1]

Seeing how I turned a coffee thread into a food fight, and now a "don't diss my beer, hockey team or Country" thread, I have a question for all you proud (and rightfully so) Canadians. (1) For those of ya'll (me being a very Southern boy) who move into the States or have already done so, will you continue or do you still use those unnecessary letters of the alphabet (namely "U") in commonly spoken words (ie. colour, neighbour, flavour, etc.)? (2) If you have school aged children who are now attending school in the States, are they marked incorrectly for this spelling? (3) Will "out and about" still be pronounced "oot and aboot"?

I can mix a little of all of that into one. I lived in Texas for three years and had my last two years of high school down there. Colour remained colour, same with neighbour, and flavour. As did centre and theatre (unless referring to a proper noun). And yes, I was marked incorrectly on several essays during my 12th grade English class because of this. I managed to talk my way back into proper marks most of the time, though usually I had to give in and change the spelling. However, the really sad thing is that it was a British Lit course And yes, my pronunciation of words such as "out" and "about" stayed the same. Though I still insist it does not sound like oot or aboot. Besides, Texan's add an extra syllable into those words that I just could never comprehend It was also brought to my attention that I say "sorry" differently than Texans as well *shrug* It got to a point when anyone new found out where I was from, the first thing I would do is say "Yes, I'm from Canada. About, out, doubt, and sorry. That should cover it."

I made a real effort not to acquire a Texan accent while living there (thankfully the general accent in cities like Houston are no where near as thick as in the rural areas, I doubt I could have avoided it there). I did, however, come away from the south with a weird sort of inflection/rhythm to my speaking that everyone back in Canada loved to point out to me. It used to confuse people a lot too, I once had an Irish woman ask me if I was from Ireland because of it... apparently Canadian+Texan=Irish? It's mostly gone now (I've been back in Canada for almost four years now), but after a conversation with any of my friends/family in Texas it usually comes back for a few hours.

Luckily, once this K-1 process is done with, I'll be moving somewhere far more North than Texas and thus will likely not acquire any more strange additions to my way of speaking

Edited April 7, 2006 by Amy and Brian

[Cassie 8]

(1) For those of ya'll (me being a very Southern boy) who move into the States or have already done so, will you continue or do you still use those unnecessary letters of the alphabet (namely "U") in commonly spoken words (ie. colour, neighbour, flavour, etc.)?

Yes. U is a very underutilized letter in the USA, and I'm committed to the cause of raising its exposure to the American public. After all, using the letter U is the proper spelling of the English language.

(3) Will "out and about" still be pronounced "oot and aboot"?

this particular stereotype bugs the ####### out of me, since no one in my family, friends, community at home, etc etc etc pronounces it "oot" and "aboot". I'm waiting to hear a Canadian pronounce those words that way on a regular basis.

And yes, I will admit to being a fan of the Maple Leafs, and additionally I'm an ABC fan (anybody but the Canadiens)