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The Drake Inner circle 2274 Posts 
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On 2008-03-05 10:20, Yola Sol wrote: Ah HAH! I knew it. I'm betting that you are actually saying it right but on this side of the water we say it like "eye-key-aah" . Last summer some friends from Finland arrived and I picked the up at the airport in Toronto. We passed by and IKEA store and they called it something like " Icky Ah " and my jaw dropped. LOL Best, Tim Day 5 |
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Yola Sol New user Netherlands 51 Posts
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On 2008-03-05 10:32, Timothy Drake wrote: I'll remember that one for one of my friends who works at 'Icky Ah' 
Almost beats one of my others friends' 'hairball shampoo'. He even got mad when we couldn't figure out what he was talking about.
On the road of life, don't forget to stop and eat the roses
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The Drake Inner circle 2274 Posts
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On 2008-03-05 10:47, Yola Sol wrote: Took me a minute but I got it...LOL. Best, Tim Day 5 |
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abc Inner circle South African in Taiwan 1081 Posts
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Now if you have a cat and you are into the "all natural" do you buy "hairball hairball shampoo" or even better should you feed him "hairball hairball food"
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Johnnie Blaze Loyal user 204 Posts
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After spending a few , well quite a few years living in Clearwater Beach Fla.
I have said the following phrase Way To Many Times " out and about on a boat " oh how they would chuckle I really never got it but , yeah I'm Canadian,it sounded the same to me.. things I'm stuck with..... I don't say eh... like I should slowly coming back though I do say y'all and huh did a show with the Jeff Healy band some years back . very nice guy great musician, may he R.I.P John |
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts
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The accent found in some Canadians where the round the vowel combos is very similar, in my opinion, to the accent in coastal Virginia. I have a feeling it came from the fishing industry and spread from there, for example about becomes 'aboot' while 'boat' becomes close to 'bouwt'.
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The Scary Librarian New user 32 Posts
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The Banff Springs hotel is beautiful. Excellent service and help whenever you need it. Above and beyond! And the location can't be beat.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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gaddy Inner circle Agent of Chaos 3528 Posts
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When does curling season begin again?
What's Tim Horton up to these days? Just kidding, I love my Northern Brothers and Sisters. Most of my North American ancestors are from the north (family "Gadbois"). If I could get away with working legally up there I'd move back to Toronto in a heartbeat. Being an illegal was a little too tough on me...
*due to the editorial policies here, words on this site attributed to me cannot necessarily be held to be my own.*
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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Who knows what Canada's national sport is (without googling for it, I mean)?
Warning, this is a trick question ...
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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Two industries you might never have associated with Canada:
Shrimp farming! http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news......&k=55643 Video game development! http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/......1ea26c4d
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts
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National sport of Canada is curling. South Park has a new episode dedicated to the Canadians.
My former company provided sound support to the gaming industry (SoundMax) and yes I knew they had some good companies involved with video game development. |
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts
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You forgot to mention that Canada is making efforts to go against Germany in the production of Ice Wine (no, I'm not making that up).
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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On 2008-04-03 22:10, MagicSanta wrote: Sorry, that's a misconception. It was a trick question, as we actually have TWO national sports. Hockey is the 'winter' national sport; lacrosse is the 'summer' national sport. http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/sc/legislation/n-16_e.cfm National Sports of Canada Act CHAPTER N-16.7 (1994, c. 16) [N-16.7] An Act to recognize hockey and lacrosse as the national sports of Canada [Assented to 12th May, 1994] Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the National Sports of Canada Act. NATIONAL SPORTS OF CANADA Hockey and lacrosse to be national sports 2. The game commonly known as ice hockey is hereby recognized and declared to be the national winter sport of Canada and the game commonly known as lacrosse is hereby recognized and declared to be the national summer sport of Canada.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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On 2008-04-03 22:11, MagicSanta wrote: Ice wine is good stuff. Have you tried it? John
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The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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thorndyke Regular user Canada 147 Posts
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As a Canadian, I hereby state that I have no interest in either hockey or lacross.
Give me a decent baseball game instead. My favorite sports fans are .....curling fans, no hooliganism there, some shouting maybe, but they don't seem to have brawls. Is there any magic collectable that is worth anywhere near the highest priced sports collectable? |
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts
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Lacross isn't a sport, it is my friend from highschools last name and he aint no sport! ha ha!
John, I am good friends with a guy who is a great advocate and vinter of ice wines and I've had them. They actually are excellent but I think Ice Wines are not well known among the wine people. Hard as it may for some to believe I have business and social relationships going back over a quarter century with Canada and have been a non resident importer there for a looong time. |
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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Lest any believe Canadian politics are boring, we do have a titillating sex scandal from time to time:
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=549786
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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