Archive through September 14, 2002
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Archive through September 14, 2002
Djgirl5235 | Monday, September 09, 2002 - 01:03 pm     Snee - i can't remember most of the American ones, let alone ours!!! As for accents - I'm from downtown Toronto (*that's Tarana - sorry), and have been told from my cousin's who are in Oregon, that I have the cutest little accent... however, one afternoon, an old boyfriend and I decided to go across the border at Niagara Falls, and not 2 minutes across the border we stopped for gas, and the ACCENTS!!!! I couldn't believe the difference - now you tell me - how could someone, 2 minutes away from the border have an accent SO different!!!! As for the rest of the accents, there are definite regional accents across Canada. The Newfie's definitely have the most distinct, but then PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, all have their own special dialect. Quebec - well they definitely have their own accent, and Ontarians - well, depending upon where in the province you live will determine the accent. We all have some sort of "English" dialect, so that affects the accents that you find across the country. BTW - Whit - you West Coasters DO have an accent, but I can't describe it... |
Djgirl5235 | Monday, September 09, 2002 - 01:10 pm     Melfie- That's "A-boot"... |
Snee | Monday, September 09, 2002 - 08:10 pm     djgirl, WE DO NOT have accents out here! so there. well, umm, we talk quickly. does that count? |
Dahli | Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 04:04 pm     Here's a tidbit I heard a while back, apparantly Staples opened a very large call centre here in Regina for two reasons, according to the interview in our local paper. First customer service here is supposed to be excellent ( must be the rural thing) and secondly this part of Canada is so lacking in accents that they felt callers would not have any problems understanding us! Also Prince Philip back in the 80's during a walk about had a conversation with me where he mentioned that during the prep information he received he was told that we speak here according to the listed dictionary pronunciations.... just my 2 cents...for what it's worth |
Shoofly | Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 04:06 pm     Whit, we have some unfinished business to take care of, I believe. I promised to get some websites that will be a fair guide for Canadian news. Dental surgery had its way with me yesterday. You are familiar with British Columbia, so why not start there with: cknw.com Look for the morning time slot, especially Rafe Mair and Bill Good as hosts Also: cbc.ca/news/ This is the one we all pay for, but, remember it has the 'connections' and you have the 'sifter'. <wink> Perhaps someone from the other areas of the country will suggest the appropriate one for their area. Enjoy |
Whit4you | Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 05:02 pm     Thanks Snoofly need something to keep me very busy tommorow that'll be a good starting point... |
Llkoolaid | Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 07:07 pm     Hey Whit, I am from Nova Scotia, a Maritime province and we have differant accents within the province. You were asking about a Texan drawl and the closest we have to that is the South Shore where the people have a really slow way of talking. I can tell where a person grew up in Nova Scotia by listening to hime speak. Anyone in Nova Scotia can tell you if a person is a Caper( That is someone from Cape Breton Island). And yes most people I know think American's are arrogant but don't feel bad, we think that about people from Ontario as well.lol I guess we get that from growing up with all the relatives coming home in the summer and telling us how backwards we are. Funny they keep coming back each summer. It is real layed back where I live. I think of the people of the U.S. as being just like us pretty much. Most of us have family in America. If you think of it as a family, it's like the provinces of Canada are brothers and sisters and the U.S. are first cousins. |
Shoofly | Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 07:31 pm     You are welcome, Whit. I do know that tomorrow, all our media will be devoting a major part of the programming to 9/11. It will give you a sense of how Canadians feel about that day in history. I probably read most of your posts last year. They were always so well thought out and articulated, especially the Cantor-Fitzgerald pieces. The connection between our countries is secure; but between our peoples, even more so. At least from our perspective. |
Djgirl5235 | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 09:34 am     Snee - I didn't mean West Coast Canucks!!! Just like my story about going to the border and hitting accent city 2 minutes south, the same goes for West Coast American's. It's STRANGE!!! How can they be 2 minutes away and have a totally different accent??? I have cousins in Vancouver, and they definitely DON'T have an accent - same as Toronto - so I apologize if you were in any way offended <g>... |
Neko | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 12:20 pm     I have an accent?? When I talk sometimes, I hear a southern drawl type thing coming through, and other times, an irish, and other's..a French. Heck, when I say "Nova Scotia" I say "Nuuuva Scotia" and I have to say it slowly to say it correctly!! I can understand the French and Irish (Family, even though we haven't spoken either in generations) but I have no clue where I'm getting this darn drawl!! No one else seems to notice it but I've been around them talking to them for so long I can understand why. I hope I'll get to meet all the Canadian TVCH-er's, then I can hear all your accents! LoL |
Halfunit | Wednesday, September 11, 2002 - 03:13 pm     www.theganderconnection.org Thanks Canada |
Rissa | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 06:22 am     This would probably fit in better in the "Bush must stop" thread, but I was just over there reading and there is not a snowballs chance in He** that I'm jumping into THAT. RFLMAO! It's an article regarding Sept. 11th that has several quotes from our PM. Will say first that I don't consider myself a straight vote for any of our national parties, although I will say that most days I call myself a Liberal who is looking forward to getting rid of Chretien. Secondly for our American readers... it's an old and never tired joke up here that Canada has two official languages but Chretien can't speak either of them. LOL But, the article has a few quotes that I heartily agree with and thought some of you might find it interesting: http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWS/pmjet_sep11-cp.html Malfie, I have never said a-boot in my life but I will cop to 'eh' on the odd occasion. Rissa (living in Calgree, used to live in Tront-toe) |
Goddessatlaw | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 06:27 am     Guys, I actually witnessed a Screech-in on PBS the other night in a documentary about a Canadian town that took in hundreds of grounded tourists from the 9/11 attacks. I was so excited I knew what it was because you explained it to me here!!! So weird, though - I'd never heard of a Screech-in until a couple of weeks ago, and suddenly not only do I know what one is, but I get to see one, too. Psycho-cybernetics at work! |
Rod | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 07:09 am     speaking of canadian towns taking in grounded tourists on sept 11...here is a great article on it. Whit, had your news even covered this incident last year? I just wondered since you said they never mention Canada: Gander Newfoundland Sep.11 2003 |
Neko | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:06 pm     Alot of people in the Halifax area took in people and closed down buildings to be used as shetlers for the stranded fliers. My teacher actually "broke out" a family from one because they wouldn't let him "take one" because they had so many more poeple that where ahead of him offering to take people...so..he went in through the back, and asked a family if they wanted to stay with him. I thought it was a funny story myself. |
Sbw | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 12:45 pm     There is a book out about Gander. I want to get it and read it... "The Day the World Came to Visit". I had heard about Gander last year. Gander was even discussed some here. |
Whit4you | Thursday, September 12, 2002 - 03:53 pm     Rod - I don't remember the name of the town but ya our news had an awesome like 1 hour special on a town in Canada who opened their hearts and homes to stranded passengers IT was a totally awesome story.... |
Rod | Friday, September 13, 2002 - 05:03 pm     whit..this might give you a taste of our news..this is the online Toronto Star and it's lead story is one that should be covered in your news today but I haven't seen it anywhere. Are you aware that two of the top gun pilots from your Air Force in Afghanistan have been charged with involuntary manslaughter for the friendly fire death of 4 canadian soldiers there (as well as injury to 8 more)? Were you even aware that we were in Afghanistan..or for that matter that we were in Somalia and Bosnia before the US were there?? We have a small underfunded army but it is known for peacekeeping around the world. Mind you since our population is 1/10 that of the us (30 Million here to your circa 300Million) we provide 150 troops when you provide 1500! Anyway here is the article in case your news is giving it no coverage (by the way these soldiers were the first canadians killed in battle since the Korean war) Toronto Star |
Mystery | Friday, September 13, 2002 - 08:20 pm     One look at cnn.com would have showed you that this is being covered here. |
Yankee_In_Ca | Friday, September 13, 2002 - 09:24 pm     PBS aired a one-hour documentary last week called Stranded Yanks: A Diary Between Friends -- which aired all across the U.S., 'cause it was on PBS. Here's a link to the PBS website description about the show: http://www.pbs.org/whatson/press/sep02/strandedyanks.html |
Yankee_In_Ca | Friday, September 13, 2002 - 09:28 pm     While I am often critical of the U.S. media, I have to say that they HAVE been covering the Canadian help since September 11 -- both in the immediate aftermath, and via the military. I read quite a few U.S. newspaper editorials after the "friendly fire" incident completely blasting the U.S. military pilots for that. The charging of the two pilots today was CNN's top story on the network and on Headline News this afternoon. |
Rod | Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 08:11 am     good I am glad to hear that it got coverage. I apologize if my tone came across as negative. I did not intend it to. I was merely responding to a point that Whit made when she said that Canada is never featured in her local news so I wondered if she heard about it. That was the only intent in my words. It was not a slam against anyone or any country. Actually my entire family lives in the States so I am not an American basher. Thanks for your response. |
Rissa | Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 09:16 am     Rod, I do the same thing all the time. It's not always easy to get your intentions across when typing. I don't know what I would do if it wasn't for the {G}, etc. LOL I write dozens of letters every month and I am finding it difficult now to express humour without putting a little smiley face behind it. The internet is destroying my writing skills. LOL The American media really did cover the killing of the Cdn's right from the beginning although I will say that the first few days.. they did come across like they were on the edge of blaming the victims. (talking mostly CNN here). With comments like (pp, don't remember word for word)..will be determining why the Cdns were there and just what they were doing and why they were firing on the pilot, etc. Even though it was known minutes afterwards (well WE knew it all along but for them it was minutes. LOL) that we were in a recognized training area and that the pilot only saw ground fire not surface to air. It bothered me that CNN knew this but worded their articles to be knee-reaction defensive. But since those first days they have been very fair and have had significant coverage. In fact, at some points they have had better coverage because they have access to American military that our media didn't. PS Trivia question... my family (half of it) came from Norway to the USA in the 1860's, fought in your civil war, farmed, raised children and then in about 1920 moved to Canada and stayed. Do I count as part American? RFLOL Just curious.. my dad says yes because two generations were born in the US. But since my father was born in Canada, I say no. |
Neko | Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 01:23 pm     Since we're on the topic.. http://www.canada.com/halifax/story.asp?id={1129B46F-A4AB-4EE4-A79B-FF669CC81165} (Sorry it's not a link but it doesn't seem to want to let me link that whole thing...Just copy and paste please..) I'm hoping this isn't true, to hink that Halifax and Gander are just little non-important cities that aren't as populated....well... Anyways... |
Whit4you | Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 03:26 pm     Well both the story about the help the Canadians gave to the stranded passengers and the friendly fire deaths were also related to the US as well. I guess what I meant about the lack of news coverage in Canada is any canadian news that does not directly have to do with the US .. those not dealing with the U.S. at all are rare.. unless of course it makes world news - and Canada doesn't make the World news to often... lol. There was alot of news about the plane that crashed up there though. I'm definately intersted in getting an old (doesn't matter how old) history book though from like 6th..or 7th grade history class if anyone knows of one or sees one grab it 4 me ok Whit |
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