throaway955

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by throaway955 1y ago
two-four has been established MB parlance for at least 50 years. But then MB isn't really Western Canada. Its central.
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by throaway955 1y ago
really? its called a soother where I live
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by throaway955 1y ago
I asked an American family if they wanted brown or white bread, they looked confused and said "we want BREAD"
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by throaway955 1y ago
Yes, British originally
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by throaway955 1y ago
Nope, coloured pencils are coloured wax encased in wood. Canadians emphasize that they are crayons in pencil shape; Americans emphasize that they are pencil-form but coloured.
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by throaway955 1y ago
A lot of French history has been erased from the Canadian West
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by throaway955 1y ago
its just a soft c? other languages have that too. English has soft c's after i, e and y. They probably didn't teach you that rule. its true that most English speakers pronounce soft c's as a "sh" sound these days, b
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by throaway955 1y ago
Manitoba was founded by French speakers (the Metis) and about 2000 Metis were supposed to get most of what is now downtown Winnipeg. Their culture was eventually suppressed by Ontario.
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by throaway955 1y ago
car door gets me
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by throaway955 1y ago
went to hospital is a British thing and ive never heard it in Canada
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by throaway955 1y ago
how about une boîte aux lettres?
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by throaway955 1y ago
Ricky is shot with multiple tranquilizer darts. Ricky, get the darts out! Ricky dazily pulls out his cigarettes. Not those darts!
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by throaway955 1y ago
yeah can't say I know of anyone with a powder room
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by throaway955 1y ago
its been said that Canada is still mentally stuck in the Victorian age somewhat
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by throaway955 1y ago
Hydro is from Canadian provinces that use mostly hydro power
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by throaway955 1y ago
got a booter eh bud?
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by throaway955 1y ago
in MB, never heard of all-dressed pizza in my life. We have the chips and the works pizza
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by throaway955 1y ago
never heard of that, but always delighted my friends when id ask for the channel changer
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by throaway955 1y ago
and it was originally Canadiens, not Canadians :)
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by throaway955 1y ago
Angland - Eng-land - Ing-land
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by throaway955 1y ago
toward is pronounced exactly as its spelt in Canada
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by throaway955 1y ago
no, for the millionth time, English has rules, NOT conventions, you just need to know the historical context behind the multiple rules.
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by throaway955 1y ago
But if you had known it (aka, if anyone had taught it to you), it wouldn't be useless, as you would know the context and how to pronounce it...not to mention the meaning behind it
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by throaway955 1y ago
Yes, English is VERY consistent. The problem is that there are multiple systems working inside English vocabulary, so you have to get familiar with more than one rule set.
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by throaway955 1y ago
Almost all the most used words in English are Germanic. Latin in particular is overrpresented because of scientific and technical terms which are rarely used.
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by throaway955 1y ago
as has been stated many times in this thread, the rules are also very clear in English. They just aren't taught.
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by throaway955 1y ago
its just elision. "four-cassle" vs "fo'k'sul."
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by throaway955 1y ago
dew-r pew-l
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by throaway955 1y ago
It's way better than the sequels, but it'll never match the impression it made in the 90's. Some really good performances by the cast though.
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by throaway955 1y ago
what someone needs to do is create an mmo based around treasure seeking or dungeon-crawling. It writes itself!

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