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To: Sir_Ed; gcruse
"I faked my best Canadian accent, and said, "Thank you very much."

You mean you replied: "Thank you very much, 'ey."

Which reminds me of an exchange I had with my non-Canadian-speaking wife when we got back in our car after crossing the Washington State - British Columbia border and asking for directions at the B.C. Visitor Center.

"So, we need to find Route 1 on the map."

"No, we need to find Route 1-A."

"No, Route 1."

"No, Route 1-A."

"She did not say Route 1-A. She said Route 1."

"No, she said, 'Take Route 1-A'. I distinctly remember her saying that."

"No, she did not say, 'Take Route 1-A'. She said 'Take Route 1, eh''.

"That's what I said she said and you just said it twice!"

73 posted on 01/07/2007 6:09:47 PM PST by Polybius
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To: Polybius

Hah hah hah!

Funny!

I was a forest ranger in Alaska and I would drive down the Alcan every year to visit my family in the lower 48, and I'd spend a lot of time in the Yukon and northern BC camping and hking and trekking, and I got such a kick out of the Canadian accents, "La Batt's Blue Label is good beer, 'ey? Liard's a fine park, 'ey? Watson Lake's pretty, 'ey?"

Along with their "Oat and aboat in the hoase" changing of the "ow" sound, I always enjoyed listening to them talk.

One BC'er told me that the Maritime provinces accents, especially Newfies, were really, really distinct, but I never had the pleaseure of talking to any Canadian from there.

Ed


97 posted on 01/08/2007 9:52:35 AM PST by Sir_Ed
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