Bryan Pope wrote:
> Canuk = Canadian, eh!
Well, to be more accurate, a "canuck" is a term for a Canadian. :)
> <rant>
> Americans!! grrr... next thing you will be asking "How is your igloo these
> days?"
> </rant>
You can't imagine how often I get this. Or, how often the people around
me start to chuckle when I say "about", or "house", or the occasional
"eh". If anyone taped the "Talking To Americans" Rick Mercer special,
please let me know! I'm dying to watch it. I heard part of it over the
telephone while talking to my father, but I want my wife to see it.
I keep telling people that Canadians say "eh" at the end of statements,
as a way of inviting comments and furthering the conversation, whereas
Americans, who say "huh" are asserting their viewpoint, and expect no
further discussion on the subject.
(How's that for a run-on sentence, eh?)
> Bryan
> <displaced Canadian>
You and me both. Everywhere from London through to Sault Ste. Marie has
been home. Now, I'm living (again) with my American wife in New York.
Computing-wise, living in either country hasn't been a problem. When we
moved back to Toronto, I just shipped things across the border. Now we
have one less step in acquiring stuff, even though, I'm about to do a
massive paring down of the collective. I need the space back, and I've
gotten the "I never had any toys when I was young, and now I can have
everything!" phase out of my system. Time to focus on the few machines
that I really want.
--
Tim Harrison
Network Engineer
harrison_at_timharrison.com
http://www.networklevel.com/
Received on Sat May 05 2001 - 19:02:08 BST