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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003
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Location: British Columbia
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| nik_knack0828 wrote: |
And, yeah, the jokes get stupid after awhile. Then I was told that, "No he's just a weirdo that likes to get Canadians to say that because of their funny accents."
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I take a lot of crap from my Brit and Aussie co-workers about my Canadian accent. I think it's because there are no Americans here for them to pick on, so I'm the most convenient target. 
I suppose I could easily have a fun time mocking their accents - but I'm just too darn polite to do that.
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lyttlefish
Joined: 30 May 2004
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Location: Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| nomadder wrote: |
| I think we say aboat. Anyone else agree. |
could be abowt bow wow |
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Lanza-Armonia
Joined: 04 Jan 2004
Posts: 525
Location: London, UK. Soon to be in Hamburg, Germany
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Imperial and Metric.
Don't you guys sometimes think that in certain situations, you need to use the 'other' one?
EG - Who on God's Green Earth says 'I am 184 cms tall'? That's just pretentious BS. You'd say I'm six foot!
We, in Britain, weigh ourselves by the stone. I believe there are 14 pounds to a stone (correct me if I'm wrong) therefore I am an ickle over 10 stone. I'd never say I'm 70-80 kgs, or 5 million pounds because our unit of currency is the pound (for how long is up to Toni!) therefore, gets confusing!!!
You'd order a pint of larger or ale and NEVER 746ml or beer. You have a short of wine. Not 125ml glass!
On the metric defence...
Everything is in 10s. It's nice and easy to work stuff out. Decorating, for ie. Easy peezy!
But the next lame-o who refers a distance as kilometres in a French accent is getting stabbed in the EYES!!!
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Gowump
Joined: 05 May 2004
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Location: Poland
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L-A.
You are correct. There are 14 pounds to 1 stone. |
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