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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:09 am Post subject: The seal hunt in Canada |
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| I saw the Larry King show on CNN earlier. Paul McCartney and his wife were arguing with the premier of Newfoundland. I don't know much about it really, but I figure if baby seals looked like squid no one would complain. Mrs McCartney made the point that people don't eat seal. I ate it many years ago. It was good. I think it would be consumed more often if more people knew it tasted good. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: The seal hunt in Canada |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| I saw the Larry King show on CNN earlier. Paul McCartney and his wife were arguing with the premier of Newfoundland. I don't know much about it really, but I figure if baby seals looked like squid no one would complain. Mrs McCartney made the point that people don't eat seal. I ate it many years ago. It was good. I think it would be consumed more often if more people knew it tasted good. |
Right. He's talking about something he obviously knows nothing about. Interestingly enough, I've seen Canadian seal oil tablets in Korea. |
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red dog
Joined: 31 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: The seal hunt in Canada |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| jajdude wrote: |
| I saw the Larry King show on CNN earlier. Paul McCartney and his wife were arguing with the premier of Newfoundland. I don't know much about it really, but I figure if baby seals looked like squid no one would complain. Mrs McCartney made the point that people don't eat seal. I ate it many years ago. It was good. I think it would be consumed more often if more people knew it tasted good. |
Right. He's talking about something he obviously knows nothing about. Interestingly enough, I've seen Canadian seal oil tablets in Korea. |
I'm sure you could find snake oil too, if you looked for it. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| Those two set your cause back a few years on that interview, red dog. They didn't even know that they weren't in Newfoundland when they did the interview. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Larry King shares in the blame, I think.
He started the interview by calling it the New Finland Seal Hunt, and you could see Danny start an abortive eye roll on that... |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| "New Finland" is the way Newfoundlanders say it. Unusual to hear an American say it that way though. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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| jajdude wrote: |
| "New Finland" is the way Newfoundlanders say it. Unusual to hear an American say it that way though. |
Good point. It isn't pronounced exactly like 'New Finland'. It's close, though. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| uh, did you guys hear the sound bite I'm talking about? |
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jjurabong
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Larry said new FINland -
Us Newfies say newfenLAND
Larry totally got it wrong - never mind the fact that I'm pretty sure he never would have addressed an American governer by his first name like he did Danny Williams....
But now I'm just nitpicking....  |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| jjurabong wrote: |
Larry said new FINland -
Us Newfies say newfenLAND
Larry totally got it wrong - never mind the fact that I'm pretty sure he never would have addressed an American governer by his first name like he did Danny Williams....
But now I'm just nitpicking.... |
No, you got it all right from his pronunciation of Newfoundland to his breach of proper etiquette. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I dunno... I thought us newfs said it more like "NEWFinland" or just plain "Newfinlind" with no real emphasis anywhere. But who care really... |
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