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waggo
Joined: 18 May 2003
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Im not Canadian so i dont know many famous Canadians. But since Ive been in Korea I have been introduced to the "Tragically Hip" who I think are absolutely fab!......that guy Gordy can sing!.....Great voice.
I played some "Hip" to my friends back home in England.They all loved it but nobody knew them.....that's a damned shame.
Anyway, that is not why i'm contributing to this thread.....What bothers me is that in three pages of posts,no "English Teacher"has pointed out to the OP that imfamous is not the opposite of famous.
Adolf Hitler was famous and infamous.
....so is Celine Dion |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| waggo wrote: |
Im not Canadian so i dont know many famous Canadians. But since Ive been in Korea I have been introduced to the "Tragically Hip" who I think are absolutely fab!......that guy Gordy can sing!.....Great voice.
I played some "Hip" to my friends back home in England.They all loved it but nobody knew them.....that's a damned shame.
Anyway, that is not why i'm contributing to this thread.....What bothers me is that in three pages of posts,no "English Teacher"has pointed out to the OP that imfamous is not the opposite of famous.
Adolf Hitler was famous and infamous.
....so is Celine Dion |
The Tragically Hip are a decent band, but they are completely unknown outside of Canada. Kind of strange really, considering how popular they are inside of Canada. |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:38 am Post subject: |
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One of the most famous Canadians of all is Anne Murray. Believe it or not.
Her and Kenny Rogers (country singers) are household names in Taiwan. Korea's different though. |
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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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Not exactly household names everywhere, but these are the Canuck Nobel Laureates.
Bert Brockhouse 1994 Physics
Michael Smith 1993 Chemistry
Rudolph Marcus 1992 Chemistry
Richard Taylor 1990 Physics
Sid Altman 1989 Chemistry
John Polanyi 1986 Chemistry
Henry Taube 1983 Chemistry
David Hubel 1981 Medicine
Gerhard Herzberg 1971 Chemistry
William S. Vickrey 1996 Economics
Myron Scholes 1997 Economics
Robert Mundell 1999 Economics
Saul Bellow 1976 Literature
Lester B. Pearson 1957 Peace
And of course Fredrick Banting who (along with fellow canuck Charles Best) is pretty well know for winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine (for discovering Insulin) back in 1923, a very valuable scientific discovery. There are some Canadian astronauts and you can guess who invented the Canadarm on the space shuttle. And of course, J.C. Fields (Mathematician, Fields Medal). Lots of other well-known scientists and academics.
Music: Nickelback, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Daniel Lanois (U2 and Bob Dylan Producer), Loreena McKennitt, Alanis Morissette, Brian Adams, Tragically Hip, Oscar Peterson, Rush, Hank Snow, Diana Krall, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Paul Schaeffer (David Letterman) Sum 41 and lots of others.
Actors, TV, etc. Natalie Glebova (Miss Universe 2005), Margot Kidder (Superman), Pamela Anderson (Baywatch), Graham Greene, Lorne Greene, Mary Pickford ("America's Sweetheart"), Phil Hartman, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Peter Jennings, Norm MacDonald (SNL), Glenn Ford, Keanu Reeves, Matthew Perry (Friends), Thomas Chong (Cheech & Chong), Michael Shanks & Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1), Margaret Atwood, John Kenneth Galbraith (economist), Monty Hall, Art Linkletter, Alex Trebek (game shows) Cirque du Soleil, Linda Evangelista (supermodel), Joe Shuster (creator of Superman) and of course, Jay Silverheels.
Sports: Steve Nash, Jacques Villeneuve (well, if Indy 500 and Formula One racing are 'sport'), Donovan Bailey (formerly the world's fastest man), Mary Pierce. The hockey list is just too long so I won't even bother. You know who they are.
Business: Jack Warner (Warner Brothers), Sir Samuel Cunard (Cunard Shipping Line), Louis B. Mayer (MGM Studios), The Bronfman family (formery Seagram's and Universal Studios), and of course the infamous Conrad Black. Bombardier is the world's third biggest airplane company and Blackberry, IMAX and ATI Graphics are examples of other Canadian companies.
Pretty damn good for a country less than 150 years old and only about 30 milion people. And they make a nice bottle of beer, too. Thing is, I found most Canadians to be so modest about their country's achievements. They could name off lots of their hockey players but only a few bothered to remember the names of their Nobel winners and such. When I mentioned it they'd usually say something like "Yeah another Canadian won a Nobel, big deal". I liked that modesty.
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:59 am Post subject: |
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Can you see the light?
JEFF HEALEY |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: |
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George Chuvalo. Heavyweight who fought Ali twice, (don't quote me on that), was never knocked DOWN in his entire career. Perhaps the greatest punching bag OF ALL TIME!
Nelly Furtado is hot right now, good old BC girl.
B.C. bud, famous the world over.
David Foster, world famous music producer.
Maestro Fresh Wes. Let your backbone slide. (this is oooollllllddd school s h i t)
Barenaked Ladies
Greenpeace
canoes
Caillou
Loverboy
Honeymoon Suite
Dan Seal "Sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much, and I have to close my eyes, aaaannnndd cry, I wanna hold you til I die..." Yes, that song.
Bret the Hitman Hart
Bruce the Anvil Nighthart
Owen Hart
The Hart Foundation
Trooper
April Wine
Old Dutch
Caesars@! (Explain to me how these have not knocked the horrible Bloody Mary off the face of the earth??? Guess it's our little secret)
Oh Henry chocolate bars
Eatmore chocolate bars (once a year at most)
Peter's Drive-In
poutine
TIM F@@@@@@@ HORTONS (oh, their donuts aren't that good/you don't get it, look away) |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:20 am Post subject: |
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How about a list of Canadians that became famous in Canada and not the US?
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Some Americans think the universe revolves around them.
You wouldn't be one of those by any chance, would you, Poofdiddy?
Why limit it to Canada and the US?
Here's one for the list:
Bai Qiu-en, AKA Norman Bethune. |
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safeblad
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Sports: Steve Nash, Jacques Villeneuve (well, if Indy 500 and Formula One racing are 'sport'), Donovan Bailey (formerly the world's fastest man), Mary Pierce. The hockey list is just too long so I won't even bother. You know who they are.
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Mary Pierce? That's a reach.... She was born here, but that's it. Both parents don't even have Canadian citizenship. At least Greg Rusedski played here until he was mid career before switching to the Union Jack. Other names....
Daniel Nestor (Olympic Gold and No. 1 doublesplayer in the world)
Ferguson Jenkins (Baseball Hall of Famer)
Larry Walker (Former MLB batting champ)
Paul Tracy (champion cart racer)
Mike Weir (Master's Champ)
Simon Whitfield (Olympic Chamipon Triathlete)
Lennox Lewis (Undisputed Heavyweight Champion - Boxing )
Many more..... just getting too late to name them |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| Zulu wrote: |
Sports: Steve Nash, Jacques Villeneuve (well, if Indy 500 and Formula One racing are 'sport'), Donovan Bailey (formerly the world's fastest man), Mary Pierce. The hockey list is just too long so I won't even bother. You know who they are.
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Mary Pierce? That's a reach.... She was born here, but that's it. Both parents don't even have Canadian citizenship. At least Greg Rusedski played here until he was mid career before switching to the Union Jack. Other names....
Daniel Nestor (Olympic Gold and No. 1 doublesplayer in the world)
Ferguson Jenkins (Baseball Hall of Famer)
Larry Walker (Former MLB batting champ)
Paul Tracy (champion cart racer)
Mike Weir (Master's Champ)
Simon Whitfield (Olympic Chamipon Triathlete)
Lennox Lewis (Undisputed Heavyweight Champion - Boxing )
Many more..... just getting too late to name them |
Lennox Lewis = more of a stretch than Mary Pierce? |
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pegpig
Joined: 10 May 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:48 am Post subject: |
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Anyway, that is not why i'm contributing to this thread.....What bothers me is that in three pages of posts,no "English Teacher"has pointed out to the OP that imfamous is not the opposite of famous.
Adolf Hitler was famous and infamous.
....so is Celine Dion |
Maybe not opposite, but infamous has more of a negative tone to it than famous. I would refer to Hitler as being infamous and not famous. Also, even though I may not appreciate Celine Dion (her music), I would still refer to her as a famous person and not infamous. Actually, I'd probably refer to her as popular. Anywho.... |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| jacl wrote: |
| FUBAR wrote: |
| Zulu wrote: |
Sports: Steve Nash, Jacques Villeneuve (well, if Indy 500 and Formula One racing are 'sport'), Donovan Bailey (formerly the world's fastest man), Mary Pierce. The hockey list is just too long so I won't even bother. You know who they are.
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Mary Pierce? That's a reach.... She was born here, but that's it. Both parents don't even have Canadian citizenship. At least Greg Rusedski played here until he was mid career before switching to the Union Jack. Other names....
Daniel Nestor (Olympic Gold and No. 1 doublesplayer in the world)
Ferguson Jenkins (Baseball Hall of Famer)
Larry Walker (Former MLB batting champ)
Paul Tracy (champion cart racer)
Mike Weir (Master's Champ)
Simon Whitfield (Olympic Chamipon Triathlete)
Lennox Lewis (Undisputed Heavyweight Champion - Boxing )
Many more..... just getting too late to name them |
Lennox Lewis = more of a stretch than Mary Pierce? |
actually, not at all. his main residence is Mississauga, where his mom lives. he moved to Canada age 9 (I believe), and did school there, and olympics for Canada. He went to the UK strictly for the money, somewhat like Hargreaves in Soccer. He puts on a fake accent, which switches to Jamaican if he's being interviewed from there. All in all, he has the most ties to Canada. But whatever, don't actually care about him. Gatti is better to watch, good old montreal boy. |
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drumpounder
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Zulu wrote: |
Not exactly household names everywhere, but these are the Canuck Nobel Laureates.
Bert Brockhouse 1994 Physics
Michael Smith 1993 Chemistry
Rudolph Marcus 1992 Chemistry
Richard Taylor 1990 Physics
Sid Altman 1989 Chemistry
John Polanyi 1986 Chemistry
Henry Taube 1983 Chemistry
David Hubel 1981 Medicine
Gerhard Herzberg 1971 Chemistry
William S. Vickrey 1996 Economics
Myron Scholes 1997 Economics
Robert Mundell 1999 Economics
Saul Bellow 1976 Literature
Lester B. Pearson 1957 Peace
And of course Fredrick Banting who (along with fellow canuck Charles Best) is pretty well know for winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine (for discovering Insulin) back in 1923, a very valuable scientific discovery. There are some Canadian astronauts and you can guess who invented the Canadarm on the space shuttle. And of course, J.C. Fields (Mathematician, Fields Medal). Lots of other well-known scientists and academics.
Music: Nickelback, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Daniel Lanois (U2 and Bob Dylan Producer), Loreena McKennitt, Alanis Morissette, Brian Adams, Tragically Hip, Oscar Peterson, Rush, Hank Snow, Diana Krall, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Paul Schaeffer (David Letterman) Sum 41 and lots of others.
Actors, TV, etc. Natalie Glebova (Miss Universe 2005), Margot Kidder (Superman), Pamela Anderson (Baywatch), Graham Greene, Lorne Greene, Mary Pickford ("America's Sweetheart"), Phil Hartman, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Peter Jennings, Norm MacDonald (SNL), Glenn Ford, Keanu Reeves, Matthew Perry (Friends), Thomas Chong (Cheech & Chong), Michael Shanks & Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1), Margaret Atwood, John Kenneth Galbraith (economist), Monty Hall, Art Linkletter, Alex Trebek (game shows) Cirque du Soleil, Linda Evangelista (supermodel), Joe Shuster (creator of Superman) and of course, Jay Silverheels.
Sports: Steve Nash, Jacques Villeneuve (well, if Indy 500 and Formula One racing are 'sport'), Donovan Bailey (formerly the world's fastest man), Mary Pierce. The hockey list is just too long so I won't even bother. You know who they are.
Business: Jack Warner (Warner Brothers), Sir Samuel Cunard (Cunard Shipping Line), Louis B. Mayer (MGM Studios), The Bronfman family (formery Seagram's and Universal Studios), and of course the infamous Conrad Black. Bombardier is the world's third biggest airplane company and Blackberry, IMAX and ATI Graphics are examples of other Canadian companies.
Pretty damn good for a country less than 150 years old and only about 30 milion people. And they make a nice bottle of beer, too. Thing is, I found most Canadians to be so modest about their country's achievements. They could name off lots of their hockey players but only a few bothered to remember the names of their Nobel winners and such. When I mentioned it they'd usually say something like "Yeah another Canadian won a Nobel, big deal". I liked that modesty. |
The average F1 driver loses 5 kg in a 1 1/2 hour race. Can you tell me another athletic event that the participant loses that much weight due to extreme effort. Baseball  Football
I have driven F3000 cars. It is beyond a doubt a sport. Try it and tell me you are not wasted after a race. Exhausted, bruised and sore as hell. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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The average F1 driver loses 5 kg in a 1 1/2 hour race. Can you tell me another athletic event that the participant loses that much weight due to extreme effort. Baseball Football
I have driven F3000 cars. It is beyond a doubt a sport. Try it and tell me you are not wasted after a race. Exhausted, bruised and sore as hell. |
Have you ever had crazy sex? ... been in a bar room brawl ... torn down a house ... gone on a bender ... all the same results but I'd hardly consider them a sport.
I give racers great respect cuz what they do is incredibly difficult and physically demanding, but let's not sully the good word of sport. |
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waggo
Joined: 18 May 2003
Location: pusan baby!
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| waggo wrote: |
Anyway, that is not why i'm contributing to this thread.....What bothers me is that in three pages of posts,no "English Teacher"has pointed out to the OP that imfamous is not the opposite of famous.
Adolf Hitler was famous and infamous.
....so is Celine Dion |
Maybe not opposite, but infamous has more of a negative tone to it than famous. I would refer to Hitler as being infamous and not famous. Also, even though I may not appreciate Celine Dion (her music), I would still refer to her as a famous person and not infamous. Actually, I'd probably refer to her as popular. Anywho.... |
Infamous describes an (notoriously) evil thing or person.....
Celine Dion, for inflicting her music on the world ,is evil personified in my book.
She is infamous |
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