Massive Power Outage

[tesco samoa]

hmm.. never had that problem....

[narf poit chez BOOM]

ah, there just angry about 1812.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by E3:

In fact, the people I was with, yes I met them here in Toronto, but they came just for a band that was playing here, even though they hate the place.

They don't like Tronoto? They sound more like Canadians who live anywhere but in Toronto??

[E3]

Loser, I think I love you man. I have never encountered an American who put it in such precise terms. Mind you, the AVERAGE American far outnumbers the enlightened few, which I number you, and most SE4 players, among.

DavidG.... I've encountered that logic before. Its disturbing. Now mind you, any Ontarians in the Golden Horseshoe dont dislike Toronto, but outside of that, they seem to think their small town of 1 to 10 hundred, with nothing to do on a weekday afternoon yet alone saturday night except get drunk/high/stoned/throw your life away.

And the ones who don't like Toronto, are the ones who have either never been here, or havent been here in years. Its easy to not like what you dont know.

I mean, I still love the fact that CNN said there was mass looting, out of control fires, and riots in.... I forget if it was Toronto or Ottawa they said. LOL.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by E3:
Loser, I think I love you man. I have never encountered an American who put it in such precise terms. Mind you, the AVERAGE American far outnumbers the enlightened few, which I number you, and most SE4 players, among.

I think you would find that the vast majority of Americans have no ill feelings towards Canadians. If we like to laugh aboot you it's all in good fun. We poke fun at each other just as much or more then we do Canadians. I doubt very few hold a grudge about the territory issues. Most don't even know you took part of Maine. Truth be told a disturbingly large number of Americans probably couldn't find Canada or Maine on a map.

[Loser]

Thank E3. Hey, if you like what I'm saying, bump my rating. It's borderline and I'd like to keep the 4 after the next time I tick someone off.

On the other hand, if my statements are ever truly offensive to anyone, I'd understand, even expect them to give it a whack.

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Most don't even know you took part of Maine.

Oddly I don't think it's even tought it schools, or mentioned in most text books. These same text books carry the map of the Colonies where Maine comes to a more severe point, then just don't offer an explaination for why it no longer looks that way. In fact, I don't even remember being taught that Canada was involved in 1812, let alone that exiled loyalists and their kin supplyed so much to it.

[ August 28, 2003, 15:54: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Tigbit]

[quote]Originally posted by geoschmo:

If we like to laugh aboot you it's all in good fun.

Time to start fixing this. We do not say "aboot" we say about, just like everyone else. Perhaps one day in the past an American overheard a scott in Canada say "aboot" and then I would understand if you all bugged scotts from then on about it, but we Canadians say ABOUT... AB-OUT. What? Do you hear us say "get oot" or "I can figure oot this problem"? NO you don't.

BTW, I fully expect a few halfwhits to respond saying stuff like, "I heard a Canadian say it that way" but lets face it, they'd be full of #$@%.

cya

[Loser]

Originally posted by Tigbit:
We do not say "aboot" we say about, just like everyone else.

Now, a lot of you all do have an accent, even if you all don't. It's very close to the accent you'll find in some northern states in the Union, like the Dakotas or Wisconsin. To be fair, we make fun of (laugh about) each other's accents as much as, if not more, than we do at out neighbor's accents. Consider the South, or the myriad accents available for comment on the northern end of the East Coast, or even the accents in the north. In truth, the rural folk here in Colorado have an accent very close to that you'd find in rural East Texas.

I had a friend from North Dakota who pronounced 'beg' and 'bag' almost indistinguishably. Our little clique would give her a hard time about it, but no more than we'd chide any other member of the group about their own little aspects of individuality.

Now what I'm wondering is how many folk who don't live there can tell the difference between a rural Tennessee and rural Texas accent.

(On a side note, I knew it was borderline, but I don't know what I said that was offensive. Oh well, I could scroll back and try to figure it out. Was it the Dome Colony comment?)

[Thermodyne]

Well, when I was there, it took me a week to figure out what the locals were saying.

Now just to add some fuel to this, from the very mouths of some up-overs

http://www.gateway2china.com/communi...ages/1008.html

[tesco samoa]

gotta love 3rd gen from the sausage. Oshawa is too good for them. racist donut shop sun readers where they get thir economic information from.