09-27-2007, 07:01 PM
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| Heh, my younger brother confessed to me today that he got into my Screech while I
was gone this weekend.
I don't think he'll be doing that again.  Quote:
Originally Posted by Fencergrl  You were close with "Gibbon". It means a screecher. | | 
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10-01-2007, 09:24 PM
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| I discovered a new "Canadian-ism".
You're at a wedding reception and a group of Canadians start banging their cutlery against their wineglasses. What are they expecting to happen as a result of their actions?
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10-02-2007, 10:54 AM
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| Down here in Southern Canadia it means that the bride and groom are expected to kiss. | |
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10-02-2007, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Go? Fencing? Down here in Southern Canadia it means that the bride and groom are expected to kiss. | Paris is now part of Southern Canadia? As if their country wasn't big enough! 
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10-02-2007, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Go? Fencing? Down here in Southern Canadia it means that the bride and groom are expected to kiss. | You are correct!
The Americans at a wedding I attended some time ago, seemed confused and thought it meant we wanted a speech. Perhaps it isn't a Canadian-American thing after-all. 
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10-02-2007, 02:00 PM
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| Meh, give me some sayings so I can think up something dirty to reply with....
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10-02-2007, 02:37 PM
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| About this from the previous page? Quote:
Originally Posted by Fencergrl Lard tunderin' ders more slang in newfandland den der is icecaps on da water!
Oh... I found some more Canadian slang that Inq would understand... "What's that funk?"
and "Turn off your blinker". |
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10-02-2007, 02:49 PM
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| Which one? All of them? I need more alcohol....
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10-02-2007, 03:14 PM
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| I never heard of that meaning anything but a kiss. Quote:
Originally Posted by Fencergrl You are correct!
The Americans at a wedding I attended some time ago, seemed confused and thought it meant we wanted a speech. Perhaps it isn't a Canadian-American thing after-all. | | |
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10-02-2007, 03:21 PM
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| I think it depends on the gathering. If it was at a different kind of banquet, I could see that it would mean that the guest of honour should make a speech rather than kiss the man or woman beside him/ her.
I'm beginning to realize that the groom didn't know about the custom and assumed it was a "Canadian" thing.
Since the Canadians at the wedding were a rowdy bunch, we were the ones making the most noise.
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10-02-2007, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by D'Art Which one? All of them? I need more alcohol.... | Take your pick... but by all means don't let having an option stop you from getting a drink first.
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10-02-2007, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl Lard tunderin' ders more slang in newfandland den der is icecaps on da water! | Those weirdos in Newfie have more idiotic sayings than is neccessary. The mould has returned to the insides of my flab-folds. Best go on a diet, and possibly wash more often....
Or, my genuine answer - My, something has arisen which is completely unexpected. I wonder if it is worth investigating... Turn that sodding camera off. I've told you before that you're not videoing this and posting it on the net. Bastard that you are....
Alternatively - You've left your indicator light on.
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10-02-2007, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by D'Art Those weirdos in Newfie have more idiotic sayings than is neccessary. | Correct! Quote:
Originally Posted by D'Art The mould has returned to the insides of my flab-folds. Best go on a diet, and possibly wash more often.... | Correct! "Funk" is a bad smell. Sabre fencers are a "funky" lot. Quote:
Originally Posted by D'Art Alternatively - You've left your indicator light on. | Correct again! Your Canadian passport is in the mail!
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10-02-2007, 03:40 PM
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| Would the passport be in the form of beer, or just mocking of Americans?
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10-02-2007, 03:54 PM
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| Oh... I see you've already got your Canadian passport.
Here's a wee bit more slang...
"D'art is clearly a Chucklehead...."
"Around duckish I managed to doused me head as I went into the cuddy. When I slew around, it was darker den a cow's gut."
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10-02-2007, 07:12 PM
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| <Entire post censored for the benefit of the easily offended/impressionable>
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10-18-2007, 02:52 PM
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| Ahhhh... rutting season... where the young moose have to get lucky where they can. And you thought the statues were just decorative. 
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10-18-2007, 05:35 PM
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| Makes a change from the local human males making similar use of them...
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10-18-2007, 05:48 PM
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| Perhaps this moose will find himself an agreeable (real) buffalo... we might be seeing Mooseffaloes or Buffooses around here soon. They're both ungulates....
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12-28-2007, 07:38 PM
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| My sister commented that skookum is a slang word that originated locally (it's a salish Indian word).
Rep for whoever wants to provide a definition.
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