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"C" eh, "N" eh "D" eh
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"C" eh, "N" eh "D" eh When I first heard this it was titled "How did Canada get it's name?" The story goes that when they formed the country the people couldn't agree on a name. So they invited the Queen over, they put all of the letters of the alphabet in a jar for the Queen to pick out a name. So she starts picking out the letters: "C" eh, "N" eh, "D" eh and they got CANADA.
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"C" eh, "N" eh "D" eh Bugger; Good afternoon to you sir, I hope the day was a decent one for you and all who mean anything to you are well. It may, or conversely may not, be of interest to you or other members from south of the medicine line to know that there's definitely differences in Canadian accents, though I'd say somewhat less pronounced than say Boston vs Dallas for instance. It's not unusual for my relatives from the flatlands to suggest that I've developed a BC "accent" where we tend to talk a tad slower, seldom use "eh" and have a few words that they'll laugh at. In the same way folks from Ontario pronounce "car" differently than the prairie folk and certainly those of us who've been on this side of the big hills for any length of time. That all taken into account then, it's likely more of a central Canadian spelling of Canada and less of a west coast one. Anyways, like a few things lately, it's more something to talk/type about than anything else, so thanks kindly for the diversion. All the best to you folks. Dwayne
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"C" eh, "N" eh "D" eh Bugger; Good afternoon to you sir, I hope the day was a decent one for you and all who mean anything to you are well. It may, or conversely may not, be of interest to you or other members from south of the medicine line to know that there's definitely differences in Canadian accents, though I'd say somewhat less pronounced than say Boston vs Dallas for instance. All the best to you folks. Dwayne True Dwayne! And there are even subtle differences within regions of provinces. I first noticed this in ranger college when i'd be at the front of the lab and folks i knew who they were and where they were from were talking behind me. People from central Ontario sounding the same, and very different from people from the deep south of Ontario, who also sounded the same. Lately i have been thinking just how different people from B.C. are from Albertans. In speech, in attitudes, even in the energy they give off. It's something i've noted for years, but i was watching a Greg Ovens clip on youtube the other day and it really hit home. I thought, "This guy has GOT to be from BC" and sure enough he was. There are all sorts of guys like him in smalltown BC in my experience. And none in Alberta. When i first came to Calgary i had people asking if i was a "trans-atlantic Scot", "a Newfie" or even "a southerner" depending on how they interpreted my southernmost Ontario inflection. Go figure.
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gulo; Top of the morning to you sir, I hope the winter has been okay in your part of the world and everyone in your life who matters is well. Thanks for the laugh this morning! When I read your comment about Greg Ovens I thought the very same thing! I've known a hundred guys who sound just like him - if I'm being honest, he sounds like me...... I do enjoy watching him though for sure. The beat up truck and well used gear... oh my, he sounds even more like folks I know VERY, VERY well... We had friends from the Niagara Peninsula who've since moved to Alberta and yes, I hear you on the accent, or better said it's maybe inflection and how which words are used where. Thanks for the chuckle once again and all the best to you all. Dwayne PS; A couple jobs back one of the delivery drivers from one of our suppliers came from rural Ontario. So help me, we'd howl with him when he'd tell stories of the weekend ball tournaments and such. He was straight out of Letterkenny!!
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