Oh come on you don't agree with allowing "Saving Priviate Ryan" being shown uncensored and that being ok? Come on violence is ok while the hint of sex is the worst thing in the world.
I don't watch TV, I like tits, and I agree with most of what you have said but the only thing you can do againts the programming of the media is to boycott them.
Anyway good post.
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I hear Youse Guys in Hamilton all the time. That one actually irritates me, it sounds very hillbilly like to me.
I find English accents extremely sexy!
And I am a Canadian girl.
Peter Jennings is from Toronto, so he really shouldn't have much of an accent either way. If he says "oot," that's not because he's Canadian, that's probably because he's a dork.
People in Northern Michigan have hilarious accents. But they don't sound like Canadians either, so I find it a bit mystifying that we would get lumped in with them.
I love the Aussies. Those accents are ridiculously sexy.
I wish Canadians would use excellent British/Irish expressions like "taking the piss," "bollocks," "brill," I reckon," and "youse guys." As it stands, the best we can come up with is "toque" and "double-double." How boring.
-N
Do American / Canadian girls really find English accents sexy?
I've always paid attention to regional accents, and can even imitate a few pretty well.
Nome, I knew about the lack of accent in the West. When I was in BC and Yukon and Albert when I was a kid, I noticed that only a few people had any hint of the stereotypical accent.
Peter Jennings of ABC News still has a slight 'oot' and 'aboot' inflection to his voice, despite what is most likely a conscious effort on his part to supress that.
I have heard that there is a local accent in Newf., Labrodor, and PEI that is difficult for outsiders to understand... similar to the accent in Maine-"ayuh". True?
Finally - I think northern Michigan sounds more like the Canadian stereotype than does Canada. I spent several weeks with da yoopers years ago and started talking like them.
I actually was born and spent my early years in Montreal Quebec.
I do think there is a slight accent to people born and raised in Hamilton Ontario, and I know that when I moved to Ontario from Quebec I had a way of speaking that was quite different from Hamilton.
I've never understood the oot and aboot thing though. I've never heard anyone talk like that in real life, only in movies. Hmm....
Uh...who told you that in Canada we say OOT???!
Maybe in Newfoundland, but not in Western Canada, the Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, much of the Maritime provinces, or up North.
Gee...that's most of Canada.
Better watch those ridiculous sterotypes. They're pretty unfair. We probably talk exactly the same way as you do, after all.
-N
BTW, I listened to your old audio post, and you don't seem to have any obvious accent. You don't even sound Canadian - you said 'out' instead of 'oot'. Out of curiosity, did you grow up in Ont., or somewhere else?
I seems to be uncool in this space to watch the Super-dee-duper Bowl. Sorry, all: I watched it because I enjoy football. What a concept, watching the game out of enjoyment of freaking football. I eschewed most of the 17-hour pre-game show (which was available in Triple-cast, btw).
And memo to Sir Paul, it's okay to retire before you taint your legacy and become a media whore. Billy Joel, Johnny Carson, George Washington, Barry Sanders ... fine people all, who retired while they still had a few gallons in the tank and were not embarassing themselves.
Goodness, TC, looks like I missed something!
I'd better start backtracking...
"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements."
Norman Douglas
Superbowl sucks. Thanks for reminding me about one of the parts of my childhood I was trying to forget. They both ruined happy days!
;->
Blue
We don't get the superbowl here in the UK, this is a good thing.
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P.P.P.S Welcome back
P.P.P.P.S I suppose i'm more of an arse man.
Great rant!
The Superbowl is the most ridiculous EXTRAVAGANZA ever (ridiculous enough to justify the use of that word). Only the Superbowl requires fireworks and flame-throwers and thousands of people swawing in time with little lights held in their fat football-watching fingers to make Paul McCartney's renditions of old Beatles classics entertaining! (Yes, I watched the half-time show)
And what the hell is meaningful content anyway??
Suffice it to say that your entertaining and thought-provoking content was greatly missed while you were away. And you didn't even need flame-throwers!
Welcome back!
-N
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