Stay At Home Humor

[DaveNV]

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[clifffaith]

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I can always tell when I'm watching Canadian produced HGTV -- they are always talking "aboot the hoose" --except that "house" is very subtle and not really "hoose". I can't really repeat it to get the right sound to come out of my mouth, or my keyboard for that matter. I bet Meryl Streep could do it!

 

[Chrisky]

Sorry cliffaith, I am Canadian and I do not speak that way.

 

[Brett]

I can always tell when I'm watching Canadian produced HGTV -- they are always talking "aboot the hoose" --except that "house" is very subtle and not really "hoose". I can't really repeat it to get the right sound to come out of my mouth, or my keyboard for that matter. I bet Meryl Streep could do it!

yes, Mike Holmes could do it (better)

 

[DaveNV]

Sorry cliffaith, I am Canadian and I do not speak that way.

That's why it's a joke. No offense intended.

Dave

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Canada is a very large county, much larger than the US. So just as there are regional accents in the US, there are regional accents throughout Canada.

I grew up in Minnesota, and when I was younger linguistic experts had no trouble classifying as being from the Upper Midwest. However, northern Minnesota - the Iron Range and Duluth - has it's own accent, one that is almost identical with the accent of Monitoba and the eastern Prairie provinces. DIL is from western Alberta, near Lethbridge, and there are only slight differences between her accent and what you hear spoken in the Pacific Northwest and in southern BC.

I have occasional business dealing with folks in the Toronto area, and it sounds very similar to me except for the occasional distinct pronunciation or stressed syllable. What I call a "prah-ject", they call a "PROH-ject".

 

[moonstone]

Sorry cliffaith, I am Canadian and I do not speak that way.

Nor do I, I think it's an east coast thing from the folks I've heard say it.

~Diane

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Sorry cliffaith, I am Canadian and I do not speak that way.

That's why it's a joke. No offense intended.

Dave

As long as we understand those are merely differences, we all should be able to laugh. The problem comes when the humor is used to mock and impute inferiority. In "Fargo" the Coen brothers used regional accent wonderfully, IMO. It added a touch of humor in a dark plot, and Marge Gunderson, carrying all of her northern Minnesota stereotypes, is one very sharp lady.

Ya know, we've taken this go-round way far off-track, so let get back to some of that there humour, eh? Watta ya say? Is that an idea or not? (Just reverting to my native tongue, folks.)

"I'd be very surprised if our suspect was from Brainerd."

 

[geoand]

Many years ago a friend of ours asked his wife for an ice auger for Christmas - he didn't get it -so he bought it for her birthday gift 6 weeks later. Another time he bought her an axe as a birthday or Christmas gift.
They divorced a few years later.

~Diane

REALLY???

 

[geoand]

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Oui Vey!!!

 

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For @geoand

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[DaveNV]

Uh oh. Somebody call Uncle Ben!

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[DaveNV]

Quarantine goals.

Dave

 

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I needed that!

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[DaveNV]

Try and get this song out of your head. You're welcome.

Dave

 

[Makai Guy]