annoying but quite funny

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Say, What?

Mildred Hargis

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Oh, and Mildred, would it be correct if it was written Why-<u>oh</u>-why?
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Yes both would be correct. Some people write our national anthem as "Oh Canada" but the correct spelling is "O Canada" as it was written in the 19th century (in French) and was translated to English in the beginning of the 20th century and became our national anthem on July 1st 1980 (Canada Day). Although the modern spelling would be "Oh Canada" it kept it's original spelling as it was spelt at the time the song was written (both spelt and spelled are correct).[:)]


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So, let's see now. We have the savage American English, we have the untasteful Canadian English, we have premordial Australian English, and we have whatever passes for New Zealand style English. I gotta say, we colonials have sure done a number on English English. It's looking as tho even if we wanted to come home to the crown, they wouldn't understand what we were trying to say!

Oh, well! I'm going in to fix up some corn muffins and BBQ brisket hash. Would any of you care for a bowl?

Mildred Hargis

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Hay Mildred, they had done a job on their own language, long before
we came along.

When I was a kid in country Oz, we had a pom, [english migrant],
bread delivery man. This was still in the days of horse & carts
being used for such jobs.

All us kids had horses, & spent most of the school holidays riding
around the place, with a few mates.

This bloke was kid friendly. When we saw him we would pretend to
be "bush rangers", [highwaymen/outlaw cowboys] & hold him up. He
would throw us a bun/bread roll each, as payment to allow his
escape.

On one ocasion this pom was trying to tell my mother that he had to
fix his "WEIR DO-ER" on the weekend. She had no idea what he was
tring to tell her, until he walked around to our back door, & shook
the fly screen wire door.

I have no idea what part of the UK he came from, but they sure did
not speak the "Queens English" as we knew it, wherever it was.

Hasbeen

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we have the untasteful Canadian English,
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whoa there Mildred ....you have obviously never tasted "our" bacon .....


If you ever come to visit, I will also treat you to a "poutine"


[:D]

Ron.

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whoa there Mildred ....you have obviously never tasted "our" bacon .....

If you ever come to visit, I will also treat you to a "poutine"
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Love poutine. I was thinking of having some at Costco (of all places) before Tuesday nights' club meeting.[:)]


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As a favor to those who don't know-

Poutine (Quebec French pronunciation [#712;puts#618;n] (help·info)) is a dish consisting of French fries topped with fresh cheese curd, covered with brown gravy and sometimes additional ingredients.[1]

Poutine is a diner staple which originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada. It is sold by fast food chains (such as New York Fries, A&W, Harvey's, Ed's Subs[2]), in small "greasy spoon" type diners (commonly known as "cantines" or "casse-croûtes" in Quebec) and pubs, as well as by roadside chip wagons. International chains like McDonald's,[3] A&W,[4] KFC and Burger King[5] also sell mass-produced poutine in Canada. Popular Quebec restaurants that serve poutine include Chez Ashton (Quebec City), La Banquise (Montreal), Louis (Sherbrooke), Lafleur Restaurants, Franx Supreme,[6] La Belle Province, Le Petit Québec and Dic Ann's Hamburgers. Along with fries and pizza, poutine is a very common dish sold and eaten in high school cafeterias in various parts of Canada.

From our pals at Wikipedia.

Mildred Hargis

P.S.
Is Canadian bacon ever used as topping on Poutine? At the local Jack-in-the-Box they sell a concotion of french fries with bacon bits and cheddar cheese. Other than the brown gravy, this sounds somewhat similar. The common topping here is a dollop of ketchup, (catsup).

MH