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Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >> (show all) Canadianisms       #59356 - 04/08/04 04:57 PM Edit Reply Quote Bevvy Reged: 11/04/03 Posts: 5918 Loc: Northwest Washington State They turn bathrooms into washrooms, miles into meters, fahrenheit into celcius, garbage disposals into garber-raiders, and riverbanks into foreshores. They're an interesting culture, EH? -------------------- <img src="http://home.comcast.net/~letsrow/smily3481.gif">Bevvy Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Canadianisms       #59360 - 04/08/04 05:05 PM Edit Reply Quote jenX Reged: 08/11/03 Posts: 3252 Loc: Richmond, VA Quote: foreshores ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? i've never heard that one before. BTW---- i'm gonna be an ingnorant honorary Canadian, 'cause the metric system is like sanskrit to me! meters are what i put quarters in when i park... -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: question...       #59381 - 04/08/04 05:52 PM Edit Reply Quote JBI Reged: 01/25/04 Posts: 579 Loc: BC, Canada I just checked and apparently it's fibre. wow, learn something new everyday Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: question...       #59416 - 04/08/04 07:54 PM Edit Reply Quote peaches Reged: 09/28/03 Posts: 1183 Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana Garbage-raider LOL That's my little brother for ya. That kid's a porker if you ever saw one! -------------------- It comes down to the art of living on [color/red] Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Canadianisms       #59423 - 04/08/04 08:22 PM Edit Reply Quote Vicam Reged: 02/24/04 Posts: 1955 Loc: Ontario, Canada My American friends always bug me about saying Pop. They say it's called Cola in the US, not pop...don't know if that's just them or another Canadian/American thing. Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Pop       #59457 - 04/09/04 02:36 AM Edit Reply Quote *Melissa* Reged: 02/22/03 Posts: 4508 Loc: ; They do call it pop in certain parts of the states. In my part (NJ), they call it soda. My fiance, who's from WV, calls it pop. Of course the correct term is soda! Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Pop/ soda       #59492 - 04/09/04 07:22 AM Edit Reply Quote StephS Reged: 09/11/03 Posts: 2123 I always laugh when I here soda...that seems soooo old fashioned to me. We call it pop where I'm from!!! -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: question...       #59494 - 04/09/04 07:25 AM Edit Reply Quote jenX Reged: 08/11/03 Posts: 3252 Loc: Richmond, VA have you been getting it wrong on spelling tests all these years!??? -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     soda/pop/coke/cola       #59497 - 04/09/04 07:29 AM Edit Reply Quote jenX Reged: 08/11/03 Posts: 3252 Loc: Richmond, VA i think they call it "pop" in the mid-west. i just call it "coke," which infuriates the pepsi fans. (who cares? pepsi tastes yucky to me!) here in the MidAtlantic, people refer to it as "soda." -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Steph!       #59499 - 04/09/04 07:30 AM Edit Reply Quote jenX Reged: 08/11/03 Posts: 3252 Loc: Richmond, VA i think pop sounds old fashioned! -------------------- Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >> (show all)

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