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CSLI needs more investigation.
What do you suppose is the rate of tuition?
It’s more than in any other nation.
‘Bout time it came to fruition.
Its much easier than learning Haitian.
Yeah, especially the interpunction.
As long as you do it of your on volition.
My face is beyond recognition.
At least you have the courage to admit it
hey, u can’t destroy the twelfth dimension, thats cheating
That’s why I slayed him.
HAXXOR OMG!
Coincidence that each post ends with ‘tion’ or was it by intention?
not learning canuck would be tantamount to sedition
http://www.lowbrowsophisticate.com/category/jack-grabber
WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOOT THEN, EH?????
The secret’s in the pronunciation.
im offended by the stupidity.
$0.02, or 0.02 cents.
I’ll buy that for a dollar!
If you don’t know what it is, you can’t afford it.
That sucks, I want a Z-job, but what could it be?
It’s exactly what it sounds like.
Exept with Zoids… >.>
Dolla too beacoup!
Two hundredths of a cent…wow cheap.
I’d pay that… but I already know how to say “eh”.
what’s the difference?
Well, that’s a matter of opinion.
So you recognize that there is a difference between $.002 and .002 cents?
Not if you exclusively use counterfeit funds, as I do.
I’m partial to counterfeit funs, myself.
I know, I usually fake it, too.
I love that about you!
Nice avatar! Is that you at a slightly earlier age?
I’m partial to counterfeit nuns.
no i dont think i know what the difference is will you please tell me the difference
A multplier of 1000 is the difference, genius. and unless you are trying to say “two tenths of a cent” as opposed to “two cents” ($.02), you’re both morons.
In all (sad) seriousness, I had the same argument as the previous failer a week ago when I contacted AT&T about international roaming for my trip to Mexico. They just could not understand the difference between $0.005 and 0.005 cents. According to AT&T’s website though, it is in fact, half a cent, or $0.005.
Not if you work for Verizon…
Verizon doesn’t.
._.
We’ve actually recently become our own religion as well. Following the words of great Canadians such as Pamela Anderson; if I may quote her commandment.: “Lest thine breast be not the best, silicon and pain be gone.”
Unless…they put the computer chips into the breast implants! Then the babies suckling at those teets would become supergeniuses and take over the world! Oh the humanity!
“teets”?! Definition and language of origin, please?
it’s canadian eh?
No its not. Also go look at the “fun with charts” link at the top of the page, they explain that Canadian’s don’t say “eh” as much as you think they do.
I say “eh” quite a bit…i guess I am just stereotypical. My Brit girlfriend makes fun of me for it.
eh, yes we do.
What are you people talking aboot?
No, all that the graph to which you are referring proves is that the graphmaker is a dope.
True, but Canadians do say “Take off, you hoser!” quite a bit.
eh, yes they do.
I have a cousin from Alaska, and she says ‘eh’ also. I think she’s just to close to you Canadians.
Wait, I just realized I now understand this fail. They are teaching the proper use of ‘eh.’ Brilliant!
We really do, eh?
Don’t be such a betch, or I’ll get out the bleeches again.
Youbetchabygollygeewow!
Yay!
Teets, noun:
Like teats, but spelled incorrectly. Language of origin: Edlish.
Edlish, noun:
The English language as personally mangled by Edward K. Simpson.
pudding bukkit, noun:
Where I shall now be dunking my head.
*KERSPLORCH*
No! NEW definition, please?
Oh, the Cyborgity!
won’t silicon breasts shatter? (ouch)
Silicon goes in the valley. That’s why Santa Clara county leads the nation in the number of superfund sites.
I agree
me too
Multiple personality fail.
Yet they seem to share the same opinions… interesting.
This is what happens when Narcissism gets out of control.
Hee…actually it looks like he or she was trying to avoid the bukkit! It’s a quick spelling bait and switch!
I actually did not notice the correction until you pointed it out. Anyway:
*plonks bukkit down in front of Team Building Activities*
Bon Appetit.
Um could you spread the wealth. I do not notice the error. What is it?
It’s in the name.
Wow good eye dragon. Thanks hammy
His alignment’s off.
Must be a foreigner.
? Another explanation please.
*feels as though I have to learn so much.*
Sad thing is I was playing a game on the internet yesterday, origins came to light. Then one guy asked me to say something Canadian. I asked him if he meant English he said no Canadian.
Since you asked, you spell Canada: C, eh?, n, eh? d, eh?
“Now, now, the Canadian government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions.”
but what’s our excuse for Celine Dion, eh?
Joni cancels it all out.
I think Randy Bachman helps a bit too. I mean, who doesn’t love BTO?
As far as I’m concerned, now that she’s in Vegas she’s no longer our problem.
Sure, dump all your toxic waste here! How would you feel if we shipped George W. and Barry Manilow to YOUR country, huh??.. I mean.. Eh???
One point for the Canadian. Re: my huh comment below.
We gave her to Vegas, and are NOT accepted backsies.
French Canadian, doesn’t count
The picture is clearly a composite. The ‘as a’ that follows ‘Canadian’ shows misalignment.
Nevertheless, it’s a nice composite.
–BU
Good god. This guy’s name means “surprise poo” in Japanese. I’m not kidding.
And you felt it was your duty to share this knowledge with us?
Well, just in case someone was curious to know what he or her name was. “Unchi” is actually “sh*t” in a milder tone. Google translator won’t translate that, I’m pretty sure.
Sigh
Please replace “he” with “his”. I sound like George W Bush now.
*dunks head in bukkit*
SPLORCH!!!
Ew! Mashed rhubarb and jam!
I can go to bed tonight feeling a little bit smarter.
The school exists. My wife worked for them, we host homestay students that go there (including the young Japanese woman who is staying with us now). Good school, but silly name.
No, it’s not a composite… they even have their web page (www.csli.com)…
That sign is actually real, and I can confirm that there is a CSLI. In Vancouver, the place is located at the corner of Nelson and Cambie, in Yaletown near Downtown. It’s sad. The bus stop I regularly wait at every morning is beside this CSLI.
Clearly not : http://www.csli.com/
I don’t understand this picture, can you please explain why it’s funny. Alan UK
I dun need the CSL centre, I can speak english as a furst language! eh?
You’ll learn to add an “eh” after every sentence
First for sure
Do you know how Canada got its name? From the Coalition for National Dominion. C, eh. N, eh. D, eh.
I have Canadian friends and they don’t do that…
Me too, except most of them are more British than Canadian, but they were born in Canada.
Ahh, what do you know aboot it?
Clever!
No Canadian I have ever heard says “aboot” except maybe down east. *Far* down east.
I used to live in Canada
i know they don’t or rarely do.
I’ve never been to Canada, and I know they all do it all the time.
Lies and slander. Since you typed it I will include liable. We don’t say eh all the time. Only as much as you Americans say huh. Well at least the Californians. (my cousin says it at the end of pretty much every sentence)
I live in Canada right now, I hear ‘eh?’ all the time, I say it too. I just depends on where you within our country.
Please refer to the graph BFF provided. Also please do not incourage them.
or outcourage ** encourage
*kersplotch*
Do you say ‘eh?’ You seem very determined to change the stereotype and it makes me wonder if you were perhaps a victim to some event in your childhood that forever made you hate ‘eh.’
I would also like to point out that your attempt to insult us Americans, I mean, Californians, or perhaps just your cousin… see? I didn’t even have to finish that argument. That debunked it all.
It was not an attempted insult. It is a comparison so how could it be. Nice try though. No situation happened in my childhood, but your ignorancce is one of the reasons I am posting. See you, well Americans in general, know so little about the outside world. You expect others to know about your country. Then a stereotype you hear, you magnify it 100 fold, and yet hold it to be true. Point is “eh” is not said half as much as you believe. Please refer to bondfan’s graph. One thing I have to say that as much as I dislike the egocentric aura I get off Americans I have met. I don’t know how scary the world would be without you there to police it. (This is not meant as an attack on the American posters on FB just sad that Light didn’t get the gist of my point)
Did you mean libel?
At first I thought he meant he was liable… but I think you’re right.
Yes pob but I will pretend he is liable to defend his sentence, or something along the lines that makes my word choice somewhat correct.
So…if Canadians say “eh” as much as Californians say “huh”, and you claim that your cousin (who, by means of association, I take to be Californian) says it after “pretty much every sentence”…doesn’t this mean that you (pl.) say “eh” after pretty much every sentence?
That was more of a justification that I am not making it up. Though you brought up a nice correlation. In the end “eh” is not used as much as people believe is what I am trying to get out there.
*tacks on*
I also stated the Californian part as I am not to sure of the rest of the states. If they say it at the end of every sentence or not.
I was trying to draw out a person that would say we don’t say huh at the end of every sentence. At which point I would have said aha.Though you have foiled my plan.
*tearfully sulks in the corner*
I’ve been up to BC a few times and never heard a single Canuck say “eh”…
Really? My friends from Canada and the Canadian students in my college all said, eh. Though a lot of them I think were from Niagara Falls. Maybe its more locational?
I don’t know. I’m close to Niagara Falls and I don’t say eh. Usually.
It’s probably just stereotype, but we’ll never know for sure, eh?
I, eh, am, eh, an, eh, Canadian, eh, and, eh, we, eh, don’t,really
eh, say, eh, eh, eh, that, eh, much, eh,eh?
^I wonder if this is what happens when a Canadian stutters.
No, stutterers are crushed by a moose. It’s tough love out in the wild.
Ask Catherine the Great. Now THAT was tough.
I wonder what man was doing when he first learned to travel on a horse?
“They have always understood a great deal more than they let on. It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion on them.”
On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to sit atop another creature all day, every day, and not having the slightest thought about them whatsoever.
Ahhhhh, yes – but what are they thinking about YOU?
Especially if they happen to be a moose?
Bondfan they were impersonating today’s RCMP. I hope you all truly know the meaning of that.
I do
Props for actually spelling it right.
Yes, props. I always spell “it” wrong.
eh, no, eh, not, eh, really, eh, that, eh, often, eh eh, i, eh, mean, eh,
who, eh, does? eh.
eh.
Neither I nor most people I know back in Canada say “eh” all the time. imho I think CJ is closest here. I suspect it’s not just current location, but location as a child (for those who have moved to the city) and/or while in school.
However there ARE differences in how most Canadians I’ve spoken to across Canada and many Americans I’ve spoken to across the US say certain words. The ones that spring to mind:
roof — /u/ vowel in Canada; /ʊ/ in US
about — /aʊ/ in Canada (NOT /u/ !!!) and /oʊ/ in many US cases I heard.
Erm…my aunt lives in BC and I’ve heard her say it. Often. Lots, even.
I married someone from BC once, and her relatives say it all the time.
We’re not married anymore.
Got tired of her relatives, eh?
That’s all they’d say. It gets tiresome, eh.
At Christmas, we sat around the table and kept saying ‘eh’ without realizing it. And we’re Swedish.
Damn all your stereotype of Canadians. Whats funny is that even though Americans (for the most part) know nothing of Canada, they still hold this stereotype to be true. What can we do we do not have a big enough media to break this stereotype eh.
You really are very angry about this, eh?
Though it was meant as a sarcastic remark. Hence the “eh” at the end.
PS. Don’t pretend to be Canadian you are only proving my point.
I’m from Canada, and in my experience it depends on where you’re from. Canadians in eastern Canada say eh?/aboot way more than Canadians fromthe west.
Not so. It’s from Kanata… which means village. “I think he mean’s those houses.” “I know the word – it means nation, and Ca-na-da is its name!”
And then, they drilled a hole in the bottom of a peach basket, and Laura Secord made it over that hill, and all was right with the world.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awwww c’mon without those Heritage commercials, kids today wouldn’t know such UBER important facts about our great nation…..
You mean like this one?
OMG that was awesome! Thank you for that!
My pleasure. I only wish Hinterland Who’s Who was that interesting when I was a kid!
Anyone smell burnt toast?
….begins to convulse and hits the ground…..
Gosh, I’m mean
*looks around* I smell something, but it sure as hell ain’t burnt toast!
My first language is Spanglish, so this will be a step up.
Mine is Engliñol, but a third language could be welcomed.
I know some sign language. *gestures* That means “Drop your pants.”
*obliges*
*gestures*
I am pretty sure you won’t need translation for that.
Not anymore I don’t. You have taught me well.
We learned together, and somehow we enriched our sign language with tastes and sounds.
I’d like to add a few more things into that mix. I think you know what they are.
They will be the exclamation marks to our language!
¡¡Tú sabes que siempre me corro dos veces!!
¡¡Tú sabes que en ciertas y apasionadas situaciones no puedo ni contar hasta dos!!
Leave the counting to me – you have more important things to do.
I don’t have a second tongue, but I try to do my best with the one I have.
aboot time eh…
French?
second
We here often make the joke ‘Learn Belgian now!’
belgian isn’t even a language…
if you mean the people, then you’ve just met one ^^
*sends Unbeliever to Humo(u)r 101*
*writes on his prescription, “urgent case”*
Oh, Loz, fer crying out loud…if he doesn’t get that it’s a joke when it states clearly in the post that IT IS A JOKE, I don’t think there’s much that even I can do with him.
*puts dunce hat on Unbeliever and sticks him in the corner*
Belgian isn’t a language? How do they communicate?
They just grunt and mumble, but they’re getting there!
The French go one step further, and shrug their shoulders and nod as they grunt and mumble.
I think French is more a habit than a language.
The French are having a crisis with so many English words creeping into their language, like “email” or “internent” that they are considering banning some of them.
I read that Finland has its own words for everything. I think the word for “computer” was as long as this comment and it had about 20 “ä”s in it.
How do they say “Nokia” in Finnish?
♪ Teedeedeedee Teedeedeedee Teedeedeedeedeeeee…
Oh no! The Nokia Ringtone! EARWORM ATTACK!!!
*puts earplugs into ears*
BFF its okay it is over now.
*Notices BFF is not responding*
My technician tells me you can here me BFF.
*what I can hear*
Mumble mumble mumble mumble BFF
*takes off earplugs*
Sorry, what were you saying?
I was saying pass the bukkit.
Here = hear. Pavlov’s process is taking too long for me.
*passes the bukkit*
Is this your first experience with the bukkit?
Nope that’s why I am displeased with the progress
of this Pavlov experiment.
*kersplotch*
Ew chicken leftovers and lima bean sauce.
No, the Finnish word for computer is ‘tietokone’.
Tutkia edeltä , hölmö.
That’s been happening for a longgg time, before ‘email’ became an issue. They have English words like ‘shampooing’ (to mean shampoo) and ‘un parking’ (to mean a car park). But we’ve stolen from them too so tit for tat I say.
*wishes he had some tat to trade*
Aw. As long as you’re over 18 and not visibly drunk you can go get one.
Hee…!
*flashes tats*
*throws beads*
*gets tat of beads*
*Explodes*
I’ve always thought it was interesting that the French will say “le parking,” but the Québecois will say “le stationnement.”
Same reason why to order a hotdog in France you ask for a “hotdog”, but in Quebec it’s “chien chaud”, which literally translated means a dog that is hot… very concerning to Europeans visiting Quebec. Quebec wants to be its own nation and many Quebecers like to be viewed as having their own distinct culture and identity, and therefore try distance themselves from anything Anglophonic as much as possible.
And by the way… eh… not as common as you’d like to think.
Le Big Mac…
I’ve heard that Canadians like to put gravy on many normally gravy-less foods. Since you were explaining that all so thoroughly, I figured I may as well ask.
Haha.. I don’t know about “many”. Just fries… and turkey and mashed potatoes.
I don’t know where you two get your information, but I am a Québécois and I would never ever say “chien chaud” and I use “parking” like 99% of the time.
My information came from experience, having ordered a chien chaud on a few occasions. Just because you don’t use the term doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I don’t say “eh” but I know that it is used however infrequently I may hear it, more so in some regions than in others which may be the case for you & “chien chaud” and “parking”.
chien chaud
French
Etymology
francisation of the English hot dog
Noun
chien chaud m (plural chiens chauds)
1. (Quebec) hot dog.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chien_chaud
Wiki backs me up on this one. Or maybe it’s just a big chien chaud conspiracy. Shhhh…..
*Read “stationnement” instead of “parking”
Are you Canadian?
Yes, I’m Canadian, Emperor. And as I said already, I don’t say “eh at all.No even sometimes.
^ inserts ” after “eh. :S
That was meant for loz. By the way you are preaching to the choir here. I myself am Canadian, I would give a closer region, but other than the obvious reasons, it is pretty obscure. So I am going to go with I live near Toronto.
*pulls head out of bukkit*
Sorry, Emperor, I know you’re also a canuck. That part was meant for mirz
My post was pretty garbled. I don’t know how to fix the text window I type into. Half of what I write goes off the edge of the box and is hidden from view so I can’t see what I’m typing. I try to be careful, but now and then posts like that one escape my fingers. :sigh:
Sorry, the “eh” bit of my post wasn’t directed towards kannadzuki… it was just a general comment. I should have said that.
No worries, mirz.
btw, Emperor, if you’re still reading this and haven’t heard, Loz is Irish.
I think the last new French word was ordinateur, coined in 1955
by IBM France. There has been a concerted effort to root out the
Franglais words, but it’s failing. I’ve been saying that French is a
dying language for 30-some years. Of course, English has been
known to borrow the occasional French word. Fuselage, garage,
dîner à deux, ménage à trois, entente cordiale, concorde, that
sort of thing.
I think about 160 million native french speakers would disagree on the “dying”.
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The problem with the French is they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.
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(Thank goodness for 44.)
entrepeneur, cul de sac ……….. etcetera
I think you’ll find that last one’s Latin.
“Boy, those French have a different word for EVERYTHING!”
Et tout, Dragon?
Now stop it. You’re making laugh.
actually there are more words in english than in french. the french
in québec is much better than in france (where i live now) and the reason
is a will to protect both culture and language from neighboring english.
i think eh is common maybe in the prairies and the maritimes, but the
qc or ont or bc, or the north either.
Speaking from the Maritimes I believe “eh” is more common in the western provinces, though we do use it here as well.
english does not borrow words. It stalks the other languages into alleys, batters them into unconsciousness, and plunders all of the most difficult and irregular words and grammar it can find, and adds them to itself.
That is why English is so stupidly difficult, as it contains ALL the worsthe brain-dead constructions from ever language group that has conquered that island … starting with the Celts conquering the Picts.
A bad habit
Sister Emanuelle wore a habit. She taught me to (speak) French.
French is the same as English but you shout it really loudly and wave your hands around.
Eh?
French canadian don’t shout nor wave their hands loll! We are totally different of ppl from France.
So you’re saying there is no Canada like French Canada, it’s ze best Canada in ze land and the other Canada is hardly Canada, if you’ve lived there for a day you’d understand?
Check out “I am not Canadian” for the Quebecois perspective … (clicky on name, s’il vous plait) *waves hands to simulate inserting appropriate accents in previous part of the sentence*
that’s italian.
Drop the hand waving and speak in a very angry tone, and it’s German.
Add a bottle of vodka and its Russian.
Do you taste well with syrup?
Oh you Belgians, such a laugh!
I can think of four famous Belgians: Poirot, Tintin, King Leopold, and the guy who invented the Saxophone.
Like I said, what a laugh!
the more advanced version was done by americans: sexonphone
The less vigorous version was done by geriatrics: sexoncrone
the most pathetic version was done by over-parented children: textinghome (for a ride when public transit is freely available)
The least real version: adrenochrome.
The Greek version : Omicron
The deathly poisonous version: hexachrome.
The horticultural version: phytochrome.
My personal favorite: Threesome.
The musician who dated Princess Leia version: kodachrome.
Tornado’s favorite food: Motahome
The body’s basic info: Chromosomes.
The bike arena version: Velodrome.
The in-the-kitchen version: gastronome.
Two men enter, one man leaves version: thunderdome
The elementary school music version: xylophone.
The reversible word, phrase, number : palindrome.
the version for idiots: Arsole.
If you mean Leopold II. you should use “infamous” or “notorious”.
Notorious K.I.N.G.
Meet James Ensor,
Belgian’s famous painter.
Dig him up and shake his hand,
Appreciate the man.
*SQUEEZE*
Oh, and remember:
It’s Istanbul, not Constantinople.
Meep!
What the world needs now
is squeeze, sweet squeeze…
*applauds*
*gives POB a standing o.*
*applauds*
Neat, PoB!
Woohoo!
*holds up lighter*
*throws underwear at pob*
Weeeeeee!
YEAH!
*breakdances*
I prefer Belgian as a second language.
I prefer Belgian waffles.
I prefer German beer.
I like to drink German beer while driving my German car.
Volkswagen?
BMW baby!
How did you know?
Because they’re sexy and you’re sexy so I just assumed, ykno?
I’m too sexy for my car…. (I just gave myself an earworm).
And it’s contagious. Ah well, it could be worse, like that time I caught something else off you.
That was Ryannon, wearing a wig.
Which reminds me, Loz, beware of links provided by Ryannon. They can be mentally scarring.
Only those who are not pure of heart would be scared of Ry’s links.
loufail, that is quite a deep accusation, which I resent. I fear her links because they are usually bizarre.
Many times, the difference between bizarre and funny are in the eyes of the beholder.
BF – there was no need to criticize Ryannon. Lay off her and
fluffy. And Lou. And the rest of the adults on this board.
Mookie, there is no need to suddenly go hostile on me. I have not intention of critisizing Fluffy, as she is one of the friendly people here. I have never layed a finger on lou before, or you, Mookie. In fact, I have never critisized most of the people on this blog. Have you seen me being aggresive towards Loz? Or Avis? Or Dragon? Or Christopher? Or Arthur Eld? No. I am usually a passive person. I only attack when provoked.
Or was it a butt plug? I can’t remember.
I’m afraid I won’t get one for Christmas.
Well I was going to get you a gold plated and jewel encrusted potato, but you can choose.
I know where that potato has been. I’ll stick with the Lamb of God.
And for the girl who has everything…Mint Sauce
third
I’m pretty sure it says Second.
Comments barred.
Thread over…
That was a quickie.
How was it for you?
No pillow talk.
roll over and go to sleep.night
I think you’re just pretending to care.
snoring
Well, I like to fake it too, sometimes.
Eh?
There’s a graph for people like you.
Click my name
I think it’s time we make a graph
Put all these statistics together
Okay, three two one, let’s jam…
Did someone mention jam?
PoB…is there any chance you could link me to that song you posted some time back? I can’t find it, and I’d like a copy of it. Tanks! *hug*
Do you mean “We Didn’t Start the Failin’”? I forget which fail I posted it on, but I do have it saved on my computer. I was thinking of posting it to my MySpace page. (If FailBlog decides to start posting my comments again, there should be a new “song” from yours truly on this fail.)
Wow, way to pay attention, PoB. Maybe your comments weren’t showing because we’ve gone over 300 comments on this fail.
[/my own worst critic]
.
Where’s that pudding bukkit?
I don’t get it
Well. All I can say is, I bet this is in Markham. (joke for the locals)
Lol, more than likely is… Or somewhere in Vancouver.
Odds are it’s in Richmond.
or Surrey
It’s in Vancouver. My wife used to teach there, and we host homestay students that attend it. Despite the silly name, it’s actually a pretty good school.
ching chong ching ching chong chong chong
No, it’s Cheech, not ching.
There’s a new movie coming out ‘Cheech and Chong learn Canadian’.
Canadish?
Possibly Canadish. I can’t be expected to remember the exact title. My brain hurts already.
Its Cavendish like the fries.
or bananas.
Hmmm…what’s this all aboot eh? Are they faaaarking serious eh?
I hope there’s a word decribing you. If it comes to mind I’ll call you.
Just for reference, moomins go “meep” when squeezed, right?
Not that I could possibly put this information to use…
I thought Roadrunners went meep.
Beaker goes meep.
A coincidence?? Hmmm…
Moomins do meep, though you’ll get the occasional “aaaahhhOOOOOOgah!” if you catch them by surprise.
Just to clarify: Roadrunners go “beep beep”, Beaker goes “meep” and moomins go *SQUEEZE*.
Computer says feep.
T.V. says “bleep!”
Having just watched some Roadrunner, it goes “Meep meep”.
Okay, I *know* this is pedantic, but I am technically a member of the Failblog Grammar Nazi squad, so here is my strike for sticklers everywhere.
Your sentence means that “it”, whatever it is, has just watched Roadrunner and therefore goes “Meep meep”. People use this construction all the time and it drives me just a bit bats. It should read “Have just watched some Roadrunner, I can tell you that it says “Meep meep”.
This is not a personal judgment or in any way meant to be mean. I just wanted to put that out there. ~end rant~
Gah!!!
*inserts comma into second sentence of rant and converts “Have” to “Having”*
I HATE when that happens. Oh well.
*KERSPLORTCHES into bukkit* Yuck!
At this point I would like to make it known I am officially scared. That is all.
*looks over official papers*
He filled out the forms and everything… he really is officially scared!
*reads out statement to the FailPress*
Mikey D has been officially scared. That is all.
today’s lesson: how to say ‘eh’ every after sentence
I know how to do that, eh? It’s pretty simple, eh? But you gotta say it with the right accent, eh? Otherwise you fail epicly, eh?
However, it only works correctly if you are wearing a touque, and drinking a Labatt’s two-four.
How do you drink a 2×4?
Not a 2×4, a TWO FOUR. Which is another reason that Victoria Day weekend is known as May TWO FOUR… because as a teen, that’s all we did.
Les others persons in cette thread do not comprend que Canadien est a real langue – Ils thinkent que tout le monde parle Anglais et French. Stupid americains…
^This comment reminds me of a column in Private Eye.
I also do pas use le franglais randomly when je parle, eh?
Im Canadian, and Ive never said eh after any sentance. Also, I’ve never heard anyone say ‘aboot’, we say about just like you guys. And Canada got its name from the native americans, ‘Canada’ means home.
*salutes*
Admiral, we ran out of humo(u)r, Sir! Oh, you already know that? Sorry, Sir!
*off*
Ahem.
*takes some serious issue with the humo(u)rless one taking the Admiral’s name in vain*
You might want to think about changing it…otherwise, you will have a very, very irate dragon on your ass every time you make some non-funny, non-intelligent post.
*takes cover from imminent *FOOOOOM!!!!!!ing*
A *smooch* for my fiercely loyal dragon-friend!
I say ‘aboot’ all of the time. I’m a Geordie.
and we say ‘man’ after every sentence. You have to say it with an abrupt ending though or it just doesn’t sound right.
In London we say “bare blates” or “allow that”, which both mean “Great!”. It’s really annoying. And that rapper hand thing. That is the most irritating thing invented since Bill Gates.
apples and pears, blimey guvna… *said in her dulcet Geordie tone* :-p
Pffft! The only problem is, those kinds of phrases, when used, will get you funny looks around London, the looks that say “Are you taking the p*ss?”. They are still a source of great amusement to Americans though.
I know but to be fair, as a Geordie working in the smoke, they do exactly the same thing to me just with ‘whay aye man’.
I’ve actually never heard that phrase.
But I can think of several famous Geordies: Jeremy Clarkson, Michael Parkinson, John Prescott, Ant and Dec…I could go on. I’ve heard the people there are very nice.
In fact, I have actually been to Durham City once. Beautiful place. I also visited Durham Cathedral. Marvelous architecture.
Geordies err… mmm… muh huh?
Oh… You had me there for a second. Durham, Jeremy Clarkson, Parky and Prescott indeed. *scoffs*
Though I have been told I sound Welsh.
btw… I am nice
Apparently the Welsh are the only people we are allowed to be openly racist towards. I meant that in a humo(u)rous way, in case I am arrested by the PC police.
Why? I thought Prescott was known all over the world for his…er…nevermind.
I can see that. I’m quite a good egg too.
Prescott is better known for being paid huge sums of money to stay out of politics! He’s a Welsh/Yorkshire hybrid and he got none of the good points from either group of people. *climbs down from soap box*
I try my best to be nice but with me being Geordie it comes out as brash.
^^ that was me being nice about Mr Prescott.
That’s the first time I’ve heard someone being nice about John Prescott.
Anyway, how are things up North? Has the credit crunch struck hard?
Don’t know as I live in Sussex. I’d ask my dad for you but I’d have to listen to him moan in Geordie for 45 minutes first.
Ah, Sussex. Must be a very green and foresty place!
That reminds me of a quote from a TV show I saw last week “There are only two people I know with a Northern accent, and that’s you or George Formby”.
Sussex is hilly as my legs can testify.
You don’t strike me as someone old enough to know about Georgy Formby. That reminds me… I must clean my windows. *sigh*
Ah. I assume that getting about must be tough on your feet?
The only thing I know about George Formby is that he played the ukelele and was a comedian.
‘Ukelele’ know that much about George Formby as there’s not much else to know. *hangs head in shame*
I do have a car but when I’m feeling brave I walk up them thar hills. I can also assure you the hills are only alive with the sound of my heavy breathing. There’s no music unless I take my Ipod.
Really? Surely he’s done something famous?
Of course, a car. What was I thinking? In London, I take the tube. It is like being in a can of tuna everyday. Not only that, but there are those morons who play their music so loud I want to cut their Ipod with a pair of scissors.
OMG… we’ve commandeered the blog! *bows and exits stage left*
Actually, i live in Canada, and you’d be surprised how often a Canadian use the phrase “eh”, it cannot be found without looking for it though, hell, i even do it but it’s not like on TV where its after every sentence, we just do it sometimes.
buba finds canadian to be quite hard as a language. he had difficulties at school when studying it.
Wow, this took me longer to get than it should have.
Well done you!
Yeah I do admit, I had to think about that – “tuts at herself”
today, i am flaccid.
Hi, flaccid!
Whats a Flaccid ?
There are a few ways we spell differently though, color=colour, practice=practise
Iwas told once that if I hear an “American-sounding” accent, the smart thing to do is ask the person speaking if he’s Canadian. If he’s actually an (USA)merican, he’ll simply correct you and move on. If he really is Canadian, you’ll have made a friend for life.
True, and the alternate if you call a Canadian an American, is not pretty
The folk song “Blame Canada” (sung by noted activist Shiela Broflovski) says it all:
Blame Canada
It seems that everything’s gone wrong
Since Canada came along
Blame Canada, Blame Ca-na-da
They’re not even a real country anyway
thats blatant and offensive…
true, but urm….quite funny
Fail, eh ?
We don’t say eh often at all. And if someone does its to enhance a question, basically a word for a question mark. I live in the states now and everyone I meet that finds out I’m Canadian – feels the need to say eh immediately in some way or form. I’m always told I must be from somewhere that doesn’t have an accent, and it’s true. If your not from Newfoundland or Quebec or northern New Brunswick – you usually don’t have an accent.
how dumb, everyone asking you to say “eh”. you should beat them silly with your toque.
Nah toques aren’t too deadly we just send our endless polar bears after them.
Just pull their jersey over their head and pummel them to the ice … All the Canadians know what I mean.
Jersey them, can’t believe I forgot about that.
While I agree, we don’t say eh a lot, but if you think only Canadians from Quebec, Newfoundland, or Northern New Brunswick have accents, you need to get out more.
Yes, dammit we do say “Eh”. And yes, it can be dilectic and even different within each family. Those sharing the Ottawa-River valley “twang” ( it’s a lilting way of speaking) may have a tendency to say it more than say, a westerner. My parents were immigrants and, of course, never used the happy ole “Eh” as a sentence ender. My oldest brother and I never took up the linguistic peccadillo but my middle brother, a copy cat of the first order, began to Eh everyone in sight. I have to agree with Danielle about everyone here in the states deciding they must toss an EH at me when they find I’m Canadian even though they have never heard the sound cross my lips. * sighs * Just what the hell is the world coming to, eh? Somebody pass me a timmies….. Double Double, eh.
Eh, Beh, Ceh, Deh, Eh, Ehf, Geh, Ehch, Ehy, Jeh, Keh, Ehl, Ehm, Ehn, O, Peh. Q, R, Ehs, Teh, U, Veh, W, Ehx, Weh and Zeh…
A lesson in Canadian:
*Ahem* I believe we say Zehd
LOL who’s flag is that?
Owe-Kee class. Who can use the word ‘HOSER” in a sentence for me?
Look at this Hoser eh^.
“Take off, you hoser.”
you’re a hoser
Soooooo…….
You know what is really sad about this, 1 man started an entire career, rented a building, hired staff, advertised, and either made or tried to make a living teaching a language that doesn’t exist. What I want to know, is how does one speak Canadian and where did he learn.
Maybe I should give him a call……..
Harley P. Mathewson would disagree, this is a win:
http://joinusordie.org/wiki/New_Canadianese
Agreed.
Canadian is similar to American, but more polite. And without so #$%ing many curse words. (Sorry, I’m obviously not Canadian, you $#%ing &%@ers.)
I imagine Canadian is similar to Australian, without all the references to shrimps on the barbie or kangaroos…
And we obviously don’t have so many eh’s.
I saw this in Vancouver last week. I’m glad it’s here, but I’m sad that I was beaten to the punch.
England -> English
Spain -> Spanish
etc
why can’t they have their own language?
America -> Americish?
Mexico -> Mexicish?
We should all have our own languages!
or Brazil- Brazilese
Shouldn’t Brazil have Brazilian?
Does that mean I speak “Germish”? That sounds unsanitary.
Talk about dirty language!
native americans technically speak american,
mexican is a dialect of spainish, buts its still mexican
There’s no mexican dialect. Mexicans speak spanish.
Mexican native tribes have their own dialects, like mixteco and mayan, which
are in use in some villages.
Wow. All I can say is wow.
i’m from america..and i speak english…are you trying to tell me i’m wrong just because i’m not from england? i don’t speak american, the native americans are the only people that speak true american.
That’s something to tell the world aboot, eh?
LOL Canadian not a langige! *Let’s throw the old hoser down the cliff!!!*
canadian as a language…what’s that the equivalent to tex-mex? little french thrown in there to spice up the english?
I Am Canadian
Canadian Test – finish the phrase: “When you eat your Smarties …”
“…eat them randomly, not according to colo(u)r. That’s just discrimination.”
You are the _true_ Canadian … equality for all (more for some, even!)
Bah, I call this a WIN. And a guffaw as well.
eh?
hahaha..this is a fail in more ways than one…they mean canadiEn not canadiAn…they way they have it is like speaking a person…hahahah
Maybe if they were Québécois, but otherwise that is the right spelling, lol
Hoser (Urban Dictionary)
A Canadian term of both derision and affection, popularized – but NOT invented – by the MacKenzie Brothers (from their “Great White North” segments on the old SCTV programme).
Used as a negative, it basically means “idiot.” When used positively, it’s a phrase of light endearment.
In both cases, it is most effective when the subject(s) displays stereotypically Canadian attributes.
NEG – “They drank all our beers and smoked all our smokes. What a bunch of Hosers.”
POS – “They drank all our beers and smoked all our smokes, but took the ski-doos to get more before the hockey game started. What a bunch of Hosers.”
Yeah, this more or less matches how I use it.
your all dumb for thinking this is funny…THEY DO STILL SPEAK FRENCH IN CANADA! so yes it should say “come here to learn canadian french” (yes there is a difference, its a different dialect.
I don’t think they were even talking about Canadian French, I’m pretty sure they’re substituting English with Canadian, same as people sometimes substitute English with American. CSL as opposed to ESL, which is an actual term.
I don’t get it… I can barely understand those Canadians sometimes!
Where’s the fail?
i wanna join that just to see what “canadian” is
hey is this picture from Vancouver? I live right beside a building like this and i laugh at it every time i pass it lol
Eh, so you all know what yer talkin’ aboot.
*rolls eyes*
Fail!
I know eh?
it’s aboot time some hoser did this
“Try speaking American, it’s the only language I understand.” – Bandit Keith, YGOTAS
I didn’t realize that canadian was a language, lol, even educators are stupid here in the usa
thats a studio in Toronto.
Haha This is in Vancouver at Nelson and Cambie, I walk by it every day and I was born and raised here and I still can’t speak Canadian!
Canadian is a language, eh?
Eh?
hey, does anyone speak Africanian here?
Canadian as a second language doesn’t seem all that far fetched, eh?
I’m Canadian and I know half of you won’t be able to understand what I wrote because of it.
When my friend moved to America the school asked her mom if they spoke english in Australia
ass
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eh?
yes, this is for real!
Makes you wonder what the 51st state in the Union is up to???????