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06-27-2006, 05:40 PM
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I here people say 'aboot' all the time...
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06-27-2006, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet I sure hope you have lots of money, because trust me I know very very well first hand that Switzerland is very very very expensive. | The standard of living though is superb, so you get what you pay for. Austria is also very good, I often think of it as a cheaper Switzerland, I also like Austria better because its more Germanic.
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06-27-2006, 06:28 PM
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#33 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer So you never say "eh", eh? Me either, eh. 
But not one Canadian I've ever met has ever said "aboot". That's just some crap invented by US networks. Ever seen how they depict us on American sitcoms? Funny stuff.  | Look here - I lived in Canada, I know your little secret you sneaky Canadians! You're not saying "EH" you're saying "AH" but you pronounce it "EH" and you only say it to Americans and its short for @sshole!!!! 
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06-27-2006, 06:31 PM
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#34 | | Senior Member
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Country: | You know people in Canada have cars with square wheels and heads like trash cans. Its real, I saw it on T.V. .....
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06-27-2006, 06:45 PM
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Hah, not really... Welcome to this place! 
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06-27-2006, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Tiger You know people in Canada have cars with square wheels and heads like trash cans. Its real, I saw it on T.V. ..... | yes but we have new corner cutting skills that will permit us to have octagonal wheels much better in the snow and far better for chasing the seals
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06-27-2006, 08:33 PM
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#37 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ ...and you only say it to Americans... | Yeah, that's right. The rest of the time we're all prim and proper like.  - "I say old chum, we'll be late for our polo match."
- "Oh, posh! We've plenty of time! All we need do is cut across this - "
- "Wait! I say, isn't that an American tourist coming our way?"
- "Right you are. What say we speak more crudely."
- "Righty-o then."
<<Ahem!!>> - "Say buddy, didja check oot da hockey finals last noit?"
- "Yeah, no kiddin', eh? Man, dem Hurricanes sure put da squash on Edmonton. So much fer bringin' da cup home, eh?"
- "Yeah, damn Yanks! Wanna grab a beer, buddy?"
- "You know it, eh? Do a bear sh*t in da woods?"
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06-27-2006, 08:36 PM
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Country: |  Okay, I guess maybe Canada isn't too bad. But Switzerland would sure be better. =) I wouldn't mind moving to Austria either because that's where my great grand parents orginally came from. Or was it Germany? -has a bad memory-
I always thought 'eh' was just another way of saying 'huh'. =P I never really thought of it as calling some one an arse hole.
._.' Square wheels? How is that even possible?
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06-27-2006, 08:58 PM
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#39 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by Nonskimmer Yeah, that's right. The rest of the time we're all prim and proper like. |
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06-27-2006, 09:13 PM
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#40 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by Monique Okay, I guess maybe Canada isn't too bad. But Switzerland would sure be better. =) I wouldn't mind moving to Austria either because that's where my great grand parents orginally came from. Or was it Germany? -has a bad memory- | I grew up in New York around a lot of Italians, all US born. They would rant and rave how they would love to live in Italy among "their people." Some of them went there on vacation and got a rude awakening when they were received as total foreigners, even though they spoke the language. With that said, you may think the grass is greener until you go to another country for a long period of time and really see how little things let you know where your roots are really from....
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06-27-2006, 09:16 PM
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06-27-2006, 09:19 PM
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Country: | Meh, I guess your right. Perhaps I'll just go to Europe for a really really long vacation instead untill I'm sick of it.
D= Trust me, Henk, you wouldn't want to see a picture of me. I'm uglyier then a... -thinks of something ugly- well something really ugly. =) It'd burn your eyes out.
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06-27-2006, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ I grew up in New York around a lot of Italians, all US born. They would rant and rave how they would love to live in Italy among "their people." Some of them went there on vacation and got a rude awakening when they were received as total foreigners, even though they spoke the language. With that said, you may think the grass is greener until you go to another country for a long period of time and really see how little things let you know where your roots are really from.... | Well Flyboy any other country is better than SA, if you live here you would know, South Africans in other countries are very happy there and do not feel like they do not belong there.
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06-27-2006, 09:31 PM
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#44 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Originally Posted by Henk Well Flyboy any other country is better than SA, if you live here you would know, South Africans in other countries are very happy there and do not feel like they do not belong there. | I met many South Africans when I was in Botswana - they echo your feelings! I think SA is one of those exceptions to the rule...
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06-27-2006, 09:52 PM
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Country: | Yes true. Never get me wrong I love my country before the new government f***ed everything up and made it like it is now. Some black people in South Africa said it was better living under the Apartheid government rather than now, then you must know how bad it is now.
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