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Nyx said:
Soda is pop in Canada too...if you ask for a soda in a restaurant they look at you funny....lol
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I found out when I was visiting a friend in Kentucky, that was despite being from Canada, I was considered a Yankee. She equally offended when I informed her that in Canada, all Americans are referred to as Yankees.

And I usually call it soda, because I like the sound of it.
 
Janine said:
People don't say "pop"?? WOAH! That is too funny!! :) But coke is a kind of pop...
and soda... soda is like, "an Italian cream-soda" or "Jones soda!" hahah :) I was just having a
conversation today with a few people about how everyone outside of the midwest says "bag"
where the "a" sounds like the "a" in "cat." Same with "flag"!
Doesn't that feel uncomfortable to say? It seems like it would be such a mouthful! :) haha!
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Ha, being from Minnesota you probably say "beg" for bag and fleg for "flag". I'm from Indiana and I say Flahg. as in the word cat like you described.

When I ask for a drink I just ask for a diet coke or a water, or whatever I get.

When I moved up to Michigan I noticed the whole Canadian accent rollover. It's pretty funny.
 
vonfunk said:
I found out when I was visiting a friend in Kentucky, that was despite being from Canada, I was considered a Yankee. She equally offended when I informed her that in Canada, all Americans are referred to as Yankees.

And I usually call it soda, because I like the sound of it.
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Yankees here are just those above the Mason-Dixon line back in the civil war days. The south were confederates and the north were Yankees. However nowadays in the US (at least in the north) those who sport the confederate flag are seen as close minded and offensive because of the slavery implications it has. Most often people who wave the confederate flags are seen with a large truck (Dodge usually) big tires, big pipes, and a deer in the back.
 
I'm well aware of the cultural line in the states of who is and isn't a "Yankee".

I just found it odd that I was labelled one because I was from the "North". And border area accents are weird. I know bunch of people the live across the river from Detroit, and it's almost a completely Canadian accent, except for the odd random word, like "roof", they all pronounce it like "ruff".
 
I actually like being a Yankee. My mother-in-law who is from the deep south doesn't like Yankees. She probably tolerates me. LOL!
 
My 9 year old boy has recently taken to using "epic" to describe anything good in his world. And also he declares "fail", when someone trips or drops something, and of course you can combine them for epic fail. I don't mind it though.
 
The newest thing I keep seeing online is FTW...For the Win...I don't mind it too much, it just took me a while to figure out what it stood for...lol
 
Nyx said:
The newest thing I keep seeing online is FTW...For the Win...I don't mind it too much, it just took me a while to figure out what it stood for...lol
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I thought it meant F**K The World! hahaha!
or maybe thats FML (f**k my life)

One that I use a bit is ymmv (your mileage may vary). Kind of annoying but easy to use.
 
Lol Nytefyre there's a bit in Modern Family when 'cool dad' Phil claims to be down with the kids and know what all their texting abreviations mean and starts reeling them off. He says something like:

'lol - laugh out loud, bff - best friend forever, wtf - why the face, etc" haha bless him.

I'm a massive culprit of things like that, but only when texting/chatting online/posting on forums. I'm forever using 'tbf' (to be fair), 'imo (in my opionion), 'cba' (can't be arsed) and others. But when people use them in speech it's infuriating - why say 'oh em gee' or 'lol' out loud?! I can only tolerate FYI and ASAP because they were well established and are much shorter to abbreviate than say in full when talking.

Whoever mentioned epic and epic fail, I HATE THOSE!

There are three things I see on Facebook statuses every day that make me rage: 'cheeky', 'go on then' and 'oh, hello'. All 3 in one example:

'a few cheeky drinks with the girlies? Go on then. Oh, hello hangover...' - Urrrrgghhhhhhhh!!!! And 'girlies' can go on the list too. It's disgusting.

The word 'snog' also needs to not exist.
 
I would like to put forth "shut up," as used instead of phrases like "no way," "unbelievable," or "wow!" At first I was shocked the first couple of times I heard it used this way and figured out that I was not to be offended, so now, I take them literally and get out of that conversation as quickly as I can. ;)
 
"Sorry" one of my best friends says this after every second word! It is SOOOOOOOO annoying!!! It also means when he really does say sorry it has no meaning because he says sorry continuously.

:ybatty:
 
I don't mind any of them cause it's my age group of people coming up with them and using them.
The only thing I hate was people over using the term "fml" Specially when I was in the hospital checking my facebook seeing someone putting "fml i was late for class this morning".
 
I guess this is on my mind at present because we have an election looming. I don't know if politicians use this phrase in your part of the world but it drives me nuts!

As soon as they are elected and start breaking pre - election promises they say.........

"We have a mandate"

Which effectively means - you elected us and now we don't give a toss about what you want or think! ARGH!!!

Dusty. :voodoo:
 
vonfunk said:
I found out when I was visiting a friend in Kentucky, that was despite being from Canada, I was considered a Yankee. She equally offended when I informed her that in Canada, all Americans are referred to as Yankees.

And I usually call it soda, because I like the sound of it.
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No offense to your friend, but people in the US tend to be pretty ignorant in general about the rest of the world. I wouldn't be surprised if a large percentage of a random sampling could not even locate Canada on a map! :eek2: The powers that be like it that way. Stupid people are so much easier to manipulate & take advantage of.
 
David in Seattle said:
No offense to your friend, but people in the US tend to be pretty ignorant in general about the rest of the world. I wouldn't be surprised if a large percentage of a random sampling could not even locate Canada on a map! :eek2: The powers that be like it that way. Stupid people are so much easier to manipulate & take advantage of.
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I take no offence. There are many stories that I could share, but I won't (not enough time).
 
Hmm, my family is from Kentucky, and wouldn't think anyone from Canada was a Yankee. We also aren't offended if Canadians or anyone from another country thinks we are Yankees-it's not an insult, just a nickname lol!

And I'm no whiz at geography, but I defintely can find Canada on a map; my relatives, well for some of them it's doubtful!:ytongue:
 
I must add my two cents because I am getting a good laugh at the later posts. I was born and raised in Alaska. Many of you are familiar with Sarah Palin, the Republican politician from Alaska. Well, she does live in the same town as my parents. They live in Wasilla, Alaska. A beautiful community nestled in the Matanuska/Susitna Valley, surrounded by mountains. I would have to argue with Sarah Palin. No, you cannot see Russia from her house.
 
So
Tosspot
She'll be right
eh? at the end of everyword - mainly from Aucklanders :ysmile:
isn't it?
Sweet as
Okey dokey


So, what about these, eh?Are they okey dokey or sweet as in your books? I reckon a total tosspot may use them, eh? Isn't it amazing some of the crap that can be spoken. It's great, isn't it that Canada is such a beautiful country, she'll be right mates, we can stick together, some of the time, eh?

Does anyone say 'what what' as well at the end of a sentence?
 

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