Guitar Tricks - Happy Canada Day

Lordathestrings

07-01-2006, 05:57 PM

Here in Calgary, the Canada Day weekend is often a warmup for the Stampede festivities that start next weekend. I figure we'll just stretch the party into a two-week blowout! :D

iiholly

07-01-2006, 06:14 PM

My favorite holiday! Yay Canada! I just googled why its celebrated, learn something new everyday.

jeffhx

07-01-2006, 06:40 PM

Today's Canada day, so if you're Canadian, get wasted. If you're not Canadian, get wasted anyway. Except you, Josh.

WWHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY???

GuitarPsy

07-01-2006, 06:51 PM

you need a why? for getting wasted? hehe, I'm pretty gone already, so here goes, cheers Canada!!

ericthecableguy

07-01-2006, 06:56 PM

YEOWW! CANADA!!!
Hmm...it's raining so the fireworks were cancelled. :(
Meh...more drinking time :D .

jeffhx

07-01-2006, 06:56 PM

no, why as in...oh hoot...

Happy Canada everyone!

rockonn91

07-01-2006, 07:13 PM

be careful on those canadian roads. they're pretty easy to run off of, so I hear. and if your windows are down, you'll get alot of dirt in your car.

thats just the word on the streets though.

go hug a moose, yall. its cananida day.

PRSplaya

07-01-2006, 07:44 PM

Have some beaver tails, and beer!! :D and any other Canadian thing you can think of...
*gets mental picture of you crazy Canadians chewing away on a boiled beavers tail, dipped in maple syrup, and starts to become slightly nautious*

Kevin Taylor

07-01-2006, 07:44 PM

http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/canbunny.jpg

Lordathestrings

07-01-2006, 07:48 PM

*gets mental picture of you crazy Canadians chewing away on a boiled beavers tail, dipped in maple syrup, and starts to become slightly nautious*

Beaver Tails are a deep-fried pastry, shaped something like the proverbial appendage. Maple syrup is optional.

PRSplaya

07-01-2006, 07:49 PM

Beaver Tails are a deep-fried pastry, shaped something like the proverbial appendage. Maple syrup is optional.
So i was just informed by the better half.. lol

pure

07-01-2006, 07:53 PM

Wow what a cool holiday. How do Canadians celebrate?

Kevin Taylor

07-01-2006, 07:58 PM

Beer and Hookers for everybody eh!!!! :D

Lordathestrings

07-01-2006, 08:02 PM

Beer and Hookers for everybody eh!!!! :D
Hah - Good one! :D

(Inside joke: Hooker's is the company that makes Beaver Tails.)

Tonja_Renee

07-01-2006, 08:07 PM

hooker's beavertails (http://www.wcities.com/en/record/107,184236/71/record.html)

ericthecableguy

07-01-2006, 08:32 PM

*gets mental picture of you crazy Canadians chewing away on a boiled beavers tail, dipped in maple syrup, and starts to become slightly nautious*

ha, no. But...I can assure thousands of canadians will be consuming something else that may make them slightly nautious.

Lordathestrings

07-01-2006, 08:36 PM

hooker's beavertails (http://www.wcities.com/en/record/107,184236/71/record.html)
Ach, now you're makin' me homesick!

Tarbender! More beer!

The smoker I drink, the player I feel...

Akira

07-02-2006, 07:41 AM

Hooker's Beavertails... lmfao.

Yeah, uh, happy Canada day, even though I don't live in Canada, ohwell.

Andrew Sa

07-02-2006, 07:57 AM

Oh Canada, Our home and Native land...

Here in Calgary, the Canada Day weekend is often a warmup for the Stampede festivities that start next weekend. I figure we'll just stretch the party into a two-week blowout! :D

Ah yea! Stampede is awesome...I was in Calgary in 1998 for the stampede! what an awesome place and an awesome festival! I loved Canada day, I was in Canmore(up in the Rockies) for the actualy day (tis 4th June right) and then went back to Calgary that day...awesome parades all day and night.

I wanna go to the stampede now

Lordathestrings

07-02-2006, 09:25 AM

... I was in Canmore(up in the Rockies) for the actualy day (tis 4th June right) and then went back to Calgary that day...

Canada Day is July 1st. The Americans celebrate their Independence Day on July 4th. Stampede starts on July 7th, and goes through to the 16th.

Yeah, I think we're in for a 2-week party. :D

Andrew Sa

07-03-2006, 06:13 AM

yea that sounds better...dunno why I said Junet 4th...come to think of it, I left Sa on 22 June 1998, so if it was June 4th I would have missed it by quite a way...July 1st it is.

guitarfreak141

07-03-2006, 09:30 AM

Lordathestrings

07-03-2006, 09:54 AM

I'm in Canada right now eh, I don't live here, but I'm visiting eh, its pretty cool, I was in Ottawa for Canada day and right now I'm in Quebec City

One thing I still can't figure out, do Canadian people really say eh a lot? or is it just a hyped up stereotype, eh? its a cool word though, eh

Its a stereotype. The word does get used, but not nearly as much as legend has it. The fact that you've been to a couple of places in Canada but you still have to ask this question pretty much says it all.

And I've never heard anyone say "aboot", except for some particularly rude tourists from the southern US who were teasing a scruffy-looking fella in the Byward Market in Ottawa. He decked two of them, and the third one ran away. :D Call it a collision of stereotypes.

PRSplaya

07-03-2006, 10:00 AM

I've never heard it pronounced aboot, but I do know someone who pronounces it aboat.

But then, I'm from the deep South. So, any accent/dialect that's more than 50 miles away sounds funny to me. :rolleyes:

Lordathestrings

07-03-2006, 10:13 AM

I suspect its some kind of Scottish thing. "Oot & aboot". But even Nova Scotians don't talk like that. As Tonja can tell you. You may hear things like Highway 7 being called "Highway Sheven". Sean Connery kinda thing. ;)

PRSplaya

07-03-2006, 10:16 AM

I was refering to Tonja with the "aboat". Which is pronounced like " I'm going to take my boat out on the lake today", but with an a infront of it.

Tonja_Renee

07-03-2006, 10:24 AM

I was refering to Tonja with the "aboat". Which is pronounced like " I'm going to take my boat out on the lake today", but with an a infront of it.

I think the way that I pronounce about, and house, mouse, etc.. is with a maritime accent.. it does sound closer to "oh" rather than "ow", but there is definately a difference in the sound of boat, and about.. maybe not much.. but a subtle difference..

and I don't say "eh"...

Lordathestrings

07-03-2006, 10:27 AM

Yeah, I figured that out. My father is from St. John, New Brunswick, My ex is from Hartlen, N.B., and one of my old drinkin' buddies was from Sheet Harbour, N.S. And you can't turn around here without bumping into a Newfie. Its interesting to sit in a bar and just surf the accents floating around. I drank for free the week I was in England because at that time (1988), a Canadian accent was cool, and the locals had no concept of being able to drive for 1000 miles in any direction.

PRSplaya

07-03-2006, 10:32 AM

I think the way that I pronounce about, and house, mouse, etc.. is with a maritime accent.. it does sound closer to "oh" rather than "ow", but there is definately a difference in the sound of boat, and about.. maybe not much.. but a subtle difference..

and I don't say "eh"...
That subtle difference is only in your head... it sounds exactly like boat.

But hey, with me being a "Southerner", everything I say sounds funny to you.

as said by Tonja in an msn messenger conversation about this:
I can't beleive I am being teased by a "Southerner" for MY accent... geesh.

ericthecableguy

07-03-2006, 11:30 AM

Ha, yes. I find southern accents funny. NO OFFENSE AT ALL TO YOU GUYS.
I was in church and there was a southerner guest speaking. As soon as he started i burst out laughing and got some evil looks. I really tried to contain myself, but i list control a few times. Like when he went...'catch us at Doubleya Doubleya Doubleya dot..." O good times. :D

Akira

07-03-2006, 01:02 PM

My accent doesn't fit into the two main stereotypes of the English accent (Queen's English, and East-end hard nut). I'm a midlander, which means I usually exagerate my vowel and plosive sounds a bit more.

Rant

It really grates me when I hear southerners (english) say "glass" as if it has an 'r' in it; it's glass not glarss. One time some southerner tried correcting my pronunciation of "glass", I turned around and said "There's no r in glass." Yeah, I showed him.

/Rant

jeffhx

07-03-2006, 01:18 PM

chinaman accents are funny

thank god i dont speak like that...nth beats that.. :D

HDJ

07-03-2006, 01:49 PM

Hey now, watch the bashing of the southern dialect. I'll have to learn ya...

And since it hasn't been said yet...

BLAME CANADA!! BLAME CANADA!!

magicninja

07-03-2006, 01:53 PM

It's not even a real country anyway! (sorry couldn't resist)

jeffhx

07-03-2006, 01:58 PM

Hey now, watch the bashing of the southern dialect. I'll have to learn ya...

And since it hasn't been said yet...

BLAME CANADA!! BLAME CANADA!!

was expecting someone to say that... :)

ericthecableguy

07-03-2006, 02:44 PM

*cough*...war of 1812...*cough* :D

ooo, cheap shot. :p

earthman buck

07-03-2006, 04:51 PM

*cough*...war of 1812...*cough* :D

ooo, cheap shot. :p
Yeah, and since then we've made a point of not fighting any wars so we keep our perfect record.

By the way, you cannot possibly have a cooler accent than Danny Baldwin on Coronation Street.

elklandercc

07-03-2006, 05:34 PM

Canadian Day eh? I geuss its on the level. I hope all you crazy Canadians had fun.

Lordathestrings

07-03-2006, 06:20 PM

Canadian Day eh? I geuss its on the level. I hope all you crazy Canadians had fun. That's CANADA Day, sir!

As for the fun, well, reports are still coming in. Apparently I had many good times.
:D :confused: :cool:

iamthe_eggman

07-03-2006, 07:13 PM

I was refering to Tonja with the "aboat". Which is pronounced like " I'm going to take my boat out on the lake today", but with an a infront of it.

If she's a real NSer, she'll also pronouce "couch" and "mouse" as "coach" and "moase"/"moose". Also, they do this thing where, if they're a little bit bored with a conversation, say "Yep" but while drawing in a breath. It's weird... hard to explain in text, but if you know what I'm talking about, you know what I'm talking about, y'know? :p ;)

Lordathestrings

07-03-2006, 07:16 PM

Yep.............

Tonja_Renee

07-03-2006, 07:21 PM

If she's a real NSer, she'll also pronouce "couch" and "mouse" as "coach" and "moase"/"moose". Also, they do this thing where, if they're a little bit bored with a conversation, say "Yep" but while drawing in a breath. It's weird... hard to explain in text, but if you know what I'm talking about, you know what I'm talking about, y'know? :p ;)

Well I'm as real as you can get... I was born here, and lived my entire life here. Bluenoser through and through...

As for the yep thing.. I'm not sure what you are talking about... I have heard people make a statement like a question though.. Like.. "It's been very rainy her lately, what?" and they pronounce the What like Wha... we are definately a unique bunch of people... :)

Akira

07-03-2006, 07:38 PM

Yep.............

For some reason I found that unbearably hilarious.

Must spread rep. :(

iamthe_eggman

07-04-2006, 08:39 AM

Well I'm as real as you can get... I was born here, and lived my entire life here. Bluenoser through and through...

As for the yep thing.. I'm not sure what you are talking about... I have heard people make a statement like a question though.. Like.. "It's been very rainy her lately, what?" and they pronounce the What like Wha... we are definately a unique bunch of people... :)

Inhale. About 1/3 of the way in, say "Yep", while still inhaling. Maybe you don't even notice? I'm from Ontario, so it was pretty noticeable for me.

Hmmm... are you from the Valley? Those are the ones that are the worst for that.

earthman buck

07-04-2006, 12:34 PM

Also, they do this thing where, if they're a little bit bored with a conversation, say "Yep" but while drawing in a breath. It's weird... hard to explain in text, but if you know what I'm talking about, you know what I'm talking about, y'know? :p ;)
That's not just Nova Scotia. People here in rural Manitoba do the same thing all the time.

Lordathestrings

07-04-2006, 12:50 PM

That's not just Nova Scotia. People here in rural Manitoba do the same thing all the time.
Ontario and Alberta too.

I'm guessing ol' eggie don't get out much. :rolleyes:

Tonja_Renee

07-04-2006, 02:59 PM

Hmmm... are you from the Valley? Those are the ones that are the worst for that.

Ahh.. that explains it... I'm not from the Valley. I grew up in the city. It must be just a rural type of dialect...