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From: Carroll Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> On Friday 07 February 2003 11:34 am, Angus Auld wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > At 09:32 PM 2/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > > >On Thursday 06 February 2003 09:21 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: > > > > > Wouldnt they just be called Canadians? Thats what i have always > > > > > heard reference to until this mailing list. > > > > > Rob > > > > > > Rob, to allay your confusion (and to those who don't know)... > > > > > > The origin of "Canuck" as I understand it came from a little known (when > > > it started) TV series called "SCTV". It was a series/sitcom that poked > > > fun at Canadians & our culture. > > > Many good comedians came out of that program & got their start there. > > > (John Candy, RIP; Gilda Radner; G.<?> Levy; the fella from "Honey I > > > Shrunk the Kids".. an on it goes). > > > The point of the show was to lampoon our own culture & our take on the > > > world. Out of that came the word Canuck, Canook (an Eastern/East > > > Coast/Newfoundland pronounciation), Canuckian (one from Canuckland...) > > > and a few other bizarre sayings like "You Hoser!" & the infamous "Eh!? > > > You going aboot it right!?" :) > > > > > > The series is still syndicated. Often on comedy network late at night. > > > If you care to see it that is. > > > ------------- > > > FemmeFatale > > > ************************************ > > > > The origin of the word "Canuck" seems much older than that. > > "Canuck n. [prob. alter. of Canadian] (1835): a Canadian and esp. a French > > Canadian" , Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary > > > > I suspect SCTV popularized the term in recent times however. > > "Canuck" history 101. ;-) LOL > > > > Regards. > > > > --Angus >******************************** >Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Based on extnesive research that I did in various beer halls and pubs in > southern Ontario a long, long time ago, it was unwise for non-Canadians to > use the term in the presence of authentic Canadians. Things could get nasty > in a hurry. (How long ago? Well, drafts were a dime, and bottled beer was 25 > cents.) > -- cmg >********************************** You mean Carroll that even us VERY civil Canadians can "lose it" if provoked?? LOL I guess everyone has a limit. $.25 for a beer........ "real" Canuck beer?? That must have been before the computer age! LOL Regards. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."--James Thurber *********************************************** *Reg. Linux User #278931* *********************************************** *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* *********************************************** -- _______________________________________________ http://www.operamail.com Now with OperaMail Premium for only US$29.99/yr Powered by Outblaze
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