Unfortunately, there were many, many times I couldn't make out with my friends' girlfriends. And, frankly, I could've used more enemies.

;)

-- Walt

On 9/18/2012 8:48 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
The first time I saw the last sentence of your first paragraph it read: "There were 
a couple of times when I couldn't make out with my friends' girlfriends..."

I thought, "Geez, with friends like you, who needs enemies?"

;-)

I think I'm getting tired.

cheers,
frank

"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- 
Christopher Hitchens

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From: Walt <ldott...@gmail.com>
Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12
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Subject: Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends

I went to college at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, which
is only about 90 miles north of where I live, but populated with people
mostly from Chicagoland and central Illinois. I didn't come back home to
visit for several months at first, and when I did, I was astonished at
how much my ear had grown attuned to the flat, Midwestern accent. There
were even a couple of times when I couldn't make out what one of my
friends' girlfriends was saying.

My part of Kentucky has a very heavy Irish influence -- Buchanans ,
Dunns & Sullivans abound, and it's very apparent when you're not used to
hearing it. I really was taken aback at first.

-- Walt

On 9/18/2012 5:59 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, but to our ears you southerners say "a-bay-out".

;-)

Of course we Canadians have lots of different local accents (the Newfoundland 
accent probably being the best known - rumour has it that local Newfies can 
actually tell what fishing village one comes from by their accent).

That being said the central Canadian accent is so flat and "neutral" that quite a few 
Canadians are newsreaders down south (as in the USA). Robert Macneil (Macneil - Lehrer Report), 
Keith Morrison, Peter Jennings and John Roberts (we knew him as JD Roberts) come to mind. Oh yeah, 
and the "Scud Stud", what was his name, Arthur Kent?

cheers,
frank



"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- 
Christopher Hitchens

--- Original Message ---

From: Walt <ldott...@gmail.com>
Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Subject: Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends

The thing is, it's always sound more like "a boat" to my ear. But, then,
I speak Kentuckese.

On 9/18/2012 8:41 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
Thats aboot it

Dave

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote:
http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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