Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
But Das Boot is pronounced like "das boat." Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Das Boot is a movie, though... > > On 9/18/2012 4:41 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> Thats aboot it >> >> Dave >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola >> wrote: >>> >>> http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
Das Boot is a movie, though... On 9/18/2012 4:41 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Thats aboot it Dave On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
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 --- Original Message --- From: Walt Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 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 Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 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 wrote: http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
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 --- Original Message --- From: Walt Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 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 > Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > 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 >> wrote: >>> http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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 Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 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 wrote: http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
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 Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 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 > wrote: >> http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
Yes. We really do talk like that. Eh? cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends Thats aboot it Dave On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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 wrote: http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
Thats aboot it Dave On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/ > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
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