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Tom: But that's a specific example: Seattle vs. Vancouver. Can you say that the same thing is true in general? Like I mentioned before, would someone from northern Minnesota sound different than someone from western Ontario?
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I live in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. and across the St. Mary's river from me is Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. We have lived in relative isolation from most other cities for the last 200 years. You would think that being as there has always been some kind of link between our cities and constant trade that we would sound alike but this is not true, it is as Tom said the Americans sound a bit trangier than we do. They say gad instead of god, they also add an extra syllable in some words like "da-i-dy" for daddy. I think it must come from a difference in the system we are taught english in, we are taught as we call it "the queen's english" and they are taught "american english". I have been told by them that we sound like we have a bit of a french accent to them. This sounds strange to us but it is highly possible, even though the Soo pnly has about 5% french speaking people. But in the surrounding areas (about 100 km away) there is about a 50/50 mix of french/english. Actually the people from Southern Ontario, Toronto, Hamilton and these areas sound a lot like people from Michigan to us, not as pronounced but subtly there. Oh and someone from Minnesota does sound similar to someone from Michigan so yes.
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I meant Manchester. I was trying to pick cities close to each other. And it's hard to mistake the distinctive cries of the Geordie accent, where they seem to make up words just for the sake of it. "Kecks" for "Sweets"? What on earth is that about?
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No, but the lad is actually from Darlington. He's one of that bad breed of Yorkshire people: The wannabe Geordie, who puts on an accent when he's around other people and goes over board in saying "waaayyyy" and "We are the Geordies, the Geordie boot-boys", when everyone else is just slightly embarrassed.
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I believe the British translation for "base" is "pub." Can somebody verify this?
Speaking of which, did I read somewhere that "al Qaeda" translates to "the Base?" Dare I theorize that bin Laden ordered the attacks on 9-11 "for great justice?"
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I can also imagine Bush seeing Bin Laden on a TV screen and proclaiming "It you!". And then following it up by casually using the phrase "Pakie-scum", or something.
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