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03/01/2008 06:19:39 PM · #26 |
Duh, Terry, have you never heard of the Louisiana Purchase?
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03/01/2008 06:21:44 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Duh, Terry, have you never heard of the Louisiana Purchase?
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hnnph. how does one write that sort of snorting, glottal stop one makes when slightly amused???
;~P
Message edited by author 2008-03-01 18:21:54.
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03/01/2008 06:22:40 PM · #28 |
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03/01/2008 06:23:11 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Duh, Terry, have you never heard of the Louisiana Purchase?
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You know how they named Canada, right?
They picked letters out of a hat.
C, eh? N, eh? D, eh?
~Terry
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03/01/2008 06:47:48 PM · #30 |
| *LOL at ClubJuggle* Ok eh I'm gonna go back to skinning that moose I shot this afternoon, them huskies are mighty hungry...good thing blood doesn't show up on red serge... |
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03/01/2008 06:50:05 PM · #31 |
If it's chocolate moose, send some my way!
~Terry
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03/02/2008 08:08:21 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
...good thing blood doesn't show up on red serge... |
Red Serge ?? Not the famous french communist - I wondered what happened to him . . .
He's a close cousin to Big Serge that everyone hopes will help their scores on the last night of a challenge :- ) |
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03/02/2008 08:32:51 AM · #33 |
| Well of course I am dressing that moose while dressed in my Mountie red serge jacket, those funny black w/gold striped pants and the high brown ridng boots...and let's not forget the hat... |
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03/02/2008 10:14:31 AM · #34 |
Since I was born and raised 30 miles from Canada I'll add my 2 cents, which is about 2 cents Canadian now.
I figured the Canadians would be too busy watching and playing hockey to participate in this challenge.
I heard Canada was named when some explorers from the colonies were heading north and met some Indians headig south. The explorers asked what was back where the Indians came from and the answer was "Ca nada" (there's nothing in their dialect). |
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03/02/2008 06:11:19 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by snaffles:
Well of course I am dressing that moose while dressed in my Mountie red serge jacket, those funny black w/gold striped pants and the high brown ridng boots...and let's not forget the hat... |
And what are you dressing the moose in? Something elegant, I hope, but do NOT mix red plaid flannel with satin, whatever you do! Major fashion faux pas, you know. |
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03/02/2008 06:16:24 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by boyd2000:
Since I was born and raised 30 miles from Canada I'll add my 2 cents, which is about 2 cents Canadian now.
I figured the Canadians would be too busy watching and playing hockey to participate in this challenge.
I heard Canada was named when some explorers from the colonies were heading north and met some Indians headig south. The explorers asked what was back where the Indians came from and the answer was "Ca nada" (there's nothing in their dialect). |
According to the Government of Canada's Canadian Heritage department, the history of Canada is as follows:
"In 1535, two Indian Youths told Jacques Cartier about the route to "kanata." They were referring to the village of Stadacona; "kanata" was simply the Huron-Iroquois word for "village" or "settlement." But for want of another name, Cartier used "Canada" to refer not only to Stadacona (the site of present day Quebec City), but also to the entire area subject to its chief, Donnacona. The name was soon applied to a much larger area: maps in 1547 designated everything north of the St. Lawrence River as "Canada."
Cartier also called the St. Lawrence River the "riviØËœ de Canada", a name used until the early 1600s. By 1616, although the entire region was known as New France, the area along the great river of Canada and the Gulf of St. Lawrence was still called Canada.
Soon explorers and fur traders opened up territory to the west and to the south and the area depicted as "Canada" grew. In the early 1700s, the name referred to all lands in what is now the American Midwest and as far south as the present day Louisiana.
The first use of "Canada" as an official name came in 1791 when the Province of Quebec was divided into the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada. In 1841, the two Canadas were again united under one name, the Province of Canada. At the time of Confederation, the new country assumed the name of Canada. "
This ends your educational interlude. You may now return to your stereotyping.
Thank you. |
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03/03/2008 02:37:11 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Wow, you shop at a classy joint, eh? They give you BAGS for your beer. I'm jealous! |
I wouldn't be so sure ... ;-) |
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03/03/2008 02:39:57 PM · #38 |
| Sheesh, look at the head on those! Sommmmebody needs to visit Canada and learn how to treat beer! |
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03/05/2008 07:14:24 PM · #39 |
| Yeah, eh! Someone pass me another Laker *burp* |
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03/05/2008 07:20:40 PM · #40 |
Originally posted by boyd2000:
...I heard Canada was named when some explorers from the colonies were heading north and met some Indians headig south. The explorers asked what was back where the Indians came from and the answer was "Ca nada" (there's nothing in their dialect). |
Actually, it's Spanish and means "absolutely nothing". Chances that either the explorers or the natives spoke Spanish in that part of the world are also quite close to "nada".
Message edited by author 2008-03-05 19:22:33. |
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03/05/2008 07:38:20 PM · #41 |
I'd like to propose that this challenge suggestion be amended to "Canadian Stereotypes."
I know a Canadian.
She is probably not averse to sporting silk and plaid...
Aw, heck! Let's just make it the "Silk and Plaid" challenge!
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