sfpcc2 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Tomorrow night the CBC is showing the original Miracle On 34th Street. It's on from 8 to 10 PM (EST.) I know they'll be commercials, (probably for donuts shops tire stores and Saturday night Hockey.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I just hope they can all get oot and aboot with that terrible ice storm they've had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceinthecrowd Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 That sounds Scottish, not Canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Yep, while not a big deal here of course, whenever this native Californian here visits my biological mother in Kelowna BC(a joyous reunion a few years back after 55 years of life and a few years after my wonderful adoptive parents had died), I've noticed that many of my newfound "relatives" up there will pronounce this expression as "oat and a boat", and not as many of us Yanks seem to think, "oot and aboot"...which was you suggest faceinthecrowd, sounds more Scottish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Donut shop commercials? So Canada, just like the US, must be crawling with cops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Yes finance, but they're just a little more polite than your American cop is, of course. (...like when they're givin' out jaywalking tickets up there, they'll ALWAYS say somethin' like, "Gee, I'm sorry, but I have to give you this ticket, eh?! I hope we can still be friends!" as they hand it to ya, and which is SO unlike how the LAPD does it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Wow! That is SO different than in Detroit. There, if you wish to avoid confrontation with any cops, it's best to commit a SERIOUS crime. If you stay within the confines of a misdemeanor, they'll nag you to death! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Several years ago on one of my many trips across the border to visit our neighbours to the north I had my car searched by the most polite border security people you would ever hope to meet. When they were done they even vacuumed, washed, and waxed my car and wished me a nice day The U.S. border guards never give you that kind of treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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