Round two of Batten Down the hatches

Posted by lucretia borgia on January 13, 2008, 8:52 pm

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:42:07 -0800, Karen C in California

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Nope, both Upper Canada and the US conveniently forget that NS/NB/PEI/
Nfland exist - I am not clear what we need to do to be acknowledged.
Together we are quite a body of the continent, just forgotten.

Posted by Sharon on January 13, 2008, 9:36 pm

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For once I agree with you Lucretia - once you leave Quebec, there's
nothing more apparently going east up here in Canada. Well I guess
Ontarians and Westerners forget Quebec too - and I can't blame them
for that, but we Maritimers are here and bloody proud to be here -
even with snow. Calm down me dear, we'll probably get the brunt of
this storm too - just makes me stitch more and cook more - nothing
puts me in the mood more to cook up a bunch of goodies than a good
storm. Then sitting down with a nice glass of wine and stitching
while the wind is growling outside - nice .... as long as the power
stays on. :-)
One thing that bugs me is when Americans say (like Pat Sajack) 'oh
you're from Toronto, Canada' - grrrrrrr .. it's Toronto, Ontario,
people. Geesh Oh, did I just have a little rant? :-P

Sharon (N.B.) (the witch from N.B.)

Posted by Gill Murray on January 13, 2008, 9:58 pm

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I have to laugh at that, Sharon. When I was young, and heard American
announcers say, Paris, France... or Rome, Italy...etc I went spastic.
Then I realised that many towns in the states are named after towns in
other parts of the world.

I grew up in Uxbridge, Middlesex in England. There is also an Uxbridge
Mass and an Uxbridge, Ontario.

So suck it in, kiddo!!

Only the worthy are copied.

(Yup I hear Sheena's response..flattery, hmmm????)

Posted by Karen C in California on January 14, 2008, 3:45 am

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And, conversely, I get the BBC Magazine, and they list letters as coming
from "Jackson, United States", which gives me no clue whether it's
Jackson, Mississippi; Jackson, California; or any of a dozen other Jacksons.

--
Karen C - California
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Posted by lucretia borgia on January 14, 2008, 6:05 am

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:58:31 GMT, Gill Murray
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I remember waaaay back in the 50s we were in London and my mother
wrote a letter to her mother in Plymouth (England) but only had an
airmail envelope with her. We didn't particularly think anything of
that, it was clearly marked Devon.

Off goes the letter but my grandmother never received it until several
months later where it was clearly stamped Plymouth, Mass. and another
one I forget where in the USA, then sent on to a couple of Australian
ones and one in NZ. There somebody seemingly noticed the "Devon" part
and figured it out.

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