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[donutsweeper]

Jack?  Please shut up.  You're supposed to be in a tale of intrigue and aliens, not having tea with a giggling four year old.  Remember the mystery?  The reason this whole stupid story is being written in the first place?  Do you think you can address that part sometime this century?

Plot=hard.  Tea and crumpets=fun.  *sigh*

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[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

that even happens here from state to state. In NY a woman keeps their stuff in a pocketbook. A purse=coin purse (which, if you had one would be in your pocketbook). In the midwest there is no such thing as a pocketbook, they call it a purse. And confusion reigns...

[awanderingbard.livejournal.com]

I think it's true of any language. My mum and I get into arguments at times over French. She grew up in Quebec and speaks Quebecois French, where as I grew up in Ontario and we were taught crap Ontario French or France French. When I watch Quebecois TV, despite being fairly bilingual, I have to put the captions on to fully understand what's being said and even then there are some words I have to look up later. A lot of Quebecois French comes from words borrowed from English (mon chum = my girlfriend, toffer= to tough it out), from the Natives words for things or 'cause of what surrounds you (banc de neige = snow bank, souffleuse = snowblower). I think it's all fascinating. :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

fascinating, but confusing! I had no idea about the differences in French in Canada