Canada from your region...

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by Acajack

You made me think that even the Beatles mostly sang in what was basically an
American accent (or a reasonable facsimile) from day one.

Also thinking that in spite of the (very) occasional mockery of Canadians in American popular culture, usually with an exaggerated series of "eh"s, there is probably a good majority of the American audience that doesn't even get the joke.

I don't know if that first point is completely fair though. All but the strongest accents in whichever form of English that is spoken generally tend to soften and converge when sung.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by Hali87

Really? I assume this must have been in NB. In Halifax "pro-cess" is not very common, and if anything is considered kind of high-brow. Same with the phrase "an (h)istorical" (we would say "a historical" ["a" in this case being pronounced "uh", not "eh"]; "an historical" is used mostly in academia and even then is considered kind of snobbish). And in response to the post following, I've always pronounced Quebec "K'beck" although "Kwuh-beck" is equally common. In French it's always "Kay-beck" (or more accurately, "Québec").

I come close to saying "a historic" but not quite. My "uh" definitely has a clear and very strong N at the end. So it's more like "N'istoric".

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I invented my own years ago.

I call people from ON "Ontarioian" because it's really fun to say. And I still call people from SK Sasquatches based on a joke with a former coworker from Regina.

I think Winnipegger is one of the better ones. So sensible.

I've heard it shorted to Pegger many times, which I find kind funny now having learned recently that there is a bit of an interesting usage of that term...

[eemy]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I invented my own years ago.

I call people from ON "Ontarioian" because it's really fun to say.

You were close, but I think you will find the correct term is Ontari-ari-ari-on.

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If Ontario ever became its own country, I'd nominate this for the new anthem.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by jeremy_haak

You were close, but I think you will find the correct term is Ontari-ari-ari-on.

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If Ontario ever became its own country, I'd nominate this for the new anthem.

45 years on, and I still remember all the words.

[mikecollins]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

In terms of driving distance, Winnipeg is almost as close to Montreal (2 321 km) as it is to Vancouver (2 297 km)

http://www.travelmath.com/drive-distance/

Here is more precise info. The distance is same but the travel times are different.

traveling via car Winnipeg to Vancouver 22 hours 45 mins for you to reach your destination. The road distance or driving Winnipeg to Vancouver is 2293.003 km

http://www.distancemonk.com/Winnipeg...mins/2293.003/

traveling via car Winnipeg to Montreal then it would take approximately 1 day 2 hours for you to reach your destination

The road distance or driving Winnipeg to Montreal is 2335.961 km

http://www.distancemonk.com/Winnipeg...ours/2335.961/

[kool maudit]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I don't know if that first point is completely fair though. All but the strongest accents in whichever form of English that is spoken generally tend to soften and converge when sung.

yeah, singing blurs rhoticity so US and english singers often lose the most identifiable point of difference between their accents.

exceptions of course exist... kurt cobain ("...and an illustrated book about birrrrrrrrds"), neil young, morrissey, mark e. smith etc....

[ssiguy]

There is always one thing that differentiates Ontarians from anyone else in the world..................just start off by singing "they say that in the army...".

[1overcosc]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

45 years on, and I still remember all the words.

Actually never heard it before, not even a vague familiarity with it. Guess I'm too young.

I wonder if this is the origin of the somewhat ubiquitous use of the term 'place to grow' in provincial government programs and press releases (such as the Places to Grow Act planning legislation for example).

[rousseau]

Originally Posted by ssiguy

There is always one thing that differentiates Ontarians from anyone else in the world..................just start off by singing "they say that in the army...".

What? Is that just Ontario? I had no idea. We used to sing that all the time as kids.

Thing is, nobody under the age of forty would know that, I don't think. Would they?

Hold on: "Oh, I don't want no more of army life. Gee mum, I wanna go, back to Ontario, gee mum, I wanna go home!"

Okay, it must be an Ontario thing.

[Boris2k7]

Originally Posted by 1overcosc

Actually never heard it before, not even a vague familiarity with it. Guess I'm too young.

I wonder if this is the origin of the somewhat ubiquitous use of the term 'place to grow' in provincial government programs and press releases (such as the Places to Grow Act planning legislation for example).

The phrase "room to grow" seems to be more common in the West, but it's probably unrelated to the song.

[Stryker]

A new one that has been growing in my heart for the last year.

The gulf region.

The stLawerence region of atlantic canada and quebec.

Bascially the maritimes, plus everything east of QC plus the west coast of newfoundland.

[Loco101]

Originally Posted by rousseau

What? Is that just Ontario? I had no idea. We used to sing that all the time as kids.

Thing is, nobody under the age of forty would know that, I don't think. Would they?

Hold on: "Oh, I don't want no more of army life. Gee mum, I wanna go, back to Ontario, gee mum, I wanna go home!"

Okay, it must be an Ontario thing.

We used to sing that at a camp in Timmins. I'm under forty but getting quite close.

[TownGuy]

^ From Ontario and have no clue what you guys are talking about. I don't meet the age threshold so there's your answer to that

[hipster duck]

Yeah, never heard that one either.

For my generation, a very Ontario-specific thing would be talking about how you used to play euchre during spare in OAC.

[Nashe]

While technically "Atlantic Canada" = NB, NS, PEI, NL and "The Maritimes" = NB, NS, PEI, I mentally consider all four for either term. Just because I think of NL more like us than we are like Quebec and West.

[Hali87]

I forgot all about euchre! It definitely seems to be an Ontario thing.

[Hali87]

I always thought it would make sense for the Gaspé to be more integrated into Atlantic Canada (whatever that means - for tourism and such, I guess). That, or grouping all of the St. Lawrence islands together - Newfoundland, Cape Breton, PEI, Iles-de-la-Madeleine and Anticosti - St. Pierre can come too... (if they want)

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Hali87

I forgot all about euchre! It definitely seems to be an Ontario thing.

We played it constantly when I was in high school.

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Originally Posted by hipster duck

Yeah, never heard that one either.

For my generation, a very Ontario-specific thing would be talking about how you used to play euchre during spare in OAC.

OAC no longer exists but many of us took a fifth year for extra credits or other reasons.