The Great Canadian Skyline thread for CMAs 1 million and under

[davidivivid]

Château Frontenac by Philippe Desmarais, sur Flickr

[Monolith]

Kamloops


1610110023 by Jan Nademlejnsky, on Flickr


1610110024 by Jan Nademlejnsky, on Flickr


1609040004 by Jan Nademlejnsky, on Flickr


kamloops-carpet-care-homepage by Eric Rankin Photography, on Flickr


1603140021 by Jan Nademlejnsky, on Flickr


Northern Lights Over Kamloops by Nicole Singular, on Flickr

[advance62]

Kitchener with our two newest towers done:

Kitchener Skyline by Matt, on Flickr

[skylinegazer]

^ towers?

lol j/k :-D

Kamloops ones are nice as well

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by mr. snazzy pants

^ towers?

lol j/k :-D

Kamloops ones are nice as well

Ranging between 10 and 19 stories in that photo. Downtown's topography has an interesting levelling effect. I think you'd need to go 23-25 stories, except on Cedar Hill (right side of the photo) to be noticeably taller than other buildings, at least from that perspective.

[someone123]

Some recent aerial photos of downtown Halifax:




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[Chadillaccc]

Halifax is such an incredibly beautiful, dense, and urban city for its size. It truly is the Boston of Canada. I know people think very highly of the city already, but it's easily as underrated as Victoria and Saskatoon. It will be great once the city gets a rail transit system.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Halifax is such an incredibly beautiful, dense, and urban city for its size. It truly is the Boston of Canada. I know people think very highly of the city already, but it's easily as underrated as Victoria and Saskatoon. It will be great once the city gets a rail transit system.

Indeed. I fell in love with this city when I first visited in 2013.
If I was perfectly bilingual I would move there anytime.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Indeed. I fell in love with this city when I first visited in 2013.
If I was perfectly bilingual I would move there anytime.

It couldn't possibly have been that long ago?!? It seems like just last year.

[FrAnKs]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

It couldn't possibly have been that long ago?!? It seems like just last year.

2014, I was wrong
Late july , 2014 to be exact according to the date on my videos

[Brizzy82]

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[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

2014, I was wrong
Late july , 2014 to be exact according to the date on my videos

Ok, that sounds more like it. I was gonna say!

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Indeed. I fell in love with this city when I first visited in 2013.
If I was perfectly bilingual I would move there anytime.

Your not? your english certainly comes off that way in text! Maybe such a move to English canada would force your bilingualism!

Agreed, I too love Halifax. I would love to move there if it weren't for family ties, etc. keeping me in Ontario.

[Nouvellecosse]

Well I like it. A bit of a fixer-upper, but the fixes are in progress, so it's all good.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Your not?

That's a great example right there of something a francophone with only very limited English would've written the correct way, unlike you

Our contact with English is, by far, mostly through written English. It's the language of the Internet, etc.

So our written English is generally way above our spoken English, regardless of one's level. I'm in the same boat as Franks here.

For example, I did part of my BSc in California, and I recall that my teacher was absolutely shocked by my first written work -- it was flawless, while my spoken English back then was still very hesitant and with sometimes incorrect pronunciation and stressed syllable accents (and her expectations had been naturally set based on that).

It's one thing to write in English on forums like SSP, it's another to orally live in the language 24/7.

/offtopic

[kwoldtimer]

That surprises me - I always assumed that everyone found it easier to speak another language than to write it. That is certainly the case for me in French and in Spanish. I've never had the confidence to write more than a sentence or two in French without running it by a francophone.

[lio45]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

That surprises me - I always assumed that everyone found it easier to speak another language than to write it. That is certainly the case for me in French and in Spanish. I've never had the confidence to write more than a sentence or two in French without running it by a francophone.

The explanation for our opposite experiences is very simple -- you grew up with the planet's lingua franca as your native language, so your exposure to French didn't happen mostly due to the fact the globe was running on French language while you and all the humans around you locally were instead using spoken English.

I'm sure most of Franks' exposure to English has been through the Internet, video games, etc.

All my NES games when I was a kid were in English only.

So our experiences (you vs Franks/myself) are absolutely reversed. But I guarantee you, everyone I know whose English is low-to-moderate (say, my mom) is FAR more confident writing something than having to say something.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by lio45

The explanation for our opposite experiences is very simple -- you grew up with the planet's lingua franca as your native language, so your exposure to French didn't happen mostly due to the fact the globe was running on French language while you and all the humans around you locally were instead using spoken English.

I'm sure most of Franks' exposure to English has been through the Internet, video games, etc.

All my NES games when I was a kid were in English only.

So our experiences (you vs Franks/myself) are absolutely reversed.

Interesting.

[lio45]

I'd add a few thoughts, while at it:

I agree with you that if you're aiming for absolute perfection (you mentioned "running your stuff by a native francophone first") then yes, if you're already at a high level or above, something written might more easily involve anything that can be spotted as faulty than something oral. So in that sense, yes, okay, if you're setting the bar at "I won't write anything unless I feel it's perfect; I won't say anything unless I feel it's perfect", maybe it's easier to speak. But that's also somewhat language-specific, as the challenge of writing is the spelling, while the challenge of speaking is pronunciation.

On the other hand, another factor which is pretty symmetrical for all languages is that when writing, you can hesitate and think; when speaking, the bar is a lot higher and there's more pressure on the speaker.

I find it more tiring (these days, it's not very tiring anymore, but still) to have to speak English continuously than to have to write English continuously.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by lio45

I'd add a few thoughts, while at it:

I agree with you that if you're aiming for absolute perfection (you mentioned "running your stuff by a native francophone first") then yes, if you're already at a high level or above, something written might more easily involve anything that can be spotted as faulty than something oral. So in that sense, yes, okay.

On the other hand, another factor which is pretty symmetrical for all languages is that when writing, you can hesitate and think; when speaking, the bar is a lot higher and there's more pressure on the speaker.

I find it more tiring (these days, it's not very tiring anymore, but still) to have to speak English continuously than to have to write English continuously.

Yes, I was referring to professional work. I always found it interesting that I was seldom corrected for grammar - the comments were usually along the lines of "in French, we'd say it this way...". That would send me to a second or even third person for their opinion, which would in each case be different in some way. Language, it seems, is as much an art as a science.