kanadians typhoid do all kanadians spell with k's? cuz there's one on my burning man mail list: "Konfused in Kommunistic Kanada, Decadence" and i'd be quite konfused if this were the same person as on blather but she's got a different real name. so i guess it's just a national disease. 000801 ... klarchen Dearest Typhoid, All Kanadians have their own quirKs and quarKs. The k'ness you speak of seems to flare up in times exkruciating attempts at individuality. There are only two letters in the english alphabet that kan make the sound of "cake", and these are the "c" and the "k". The probability of choosing one of these letters is high, if one has no regard for proper spelling, like myself. The icing on the kake for me is to rebel against the konventional way of doing things. If I kome akross as a blathering illiterate idiot, then that is the risk I take. I, of kourse, kan only speak for myself. So, my best expanation in regards to this other Kanadian you speak of is that he/she may not aktually know the difference between the "c" and the "k", and has not had any formal training with either letter. Or perhaps his/her komputer has been infekted with some sort of horrifik virus that disables the "c" funktion. Or perhaps his/her komputer has been taken over by a hoard of blathering monkeys, or perhaps he/she IS a monkey. Or perhaps his/her komputer keyboard is a bootlegged version from Kathmundu, and the "c" funktion was spared in order to save on labour and storage space. Ahh, these are all just spekulations though, I have no real authority on the matter. So if you ever enkounter another Kanadian who has the same impediment as myself, have a little kompassion and kindness in your heart. That is all I ask. klarchen 000801 ... Barrett I'm sooooory eh? but they talk funny. And if they are called Canadians, shouldn't they be from "Canadia"? 000918 ... Barrett I was generally speaking of the kids I partied with in Windsor, Ontario. 000928 ... j_blue kanadians do talk funny. they say aboot, and soory, and colour. but they do have their strong points. they brough us degrossy high 000928 ... klairchen Ha! Just more proof that some people cannot spell. That's "Degrassi". 000928 ... klairchen How y'all doin'? Howdy! NOoooo. How abooot youu gooo back to your shooooe. Yeah I prefer the latter. 000928 ... klairchen No offence to the good folks down at the schleiffen_plan. 000928 ... splinken oooo....fighin' words. i like to say "ya'll"---and i'm not a native "ya'll" speaker. in fact, i actively did NOT say ya'll until my freshman year of college. then some kids from louisiana made me fall in love with it. 000928 ... The Schleiffen Man splinken's right, them's is fightin' werds. i mite knot spelll so good, but i knows my enklish. HA HA, just kidding! I do say "y'all" (contraction of you and all) and I do eat grits (started that this semester). What i don't do is play the banjo, walk around barefoot ALL the time, and we DO have calculus and indoor plumbing. 000928 ... klairchen Ok, I know this is over used, but here it goes. I am Canadian Hey, I am not a lumber jack or a fur trader, and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled, and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzie from Canada although I am certain they're really really nice. Uh, I have a prime minster not a president. I speak English and French, not American, and I pronounce it about, not aboot. I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peacekeeping not policing, diversity not assimilation, and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch. And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed. Canada is the second largest landmass, the first nation of hockey, and the best part of North America. My name is Joe, and I am Canadian. Thank You. (courtesty of a Molson Canada beer comercial.) Oh yeah, and: http://zap.to/canadakicksass 000928 ... j_blue you are posting to kanadians and comlain now about spelling? isnt it a little late? and besides, degrassi is, in the english language, a proper noun. i would have spelled it correctly, except it wasnt in www.dictionary.com. also i beleive its mighty petty to indulge in spelling judgement, i mean what does it say aboot me if i CHOOSE to spell something wrong, or cannot track down a correct spelling? call me lazy, or ignorant, but i know what i know, i dont need to demonstrate it, and you know what i am trying to say, so there. moded corroded, panty hose exploded! 000929 ... klairchen Well, I was just typing without thinking, I guess. I am the one who doesn't know how to spell. I guess by spending the majority of my tween and adolescent years watching every rerun of Degrassi 5 times over, I have aquired a photographic memory of the opening credits, thus I know the spelling of Degrassi. 000929 ... j_blue but oh, isnt it wonderful? and degrassi jr hight is also quite great. kanadia has my respect for creating such a tribute to the god, television 000929 ... klairchen Oh yes, and it gets even better. It all started with The Kids on Degrassi Street. And there is even a Degrassi tv movie! I hope that you don't think that these kids are representative of all Canadian kids though. 000929 ... Barrett What about Jonovision? That's shit! 000929 ... klairchen How do you know about that show? Are you (shudder), Canadian? 000929 ... j_blue barrett cant be kanadian, he just cant be 000929 ... Barrett Fear not, oh children of the north. I am quite American. I just live near Kanadia. I get the great honor of getting CBET on my telli, which is how I came to know such fine programming. And once again, that show is shit! 000930 ... Barrett And on the lines of what you said Klairchen, I really, really hope those kids aren't a true representation of Canadia. 000930 ... tourist I had the most wonderful time hitchhiking across Canada Thirty years ago, Met some of the friendliest people and enjoyed some of the most spectacular sceanery on the continent. But what struck me most was that Canada seemed to have cleaner cities and highways than the lower 48 did. I hope it still does, I certainly like to think so. 001101 ... La La Degrassi is not an accuarte representation of what us kids are really like, over here in never never land... Kanada is the original spelling of Canada, by the Native Indians that inhabited this land. I'll never really understand this America vs Canada infatuation. Can we not all live as people on a planet embracing our differnces and being glad that they exist just because they do? It is amazing what people will find to be offended at...spelling, accents, colour, race, religion. Why aren't people over it yet? Us Canadians eh!? Just too fucking open minded for the rest of you negative idiots. PS To any non-idiot, open minded individuals, Canada rocks, you should come check it out... Cheers tourist! 010107 ... La La Ok so I over reacted. I see that it is funny now. I get excited about these things though. Feeling the necessity to defend myself, my country, my pride, my opinions, when really who gives a fuck? No one. 010110 ... Chasing Sporks HOLDEN: ...your fondness for Kanadian melodrama. BANKY: Nahh, i just have a fondness for girls who say "aboot" 010111 what's it to you? who go blather from