Watching CBC’s National, we’re talking about how Canadian and US values are diverging. (Did those votes for Harper mean otherwise? No. I might find them frighteningly right-wing for Canada, but they’re pretty much in line with the Democrats in the US.)
One question was “Should the man be the master of the house?” 52% of Americans […]
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I am intending to do a big order of books-for-holidays this week. So I need suggestions. In particular, I would like books that take more than a few hours to read (no serial killer novels) but are still fun. Intelligent, but fun. Also, books that cost less than 20$ (Cdn) would be nice. These ought […]
In a comment, Cougar mentioned a family where one person speaks English and the other Polish.
There are a few kinds of conversations mutually bilingual people will have. You’ll have the ones where people switch between languages whenever they feel like it — by word or by sentence. You’ll have the ones where each person just […]
Today I made nutmeg scones, because I was so fond of the scone with butter and jam breakfasts, and I needed a recipe that had only things I had on hand. Nutmeg is nice and autumny, too. (Hey, it’s almost December which means eggnog in stores. Yum.)
I’m not sure if I like this recipe […]
Canadian call centres are all in Quebec or the Atlantic provinces (the accents have it), while American ones are all in India. Okay, it’s cheaper to have them there. (The supervisors and stuff seem to also be in the Atlantic provinces.) And it’s cheaper for a Canadian company to have both languages in one place […]
Does anyone in Quebec know English?
How do Canadians buy bathing suits?
Do you take a dogled to the border?
Doesn’t your igloo melt when you heat it in the winter?
Answers:
Je m’excuse?
We wait until we cross the border.
Yes. There’s a kennel there for the dogs.
No. Just in the summer.
(Note: I have been asked every one of these many […]
I slow down so much by the end of the day. I’m tired and — tired.
I want to get to a certain point before I stop, probably another half hour’s work. I’ve planned out my (sigh) next three days. Then I’ll recheck my numbers to see how far I need to get each day. […]
I have, somewhere in the works, a post about feelings of (in)adequacy and (in)competence and wait what have I done what do I want?-cakes.[1]
But I recently noticed a job announcement on Linguist List which I am actually qualified for. (I’m a little short in industry experience, but not that much.) I don’t entirely want it […]