Re: OT Canadian patterns of speech

["Steve Makohin" <wateredg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello list members,

From: "Ben Barkow" <dr.ben@xxxxxxxxx>

>>  I  apologise in advance for any annoyance...
>>
>> Tom Cutter
>
> That's good Tom. Now you are really sounding Canadian. Drop by for some 
> beaver castor tea.
>
> I apologize for there being no standard of Canadian spelling... and not 
> even any logic.

For non-Canadian list members: Canadian collectively have a habit of being 
apologetic. In fact, if you walk down Bay Street in the heart of Toronto 
and you bump into someone, chances are they will apologies to *you* (if 
they're Canadian).

- -Steve Makohin
 '01 R1100S/ABS
 Oakville, Ontario, Canada

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