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  1. nba dogmatist

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    hey, atleast in america we know how to say 'about'. not 'aboot'.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Dec 5 2006, 12:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>hey, atleast in america we know how to say 'about'. not 'aboot'.</div>That is such a myth, in all my life, Ive never seen any one in Canada say about like that, if anything "about" is more Canadian, it has the "U"
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ Dec 4 2006, 10:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That is such a myth, in all my life, Ive never seen any one in Canada say about like that, if anything "about" is more Canadian, it has the "U"</div>Well fine, but atleast we have more than one NBA team ha!
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ Dec 4 2006, 11:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That is such a myth, in all my life, Ive never seen any one in Canada say about like that, if anything "about" is more Canadian, it has the "U"</div>My accounting professor is Canadian (just came down this semester), and he says "aboot" all the time... and he even admitted that most Canadians say "aboot" instead of "about."
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DRob-50-Forever @ Dec 4 2006, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well fine, but atleast we have more than one NBA team ha!</div>hahaha:lol: ABOOOT
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMo763 @ Dec 5 2006, 12:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>My accounting professor is Canadian (just came down this semester), and he says "aboot" all the time... and he even admitted that most Canadians say "aboot" instead of "about."</div>Same with my pharmacology prof.
     
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    it's stupid, I always spell it color and favorite in school anyway but the teacher says I don't know how to spell
     
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    I haven't met anyone in Canada who says aboot.But we do say 'Eh?' a lot though. Like, "Oh yeah eh?!". I had to discipline myself not to say it.
     
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    I never seen anyone say aboot in Canada. [​IMG]
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (7Goat @ Dec 5 2006, 04:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I haven't met anyone in Canada who says aboot.But we do say 'Eh?' a lot though. Like, "Oh yeah eh?!". I had to discipline myself not to say it.</div>Maybe you just don't notice.Yeah, my prof says eh a lot.
     
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    Yeah, in Canada, we never spell it like "color" and "favorite". To me, it looks stupid, and uneducated.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, in Canada, we never spell it like "color" and "favorite". To me, it looks stupid, and uneducated.</div> I take offense to that.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (7Goat @ Dec 3 2006, 11:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>ColourFavouriteMetreCentreThe letter Z is pronounced 'Zed'Even thought it's frowned upon in Canada to say it American to spell things without the u and with a 'er' and pronounce Z as 'Zee', I still do it.</div><span style="font-family:Microsoft Sans Serif">Allow me to add neighbour and theatre to this list.</span>
     

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