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Title: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: chisairi on April 13, 2014, 11:48:21 PM: Who is from Canada?

Better yet, from British Columbia!
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: Don Boyer on April 14, 2014, 01:28:17 AM: My mother was born in Quebec, as well as most of my relatives on her side of the family in her generation. She was born in Montreal and grew up in Quebec City until her teens, when she moved to Brooklyn, NY. Didn't speak a word of English, so she got left back two years, but by the time she finished secretarial school, her first employer sent her back for remedial language training because her English had too much of a BROOKLYN accent! I guess being a Brooklynite is like having a "Brooklyn retrovirus" - once it gets into your system, you never quite lose it!

Been to Quebec to see relatives a lot as a preschooler, only once as an adult and that was for a family reunion WAAAAAY north in Quebec near a place called Lac Claire - the family kept a cabin there.

I just went looking for it on a map, Lac Claire. Just my luck, there's SEVERAL "Lac Claire" in Quebec - it translates as "clear lake". There's also a "Lac Ã l'Eau Claire" near the Hudson Bay - translates as "clearwater lake", it's a pair of connected lakes created by meteor impact.
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: 52plusjoker on April 17, 2014, 08:04:16 AM: Toronto calling
Poor Don - doesn't know whether to say "Eh" or "Huh"
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: Lee Asher on April 17, 2014, 08:59:36 AM: TO is in the house!

*NOTE: I'm not Canadian though (yet).
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: Don Boyer on April 17, 2014, 01:13:31 PM: Quote from: Lee Asher on April 17, 2014, 08:59:36 AM
TO is in the house!

*NOTE: I'm not Canadian though (yet).

"I'm not a Canadian, but I play one on TV!"
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: Curt on May 01, 2014, 08:51:57 PM: I am Canadian. From BC as well. Always love to see more of us on this forum!
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: vmagic on June 08, 2014, 01:06:01 PM: I am Canadian!
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: chisairi on June 08, 2014, 03:30:53 PM: I really want to do a collector gathering in Vancouver but haven't found many people yet.
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: Don Boyer on June 09, 2014, 02:00:31 AM: Quote from: chisairi on June 08, 2014, 03:30:53 PM
I really want to do a collector gathering in Vancouver but haven't found many people yet.

Seek and ye shall find - ask around if there are fellow British Columbians that would be interested. Wouldn't hurt to check the Seattle-Tacoma area, either.

Join 52 Plus Joker as well - better chance of finding interested people.
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: Jeremy Hanrahan on June 21, 2014, 02:42:17 PM: Simcoe Ontario here eh!!!!!!
Title: Re: Who is from Canada? say eh!
Post by: HeartQ on July 23, 2014, 02:54:00 PM: Eh.... men!