When they say they're from the prairies but they don't call it Skatchwin
this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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I'm American and it would never occur to me to say it any other way than trono. I'm from New York though, maybe we're more prone to skipping a few letters here and there (it's maha'm, not Manhattan)
"It's an Albany expression."
PBS has been feeding me Canadian culture since I first saw Red Green late one Saturday night in the late 90s. I can blend in seamlessly.
(Please let me stay.)
Just put on plaid and a toque and talk about how much better Timmies's coffee used to be and nobody will be able to tell the difference.
Timmies coffee supplier got bought out by mcdonalds iirc? Who then proceed to burn the shit out of the coffee so any quality it might have is unrecognizable
Burger King
BK bought Tims, but their coffee supplier went to McD
Hey! They say Toronto in BC
They are allowed to be wrong. It's their right as a Canadian.
Oh, yeah, Vancouver boy here. We say it wrong on purpose. Why? Because fuck the Leafs! /s
lol my Ontario coworker once explained it to me this way: the closer you get to Toronto, the less syllables it has. Perhaps BC is just too far away to know the real pronunciation
I give my height in cms because I want to be the change! One day we will free ourselves from these imperial shackles!