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It's not America.

I have decided i want an Australian accent... and i never realized how many ppl from canada.. ( i want to say canadia ) we have

It's so strange how it seems to be popular in America to say you're half Irish/Scottish etc.
I mean, it's not like you've ever been there or even know where the countries are half of the time (believe me, I've spoken to some very ignorant people).
Usually there's just a vague idea of where the country is or what its like there. Something very general like 'They drink a lot of beer' or 'They were persecuted by the British' seem to be popular mentions.
I could say that I'm 1/16 Moroccan, 1/2 English and the rest Irish if I wanted to, because I have ancestors of that descent. I consider myself English though.

I'm not trying to be picky, but it's just crazy that you could consider yourself of another nationality because it's fashionable and your great uncle twice-removed came over during the Irish Potato Famine of 1845. I've noticed a lot of other British people getting annoyed about this on other forums (Why do British people dislike Americans? is a good example if it's the correct thread) - especially the ubiquitous 'British persecution' spiel. I ended up having a massive argument with an American friend over the Irish question.

"Arguing on the internet is like the special olympics, even if you win, you are still retarded."


Hah srry....



and about photobucket down, i can host images for you and anyone i know (or know of) at sen or are my freints... i wont host for ppl though that are ppl i dont know...


pm or email me (skottykow@hotmail.com) if ya wanna sign up... details in the link in my siggy

Thanks for the offer, but photobucket went back up a week ago or so - I was just too lazy to update the sig.

And my arguments weren't aimed at you in particular, Kow.

i know i was appoligizing for the sick joke... that i got off the boards sigy request.. but im still offering the hosting...

only bad thing abiut aus is High taxes and our prime minister kisses Bush's ass

There is Only One word to describe Canada...






.................................LIBERTY...............................



Though of this....

Right on brother! I hate learning that damn language! France is trying to kill us all! I'm sry i'm just pissed OFF! But canada is a great country but heres the bad and good things

GOOD:
-Safe country
-Does not put lots of money on to war,weapons and nukes!
-Puts most money into resecrh for cancer,sars and other .
-Puts money into peace !

BAD:
-A cold place to live in...
-Not alot of great imports from other places around the world Like arcades,foods,buildings!
-We gotta learn french... I wish we could kick them off....

WTF learn french??? You have a single class of french while I've been learning a foreing language (english) since I was 10!!

That's discrimination!

Hey i thought you french people hate english language just like we hate learning french... I never heard a french person like english.....

Hey you Guys just "censored" YOU!

French is one of the most beautiful language! If you had to learn French it's only because we had to preserve our main language. If you English don't understand taht Just return in your Country and leave us alone!


I just hate Rascist...

EDIT: AND YES MASTER, I'M FRENCH AND I LIKE TO LEARN ENGLISH!

Wow most of my friends who are french hate learning english.... Now i know people like english.... Wow You are one pissed hellva person....

I learned that learning a new language and saying that its a hard language makes people angery!

But i have one question why do we learn french and english.....

1- french: We have to keep our Origin, Keeping our Culture, and mostly our language!

2- English: Only because English is the international language that you have to use if you are in "business"

English is used everywhere. Its the dominant language in science, and all airplane reports (no matter where) are in English. Its the language to learn.

Canada isnt all cold, I live in Toronto, and its hot for most of the year here, I guess you must live farther up north. Also, I have 2 classes of french a day every day of the week .

On the topic of English being popular, ahve you ever seen Japan?
God there's so ing much English there that I can almost understand 1/10 of what food wrappers say!
"BAD:
-A cold place to live in...
-Not alot of great imports from other places around the world Like arcades,foods,buildings!"

Personally, I like cold, but different people like different things, so bleh.

Arcades? Bah, who needs 'em?
Foods... damn... well, as long as they got curry, rice, and a few toehr things, I'm ok.
Buildings... Erm???

We (as in us canadians) are happy because we dont have George Bush as our president
Their for we are nice to people because we are happy

French Canadians seem to get really worked up over the English/French issues in Canada.

Just remember that the English sailed to Canada before France. John Cabot preceded Jacques Cartier by a considerable length of time.

It was also your own damned fault for losing Canada to the British in the 1700s - you kept attacking our borders, so in the end we just got seriously pissed off and took over the country. 1763, I believe, was the year of the loss of 'New France.'

Also, if we hadn't been so lenient, the 60,000 French speakers living in Canada at the time of takeover would have been ruthlessly repressed for being Catholics. In fact, there would be no French speakers at all in Canada.

It is good in some ways that Canada is bilingual and multicultural, as it can encourage co-operation between nations.

It's also worth noting (although this is unrelated really) that Canada has defeated the USA militarily, forcing a peace treaty.

Oh so now it's our people's "own damn fault" if some guy made some strategical faults 300 years ago?...

Of course it is. Not your fault personally - but it was the arrogance of the French in Canada that brought about their downfall. I mean, attacking the Thirteen Colonies - surely that is going to provoke a pretty heavy response?

I'm not entirely sure that all that arrogance is gone even today, what with the Académie Francaise trying to make French people say 'Ouikend' instead of 'Weekend,' to 'preserve the purity of the French language.' What on Earth is all that about? It's not like we try to 'preserve the purity' of our language - we happily borrow foreign words and coin new ones all the time without moaning too much at them 'diluting' our language.

Yep, And in 1700, we were requesting France Armies to supply our troops... They dind't accept because they were in fight with the Germany... (i'm not sure it was Germany) And the English were been supported by the British...

The English and the British happen to be synonomous, especially at the time you mentioned, as it was the beginnings of the British Empire.

Britain is an island. England, Wales and Scotland are countries that make up Britain.

Great Britain is the political entity made up of the above countries.

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland make up the:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)

Here's a pic to show this: (I live in Southampton )

Oh, and Germany didn't exist in the 1700s.

Oh sorry then... I only got 65% in History class...

Thats pretty easy SP.

I've been having spanish and english since kindergarten(5yrs old)
Since the 9th grade iv'e been getting both advanced english and advanced spanish.
It's almost as bad as hell.