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Tapfret
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Topic: How do you pronounce "Ian"? Posted: July 04 2013 at 13:11 |
ee-an
Whoever posted about the interchangeable "J" and "I" was ultimately correct. My Norwegian mother-in-law gets embarrassed because she can't say it any other way than Jan (yon), to which I reply how much I enjoy that version being it probably more accurate than any English version.
Not even remotely correct versions used by trolls and telemarketers:
eye-en eyen ayn ee-on een
My last name is McIntyre. Most telemarketers just get hung up on. But I have a special place in Hell set up for those that call and ask for "Eye en meck in tree"...idiots.
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Posted: June 23 2013 at 12:57 |
This thread seems to be the appropriate place to wish you all a HAPPY ST JOHN’S EVE!
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Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:43 |
The War of 1812 wasn't even a war.
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Posted: June 22 2013 at 14:24 |
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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CPicard
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Posted: June 22 2013 at 13:04 |
But Canada almost conquered the USA in 1812! Don't you feel proud of that?
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Posted: June 22 2013 at 12:52 |
No he fights for the freedom of other countries. Canada has never fought a major war on it's own soil. We're a bunch of suckers for punishment.
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Posted: June 22 2013 at 02:11 |
refugee wrote:
I'm much obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
You have to love PA. You ask a simple question, and then …
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... goodness gracious, you make for four pages.
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 19:40 |
Dean wrote:
Vibrationbaby wrote:
Our comedians are not funny. |
Craig Campbell makes me laugh and Stewart Francis is one of the top three non sequitur one-liners around. And they both have gaelic names - there must be something aboot the water that causes that. |
SCTV and Kids in the Hall were great but I guess somehow the lack of an audience made them seem unfunny to some. Thing is, they sometimes run M*A*S*H without a laugh track and it's far better.
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 18:42 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
What is this eh? I never say eh! I hate all this Canadian hippie sh*t. We have a dumb flag that looks like it was drawn by a knidergarten kid that has a leaf on it. Maple leaf trees only grow in a small percentage of Canada. Our national symbol is a pesky little rodent. Our militaryhas been reduced to nothing more than a joke. Our Prime Minister is a fat lying slob. Our comedians are not funny. We can't play hockey anymore. I wish the world in general would get over this illusion that Canada is cool and great. If I could move to the moon I would. And Ian is not a Gaelic word. It's a made up word. Sometime when I was a kid my mother told me that it meant God is Gracious because she was happy that God gave me to her. Why does everything from progrock to first names have to have profound deep meanings?
I'm done. Now I can have a nice day.
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What's wrong with pesky little rodents?, your PM is overqualified for the role, Russell Peters is spine-crackingly funny and you were deported from the moon remember?
BTW my first name is Iain (and ain't all words, 'made up words'?)
Staple me, to a maple tree.....
Edited by ExittheLemming - June 21 2013 at 18:46
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 16:34 |
I'm much obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
You have to love PA. You ask a simple question, and then … God is Gracious!
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He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill)
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 14:32 |
How to pronounce Ian?
Like sword, only with a j.
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CPicard
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 14:30 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
What is this eh? I never say eh! I hate all this Canadian hippie sh*t. We have a dumb flag that looks like it was drawn by a knidergarten kid that has a leaf on it. Maple leaf trees only grow in a small percentage of Canada. Our national symbol is a pesky little rodent. Our militaryhas been reduced to nothing more than a joke. Our Prime Minister is a fat lying slob. Our comedians are not funny. We can't play hockey anymore. I wish the world in general would get over this illusion that Canada is cool and great. If I could move to the moon I would. And Ian is not a Gaelic word. It's a made up word. Sometime when I was a kid my mother told me that it meant God is Gracious because she was happy that God gave me to her. Why does everything from progrock to first names have to have profound deep meanings?
I'm done. Now I can have a nice day.
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...or something like that. For my part, I tend to pronounce "Hi-Yan", so I get the attention of all the Ians in the place.
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 10:27 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
Our comedians are not funny. |
Craig Campbell makes me laugh and Stewart Francis is one of the top three non sequitur one-liners around. And they both have gaelic names - there must be something aboot the water that causes that.
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 10:25 |
The Welsh pronounce it "Ee-an??????????????"
As in "Got to go see Ee-an????????? in the villey-adge??????"
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 10:07 |
Vibrationbaby wrote:
What is this eh? I never say eh! I hate all this Canadian hippie sh*t. We have a dumb flag that looks like it was drawn by a knidergarten kid that has a leaf on it. Maple leaf trees only grow in a small percentage of Canada. Our national symbol is a pesky little rodent. Our militaryhas been reduced to nothing more than a joke. Our Prime Minister is a fat lying slob. Our comedians are not funny. We can't play hockey anymore. I wish the world in general would get over this illusion that Canada is cool and great. If I could move to the moon I would. And Ian is not a Gaelic word. It's a made up word. Sometime when I was a kid my mother told me that it meant God is Gracious because she was happy that God gave me to her. Why does everything from progrock to first names have to have profound deep meanings?
I'm done. Now I can have a nice day.
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Dean
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 09:25 |
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 07:40 |
What is this eh? I never say eh! I hate all this Canadian hippie sh*t. We have a dumb flag that looks like it was drawn by a knidergarten kid that has a leaf on it. Maple leaf trees only grow in a small percentage of Canada. Our national symbol is a pesky little rodent. Our militaryhas been reduced to nothing more than a joke. Our Prime Minister is a fat lying slob. Our comedians are not funny. We can't play hockey anymore. I wish the world in general would get over this illusion that Canada is cool and great. If I could move to the moon I would. And Ian is not a Gaelic word. It's a made up word. Sometime when I was a kid my mother told me that it meant God is Gracious because she was happy that God gave me to her. Why does everything from progrock to first names have to have profound deep meanings?
I'm done. Now I can have a nice day.
Edited by Vibrationbaby - June 21 2013 at 07:41
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 04:57 |
ian
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Posted: June 21 2013 at 04:41 |
'kin' 'ard, eh?
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 15:59 |
CPicard wrote:
How do you pronounce "Canada"? |
You-Ess-Aye
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