Speaking of Obama's Canadian visit...................

On Feb 22, 11:39*am, MoPar Man > wrote:
> Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
........... CC (distilled in my home town, where you
> can always smell the hops on Riverside drive). *

Hops in whiskey??

Yes, I eventually worked out what GTA was...

Was in Tronna several times until fairly recently while I was working with a
Canadian company. After I had done all the sights etc I stopped staying in
King Street and 'moved' to Richmond Hill.

"Big Smoke" was used for London as well. Can't do that any more as it has
been cleaned up.

DAS

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"MoPar Man" > wrote in message
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> For conversations that happen outside the city, the most common slang is
> simply "T.O." - pronounced as "Tee Oh". As in "I'm flying out of TO
> tommorrow." A much less common term (used more frequently 10+ years
> ago) is "the big smoke".
>
> Media broadcasts (most notably sports coverage) infrequently refers to
> Toronto as "Hog Town". News coverage frequently substitutes "GTA" for
> Toronto (Greater Toronto Area). As in "A cold weather advisory has been
> posted for the GTA tonight". A less frequent substitution is "the 416"
> (the telephone area code for the core area of Toronto).

Don't care for it that much but in this case I'll make an
exception...Especially if it's after a couple of glasses of Maker's Mark...

I am more of a Scotch man, but happily guzzle transatlantic whiskeys, too.

DAS
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"cavedweller" > wrote in message
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Tranna is the Michigan pronunciation.

Wot, no CC?

On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:15:13 -0800 (PST), "Pete E. Kruzer"
> wrote:

>BTW, the media is now referring to Obama's trip to Canada as his first
>"overseas" trip as President.

One prerequisite for being hired as a journalist should be a working
knowledge of the use GOOGLE Maps

On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:10:42 -0500, MoPar Man > wrote:

>The reality is that there is
>
> - USA + SW-Ontario
> - Toronto
> - The Rest of Canada

If you live in Toronto, knowledge of the third reality is apparently
optional. Just ask anyone from Calgary or Vancouver .

Do you blame Tronnans? (Torontonians)

DAS

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>> - The Rest of Canada
>
> If you live in Toronto, knowledge of the third reality is apparently
> optional. Just ask anyone from Calgary or Vancouver .

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:44:22 -0800 (PST), cavedweller
> wrote:

>Tranna is the Michigan pronunciation.

If you ask someone from Michigan where Tranna is located, what part of
their hand do they point to?

On Feb 22, 5:19*pm, Brian Priebe <'> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:10:42 -0500, MoPar Man > wrote:
> >The reality is that there is
>
> > - USA + SW-Ontario
> > - Toronto
> > - The Rest of Canada
>
> If you live in Toronto, knowledge of the third reality is apparently
> optional. *Just ask anyone from Calgary or Vancouver .

What, you don't like Edmonchuk?

On Feb 22, 5:22*pm, Brian Priebe <'> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:44:22 -0800 (PST), cavedweller
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> > wrote:
> >Tranna is the Michigan pronunciation.
>
> If you ask someone from Michigan where Tranna is located, what part of
> their hand do they point to?

'mkay....'splain.

cavedweller wrote:

> What, you don't like Edmonchuk?

You mean Deadmonton.