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(A stopsign in PEI altered to say Stop Harper)

The writ has dropped, election October 19.

2) Fire out West. Water back East.

You're almost certainly not as concerned as you should be.

(Two maps showing temperature and precipitation changes across Canada, 1950-2010)

3) Stop carding. Stop carding now.

4) I'm still not switching back to Rogers.

Rogers apologizes for showing porn on CHCH: Gaffe marks 2nd time in 3 years pornography was aired instead of news

5) We like Canadian Music..

Crossposts: http://commodorified.livejournal.com/482177.html

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thnidu

Till I opened the story, I thought you had something against hand-working wool!

From:

commodorified

Yeah, "carding" seems to be a Canadianism, broadly used for years to refer to requiring proof-of-age at bars and liquor stores, now expanding to mean any demand for ID and in particular police ID checks as described there, i.e. without arrest or probable cause.

From:

thnidu

No, we use it here too, though ISTM more with a patient than absolutely: i.e., I was carded or They carded all of us, even Jen's grampa more than Carding is a pain in the butt).

From:

krait

Yep, we tend to use it always in past tense - I hate being carded rather than I hate carding.

From:

thnidu

Thanks!
[Pedantic note: That's the passive voice, not the past tense. In fact, "being carded" is explicitly present, or as present as such an expression can be.
Respectfully submitted,
Dr. Whom: Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoëpist, and Philological Busybody]