Five Canadian Things
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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..
(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..
Re: Whew!
Date: 2015-08-03 08:39 pm (UTC)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).
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Re: Whew!
Date: 2015-08-03 10:10 pm (UTC)Re: Whew!
Date: 2015-08-03 11:22 pm (UTC)[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]
Re: Whew!
Date: 2015-08-04 04:15 am (UTC)Re: Whew!
Date: 2015-08-04 05:22 am (UTC)Oh facepalm, I'm SORRY!
Re: Whew!
Date: 2015-08-04 10:30 pm (UTC)