Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd say something about that's really mean to Canadians, but I'm too polite to tell you. Peacekeeping and all that ;-) (tongue in cheek, really. And if I offended you, I'm sorry ;-) ) But I see you have a .ca extension, so, it's ok, eh? From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca> > Yep, it is no longer noon but, the metric equivalent, toon. An example > of its use in conversation -- say by Irene to Ted -- would be: > > Hey Dude, it's toontime come and have some bannock and cute little seal > nuggets. > > To which Ted would reply: > > Oh Totally eh. > > John Collier > > On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 12:14 PM, Jim McIntyre wrote: > > > Canadians, of course, have had the metric system for years. Driving at > > 100 > > won't get you a speeding ticket, and 32 degrees is not cold, but hot. > > The > > hardest thing was the metric time. Having lunch at 10 instead of 12 > > took > > some getting used to. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html