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#110580 08/21/03 03:45 PM
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vbq wrote that my name, Zed (the Canadian pronounciation of the last letter of the alphabet) impatriated me. A combination of imprint and patriate. I liked the concept so I thought I'd share it.


#110581 08/21/03 03:53 PM
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have you recently moved to Canada?



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#110582 08/21/03 04:19 PM
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It almost sounds a bit serious, like implicated. You generally don't want to be implicated in connection with a crime.

Also, based on the name, you could have been British. FWIW.


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Also, based on the name, you could have been British

... or even [gasp!] Zildian!


#110584 08/21/03 10:11 PM
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re could have been British or Zildian. Agreed but around here (N Amer) it is a quick way to tell Canuck vs Yank. There are other ways of course, ruf vs rooof on your house, etc .
As for just moving here I was born here just (hrmphmumblmumble) years ago.


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... or even [gasp!] Zildian!

nah, that'ud be zid!


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>zid.

Nope, it's Zuld, the land of fush and chups. We're non-rhotic, not non-ellic.


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ah, so true - my brain must have been dallying in Suth Efrica or something: please accept craven apologies for the foul slur! btw, it occurred to me recently that this feature of Zildian could well owe a lot to the Scottish influence - what do you reckon?


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So do the zed'ers outnumber the zee'ers? Canucks are so used to being outnumbered that we outside the neighbourhood.


#110589 08/22/03 12:06 AM
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around here (N Amer)

But here isn't N Amer. It's everywhere.

On the internet nobody knows you're a dog


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