Aboot, my butt: [link]
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Living in the future.
Aboot, my butt
I accept that, but your "loose" is totally Canuck.
I don't even know what that means, but I will accept that my loose is Canuck.
You should hear my accent come out when I yell at Oz.
The other people who need to say that phrase are Scottish. Not that they have meese, but it's a clear explanation of their accent.
There's a tightness in the "oo" of loose which all Canadians other than Sue also have in the "ou" of about.
We do not say aboot!
You totally say aboot, eh?
I have the Christmas presents in the suitcase! By being ruthless about what clothes I'm taking (because your parents have a washer & dryer, self), I think it will all fit.
Now it's time to wrangle the toiletries and electronics.
The other people who need to say that phrase are Scottish.
Also people with an old-school Tidewater accent.
I have the flu or a cold or some other achy, drippy plague, yet I still have to keep going to cancer-related medical things. I'm too sick to have cancer. Whine, whine.
I have the flu or a cold or some other achy, drippy plague, yet I still have to keep going to cancer-related medical things.
That seems really unfair.
We are not cliches! We do not say aboot!
The nice young lady at the Epcot exhibit pronounced it aboat. It was very welcoming.