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And the correct term is "Canada Goose" not "Canadian Goose."
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Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

> Oh, it must depend on the area of the city, as I was told it's
> Tronna.

I'm speculating that during conversation, that Torontonian's talking
among themselves would substitute "Toronto" with "the city", as in "Oh,
I didn't know that Joe lived in the city", or "yea, the best strip clubs
are outside the city". I believe that this substitution happens in most
major cities (ie NYC, San Francisco, etc).

For conversations that happen outside the city, the most common slang is
simply "T.O." - pronounced as "Tee Oh". As in "I'm flying out of TO
tommorrow." A much less common term (used more frequently 10+ years
ago) is "the big smoke".

Media broadcasts (most notably sports coverage) infrequently refers to
Toronto as "Hog Town". News coverage frequently substitutes "GTA" for
Toronto (Greater Toronto Area). As in "A cold weather advisory has been
posted for the GTA tonight". A less frequent substitution is "the 416"
(the telephone area code for the core area of Toronto).
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On Feb 22, 11:39 am, MoPar Man <Mo... RemoveThis @Man.com> wrote:
> Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
........... CC (distilled in my home town, where you
> can always smell the hops on Riverside drive).  

Hops in whiskey??
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Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

> I am happy to continue the debate over a Crown Royal or three,
> mixed in with a bit of Maker's Mark...

Don't have any Maker's Mark, but I always keep a bottle or three of the
Royal or VO on hand, as well as CC (distilled in my home town, where you
can always smell the hops on Riverside drive). Rye and ginger for me,
usually.

I haven't been to Europe since the summer of '06, and haven't been to
the UK since '04 or '05. Probably not much chance of a drink - not even
at Heathrow (I do everything I can to NOT transit through that airport
when flying to europe).

I'll raise a glass to you tonight to ease the pain of digging out of
yesterday's snow storm.

Then I'll raise another one to Chrysler and it's bail-out.
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On Feb 22, 5:19 pm, Brian Priebe <'> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:10:42 -0500, MoPar Man <Mo... RemoveThis @Man.com> wrote:
> >The reality is that there is
>
> > - USA + SW-Ontario
> > - Toronto
> > - The Rest of Canada
>
> If you live in Toronto, knowledge of the third reality is apparently
> optional.  Just ask anyone from Calgary or Vancouver .

What, you don't like Edmonchuk?
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On Feb 22, 5:22 pm, Brian Priebe <'> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:44:22 -0800 (PST), cavedweller
>
> <jawnwil....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Tranna is the Michigan pronunciation.
>
> If you ask someone from Michigan where Tranna is located, what part of
> their hand do they point to?

'mkay....'splain.
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:15:13 -0800 (PST), "Pete E. Kruzer"
<tomkanpa DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote:

>BTW, the media is now referring to Obama's trip to Canada as his first
>"overseas" trip as President.

One prerequisite for being hired as a journalist should be a working
knowledge of the use GOOGLE Maps
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:10:42 -0500, MoPar Man <MoPar DeleteThis @Man.com> wrote:

>The reality is that there is
>
> - USA + SW-Ontario
> - Toronto
> - The Rest of Canada

If you live in Toronto, knowledge of the third reality is apparently
optional. Just ask anyone from Calgary or Vancouver .
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:44:22 -0800 (PST), cavedweller
<jawnwillie.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Tranna is the Michigan pronunciation.

If you ask someone from Michigan where Tranna is located, what part of
their hand do they point to?
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Don't care for it that much but in this case I'll make an
exception...Especially if it's after a couple of glasses of Maker's Mark...

I am more of a Scotch man, but happily guzzle transatlantic whiskeys, too.

DAS
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Tranna is the Michigan pronunciation.

Wot, no CC?
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Yes, I eventually worked out what GTA was...

Was in Tronna several times until fairly recently while I was working with a
Canadian company. After I had done all the sights etc I stopped staying in
King Street and 'moved' to Richmond Hill.

"Big Smoke" was used for London as well. Can't do that any more as it has
been cleaned up.

DAS

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> For conversations that happen outside the city, the most common slang is
> simply "T.O." - pronounced as "Tee Oh". As in "I'm flying out of TO
> tommorrow." A much less common term (used more frequently 10+ years
> ago) is "the big smoke".
>
> Media broadcasts (most notably sports coverage) infrequently refers to
> Toronto as "Hog Town". News coverage frequently substitutes "GTA" for
> Toronto (Greater Toronto Area). As in "A cold weather advisory has been
> posted for the GTA tonight". A less frequent substitution is "the 416"
> (the telephone area code for the core area of Toronto).
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Do you blame Tronnans? (Torontonians)

DAS

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>> - The Rest of Canada
>
> If you live in Toronto, knowledge of the third reality is apparently
> optional. Just ask anyone from Calgary or Vancouver .
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cavedweller wrote:

> What, you don't like Edmonchuk?

You mean Deadmonton.
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