Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #165: WNBA Offseason Boredom

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Quite a bit. Trailer Park Boys captures the lower Maritime accent (New Brunswick/Nova Scotia). Upper Maritime accent is basically Newfoundland, and for that accent, imagine a Scottish person trying to impersonate a Canadian accent.

Quebec is odd. Montrealers who grow up learning English have a very neutral accent, similar to an Ontario accent (which I'll get to in a second). If you didn't grow up speaking English, you definitely have an accent similar to a French accent, which is only natural. Quebec French, if you're curious, is much harsher and faster than Parisian.

Southern Ontario accents are very similar (oddly) to a Californian accent. Most Canadians you'd see in popular media will likely have this accent. Oddly, Letterkenny is based off a small, southern Ontarian town (Listowel, which is an hour away from where I grew up), and I have never heard that accent before.

Northern Ontario/Manitoba accents I can't really speak to.

Saskatchewan is the stereotypical Canadian accent (aboot and eh). Not as bad as everyone says, but that's likely where it came from. Alberta is similar to this as well. BC is this, put through a Washington State filter.
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MNTwins1991 posted...

Yes I think so. I just looked it up and I think it might be the 1up

The 1up is pretty much strictly arcade focused though

Err, that still might be what you're thinking of, I didn't mean to sound like a pedant. Just not sure from your earlier description if you were talking about another place

Rockies posted...

The 1up is pretty much strictly arcade focused though

Err, that still might be what you're thinking of, I didn't mean to sound like a pedant. Just not sure from your earlier description if you were talking about another place

yeah I'm really not sure what place it is. I just did a quick google search of barcades in denver and clicked on a few pics and it looked familiar.

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

Letterkenny is based off a small, southern Ontarian town (Listowel, which is an hour away from where I grew up), and I have never heard that accent before.

I haven't seen many Letterkenny episodes yet, but it seems like they go by stereotypes (like the hockey players) rather than accents. Plus the dialogue/filming is unique enough where it makes it hard for me to put a finger on anything

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

Southern Ontario accents are very similar (oddly) to a Californian accent. Most Canadians you'd see in popular media will likely have this accent.

So like Robin Scherbatsky? I know the actress is Canadian and the accent seems genuine enough

MNTwins1991 posted...

I haven't seen many Letterkenny episodes yet, but it seems like they go by stereotypes (like the hockey players) rather than accents. Plus the dialogue/filming is unique enough where it makes it hard for me to put a finger on anything

That's fair. Hockey player speak is definitely a thing though. It is super weird and I don't get it though.

So like Robin Scherbatsky? I know the actress is Canadian and the accent seems genuine enough

I don't remember what her voice sounds like. But more like Ryan Gosling, basically.
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also one thing I forgot to mention...I watch most of my NHL games through streaming online, and a lot of times I'll watch the away stream. There are a ton of Canadian announcers for non canadian cities, and that further muddles my understanding of canadian accents

If they sound like Barry Melrose, they have a BC accent.
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The Cubs are getting owned

The Oklahoma City Thunder

This is the year.

Rockies posted...

The Cubs are getting owned

Curse word first name Hernandez with three bombs

They ran over the NL quite easily, here's hoping they can handle the Yankees too

Stros in 7

With how they run the team we all knew the Dodgers would eventually make the world series but it's still a little weird to see them break through finally.

SpeeDLeemon posted...

The Oklahoma City Thunder

This is the year.

Congrats on beating the Knicks

Los Angeles Dodgers... welcome to the resistance.
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SpeeDLeemon posted...

Stros

cringe
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True baseball fans call them the 'Stros all the time. About on par with how often we say Cards instead of Cardinals. The only team nickname I don't accept are Twinkies for Twins and Pale Hose for White Sox. The former is just annoying to me and the latter is a try hard move

Actually I'm gonna walk that back. Say whatever you want. What do I care as a guy who calls hid team the birdos sometimes

I'm on the toilet. Wtf is going on with the Raiders game

Wait, does that mean you find Cubbies acceptable? Because that's pretty much the same thing as Twinkies

Cubbies is the worst and fakest one

I use Cubbies pejoratively, or I used to when we were the dominant team. It's a fun way to condescend

Slurpee do you watch trailer park boys? And what's the general opinion if it in Canada? It's one of my favorite shows ever

Brag time. I accepted a fantasy football bet where the loser has to pay for the winner's Olive garden. If I win, I'm going to eat 33 breadsticks in honor of amari Cooper

I don't think the Astros are going to win the series. It's a shame too. They could have won that second game in New York since they were up 4-0. I wanted them to face Chicago in the World Series.

By the way, I didn't know the WNBA still existed. The Comets disbanded and they don't mention the Leauge hardly on the news.
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MNTwins did you play the cool competitive Pacman game last night?

I didn't. I saw it and it looked sweet, but it was way crowded. I'm sorry

You should be apologizing to yourself. It rules

Did you upload your report on Sunset Riders to the class drop box at least?

Yes Sunset riders was dope

Thank you. I am pretty sick of final fight ninja turtles style beat em ups at this point in my life so I still dream about playing that game

I also snapped a pic of a certain couple smooching

Breaking: big, if true

I accepted a fantasy football bet where the loser has to buy the winner Olive garden, and thanks to amari Cooper finally doing something, I have a good shot to win.

What's ur favorite thing to get at the garden

Were you still so drunk this morning that you forgot you already posted about your Olive Garden bet

MNTwins1991 posted...

Slurpee do you watch trailer park boys? And what's the general opinion if it in Canada? It's one of my favorite shows ever

I don't watch it. I haven't heard too much hate for it, people generally like it.
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No but I'm so confident I'll win that I need to start planning my order and need input.

I've only been to Olive Garden once in my life, so I don't know

Go today and don't post again until you've eaten

Let me get my Olive Garden expert on the line
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I don't want to sound like one of those people who thinks they're cool for hating Olive Garden on the internet, but I really wasn't impressed with it at all. But it's whatever, everyone has crappy chain restaurants that they enjoy. Chili's was always my favorite

Tonight the former most handsome man in Minnesota (Ricky Rubio) returns to MN. I hope he brings back the man bun

I hope the current most handsome man in Minnesota (you) enjoys the game.

That's a very nice compliment. Have a wonderful day

MN Sports updates:

-the Wild suck!!!
-The remodeled Target Center looks dope
-Ricky's hair looks really nice tonight. It's long and slicked back and he has a beard

I'm home alone watching the Astros game muted and listening to music on the YouTube. You know what's a good Disney song? "One Last Hope" from Hercules.

I'm also home alone, but I usually am because I live alone. I'm watching the wild on the tv and the wolves on my 2nd monitor, been in and out of some computer games. I just finished ordering a custom snap filter for a wedding 2moro. The timberwolves dancer girls are currently doing a routine to Katy Perry's Swish Swish...smh.

I don't know One Last Hope off the top of my head, and haven't seen hercules in quite some time, but I know it must be good because Go The Distance is just that good of a song.

I was thinking the other day and had a rare thought about PotD lore....whatever happened to nudojudo?

MNTwins1991 posted...

I'm also home alone, but I usually am because I live alone

^ brag

One Last Hope is the one that Phil sings about training Hercules. Anyway as long as we're bragging, I got a new job and put in my two weeks today

MNTwins1991 posted...

I was thinking the other day and had a rare thought about PotD lore....whatever happened to nudojudo?

I thought about him the other day actually. I think he just logged off one day and never came back. Good for him. Unless he died

Good for him indeed.

Congrats tho. What's the new job?

There's a new Ramen place in stl called nudo. I ate there for the second time tonight. It owns