write_light ([identity profile] write-light.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2012-12-11 08:25 pm

It wouldn't be Holiday Time without...

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Cakes & Pies
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AND FRUITCAKE!

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A&P, 1939
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Look at the cute little Santas! :D

[identity profile] pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com 2012-12-12 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It's how Americans think Canadians say it. ;)

[identity profile] bluebear2.livejournal.com 2012-12-12 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
True, to Americans' ears it sounds like "aboot". The other way, to Canadians' ears it sounds like Americans are saying "Abaht".

I guess accents are a spectrum. From the point of view of blue, purple seems reddish and to the point of view of red, purple seems blueish.