It wouldn't be Holiday Time without...

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Cakes & Pies




AND FRUITCAKE!

A&P, 1946

A&P, 1939

Look at the cute little Santas! :D

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[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Gingies. They remind me of Gingy from the Shrek movies.

Easy Date Bars and Noel Nut Balls [INSERT TASTELESS JOKE HERE]

"Aboot"? She dresses Scottish, but she's speaking Canadian!

Santa and the chef should lay off that fruitcake a bit. That's a heck of a lotta belly fat!

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

Canadians don't say "aboot".

[write-light.livejournal.com]

They do say "aGAIN" (rhymes with "pain") which weirds me out. ;D

All my relatives are from Ontario, and I managed to inherit a twinge of this from my folks, despite growing up in the US. Enough to get teased by kids at school (but no it was never oot and aboot, more ɛʊt with a lot of liprounding.)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

It's how Americans think Canadians say it. ;)

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

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.

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

It always sounds more like "a boat" to my ears, when my Ontario buds use it.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Read about Canadian Raising (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English#Canadian_raising). (not what you're thinking ... ;D )

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Cool! I love talking about diphthongs and alveolar flaps. No, really, I do. I took a linguistics class in college and LOVED IT! Sometimes wish I had majored in that so I could be underemployed in that field instead.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

You need not be underemployed if you apply it to a career in second language teaching. :) *knows this*