buzzkill
22.Nov.2004 22:49 hrs
I'll be joining the rest of you in Munich this coming January. I live in Southern, Ontario - an hour and a half south/west of Toronto. There's no need mentioning the city I live in as most people haven't heard of it. The telephone was invented here though.
Where do the rest of you hail from?!?!?
Carm
22.Nov.2004 22:58 hrs
Winnipeg, Manitoba, otherwise known at Winterpeg!
gills
22.Nov.2004 23:46 hrs
T'rawna -- for the last 10 years. I arrived here in July.
Before that Vancouver, before that Toronto, before that Kitchener (which I keep trying to forget -- though it did prepare me for Oktoberfest), and before that, born and raised on the south shore of Montreal, with a weekend farm in the Eastern Townships. There was a also a short stint in Calgary somewhere in there.
Uhh... where am I now?
pranaman
23.Nov.2004 00:22 hrs
i assume you're from brantford... I hail from that area too... though a little bit north
trouble
23.Nov.2004 09:50 hrs
I'm from Toronto, and while I'll be heading home in mid-december, I can assure you that I've had an amazing time here! TT has made the whole time for me a total blast, so make no hesitation in getting out there and meeting all of us.
sk8rgrl
23.Nov.2004 09:55 hrs
I'm from Windsor, Ontario
Heard of Brantford by the way...Wayne Gretzkey is from there isn't he?
Blimeygirl
23.Nov.2004 10:03 hrs
Toronto...born and raised...30 years of my life
canuck
23.Nov.2004 10:05 hrs
I'm an Amish pumpkin farmer/religious zealot from Kitchener/Waterloo in south-western Ontario. If anybody needs tasty Pumpkins let me know...Hallelujah!!!
Blimeygirl
23.Nov.2004 10:32 hrs
Most Amish are trilingual. They speak a dialect of German called Pennsylvania Dutch at home; they use High German at their worship services; and they learn English at school. They speak English when they deal with anyone who is not Amish.
Ah...so you speak perfect German then Canuck?
gills
23.Nov.2004 10:41 hrs
Er, I think that "Pennsylvania Dutch" was really "Pennsylvania Deutsche" before it got anglicized.
Blimeygirl
23.Nov.2004 10:43 hrs
Instead, their common bond is a mainly German background (Pennsylvania Dutch is actually Pennsylvania Deutsch, or German).
Very good gills
Interesting reading...now that Canuck has brought it up:
The Amish
buzzkill
24.Nov.2004 05:33 hrs
Winnipeg. I'm sorry. Ha-ha. I have family there. I know how cold it gets up there during the winter months.
buzzkill
24.Nov.2004 05:36 hrs
Very well done, pranaman. You got it correct. I can't wait the get the - - out of here! Truthfully, I'll miss it but I'm looking forward to coming back to Germany. Ich liebe es!
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