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Ayreonaut · #**281** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 12:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by rockyi

I spent a night or two in Moncton. Nice little city, actually.

I actually did just stop to fill up there, and spent the night in Amherst, NS. From photos I've seen, I'd guess Saint John would be my favourite NB city, but the area around Fredericton is quite nice.

mobyhead · #**282** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 12:57 AM**

Now if we have any posters on SSP from Nunavut I'd be really impressed.

Strange Meat · #**283** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by ColDayMan

I now would liked to be called AutoRacist:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=1#post5174973

That's hilarious.

I still like how A.) everyone is apparently an expert on what star athletes want, and B.) how apparently all star athletes want the same things.

rockyi · #**284** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ayreonaut

I actually did just stop to fill up there, and spent the night in Amherst, NS. From photos I've seen, I'd guess Saint John would be my favourite NB city, but the area around Fredericton is quite nice.

Yeah, Saint John was very nice but really fishy smelling, downtown, on the days I was there. I remember a few victorian street-walls that impressed me there. Damn, I need to borrow a scanner, I have lots of pics from that trip.

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Originally Posted by mobyhead

Now if we have any posters on SSP from Nunavut I'd be really impressed.

I think I'm going to blurt out NUNAVUT!! at least once a day from now on for no reason whatsoever.

Lipani · #**285** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001

What the fuck is an autoracist!?

Maybe it means that every response denounces someone else as a racist.

Dude 1: Man, we've had some rough weather lately.
Dude 2: Why do you hate white people so much?

Strange Meat · #**286** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:40 AM**

Sounds like me. "That's racist" has gotta be one of my most said phrases.

Strange Meat · #**287** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 3:05 AM**

i think i'm just going to stop making an effort with people. not worth my time or energy, apparently.

ColDayMan · #**288** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 3:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by Lipani

Maybe it means that every response denounces someone else as a racist.

Dude 1: Man, we've had some rough weather lately.
Dude 2: Why do you hate white people so much?

HA! Well, AutoRacist approves!

vid · #**289** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 6:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by mobyhead

Now if we have any posters on SSP from Nunavut I'd be really impressed.

We actually have a couple, but they don't live there full time. One was living in Iqaluit a few years back as part of his university programme, and another is based in Alberta but works extensively in the Arctic. There are a few people from NWT and Yukon at SSC, as well.

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Originally Posted by rockyi

I think I'm going to blurt out NUNAVUT!! at least once a day from now on for no reason whatsoever.

Just remember to pronounce it correctly. It isn't "NUN-uh-vut", it is "NOON-ah-VOOT"

Ayreonaut · #**290** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 1:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

Just remember to pronounce it correctly. It isn't "NUN-uh-vut", it is "NOON-ah-VOOT"

My pronunciation is somewhere in between. It's like your second one, except the double Os are like in "foot", rather than "loot".

Strange Meat · #**291** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 6:45 PM**

hey vid, there is an album cover that reminds me of your avatar:

• Video Link

vid · #**292** Posted **Feb 23, 2011, 9:40 PM**

He isn't riding a dolphin but it looks like he might have a beard, so it is good.

rockyi · #**293** Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 2:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by vid

...Just remember to pronounce it correctly. It isn't "NUN-uh-vut", it is "NOON-ah-VOOT"

Well, that sounds even better (and yes, I was pronouncing it NUN-uh-vut)

vid · #**294** Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 4:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by rockyi

Well, that sounds even better

I know, which is why it bothers me when so many people pronounce it the wrong way. Same with Iqaluit: it isn't "ih-KAL-lou-it", it is "eek-KHAL-lou-eat"; Inuit is "EE-noo-eat" not "IN-you-it"; people from Nunavut are not "NUN-ah-vut-ers", they are "NOON-ah-VEE-mee-yoot" (Nunavimmiut). We're using less fun alternatives!!

The language is called "ee-NOOK-tea-toot", but people pronounce it "ih-NUHK-tih-tut".

They have three vowels, "ah" (a), "ee" (i), and "oo" (u). When a vowel is doubled, it is pronounced longer.

Blitz · #**295** Posted **Feb 24, 2011, 5:16 AM**

I think most Canadians pronounce it "noon-a-vut". Yeah, we're kind of bastardizing their native language but that kind of thing happens all the time in Canada given our different languages. The way we pronounce all of Windsor's French street names would make a true Frenchman run for the hills (not that there are any around here to run to).