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Originally Posted by jonny24
I grew up around Delhi, and I always forget that people find the pronunciation weird. I mean, it's exactly as it's written There so happens to be a big city in India that people mispronounce
Anyway, Delhi has a number of ethnic halls. The German is the largest and most well known. The Belgian just closed last year, also a Hungarian hall and a Polish Hall. And lots of people from all of those nationalities in the area. There are lots of "Van de ...." last names, and I find it almost follows the county lines. In Norfolk a VanDeSomething is probably Belgian, in Oxford a VanDeWhoever is most likely Dutch. From Norwich to Woodstock Dutch is by far the dominant nationality, and then there's more and more German names as you move towards KW/New Hamburg etc.
Back to SW vs Eastern Ontario, from my perspective in SWO, Eastern Ontario to me is pretty much anything past the GTA roughly... Belleville is East for sure, maybe even Peterborough and Rice Lake. Cobourg not so much, maybe because they have that great beach.
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Now that you mentioned Hungarian, I just remembered I saw a random Hungarian flag in front of a plaza on a utility pole with no Canadian one near it while perusing google maps. I thought it was odd. Then I saw the name Bossy Nagy Group on the sign behind it. Nagy is Hungarian. I still found it odd that just a Hungarian flag would be there and no Canadian one. And especially for an accounting firm?
Then I looked up the hall you mentioned. And looked down the street and saw other flags.
Is there some kind flag festival that occurs in Delhi? On the utility poles I also see Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Wales, Greece, Germany, China, Britain and of course Canada. Do the flags represent the heritage of the business owner?
Start here and scroll down the street:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@42.85465...7i13312!8i6656
Just scrolled down some side streets and I see Lithuanian, US, Scottish Lion flag, Cyprus and more Welsh and Canada flags.