Good Riddance!~

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Right. In New England when you asked for directions they say" Ay ya, ya con't get there from here".

We only use that line on Canadians.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Right. In New England when you asked for directions they say" Ay ya, ya con't get there from here".

With good reason, they are trying to remember where they "pahked they-uh cah."

Originally posted by coquette
New England isn't new, now, is it? Really?

It's newer than England... New Hampshire... New Mexico... New York... Americans are really lazy with place names.

Originally posted by Trev33
It's newer than England... New Hampshire... New Mexico... New York... Americans are really lazy with place names.

That's because the English invented most of them in an attempt to create a positive, collaborative, 'let's remember our roots' society right from the start.

Originally posted by divegeester
That's because the English invented most of them in an attempt to create a positive, collaborative, 'let's remember our roots' society right from the start.

I know. Could never work out why some of them used the original place name with other adding a 'new'.

Originally posted by Trev33
I know. Could never work out why some of them used the original place name with other adding a 'new'.

Of course, it all started to go wrong around 1775.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
We only use that line on Canadians.

And how many drivers have you flagged to ask the time?

They look at each other and then you, and say 'we 'don't have in car clock man, nor watches..bud.'

You pull your slieve back to exhibit you new Christmas present, as say,

"Weel, is qarder pass free buddy, caree on." 😉

-m.

Originally posted by Trev33
I know. Could never work out why some of them used the original place name with other adding a 'new'.

Blame it on the immigrants.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
With good reason, they are trying to remember where they "pahked they-uh cah."

I like the one about the tourist (not Canadian eh) who stopped in front of a home in the interior of Maine (think it was Skowhegan). There was an older gent sitting on the porch. The tourist asked him where he might find lodging for the night and the fellow directed him to a B & B down the road. The tourist thanked him and started to walk away then turned and asked the old man if he'd lived in these parts all his life and the senior said, "Not yet".