Rob Ford's Toronto

[kbdid]

have we broached Scar-bor-ough vs Scarrbruh yet?

 

[Sweet Mister]

I grew up near the original Scarborough (in England) and it's pronounced Scah-bruh there.

 

[the lemur]

Don Peat tweeted this and it tells me about all I need to know about these guys...
https://twitter.com/reporterdonpeat/status/497417299364962305

View attachment 30932

You can start by making a better-looking sign. And that bear probably needs a wash as well. I don't want to think about where those 'uniforms' came from either.

 

[greenegg]

How about Ajax vs the UK pronunciation Ay-jax.

 

[L23]

How about Ajax vs the UK pronunciation Ay-jax.

Or the Dutch version (eye-ax)

 

[Soop]

Ann Hui ‏@annhui 3m
Mayor's spox also says Ford may do a media availability at some point this afternoon. Says he wants to talk about streetcars on King

RoFo talking about streetcars is bound to be filled with misinformation.

 

[Videodrome]

And that only happens at the Pistons' games about 45 minutes from the city in lilly-white Auburn Hills.

...the Pistons really need to move back to the city.

Keep in mind that Oakland County is one of the 10 wealthiest in America.

 

[the lemur]

How about Ajax vs the UK pronunciation Ay-jax.

How is the North American pronunciation not Ay-jax?

 

[Tea]

The best example is "Francois" is Newfoundland which when pronounced sounds like "France-ways".

 

[Kat_YYZ]

I think I saw something about the Rob Ford Rangers a few days ago - handwritten signs about cleaning up, posted near garbage cans? I didn't realize the Rangers were (a) a thing (of dubious realness, admittedly) and (b) anything to do with Singing Jimmy.

huh? I think they ARE singing Jimmy -- as in him being their sole member. Or maybe 2 members: Jimmy and his bear. Are you saying you've seen other people admitting that they belong to this?

 

[the lemur]

Or the Dutch version (eye-ax)

A question of transcription: the value of 'j' in Dutch is almost always 'y', and the Greek hero's actual name was Aias. I'm not sure how the 'j' came to be in the English version, since (ancient) Greek doesn't have a J.

 

[the lemur]

huh? I think they ARE singing Jimmy -- as in him being their sole member. Or maybe 2 members: Jimmy and his bear. Are you saying you've seen other people admitting that they belong to this?

No, I guess I fell for the ruse of Jimmy's fairly secret army.

 

[stoobiedood]

Ann Hui ‏@annhui 3m
Mayor's spox also says Ford may do a media availability at some point this afternoon. Says he wants to talk about streetcars on King

RoFo talking about streetcars is bound to be filled with misinformation.

He's probably going to go ballistic about King, and insist that all the problems would go away if only the streetcars were replaced by buses.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ys-blamed-on-slow-loading-unloading-1.2729748

 

[sweetlou]

It's how we elitists here like to pass the quiet time - we discuss such diverse and esoteric topics as Ford's ancestors, sailing ships, encryption technology and '70s music.

I think we've all learned some interesting stuff along the way through the nearly 80,000 posts.

If not for UT, I would never have learned about double coyote.

 

[otto]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ys-blamed-on-slow-loading-unloading-1.2729748

it's ridiculous how long it will take to implement Presto to allow boarding from all doors. such systems have been in use in many cities for several years now.