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Dear Amado, Well, "soft drink" means the same in Canadian English too, Amigo! Wow, this is beginning to scare me . . .  And the day when American English sets the standard for the Commonwealth, I'll start learning Arabic! Salaam Alekum! Alex
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Alex If you are in "night attire ' these mornings [ far too cold for it I would have thought ] how do you cope with taking that pampered pooch for his walks ?
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Dear Anhelyna,
Well, Mookie waits for me to put his leash on him and then he wanders into the backyard for his constitutional as I stay in the warmth of the Blythwood manor.
He then returns in a hurry to get back into bed . . .
I now have two hairy creatures in bed with me . . .
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Originally posted by Amado Guerrero:
Yes, "soda" is "soda water" anywhere else, except in the U.S.!? :p Except that, depending on where you are in the US, it may be "pop" or "soda pop" - or, if you're in Eastern Massachusetts, you best ask for "tonic" if you want to get a carbonated soft drink. Let's give allowance to Alex the Canadian for being properly loyalist, for the British do spell PJs with the "y." :p Amado my friend, I have to deal with this every day. My wife is Canadian and I live in fear that the two little ones will grow up unable to spell correctly (and will think that it's ok to cheer for the Toronto Blue Jays, when everyone knows that the Red Sox's big year is just around (some) corner) :rolleyes: Many years, Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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This New Yorker and American (although many Americans would not consider the two synonomous!),has always known 'pyjamas' to be spelled with a 'y'...I believe that most magazines and catalogues spell it that way?  Alice
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Slava Isusu Kristu,
Was St. Andrew bi-ritual?
I have assumed that as Pole, his main Rite would have been Roman.
Anybody know?
Dmitri
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Dear Dmitri,
Yes, St Andrew was a Pole and an RC Jesuit.
It is more than likely that he was biritual since he worked to promote the Unia and brought many parishes into it.
Alex
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