Nope, there’s no “w” in the way I pronounce it.
Of course you (and Leaffan) have accents! I’ve not heard either of you speak, but I’ll assume that you both sound like typical, white Ontarians. I’m a Michigander; my accent is different than yours. Depending on how much US media you consume, you may not realize that we Michiganders have an accent, but we do.
I’m not even referring to the obvious things such as vocabulary (“hydro bill,” “railway,” “cutlery,” “serviette”), or obvious pronunciation differences (“progress,” “process”), but much more subtler things, such as the rising inflection at the end of statements at times, or speaking more forward in your mouth (hard to describe). The Ontario accent is a bit crisper, less “lazy mouth” than a typical Michigander who rounds off T’s and such.
And Ontario is large. People in the GTA sound slightly different than people in Sault Ste. Marie who sound slightly different than people in St. Mary’s. The GTA, in particular Toronto proper, is much more of a melting pot, not just foreigners, but folks from other provinces as well. A lot of them sound like CBC announcers, who tend to not have such obvious accents.
Resolved: people in different parts of the United States, Canada, and other countries have regional accents (however mild), pronounce words differently, and use local expressions/figures of speech. When you hear someone speak who is not from your local area, you may notice their accent (however mild) or you may not. :rolleyes:
We just discovered the show too, and have been working our way through the episodes (not exactly binging (that’s what the kids do.)) Love the dry comedy writing and characters! Although the dad, while a very recognizable type, comes off as a little too harsh right out of the gate. Took some getting used to for me.
My great-grandparents lived on a farm in Saskatchewan a hundred years ago before relocating to Michigan, so I could have ended up there myself!
When we first started watching the show, back when it was being broadcast on WGN, the wife commented that “Oscar is your father.” By the time we got to the end of the show, she was saying “Oscar is you!”
I’ve just binge watched the first 2 seasons in a couple of days!
Could someone explain the lyrics of the title, something I’ve only bothered to notice through repetition, but I don’t really get:
"You can tell me your dog ran away
Then tell me it took three days
I’ve heard every joke
I’ve heard every one you’ll say"
Saskatchewan is so flat and featureless that the joke is that you could see a dog run away for three days before you can’t see it any more. The joke goes “I once heard that Saskatchewan is so flat, you can watch your dog run away for three days.”
But more than that, it is an old joke that gets repeated over and over and over (and over again!) He’s saying he’s heard them all a million times before.
Yep, should have got that one, there were a lot of flatness jokes and should have put 2+2 together :smack:
I grew up in Wyoming in a family that owned an RV park and small 6 unit depression era motel. When I moved to an area where I could get Canadian TV for free I ran into this show and watched it on youtube, which the creator had uploaded the episodes about a decade ago. They are still there but uploaded in the old 15min limit style with a lot of effort needed to watch them in order.
**Edited to add, oops apparently the creator and the distributer classhed and many segments are missing.
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https://www.youtube.com/user/CornerGasSeason1
Oddly enough living in the West or PNW I really related to this show despite having mountains.
While a bit more edgy and more insane year to year the early seasons of “Letterkenny” is now on Hulu and if you like this show you may like it too. While not PC, “Letterkenny” also reminds me of my childhood, but so does Napoleon Dynamite.
I do wish crave TV would figure out a way to accept US credit cards or at least publish their content to a US source.
You need to add a really long pause between ‘watch your dog run away’ and ‘for three days’. This is a close relative to “Saskatchewan: on a clear day you can stand on a cream can and see the back of your head.”
Another variant is "Saskatchewan - a Cree word meaning ‘place where it is impossible to commit suicide by jumping off something’ "
Laurel and Hardy on Saskatchewan (starting at 2:33):
Did you once punch a skunk?
Haha yes! I had my parents watch it back way back when and Oscar was just amusing. Now 10+ years on and dad is Full Oscar.
Or beat a skunk to death with a salmon?
This is a really great series, and doesn’t seem to have the mean streak towards any characters that a lot of comedy does - while someone may be the butt of the joke at various times, there isn’t an edge to it.
Does a trout count?
It’s not entirely flat, guys. We have a valley. Oh, and we built a hill. The full package, really, and being able to do something else with both hands for three hours out of a three and a half hour drive is a real time saver.
Been through it, but didn’t stop.
Where in Saskatchewan was their farm?
Who knows, we may be kin!