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> Actually, as a Canadian living in the USA, I have come to
> learn that "a
> boot" is the way we Canadians sound when we pronounce
> "about". For example
> (BTW, this is a phonetic example), when we say "the movie is
> about 2 hours
> long", it *sounds* like we are saying "the movie is 'a boot'
> 2 hours long."
>
> Therefore, using the phrase in a manual certainly requires knowing the
> context.
Do Canadians really talk like that down there? Amazing, since we don't talk
like that at home :> [Okay, at least not in Ottawa.]
There isn't an "I" in team, but as far as I know, there is a "u" in colour.
Cheers ... Kim mailto:kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com
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