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The Curious Meanings of Some Canadian Place Names Continued

April 21st, 2009 · Comments Off on The Curious Meanings of Some Canadian Place Names Continued · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Funny Absurd, Funny Canada, Funny Editorial, Funny Geography, Funny History, Funny Outrageous, Jokes, Lifestyle

As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I’ve discovered (through virtually no research) that many of the place names in Canada still bear the names assigned to them by the original native peoples. They knew what they were doing when they gave us some of our most unique calling cards. Here are some more examples.

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The Curious Meanings of Some Canadian Place Names

March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on The Curious Meanings of Some Canadian Place Names · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Economic Humor, Funny Absurd, Funny Canada, Funny Language, Funny Outrageous, Funny Toronto, Jokes, Lifestyle, Political Humor, Public Speaking

When I started out in this business, back in the 1970s, I would often leave Toronto and travel to the “hinterland” to make economic presentations before somewhat skeptical audiences. Many times, I was told the old joke, what’s the definition of an expert? An expert is some son-of-a-gun from Toronto with slides. I’ve cleaned up […]

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