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From: [e-mail] (Michael James Horsfall)
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Subject: Re: Canadian English
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Date: 23 Jan 93 05:58:35 GMT
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In <[e-mail]> Matthew Isaak <[e-mail]> writes:

>Linda Zinn writes:
>>Example: When I (an American) say, in reference to food, for instance,
>>"I'm not too fussy about hamburgers," I mean any old burger will do.
>>When my Canadian fiance says "I'm not too fussy about hamburgers,"
>>he means he doesn't like hamburgers very much. (This could be compounded
>>by the fact that he's a first-generation Canadian whose speech is often
>>flavored by his Scottish heritage.)

>Thank you for pointing this out.  Im a Canadian who lives in Pittsburgh
>now.  When i say fussy, as in "I'n not too fussy about hamburgers", I
>mean I dont like hamburgers.  If I wanted to say that any old burger
>will do, I would say "I'm not too *picky* about hamburgers.  This is
>general to Canada and not an artefact of your husbands heritage.

An alternate form I grew up with in Canada was "I'm not too *finicky* about
hamburgers".

Mike Horsfall
(Another Canadian Living Abroad)
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