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October 13th 12, 07:36 PM
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Question for Australians...Olympics related
On Monday, 25 September 2000 03:00:00 UTC-4, Christmas wrote:
I'm am a Canadian and I consider the term canuck to be rude. I despise hockey so maybe that's where my dislike of the term comes from.  Leah Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply wrote in message ... And is it rude to call a Canadian a "Canuck"? Oh well! Pat P. I am not a Canadian but it's not a rude term -- one of the Canadian hockey teams is the Vancouver Canucks! Of course, it IS considered rude if you add the foul expletive that rhymes with Canuck -- *that's* not at all nice!! CiaoMeow ^;;^ . PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their WHISKERS!! Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs! No husband was ever shot doing dishes! Visit my photo album http://www.photopoint.com As a Canadian, I've never considered it rude. We call ourselves that. But then YMMV. MargW 
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