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09-07-2015, 11:03 PM
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throw it away all right
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labour
Why don't Canadians don't know how to spell labor?
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09-07-2015, 11:58 PM
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Bummed Out Girl Scout
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Re: labour
It's the Brits' fault.
(But I still don't spell labor, color, neighbor or any of the rest with a U.)
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09-08-2015, 01:35 AM
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Pride & Joy, etc.
Join Date: 04-10-2001
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Re: labour
Or checks? What the heck are cheques?!
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09-08-2015, 07:34 PM
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Bummed Out Girl Scout
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Re: labour
I hate cheques even more than I hate the extraneous Us.
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09-09-2015, 08:33 PM
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Mischief Maker
Join Date: 08-16-2002
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Re: labour
Do they queue in Canada too or is that strictly a Brit thing?
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09-09-2015, 08:58 PM
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Nowhere Man
Join Date: 07-11-2001
Location: High River, Alberta, Canada
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Re: labour
Queue is not as common, but some people use it. I am probably the wrong person to ask based on the number of accents that surround me because of rugby. And even within Canada apparently, there is disagreement. A check is a mark you receive for correct work while in school, or a shape in a design called houndstooth, or even perhaps a split in the end of a piece of wood. The formal bill of exchange that allows money to move from one current account to another is a cheque.
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09-13-2015, 06:23 PM
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Assholicious
     Join Date: 07-24-2002
Location: Canadia, eh?
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Re: labour
Yeah, we don't "queue" here. We "get in the f*&^ing line"
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09-13-2015, 11:44 PM
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Pride & Joy, etc.
Join Date: 04-10-2001
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Re: labour
Quote:
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09-14-2015, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: 07-23-2000
Location: Ohio via Maryland
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Re: labour
In Maryland, Arkansas and Florida, when you were ill, you called in sick. In Ohio, you call off.
I can't get used to it and I get the strangest looks when I say call in.
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09-15-2015, 12:40 PM
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Craaaaazy
Join Date: 05-07-2001
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Re: labour
I always hear people going back and forth about "calling in" vs. "calling out" sick. I've always said I'm calling out sick.
I hate it when people say, "when I was pregnant for [insert baby name here]". You weren't pregnant FOR them! You were pregnant WITH them! 
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09-16-2015, 12:20 AM
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Bummed Out Girl Scout
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Re: labour
A woman after my own heart. I literally grind my teeth every time my mother in law says "pregnant for".
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09-18-2015, 07:57 PM
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B.S. Veteran
Join Date: 07-23-2000
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Re: labour
Speaking of lines, you stand in line to buy tickets or wait for a seat or to get your welfare check. You are only on line when you log into a wireless network, or if you are standing on white stripe on the road.
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09-18-2015, 09:42 PM
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Mischief Maker
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Re: labour
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "pregnant for". That's just weird.
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09-21-2015, 09:56 PM
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Pride & Joy, etc.
Join Date: 04-10-2001
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Re: labour
I've never heard "pregnant for" and that just doesn't make sense to me!
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Re: labour
Quote:
 I love knowing I'm not alone! 
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