"Thanks", I say, muffling those words out of clenched teeth somehow. "I'm glad you liked it, I just needed something to do as I recover from this surgery"
I'd had my wisdoms pulled earlier this week. I wasn't allowed to sleep for a few hours while my tongue was still numb, lest I swallow it. Tv wasn't cutting it, and Surfing the web just felt blah!. and thats how TheCanuckEngineer.BlogSpot.com was born!
" Yea, its entertaining. Although one of the blogs was really long.. I kinda skimmed it, I enjoy the shorter posts more"
"I'll keep that in mind, Artist. I guess size does matter!" I mumbled , with a twinkle in my eye. I may have lost my wisdom, but my mind is still in the gutter!
"So tell me this, why did you name your blog so... What's a Canuck?"
"oh, a Canuck's a Canadian" I quipped, slightly surprised.
"Oh, I thought that was a team!"
"That's the Vancouver Canucks, they're a hockey team. But Canuck, in general, refers to Canadians"
"hmm, didn't know that!", says la Artiste.
She wasn't the only one who's asked me this in the past few days.
So here's my Wikipedia note on the term Canuck
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canuck
History
The term was coined in the 19th century, although its etymology is unclear. Possibilities include:- kanata1 "village" (See Canada)
- Canada + -uc (Algonquian noun suffix)
- Canada + -inuk (Inuit for "man")
- Connaught, an obscure term for Irish-French-Canadians.
- Cann-uck, a small yellow bird, much like Woodstock from the Peanuts comic strip.
Meaning
The Random House Dictionary notes that: "The term Canuck is first recorded about 1835 as an Americanism, originally referring specifically to a French Canadian. This was probably the original meaning, though in Canada and other countries, Canuck now more often refers to any Canadian." [1]Usage and Examples
The use of "Canuck" by Canadians themselves is usually affectionate or patriotic.The history and use of the term include:
- The Vancouver Canucks hockey team
- The Canada national rugby union team Canucks
- The Crazy Canucks, a group of Canadian alpine ski racers who dominated the World Cup circuit in the '70s.
The use of "Canuck" parallels that of some other potentially offensive nicknames, that is, when used by the people it names — Canadians in this case — it is usually acceptable. But when used by an outsider — in this case particularly American strangers — it can be misinterpreted and deemed as insulting one's heritage (though rarely credibly so for Canuck). Although it is not as severe as most ethnic slurs, some consider it one - just as Yankee can be.[citation needed]
Now if you want to know what an engineer is.. well, that's a whole different blog :)
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