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JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
edited August 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Just had a discussion about hockey. :D

It's called hockey here and as far as I'm aware refers to "field hockey". When we mean ice hockey we say ice hockey. Not a lot of it here because there's not a whole lot of ice. :p

Apparently it's the exact opposite in Canada. Hockey means ice hockey and when anyone plays it anywhere other than on ice it then gets a prefix, like "field hockey."

I find this fascinating. The little differences. :)

Anybody experienced any others? :)
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    In Ireland, we call confusing cultural conundrums "Situation 47". We only use the word conundrum when we're watching daytime quiz shows.


    :D
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  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    Glad I got that straightened out for you ;):p
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    watch me set jeanie off......:o


    shrimp!

    :p


    :D
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    cutback wrote:
    watch me set jeanie off......


    shrimp!




    :D


    PRAWN!!! PRAWN!!! PRAWN!!!!!!!!! :D

    Goddam it! How many times do I have to tell you folks??? :p They're PRAWNS!!! :D

    The people of Washington State call them PRAWNS!! I know because I'm going to the restaurant that serves them! :D
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    In Ireland, we call confusing cultural conundrums "Situation 47". We only use the word conundrum when we're watching daytime quiz shows.


    :D


    Sorry, got distracted by the PRAWNS! :o:D

    Situation 47 hey? :) I'll have to remember that one. :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    small town beck wrote:
    Glad I got that straightened out for you ;):p


    Baby steps! :p:D
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeanie wrote:
    Sorry, got distracted by the PRAWNS! :o:D

    Situation 47 hey? :) I'll have to remember that one. :)

    We call prawns "a kind of handsome crab". :D
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    We call prawns "a kind of handsome crab". :D


    handsome crab or hanson cab???? :D
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeanie wrote:
    handsome crab or hanson cab???? :D

    Now you've brought a whole new level of conundrum into it! My feeble brain... can't handle... it...

    *melts*
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Now you've brought a whole new level of conundrum into it! My feeble brain... can't handle... it...

    *melts*

    C'mon on now! You can! Nothing feeble about your brain. :)

    Now tell me, over there you have Mr Whippee as well, yes?

    Because I note on one of the other threads that in America he's called Mr Softee. :)
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeanie wrote:
    C'mon on now! You can! Nothing feeble about your brain. :)

    Now tell me, over there you have Mr Whippee as well, yes?

    Because I note on one of the other threads that in America he's called Mr Softee. :)

    Well, based on my initial complete lack of any clue what you're talking about, we have neither. :D But apparently, this is the ice-cream man? We just call him the ice-cream man, no fancy pseudonyms for us, no ma'am. :D We're simple farmin' folk. :) (Lie)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Well, based on my initial complete lack of any clue what you're talking about, we have neither. :D But apparently, this is the ice-cream man? We just call him the ice-cream man, no fancy pseudonyms for us, no ma'am. :D We're simple farmin' folk. :) (Lie)

    Hmmm, must have remembered that wrong then. Or perhaps Mr Whippee didn't extend to Ireland? I know that recently a guy here bought an original British Mr Whippee van and is now trundling around Brisbane in it selling soft serve. :)
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeanie wrote:
    Hmmm, must have remembered that wrong then. Or perhaps Mr Whippee didn't extend to Ireland? I know that recently a guy here bought an original British Mr Whippee van and is now trundling around Brisbane in it selling soft serve. :)

    Or maybe I don't get out much. :D My mom always told us when Greensleeves is playing, it means he's out of ice cream. :o (I'm on fire with these lame cheesy jokes tonight! :D)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Or maybe I don't get out much. :D My mom always told us when Greensleeves is playing, it means he's out of ice cream. :o (I'm on fire with these lame cheesy jokes tonight! :D)

    Ok, :D Marmite vs Vegemite? :D
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    Jeanie wrote:
    Just had a discussion about hockey. :D

    It's called hockey here and as far as I'm aware refers to "field hockey". When we mean ice hockey we say ice hockey. Not a lot of it here because there's not a whole lot of ice. :p

    Apparently it's the exact opposite in Canada. Hockey means ice hockey and when anyone plays it anywhere other than on ice it then gets a prefix, like "field hockey."

    I find this fascinating. The little differences. :)

    Anybody experienced any others? :)

    thats odd. i live in America and i just call both field hockey and ice hocky boring !! lol :)
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    the wolf wrote:
    thats odd. i live in America and i just call both field hockey and ice hocky boring !! lol :)

    :D good thing someone's gone to bed! :D

    I like ice hockey though, but I guess that's because it's a rarity here so it hasn't been shoved down my throat since birth. :D

    I think that's why I prefer baseball to cricket. :)
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    Jeanie wrote:
    :D good thing someone's gone to bed! :D

    I like ice hockey though, but I guess that's because it's a rarity here so it hasn't been shoved down my throat since birth. :D

    I think that's why I prefer baseball to cricket. :)

    ice hockey would be a bigger deal to me if my city still had a team. we lost our team when i was like.......5 ! lol.

    i remember my dad taking me to a few games. or are they matches ?
    lol.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    the wolf wrote:
    ice hockey would be a bigger deal to me if my city still had a team. we lost our team when i was like.......5 ! lol.

    i remember my dad taking me to a few games. or are they matches ?
    lol.


    Oooh!! :D Good question!!!! :D

    I have no idea! Aren't they referred to as both or is there some etiquette I'm unaware of? :D

    I've never been to a baseball game. Can't wait to see my first! :)
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    I just went out for a fag... well a wee drag... and pondered this.

    matches were what I used to LIGHT said fag. Games are manipulative endeavours generally used by people in a relationship to get what they want.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    I just went out for a fag... well a wee drag... and pondered this.

    matches were what I used to LIGHT said fag. Games are manipulative endeavours generally used by people in a relationship to get what they want.


    Are we still talking ice hockey???? ;):D
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeanie wrote:
    Are we still talking ice hockey???? ;):D
    You don't even wanna KNOW what ice hockey means over here :eek: :D

    I'd best not say any more on the subject :o they're watching, ya know?
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    You don't even wanna KNOW what ice hockey means over here :eek: :D

    I'd best not say any more on the subject :o they're watching, ya know?


    Okaaaay....I'll take your word for it! :D

    You are a fascinating creature Hels, can you blame em? ;)
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Jeanie wrote:
    Okaaaay....I'll take your word for it! :D

    You are a fascinating creature Hels, can you blame em? ;)
    :eek: How the hell did you know my name??????????? :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    oh the gold old hockey game.........its game, not match

    and hockey is just plain of old hockey, no field hockey

    we also have ringette, which you might want to wikipedia to see what that is all about, as I think it's only in Canada where it exists.
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    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :eek: How the hell did you know my name??????????? :o

    I'm really a secret agent for the American gubberment! :p:D
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    smarchee wrote:
    oh the gold old hockey game.........its game, not match

    and hockey is just plain of old hockey, no field hockey

    we also have ringette, which you might want to wikipedia to see what that is all about, as I think it's only in Canada where it exists.

    Ringette is a team sport played on an ice surface. Players are generally women, wear ice skates, and use straight sticks to control a rubber ring; with the objective of the game being to score goals by shooting the ring into the opponent's net. It was introduced by Sam Jacks in North Bay, Ontario in 1963. It is played internationally in such countries as Canada, Sweden, Finland, France, and the United States.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringette

    Cool! :cool: Thanks smarchee. :) Wonder what they call ringette in Sweden, Finland and France?

    Oh and field hockey is all we know here. :D

    http://www.hockey.org.au/Default.aspx?tabid=80

    http://www.hockey.org.au/Default.aspx?tabid=81
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  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Jeanie wrote:
    It is played internationally in such countries as Canada, Sweden, Finland, France, and the United States.[/i]

    I stand corrected. Wikipedia rules. Ringette is such a strange take on hockey, but I guess for girls, before they were allowed to play with men, it had all the skill of hockey with a little bit of a twist. Field hockey is cool, I like watching it if I get the chance, I think we have so much hockey here that it doesn't exist in too many places. It's mainly at the university level I believe, although I know our woman's field hockey team is going to kiss ass in China
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    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
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    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    I discovered, that in England when one is in a crowded, loud pub and trying to get the attention of your university instructor by holding two fingers up, in a reverse peace sign, does NOT translate into "let's go for a smoke" . . . if your British, you know what I mean :o

    Also tab, snout, fag . . . how many ways can you say cigarette?
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    Fifthelement wrote:
    I discovered, that in England when one is in a crowded, loud pub and trying to get the attention of your university instructor by holding two fingers up, in a reverse peace sign, does NOT translate into "let's go for a smoke" . . . if your British, you know what I mean :o

    Also tab, snout, fag . . . how many ways can you say cigarette?

    Ouch ... not a good way to get on the right side of your university instructor :o I hope someone explained it to you pretty quickly :D

    The reverse peace sign seems to be a thing rappers seem to do in interviews or on the red carpet ... quickly the camera pans away ... :p
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  • you areyou are Posts: 1,651
    Jeanie wrote:
    Ok, :D Marmite vs Vegemite? :D

    :eek: i was just about to ask about this! we have Marmite at a grocery store here in the U.S. but i can't find Vegemite! i want to try them both. and how should i eat Marmite since that's my only choice?
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