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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2009 5:19:38 GMT
Imec's home movie "My Winnipeg" is finally being released in France this month.
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Post by imec on Oct 7, 2009 12:45:10 GMT
Yaayy! It's a quirky film in which Guy Madden both pays tribute and pokes fun at his home town. Parts of it are truth and parts are fiction - some of which are not immediately identifiable.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 7, 2009 23:17:36 GMT
Oooo. I wanna see it!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2009 15:26:49 GMT
I finally saw it today, and it was great!
I like the image of Winnipeg being a city where the people can't stay awake and sleepwalk all night.
I also learned that you people call it Winnapeg.
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Post by imec on Nov 14, 2009 15:34:09 GMT
Yes, we always find it odd when those "from away" call it Winnypeg. Although, the bear that takes it's name from here is Winnie, not Winna...
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 14, 2009 16:12:55 GMT
Winnypeg?!
You'd think anyone from the US or Canada would automatically say Winnapeg, even if they'd never heard it pronounced before.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2009 11:35:53 GMT
Are you confirming the belief of Europeans that to speak 'American,' you have to have a boiled potato in your mouth (probably with some yellow mustard on it)?
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Post by fumobici on Nov 16, 2009 2:10:43 GMT
Now, now. It's only tumeric.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2009 5:41:52 GMT
I'm just wondering if Wikipedia is wrong about the pronunciation:
Winnipeg (pronounced /ˈwɪnɪpɛg/) is the capital and largest city of Manitoba.
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Post by imec on Nov 17, 2009 18:11:24 GMT
It's not so much Winna as Winni - where the second i is pronounced the same way as the first i - like one would say nip not an ee sounding i like neep. Brits in particular like to apply the ee sounding i - Winneepeg.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2009 18:13:16 GMT
Well, it was definitely Winnapeg in that terrible song.
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Post by imec on Nov 17, 2009 18:32:50 GMT
"One great city" was a stupid tourism slogan for Winnipeg for a while. This local band used it as a title for an oblique expression of love for our town.
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