tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post110907945295289213..comments2024-02-15T05:22:23.113-05:00Comments on JimBobby Sez: Language Money: Igloo-builders Gettin' None Of ItJimBobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109166960039186052005-02-23T08:56:00.000-05:002005-02-23T08:56:00.000-05:00Interestingly enough Nunavut is one of a very smal...Interestingly enough Nunavut is one of a very small minority of jurisdictions in Canada that is officially bilingual - part of the deal for its creation as I understand it.<br /><br />You'd think that the fed's would feel somewhat obligated to give Nunavut something linguistic in return for that wouldn't ya?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109161484746357712005-02-23T07:24:00.000-05:002005-02-23T07:24:00.000-05:00Whooee! Thankee fer them comments, fellers. I hear...Whooee! Thankee fer them comments, fellers. I hear what yer sayin', BalbulicanBoy. I take back my "Inoo" namecallin' that I sed when I shoulda sed when I was talkin' 'bout the Inuit. It is a confuddlement, like you sed, but I oughta be able t' get it through my thick ol' head.<br /><br />Yores trooly,<br />JimBobbyJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109126493444920272005-02-22T21:41:00.000-05:002005-02-22T21:41:00.000-05:00Having worked for a number of years with and among...Having worked for a number of years with and among the Inuit, I can assure you that no-one would be offended by being called an igloo-builder. <br /><br />But don't call them "Inoo"...that's the traditional name for the Montagnais First Nations who live in Labrador...no relation to the Inuit at all. <br /><br />Confusing, ain't it?Balbulicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03909755014063452689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109124184567451962005-02-22T21:03:00.000-05:002005-02-22T21:03:00.000-05:00"Ontariariario snooty-toots?"
Thems fight'n words..."Ontariariario snooty-toots?"<br /><br />Thems fight'n words, ya' hillibillybobby!<br /><br />D'ya kiss yer cousin-wife with that there mouth?<br /><br />Or is yer wife ya' sista?<br /><br />Ya' best keeps away from thems typins of stereos, lest 'ya piss of some.Mark Richard Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331995640397477486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109109597128223412005-02-22T16:59:00.000-05:002005-02-22T16:59:00.000-05:00Yeah she comes from the ol' wifee's side of the fa...Yeah she comes from the ol' wifee's side of the family, brains didn't get handed out to well on that side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109104979152971082005-02-22T15:42:00.000-05:002005-02-22T15:42:00.000-05:00Jimbobby,
I don't see the problem with you callin...Jimbobby,<br /><br />I don't see the problem with you calling them igloo builders. This site is understood to be satirical - if we start censoring satire than we may as well give up on humour in society.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693094640731170153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109104836503357032005-02-22T15:40:00.000-05:002005-02-22T15:40:00.000-05:00Whooee! Thankee fer chimin' in Yodafeller. I think...Whooee! Thankee fer chimin' in Yodafeller. I think yer the firstest extraterrestial t' comment on ol' JimBobby Sez. <br /><br />I seen a little dockamentry TV show a coupla years ago where they showed this ol' Inoo boy buildin' hisself an igloo. It was a marvel an' a thing o' beauty t' behold. I got a heap o' respect fer anybuddy ken do that an' I ain't jest saying that t' kiss their frozen asses.<br /><br />Now here's question I got fer you, Yoda, an' sumbuddy's probbly gonna say it's politickly incorrect. You any relation to ol' Gumner General Clarkson? Reason I ask is I see a lotta resemblement between her an' you.<br /><br />Yores trooly,<br />JimBobbyJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109101427681045502005-02-22T14:43:00.000-05:002005-02-22T14:43:00.000-05:00I don't think it's bad to call them Igloo Builders...I don't think it's bad to call them Igloo Builders if thats what they really are. I think it's quite a accomplishment if your able to build a Igloo. Anytime I ever tried it it would stay up till I got in it then it collapsed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109098343951078662005-02-22T13:52:00.000-05:002005-02-22T13:52:00.000-05:00Whooee! Thankee fer yer two pennies, Broomsweeper....Whooee! Thankee fer yer two pennies, Broomsweeper. From what I hear tell, this here boogin' ken be sum tricky when it comes to folks knowin' jest what you mean an' whether yer bein' sarcasticky or nasty or jest plain stoopid. <br /><br />Ol' JimBobby don't aim t' make too many enemies an I already made one in my <A HREF="http://jimbobbysez.blogspot.com/2005/02/outrage-o-week.html" REL="nofollow">Outrage o the Week</A> so I'd jest as soon the Inuit don't throw there pointy whalebones at me. <br /><br />I'd also rather the Newfoundland and Labradoreans don't stone me with them there rocks they got plenty of. <br /><br />Or that the Ontarians don't push me over the Niagara Falls. <br /><br />Or that the Prairie dwellers don't feed me t' the prairie dogs. <br /><br />Or that the Albertans don't trample me in a stampede. <br /><br />Or that the British Columbians don't roll me down a mountain.<br /><br />Or that the Americans don't strap me inta the 'lectric lazyboy.<br /><br />But I'm still gonna tell it like I see it so if any of'm do those things then it'll be tuff titties fer me. Oopsy. Now I got the gals pissed off on accounta talkin' 'bout titties.<br /><br />Yores trooly,<br />JimBobbyJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109092170098431682005-02-22T12:09:00.000-05:002005-02-22T12:09:00.000-05:00It is refreshing to see "political correctness" ge...It is refreshing to see "political correctness" get a slap in the face. My grandfather's manner of speech would have today's "modern" liberals calling him a bigot or a racist. He is however nothing of the sort.Darceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14750069076177115921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109082950962568952005-02-22T09:35:00.000-05:002005-02-22T09:35:00.000-05:00Whooee! Donfeller, as per usual, you talk sense. I...Whooee! Donfeller, as per usual, you talk sense. I don't mean any harm when I sez them fellers is igloo-builders. In my book, when sumbuddy's a builder that's a dam good thing t' be. I don't mean any disrespect on accounta they's good fellers an' gals that knows how t' build themselves a hut when they ain't got a tree in sight. <br /><br />But, Donboy, you might jest have a point 'bout them Inoo mebbe gettin' pissed off if you sez they's igloo-builders an I'm on their side in this here lingo dealie so I'm hopin' I ain't made'm ticked at ol' JimBobby.<br /><br />How 'bout it, Inoo-fellers an' gals, is JimBobby pissin' you off? If I am, I'll do me sum editin' an try t' mend fences.<br /><br />How 'bout them folks in the Saskakewan an' Manitobee prairie providences? Ken I call'm sodbusters? BC budsmokers? Alberty cowboyfellers? Newfie fisherfolk? Nova Scotia fiddle-players? PEI tater-farmers? Q-beck parlay-voos? Ontariariario snooty-toots? YankeeDoodlers? <br /><br />If I piss everbuddy off equal-like, is that good or bad? <br /><br />Yores trooly,<br />JimBobbyJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10753536.post-1109081566124513022005-02-22T09:12:00.000-05:002005-02-22T09:12:00.000-05:00I duzn't dink it's particularly funny t'call de In...I duzn't dink it's particularly funny t'call de Inuit - igloo builders. Is you goin' t'call dem raw fish eaters too? Just cuz' ya' is usin' some funny dialect - whut translato' do ya' use? - duzn't 'suse stereotypin'.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194666266088544008noreply@blogger.com