Day Thirty Nine - Canadian Eh?

Dear all,

Today I had the honor of one of my oldest friends 'LJ' joining me for my challenge ( FYI - Luke would like to remain anonymous for the duration of this task). I wanted to give him an introduction to the Canadian Language using skype as our classroom [ to maintain the authentic 'Trans-Atlantic' atmosphere]. We decided to start slow, so after brief discussion went with three mini-workshops, each aimed at the beginner level. All three lessons are documented below (D saved the day again by rescuing me from my compression abyss... [I was having major mixed media compression issues])

Lesson One:

Awesome and Sweet

In Canada, (1) Awesome and (2) Sweet are used widely to convey something that is cool and/ or great. Here, LJ gives an example of how these words would be used:

Lesson 2:

What's up?

Brits are generally totally oblivious on how to answer the classic North American phrase 'What's up'. I attempted to give LJ a tutorial on this during the second lesson. As you can see LJ is a fine example of how we Brits stumble almost immediately on being greeted with this phrase. A good example of how 'Wazzup' is used can be viewed in the iconic Budweizer advert as posted below...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJmqCKtJnxM

Lesson 3:

Eh?

Folks in Canada will be well aware of the importance and extensive use of 'EH' across virtually all English speaking demographics. EH is used for ascertaining comprehension, continued interest, agreement etc and can also be added to the end of a declarative sentence to turn it into a question - i.e. The weather is nice, eh?

LJ didn't fully grasp the concept of EH in the time allotted for the EH workshop, but there is no doubt he will improve with practice and time.

As always, LJ gives a solid performance and is awarded A- for his efforts. With continued commitment to his studies, he should become a Canadian in no time at all. Well Done Luke.

Please note: A final note from the artist: please abstain from stalking LJ on the internet as a result of watching this film.

Appendix v:

Note to self: Never leave freshly baked bread outside on the veranda to cool before slicing. It appears that Chipmunks are fitted with a highly sophisticated locational device that allows them to track baked goods in under 20 seconds with the clear objective to seek and destroy. This is especially problematic when serving guests for breakfast.