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patriotism/nationalism
Liz:
Considering that Fargo is only a couple hours away from the border, we get quite a few Canadians shopping here all the time. We can't take Canadian change because it will mess up the balance of our registers at the end of the night, but it finds its way into our tills anyways. Even the little rolls of change from the bank have some in them. Luckily it's easy enough to tell if a person is Canadian by their accent so you can generally slip them the Canadian change if they pay with cash.
Scandanavian War Machine:
i hate getting Canadian pennies.
not because they won't be accepted or they're "worth less" (which probably isn't true anymore anyway), but simply because they weigh less than American pennies. it bothers me to no end for some reason.
BlakeJustBlake:
The lightest coins I've ever held are Japanese pennies.
waterloosunset:
--- Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 29 Jul 2008, 21:09 ---I've never heard a British person say "Brit" nor seen them write "Briton". Also why would anyone be mad about finding change from other countries in amongst their native change? It's not like that change is coming over to your country, stealing your jobs and marrying your women.
--- End quote ---
Briton always turns up in the newspapers. And the tabloids are very fond of using "brit" as in "brits run amok in greece" or some variation thereof
Vendetagainst:
So how is Briton pronounced? Is it like Britain or brit-'on or what?
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