Conference kaosws::canada

    

    Kanata, was a town created for the unfortunate few Canadians which could 
    not use the Canadian term, eh!.

    Silly fools..

    
    .-1 > ...not use the Canadian term, eh!.
    
    which reminds me:
    
    If people to the south of the U.S. say 'si';
    and 
       people to the north of the U.S. say 'eh!'
    
    
    howcum U.S. folk don't say 'bee!'

    
    they don't say 'bee';coz.its a three letter word 'ha';

        Actually, the name Kanata is the native name from which the name Canada
    was derived.

    nnttm

    
    Kanata:  (Translated) Place where Chief Running Fox trampled by
              maddened bull moose after poking with sharp stick.

    Seriously, it actually means something like "the land". In modern terms
    it is now taken to mean "look upon the horror wrought by the urban
    planner" in much the same way as Niagara now means "don't eat the three
    eyed fish"                                         

    > it is now taken to mean "look upon the horror wrought by the urban
    >  planner" in much the same way as Niagara now means "don't eat the
    
    Be thankful you don't live in Colorado, where the indian term for
    'urban planner' means "make much money, destroy land, flee from scene"
    
    Not to mention all the recent 'arrivals' who moved to my small (or used
    to be small) town, and whine about "there's no malls; there's no movie
    theatres like there was in Los Angeles"..

    Well we're really wandering off topic here but what I was attempting to
    comment on was the fact that Kanata is one of those great oxymorons, a
    "planned community", in some way's it works and, in large part it has
    now grown out of that forced, soulless confinement it started with and
    now feels a little bit more like a community. Urban planning has come a
    long way in the 20 odd years since Kanata was designed.

    >> Well we're really wandering off topic here
    
    s'okay; I started the topic, so if we wanna wander off the topic, why
    the heck not! Wandering IS permitted for this note...
    
    It seems that you are complimenting your local planners, I wanna whine
    about ours..

    Kanata's city planning could have gone a LONG way towards the creation
    of community if they'd stuck with some of the original intentions of
    Teron & co ... But as it was two years ago, Kanata Town Centre was
    anything but ... The swimming pool was insufficient for the community
    needs (wave pools are neat but ...)  The plans for the city wave in the
    wind.  That is not town planning.
    
    Stuart

    Can I assume that Digital's presence didn't cause an lasting/overtly
    harmful effects on the town's physical appearance?

    Actually, the presence of Digital in Kanata has had a major (and I
    believe positive) impact on shaping Kanata.  City fathers have not
    recognized that.  
    
    Kanata officially became a city in 1978.  It was formed from lands
    belonging to three different municipalities.  These lands were known
    as Kanata (in the North and a subdivision of March Township),  Hazeldean in
    the South West (a subdivision of Goulburn Township) and Bridlewood in
    the South East (a subdivision of the city of Nepean). Residents of the 
    lands in question voted on the new city's name.  The three names proposed 
    were Kanata,  Hazeldean  and Hazelwood.  
    
    The voting population was about 3500 in Kanata and 3500 total for
    Hazeldean and Bridlewood.  There was a big debate around the names.  It
    was felt that the choice of Hazelwood and Hazeldean would split the
    vote from the south side and thus the name Kanata would easily win so
    at the last minute, the name Marchwood was added to the proposed list.
    
    The vote ended up being split in half with Kanata winning over
    Hazeldean by a few dozen votes.  The other two names were practically 
    ignored.  You guessed it,  those in the North voted for Kanata and
    those in the South voted for Hazeldean (a name with over 100 years of 
    tradition).  
    
    After 17 years, I still hate the name Kanata
    
    Bernie (from Hazeldean).

    Well, how about that. I could have been working in HZO.
    
    Nah, the Hazeldean Plant would have been closed. Americans love saying 
    Kanawta.

    >>Nah, the Hazeldean Plant would have been closed. Americans love saying 
    >>Kanawta.
    
    Glenn, don't they say "KahNAHtah"?
    
    Inquiring minds need to know.
    
    Pat

    
    The people in my department say "Kuh-NOT-uh", which is phonetically 
    spelled K [schwa] n � t [schwa].
    
    I can't make a schwa with my keyboard.  It's the upside down e.
    
    
    

Well, surprise them with the correct pronunciation ...

	Kan   ... like tin can
	at    ... like at the store
	a     ... like the a in at

minor stress on the middle syllable ... but only very minor ... and flowing
like Canada ...  In "Canada" there is minor strss on the first syllable ...
so it IS different from "Kanata"

Stuart

    
    Now, if only someone who actually worked at KAO would volunteer to give
    me personal enunciation lessons, I'd be all set.
    
    8^)
    
    

    8^@

    
    Zounds!
    

Egads, the comedian's a bear ...

I've heard too many goofs on pronouncing things Canadian down here ...
just had to put this straight!!!

Keep wavin' the flag!  Eh?

Stuart

    re: -.a few ago>
    
    >> I can't make a schwa with my keyboard.
    
    There's a mildly off-colour joke hiding in there somewhere..
    

    ...wrong topic, just passing..

    speaking of Kanata.... it is true that there was minor rioting in the
    manufacturing plant last Friday?!

    It's still only a rumour.

    
    Well, I heard the F word shouted in the parking lot...
    
    /PR