Hello everyone!
I had a little question for all of you: Are the spelling errors at the canadian release of SHA mispressings or are they on more releases?
It says Rodger Taylor, instead of Roger
Also, It says In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisted instead of Revisited.
Does anybody know this?
What, Canadians couldn't spell in the 70s? lol.......
Kinda reminds me of the Hollywood Records issue of "Queen" having the lyrics for Doing All Right wrong, always thought that was weird......
If you want to go for a really weird interpretation of Queen's lyrics, then check 'Son And Daughter' text printed in the booklet of Japanese 1987 CD...
I didn't believe my eyes when I first saw this! :)
I should check all lyrics printed in that Japanese 1987/88 catalogue on CD. Maybe I'll be lucky to find some other gems...
The King Of Rhye wrote:
What, Canadians couldn't spell in the 70s? lol.......
Why is it that Canadians are stereotyped by Americans as being stupid? Genuine question here. Is it some kind of inferiority complex? It's Americans who can't crack the top 10 in anything, except for incarcerations per capita and belief in metaphysical hoo-haw.
Unlike most stereotypes, there's just no factual basis, even on a small scale, to back that up. In fact, Canada's population now is the most scientifically literate in the world.
I can take a joke - but this just isn't funny.
^
I am totally sure that TKoR meant zero harm with that, because it's not like him.z
I smiled when I read it. My stepdaughter now lives in Toronto with a dual citizenship with her wonderful Canadian-born fiancee'. Little comments like the above are common between us, with nary a hard feeling meant.
Besides, all they have to do is mention health care and a few other bits, and it makes me wish I were a 'Southerner'
(what my friends made reference to when I lived in Michigan, and we'd party for a night in Windsor).
btw.....back to the lyrics of S&D, who the hell interpreted them? :-)
*goodco* wrote:
I am totally sure that TKoR meant zero harm with that, because it's not like him.
I smiled when I read it. My stepdaughter now lives in Toronto with a dual citizenship with her wonderful Canadian-born fiancee'. Little comments like the above are common between us, with nary a hard feeling meant.
Oh yeah, I know he meant no harm. But it just makes no sense to me.
When people call Italians "wops" - meaning "without papers" - it makes sense, because there is historical root in that. Even plenty of Americans aren't insulted when you jokingly call them a dumb American because they know well how dumb most Americans are.
But calling Canadians dumb just makes no sense. We're not a willfully ignorant people. We're amongst the most educated of populaces. So I'm just curious to know where that came from, is all, and why people seem to enjoy using a baseless stereotype.
Ahh, but of course !
It was the early 80s. Thatcherism made its way to the US in the form of Reaganomics. America needed something to laugh at - it was us. Sometimes timing is everything.
Even Moranis and Thomas hated the fact that Great White North became best known for the buffoonery instead of the fun they poked at things like hockey and doughnuts.
There has been so much good TV, film and music created north of the border, and instead this is what managed to ripple through the generations. A country that has given the world things like insulin, the telephone, the Blackberry, the Canadarm, Bombardier, and Imax should ideally be better understood and appreciated. But nobody ever accused the world of being perfect.
Look, next to baseball (American prejudice here), you gave me the next best sport in hockey. Be proud of that! ;-)
Incarcerations per capita high in the States?!? A fallacy, he says, after just finishing assisting a reading session with inmates at the county jail (all drug charges). That war is going REALLY well........
Another fallacy is that measles and HPV immunizations are necessary, and for the greater good (much less for the children's health). The (flat?) earth will stop spinning if we rely on science.
Moving on, I need to check some lyric sheets for misspellings. Doubt if I'll come across the Son & Daughter laugher.
[btw....you should have some emails with the Harrisburg '74, Saginaw '76, and Kalamazoo '78 press reviews in your email inbox]
I'm a Canadian. Went to school here all my life with the exception of 3 months in Grade 4. I was schooled in Florida for that short term. I had finished learning multiplication and had just started fractions by the end of Grade 3 in my dumbass Montreal class. Boy, do i remember learning some good ol' mathematical-atics in Grade 4 in the USA. We were presented with textbooks depicting an abacus. Holy hell. lol. When I got all the answers to THAT right, I was shipped off to the gifted class. Maybe it just takes them a little longer?
Now I'm interpreting the Income Tax Act on a daily basis. Kinda wish I could go back to that abacus stuff every once in a while...
Jimmy Dean wrote:
I had finished learning multiplication and had just started fractions by the end of Grade 3 in my dumbass Montreal class. Boy, do i remember learning some good ol' mathematical-atics in Grade 4 in the USA. We were presented with textbooks depicting an abacus. Holy hell. lol. When I got all the answers to THAT right, I was shipped off to the gifted class. Maybe it just takes them a little longer?
Yeah, that was just a stupid joke by me back there....(I havent been online in a few days, so I'm just now catching up with everything!) No judgement of the intelligence of Canadians was meant.....I agree with goodco.......any country that gave us hockey can't be all bad :D
Me as a Dutch man know some GREAT Canadian, Jeff Healy , David Gogo.....yes I know it is off topic. But I just want to let Bob know that there are people around who don't label...
Tom