Many years ago I was on a fishing vacation in Ontario with some friends. We were ordering lunch at the lodge and I had an experience I've never forgotten. I knew that Canadians had different names for things on the menu than Americans (Backbacon, and their name for oatmeal was RedRiver.) But I couldn't figure out wtf the waitress was talking about when she asked me about my buhdayduh. I kept running it in my head, "buhdayduh, buhdayduh, wtf is a buh-day-duh?" Finally one of my friends had to explain to me that she was talking about my potato. The woman kept saying "Buhdayduh" not puhtayta, not potahto, not puhtado...BUHDAYDUH!
That was a new one for me.
Just call me Mr. Budayduh head.
I think Canadians are weird
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Many years ago I was on a fishing vacation in Ontario with some friends. We were ordering lunch at the lodge and I had an experience I've never forgotten. I knew that Canadians had different names for things on the menu than Americans (Backbacon, and their name for oatmeal was RedRiver.) But I couldn't figure out wtf the waitress was talking about when she asked me about my buhdayduh. I kept running it in my head, "buhdayduh, buhdayduh, wtf is a buh-day-duh?" Finally one of my friends had to explain to me that she was talking about my potato. The woman kept saying "Buhdayduh" not puhtayta, not potahto, not puhtado...BUHDAYDUH!
That was a new one for me.
Just call me Mr. Budayduh head.
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Short4Words
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Ontarians aren't known to speak like this. So you had a special one on your hands.
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I didn't ask around how people pronounced the word p-o-t-a-t-o so I just assumed they all spoke like that.
Maybe she was summer help from somewhere else???