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10-23-2006, 05:13 PM
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I honestly thought you would give me shit about Bell not because he was born in Scotland, but because he also spent time teaching at Boston University. Which was where the infamous line "Mr. Watson, come here, I need you" was spoken. So depending on what side of the border you live on there is still a difference of opinion about who can claim the telephone, Bell had the idea while in Brantford (ON), but the first successful test was in Boston. But after he stopped teacing lived the rest of his life in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. (latin for New Scotland, wonder why he went there
 ) Although Naismith invented basketball while teaching in America and is accepted as a Canadian invention, to some complaint by American fans because it is not nearly as popular here. PS: I kind of figured you were Rocket but I don't need to much persuasion to talk about Canada 
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10-23-2006, 05:50 PM
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I just wish they would decide to sing it in English or French and not the bilingual version they usually use. I know we are a bilingual country but I prefer the English and French only versions to the combined version. Which seems to be different depending on who's singing it. I never know when they are going to switch to the French version or back to the English version again.
Edit: Since you like poetry and the anthem here is the poem the lyrics for the English version were based on. Note though that this poem was written in 1908, the original French poem was written and set to music in 1880 and the lyrics remain unchanged in the French version of O Canada. Which is why it can be confusing when they combine the two because one is not a translation of the other. You can see what I mean here O Canada PS: They also have near the bottom of the page an audio file (ogg file) of a 1927 recording of O Canada followed by God Save the King (Our Royal Anthem, it's sung with Queen now) on the Parliament Buildings bell carillion in Ottawa. Unfortunately it has lots of static in it, but it's not something you get to hear very often. And for patriotic canucks and Lara Fabian fans she sings the short version of O Canada in English and French with the Vancouver Symphony. (right click if you want to save) Last edited by Twitch; 10-24-2006 at 12:26 AM..
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10-24-2006, 02:26 PM
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 I did a report on Bell in elementary school, but I didn't remember that. Did you know that off the top of your head?
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10-24-2006, 05:43 PM
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10-24-2006, 09:40 PM
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