I'm not one for plugging things and I'm not a big fashion magazine reader. But, there are exceptions to every rule, no?
I was in Costco a couple of weeks ago and they were selling Elle Canada for $1.50. (It's on a $1.99 special this month apparently.) I bought it (I like to read while on the treadmill, but not focus my attention, and magazines are perfect for this.) and it wasn't bad. In fact, I found myself chuckling away at a few articles in the middle of the magazine that were about dating and romance.
I would have scanned the articles and put them up for you here but I think that's kind of illegal and I don't have a scanner.
So. If you're looking for something light to read and you don't mind magazines and you live in Canada and you have an extra toonie around (twoonie?)... consider getting yourself the September Elle Canada magazine before it's off the shelves. (Avril Lavigne cover) There's some good dating stuff about mid-way through the magazine that you may find amusing.
Plus, you can chuckle at the fashions we're supposed to be wearing. Hats that look like riding helmets anyone?
Anyone?
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...now I'm just curious. What exactly is a toonie/twoonie? Is this a word only you Canadian folks use, or do I have the most embarrassingly small English vocabularly possible?
...just wondering...
I'm glad you asked since I'm 400% sure any non-Canadian readers won't have the faintest idea what I'm talking about. It is COMPLETELY a word only us crazy Canadians use. Allow me to attempt to clarify.
A few years ago we (being our government) got rid of the dollar bill and replaced it with a dollar coin. The animal on the front of the coin was a Canadian Loon so the coin became known as a "Loonie". Somehow.
When we (our government) decided to get rid of the two dollar bill it became almost instantly known as a toonie. Or, a twoonie. It has a polar bear on it and I just discovered in Wikipedia that our French speakers call it a "polar" which rhymes with "huard" which is what they call the loonie. ( Huard is French for Loon )
So. Go figure. Now you can amuse your friends and relatives with obscure Canadian trivia!
Wheeeeee!
In Conclusion: Your English vocabularly is excellent and not at all lacking!
: )
Hooray for learning new things! =) That certainly was informative! Thank you for the info. I'm afraid our money isn't interesting enough to share something cool about though. >_<
You're very welcome! But your money IS cool! ( I think you're from the US of A right? ) How do you know what amount of money you're getting out of your wallet when it's all the same colour???? That amazes me : )
No.. really, it does!
I am from the US of A, indeed!
Actually, the color thing is a problem for some of the older folks here. They'll think they're paying with a $20 and it's actually a $50 or something. It's kind of sad if the cashier isn't honest to them. ;_;
Otherwise, um...yeah it's pretty boring. Although we are making our money have colors now. The twenties are green and gold, the fifties are pink and gold, and the tens are red and gold. Or something to that effect. I don't remember too well offhand @_@
But there! Random American trivia for you!
coooooool!
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