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[cbennett@axion.net (Catherine Bennett)]

MJ & f-minors

I grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, and I can testify to the fact that just
about *everyone* from that region refers to films as "fillums." We also
frequently pronounce "theatre" with a long "a" and the second syllable
inflected (the-AE-tre). My years of living outside of the north cured me of
this habit. It's a nothern Ontario thing, not common in Toronto. Gould
probably picked it up around Lake Simcoe.

It just doesn't sound strange when everyone else around you talks like
that, but perhaps Kazdin couldn't appreciate this.

Cheers!
Catherine

>I can't resist this thread.  Three years of f_minor and this has never
>come up!
>
>As I recall Kazdin wasn't the only one who was critical of GG for saying
>"fillum" instead of "film" like GG was a backwoods ignoramus putting on
>airs.  I couldn't tell you who else mentioned it (unless it was Page.) I
>remember hearing GG say "fillum" on a tape and having to rewind it to
>figure out what he meant.  Is it a regional pronunciation, typical in TO
>or is it typical in Canada in general? Ex: would radio ads for the
>Toronto Film Festival be pronounced "film" or "fillum?"
>
>I know this is minutia but I'm interested because I'm wondering to what
>extent GG is thought of as quintessentially Canadian because of his
>"local" manner and speech. Mary Lause sent me a recent article from
>_McLean's_ of the top 100 Canadians (thanks Mary) and of course GG is
>voted the number 1 artist. (So there _Time_! How many more years before
>he's usurped by Celine Dion?)  Why is GG so important as a _Canadian_
>figure?
>
>And yes, what IS a double-double? Is it anything like a
>double-decaf-cap?
>
>-MJ