Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:26:02 -0500
Reply-To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
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From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject: Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
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David: I'll try to answer some of Mr. Alexanders' questions, as I am an
expert on the origins and usage of the word, "hoser".
"Hoser", is a colloquial, pejorative Canadian term, used to describe a
person of lesser status, a lazy person who mooches cigarettes and beer from
regular people.
It is an anglicization of the Yiddish word "Chasser", which means a piggy
person, or a low person, or a greedy person, or a person with extreme
appetites. However, english-speaking people find the true pronunciation
difficult, as the sound the "Ch", when properly spoken, is almost a
throat-clearing sound. This phoneme is not present in the english language.
Hence the "Ch" sound is most easily approximated by a "Ha" sound. That is
how "Hoser" came from the Yiddish "Chasser".
It was popularized on a Canadian television show, called SCTV, in one of
their skits called "The Great White North", hosted by Bob and Doug
Mackenzie. This skit was a farce, poking fun at Canadian stereotypes for
people who love cigarrettes, beer, bacon and hockey.
Now, onto Canadian Bacon. Here, there is no Canadian Bacon, anywhere. Up
here in Canada, we don't raise pigs, as they are too hard to keep in igloos.
Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy (Iron Igloo)
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert A. Alexander <satcong@VOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: CANADIAN THREAT!/FRI!
>David - What the hell is a "hoser"??? I got underwear, socks, pants, a
>shirt and shoes on!!! I have these pics, though, of how Canadians have
>massed all along their border with us, which tells me that invasion is
>imminent!
>
>Hey, I do have to admit that I kept Dad up after Mom died and I brought
>home some Molson beer for him to try. His only comment was that it
>reminded him of Budweiser back in '35!!!
>
>Also, what IS this "Canadian Bacon" bullshit going on down here in the
>Republic??? The Canadians I meet down here in Tennessee tell me this
>Canadian Bacon is NOT something that is considered edible up there!!!
>Is it a poison for us folk down here???
>
>BOB - WA4RRN
>'85GL - "Bourgeois"
>http:/www.CanadianAtrocities.com
>
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