If Music Could Talk

Wolter wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 1:59pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 6:45am

revbob wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 6:35am

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 6:14am

I have never ever ever never never ever heard it called anything but kickball. As far as I'm concerned central and eastern Canada has forfeited all legitimacy over this.

I find it hard to believe. Although I can imagine my Canadian cousins saying that along with the other goofy things they used to say.

There's always regionalisms, but they're usually semi-comprehensible. Soccer baseball makes no goddamned sense at all. How would that catch on when the more sensible term kickball was in circulation and free for use?

So, do you call a hoodie a "bunnyhug"?

But of course—there's something quite adorable about the term. The University of Saskatchewan sells bunnyhugs with the name and definition on them. We've purchased a few for friends over the years.

EDIT: the most annoying one for me (other than "pencil crayons") was learning half of Canada says poster board and half says Bristol board, because speaking as an artist, those are two different things.

I've asked the board about pencil crayons before, mainly because I goofily thought it was a universal term. I don't think I've ever used the term poster board before; growing up, it was Bristol board. So I don't know the difference between the two.

Another regionalism that I don't think I've shared here. Not sure if it's across Canada, but in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, underwear is gotch or gitch (as in, "Don't get your gitch in a knot"), while in Alberta it's gonch. And a wedgie is a gotchie pull.

... what does everybody else call pencil crayons?

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 5:48pm

... what does everybody else call pencil crayons?

Last I knew they were two separate things, pencils and crayons, not soccer-pencils, maple -crayons nor whstever other crazy term you canucks might dream up.

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 5:48pm

... what does everybody else call pencil crayons?

I think they said colored pencils.

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 6:50pm

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 5:48pm

... what does everybody else call pencil crayons?

I think they said colored pencils.

Yes.

And Bristol board is an artist quality heavy paper board, not the flimsy thing that poster board is.

Wolter wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 7:15pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 6:50pm

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 5:48pm

... what does everybody else call pencil crayons?

I think they said colored pencils.

Yes.

And Bristol board is an artist quality heavy paper board, not the flimsy thing that poster board is.

Poster board isn't the same as construction paper, is it?

Isn't the stuff of pencil crayons the same thing as crayons, but encased within a pencil? Thus, a pencil crayon?

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 8:08pm

Isn't the stuff of pencil crayons the same thing as crayons, but encased within a pencil? Thus, a pencil crayon?

Crayons are coloured wax (or some wax substitute); pencils and pencil crayons are graphite. Coloured pencil is a more accurate description.

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 8:29pm

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 8:08pm

Isn't the stuff of pencil crayons the same thing as crayons, but encased within a pencil? Thus, a pencil crayon?

Crayons are coloured wax (or some wax substitute); pencils and pencil crayons are graphite. Coloured pencil is a more accurate description.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored_pencil

Unlike graphite and charcoal pencils, colored pencils' cores are wax- or oil-based and contain varying proportions of pigments, additives, and binding agents

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 8:48pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 8:29pm

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 8:08pm

Isn't the stuff of pencil crayons the same thing as crayons, but encased within a pencil? Thus, a pencil crayon?

Crayons are coloured wax (or some wax substitute); pencils and pencil crayons are graphite. Coloured pencil is a more accurate description.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colored_pencil

Unlike graphite and charcoal pencils, colored pencils' cores are wax- or oil-based and contain varying proportions of pigments, additives, and binding agents

Huh. Pencil crayons are certainly harder than regular crayons, more like a #2. I just assumed they were regular pencils but dyed.

The very fact that you don't understand how dorky "pencil crayons" sounds is why the rest of the world makes fun of Canada.

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 7:32pm

Wolter wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 7:15pm

Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 6:50pm

Inder wrote: ↑

26 Aug 2017, 5:48pm

... what does everybody else call pencil crayons?

I think they said colored pencils.

Yes.

And Bristol board is an artist quality heavy paper board, not the flimsy thing that poster board is.

Poster board isn't the same as construction paper, is it?

No. It's a cheap, lightweight card stock paper, usually glossy on one side.

Bristol board is a higher quality artist grade card stock paper. It's sometimes glossy on one side, though I prefer the vellum finish, as gloss picks up fingerprints and that can make inking difficult.

Can we all agree though that adult kickball (or baseball soccer, if you will) leagues are terrible?

JennyB wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2017, 1:21pm

Can we all agree though that adult kickball (or baseball soccer, if you will) leagues are terrible?

Some games are for kids; kickball is one of them.

JennyB wrote: ↑

29 Aug 2017, 1:21pm

Can we all agree though that adult kickball (or baseball soccer, if you will) leagues are terrible?

Baseball soccer is worse by virtue of its naming convention.

Kickball has gotten pretty big around here. I used to think it was for those with very limited skills/atheletic ability. That turned out not to be true so I thought it was just people who didn't want to be all serious but that also turns out to not be true. So yeah, I don't get it.