Wednesday, April 15, 2009

For my British friends...



Shaganappi Trail is the name of a main road in Calgary, Alberta. I lived in Cowtown for a few years when I was about 12 to 16 years old and again for a year after my five years in England. I've been familiar with the term 'shaganappi' since I was 12; it's a Cree word meaning twine made from rawhide, but after being in Britain for five years, whenever I see the word the oddest imagery enters my head... as I'm sure you can imagine. Sorry about that. ;-)
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17 comments:

  1. naldoApril 16, 2009 at 1:23 AM

    That's wrong, lady! I was just appreciating the whole thing about rawhide twine (quite handy in cootoon i'd imagine) when you brought up nappies.

    I once visited a pal in St Albert near Edmonton. That's only a few hundred miles from Calgary, which is close in Canadian terms.

    Alberta seemed a bit dull if i'm honest but we also went to Vancouver which was erm....quite stunning. Lucky you.

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  2. Judy RobertsApril 16, 2009 at 7:38 AM

    Alas, breakfast no longer is as pleasant a prospect as it was.

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  3. ms toast burnerApril 16, 2009 at 8:01 AM

    Sorry about mentioning Calgary, Judy.
    ;-)

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  4. ms toast burnerApril 16, 2009 at 8:07 AM

    Now hear this, I will have no rawhide twine appreciating fantasies on my blog... besides my own!

    Vancouver?!?! (curses and spits!!!) I agree that Vancouver looks very, very nice and I suppose it's much livelier than Deadmonton but I live on that slice of land off the coast... Vancouver Island, right at the southern tip.

    I hope that you visited the Rockies.

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  5. AnonymousApril 16, 2009 at 8:56 AM

    we came across exactly the same road on out travels a few years back. Sad to say that it provoked a few "gary glitter" jokes

    Z

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  6. *April 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    It's a funny word any way you look at it! Ha.

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  7. meApril 16, 2009 at 11:12 AM

    shagtastic

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  8. ms toast burnerApril 16, 2009 at 11:13 AM

    Gary Glitter... pmsl!
    :D :D :D

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  9. Neil TaskerApril 16, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    Can I be the first to point out that it's ok if it's just the nappy that's being shagged? Or is that just wrong too? ;-)

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  10. ms toast burnerApril 16, 2009 at 1:39 PM

    That Depends...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depend

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  11. skywindApril 16, 2009 at 5:38 PM

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  12. ms toast burnerApril 16, 2009 at 6:06 PM

    skywind, please do not spam my personal space, it makes you look like a tampon.

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  13. *April 17, 2009 at 7:38 AM

    lol...a tampon!! That's great.

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  14. Neil TaskerApril 17, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    That's a new one for my vocabulary then. Thanks for that. I guess I asked for it didn't I. Still trying to decide whether I'm in the 'drip' or 'heavy' category.

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  15. ms toast burnerApril 17, 2009 at 10:43 AM

    We are talkin' adult nappies or tampons here, Neil?

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  16. Neil TaskerApril 19, 2009 at 4:15 AM

    Lol.... that's for me to know and you to find out!

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  17. ms toast burnerApril 19, 2009 at 6:41 AM

    (she runs and hides!)

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