Laughter: Funny Phrases

   Good afternoon dearest readers and I apologize in advance for not being consistent with the number of entries I should be posting, but it is taking a little bit longer to fall back into the habit; but have no fear, a routine is slowly but surely being established.
   For today's entry, its comic punch line has been building up during the summer and it's only been until lately that it has really started to become evident. I am glad to report that the "Things Amb Fam says" book has been started so that we can record our funny moments but there's another thing that's quite funny that can't specifically be placed in the confines of a page. There are a lot of perks working with people from different regions (we can relate more to a greater number of students) but there are still a little bit of problems that turn out to be more like funny instances instead or royal burdens.
   Having two people from the east coast (New Brunswick and Newfoundland), two from the province of Québec and two from Ontario (GTA and northern Ontario) makes us quite geographically diverse, but it also turns the office into an interesting place to have a conversation. During tours where we're all professional presents the unknowing citizen a typical picture, but to those who get a glimpse of our lunch time hour, or our Saturday excursions get a glimpse into a confusing conversation. Every person on the team can speak and understand both French and English (which makes things a little bit less easy right from the beginning) but since we're all from quite different regions, we all have different expressions for often the same idea. We catch ourselves writing down these funny phrases, but sometimes, some of them just seem to not work. I've had to explain myself on countless occasions just like the others, so that we can understand the point we're making to one another. Ryan even made me a dictionary with some of the expressions he uses so that I can understand when he makes a reference.
   There might be tougher times when it happens that we're from all different regions of Canada, but I have to admit that our conversations are never dull and always quite entertaining. So if you're feeling bored and want to become more educated on different cultures dialects, you don't have to go far for research, you might just have to go take a look next door.

K.P.H.