LOOSE-BREECH is a 16th century word for a slovenly, loutish man. (via @HaggardHawks)
How Queens Quay came to be in Toronto
To walk along Queens Quay these days, one might imagine that it’s always been Toronto’s lakefront street. It’s certainly been built up enough over time to make it seem as though as it’s been around as long as Toronto itself. But, of course, in the grand scheme of things, our…
Consumers Gas Co. staff using the #addressograph machine to prepare bills for mailing, 1922. (via @TorontoArchives)
Sheep’s clothing
Lighthouse (at Cherry Beach)
#OTD 1920, provincial legislation establishes the #TTC. Here’s looking at you Peter Witt streetcar no. 2648! (via @TorontoArchives)
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man. – Muhammad Ali
My friend Catherine
The Linguistic Mystery of How Canadians Say ‘About’
“This is an exclusively Canadian sound, one that the vast majority of Americans not only don’t use where Canadians use it, they don’t use it at all. It’s completely foreign.” It’s not pronounced how you think it is.
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