Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watcgl!sahayman From: sahayman@watcgl.UUCP (Steve Hayman) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: O Canada vs. New York Message-ID: <2537@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 01:40:42 EDT Article-I.D.: watcgl.2537 Posted: Mon Sep 23 01:40:42 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 23-Sep-85 03:01:26 EDT References: <347@zaphod.UUCP> <3900015@csd2.UUCP> Reply-To: sahayman@watcgl.UUCP (Steve Hayman) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 24 Summary: Isaac Dimitrovsky writes (from New York) about the running O Canada controversy: > >Oh well, I don't think anybody in Canada knows the words either. > Um, do you have any statistics to back up this strange statement? I know it's sort of a running gag up here that nobody knows the words (especially since a slight modification of the first verse a few years ago) but never have I met any Canadian who doesn't know either the new version or the old version. They do teach this in school! Incidentally, this Canadian has found it very refreshing to read in this group that many Americans were embarassed by Mary O'Dowd's anthem performance too. And that they like the tune! (wait until you see the video!) Obviously relations between our two countries are still good. But we'll see come Series time. A reporter from a paper in Ft. Lauderdale phoned the Blue Jays office last week, wanting to know how many hours of darkness Toronto experiences in October. He was wondering if perhaps there was 24-hour darkness... Steve Hayman watmath!watcgl!sahayman /* O!K! Blue! Jays! Let's! Play! Ball! */