#armprior

[ottawavalley2english]

none of us talk like this.... you're probably not even from here.

Actually a great deal of us speak this way, we just don’t always notice it because it is so normal for us. Over half of the words I have posted are submissions from other people.  Most of them, when I receive them, come with stories about family members and friends saying these very words and getting noticed for it outside the Ottawa Valley. Quite often because of our twang people can tell where we are from.  A lot of the speech comes from the older generation. As we are all fairly aware, the younger generation is almost completely different linguistically, but now and then our old idioms slip in.And though it is true we all don’t talk like this all the time, I will have you notice that this is satire.

Come on down to Armprior sometime, I’d be glad to point out some of that good ol’ Valley twang for you!

-N.O.

[ottawavalley2english]

Way to go, John Leslie!

Just want to say a congratulations to Armprior's John Leslie! Weh, that was some good snowboarding!  -N.O. (MORE)

[ottawavalley2english]

Armprior

(ar-muh-pry-or)

English: Arnprior

Definition: (noun) Small town in the Ottawa Valley, situated roughly 40 minutes west of the city of Ottawa. Is mentioned in the song "Big Joe Mufferaw" by Stompin' Tom Connors.

Example: Yes, I'm from the [Ottawa] Valley, I grew up in Armprior.