In my last post I promised further and better snow images – should the Arctic Outflow oblige by providing the requisite white stuff as it threatened to do. Yesterday evening it duly delivered. Herewith the evidence:
The inclement weather produced by the outflow led to a number of record low temperatures across the province, a notion which – given that large tracts of Canada are already notorious for bitterly cold winters – should cause the mind to boggle somewhat. Fortunately the worst of these records were set in parts of British Columbia to which right minded folk do not venture, should they be able at all to avoid so doing. Here in Victoria we reached a mere -5C yesterday – though the wind chill factor dropped that to a much less balmy -13C.
The Girl and I went for a swift walk around our neighbourhood yesterday and that gave me an opportunity to try out what has already become a favourite amongst her Christmas gifts to me – this fetching and most excellent tuke (for non-Canadians a tuke is a beanie!). This thing is awesomely warm which is clearly achieved by the appliance of some wonder of science or other… or possibly of magic. Either way it is a life (and ear) saver when the temperatures dip below -10C.
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That’s a toque, or a tuque or even touque. But not a tuke. We are, after all, a bilingual country! Change it or they may reconsider your citizenship application ;).
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I naturally bow to your infinitely superior wisdom. You clearly know your chapeaux! Interesting though that the InterWebNet has dozens of entries in the form “What is a tuke?” or “How do you spell tuke?” – so I am clearly not alone…
For IRCC to reconsider my citizenship application they would first have to consider it – which at this point they have showed no sign of doing!
Andy
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