Western Canada, but I moved around a lot and had a fair few teachers from abroad. And it's possible I'm unintentionally pretentious. I definitely don't say "May-hee-co" though. Nor "Barthelona".

Well to be fair American movies do not tend to include a geographical map indicating their location. Plus Canadian cities are stand-ins for a lot of American movies. And look at Friends, for example - set in NYC but filmed in CA.

Huh, I was taught to pronounce it Chil-lay. Saying "Chilly" sounds like dinner to me.

It's just the way typing was taught on typewriters. No relationship to troglodytes.

I loved David Copperfield but I had a hard time with Great Expectations. I think because the latter had so much descriptive writing and I prefer dialogue.

"when Rock of Ages was a pebble" - I think that's the opposite of how erosion over time works. Maybe "when Rock of Ages was a boulder"?

Holy cow does Ramsay have strong hands! Who on earth can rip a fur stole in half? The show could have ended on that bit of symbolism and left out the actual rape. A sheep in wolf's clothing…

Can you imaging the outrage if Ken Taylor had turned his back on the Americans in Iran? Nothing wrong with helping where you can.

London Ontario or that other London? I figure your comments applies to either.

But didn't Walt Disney write himself a happy story? I haven't studied the man's life but he did well for himself and seems that most of his dreams came true.

The short skirts and technology interface of the original Star Trek TV series…

Huh, in my country school volunteers are required to have a police security clearance to ensure the ex-cons are kept away from the kids.

She could ask the main character from "Murder, She Wrote". At what point were the police going to clue in that Jessica Fletcher killed them all?

You summed up my thoughts exactly. During season 3 I asked myself why Grey's had turned into an afternoon soap opera.

So all "successful" politicians are Scientologists?

I agree. For lunches that need to be warmed up, I bring food to work in Rubbermaid containers and heat it up, using a microwave, in a bowl I keep at work.

Actually I've been using this identical lunch box for a few years! Sandwich/pizza slice/wrap (etc.) and cookie on the bottom, fruit/veggies on the top. I never use the small "lunchpod" though. The lunch box has held up, although the locking mechanism needs to be re-bent from time to time, but it's easy enough to do so…

"naught"

First time I heard this song I was sure it was an Elton John cover.

Was this before you discovered AV Club?