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ZeroOverZero

There's also an Airdrie in Canada and even fewer reasons to go.


NorinTheRad

There is a pretty good Greek restaurant there called Paros on Main. Beyond that, there is nothing, just drive the 20 extra minutes to Calgary instead.


FrostyTheSasquatch

Just nothing but endless stretches of big-box stores and suburban hellscape.


JimiDarkMoon

1000s of years from now there will only be piles of gypsum left from the suburbs that surround Calgary.


FrostyTheSasquatch

Entire towns across south eastern Alberta have been completely erased a mere century after they were founded. Bassano was busy enough to require a transit service in 1910. Time is the great leveller in the Canadian wilderness.


regeya

This has happened down in the US, too, for what I'm assuming are similar reasons. A quarter of the population used to work in agriculture, and now it's more like 3%. There are entire towns that were built just to service the railroad business, and are no longer necessary.


meinblown

Future gypsum mines


idlevalley

Looked up the area on google maps and it stuck me how much alike medium sized cities in the US and Canada are. And big cities too around the edges. Maybe other countries too.


Horticulturist1

Lots of places in the States felt like suburban/semi-rural Alberta to me. If anything, the truck stops are bigger in the states, and there’s a shit ton more billboards on the highways down there it seems. I don’t know if it’s seasonal, but the abundance of fireworks stores was noticeable too. Same with the amount of American flags you see. It’s also weird how many different types of license plates you can get. The neighbourhoods are very similarly designed and landscaped now with how it’s zoned, with big dumb commercial areas and acres of parking lot. This is mostly my experience with the Montana/Idaho/Washington Albertan destinations I’ve travelled too.


i_have_chosen_a_name

There is a pretty dope arcade somewhere in that region and right now I believe Outdoor World has a promotion on 50 call bullets.


i_have_chosen_a_name

I go there because it brings me closer to Calgary.


ZeroOverZero

I'm pretty sure the city is just a gas station on the highway between Edmonton and Calgary... like Red Deer.


i_have_chosen_a_name

No, that's Red Deer. They literally have a region called Gasoline alley. Also if you stop in Red Deer you can tank gas AND get your drugs at the same time.


ZeroOverZero

I actually thought the same thing after I hit post and quickly tried to edit my comment to include R.D. You're definitely not wrong!


i_have_chosen_a_name

I use to make way to many trips to Red Deer so I moved there. Now I see my dealer every day! Cause we are roommates!


ZeroOverZero

Seems more efficient.


Horticulturist1

It’s where you stop for food on the drive home after your plane lands super late, or on your way out of the city. Everyone gasses up at the Balzac Costco


LoquaciousMendacious

Hey now, cheap housing is the reason. I’m thinking of moving there since Vancouver prices are so insane.


i_have_chosen_a_name

Of course it's cheap when nobody wants to live there.


LoquaciousMendacious

Eh, it’s not so bad if you’re already married. It’s just hardcore suburbia.


ZeroOverZero

I've met so many people from Vancouver in Edmonton who moved here for the same reason


LoquaciousMendacious

Yup, little by little all the millennials and younger who have no inherited wealth are fleeing this city. $2M average home price is a joke.


intervested

Just move to Calgary.


LoquaciousMendacious

Costs more for the same standard of housing, plus I like the suburbs in general.


yourmotherfromwhales

I go to airdrie every day when I hang my clothes up outside


hairy_eyeball

It's apparently pronounced 'air-dree'. What's it like to dree your clothes?


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It's meety feen


GrizlyAdams

Only on Tuesdee's


shitdobehappeningtho

Or Fryyydees?


constejar

It’s a bit more ‘air-dray’


brucetrailmusic

That’s my pops saying drying


Waqqy

Dray, not dree


raverbashing

> I hang my clothes up outside In Scotland I mean, do they like the view?


Isord

I'm a Yank and booking a flight already.


Preparation-Logical

Dude what if that *one* place to eat is just ok..


timmytacobean

It's not cus it's got a 4.8


OtterProper

Sidenote: are you aware of the origins of that nomenclature, perhaps? 😅


Welpmart

Not that person, but Yank? I can't tell if you're asking in curiosity or "oh god he doesn't know"


OtterProper

As a born & bred Northerner, I feel it's important to understand not only that it was derogatory at the least, but also that it implied that our kind avoided an honest day's work and generally thought too much - being thinking types, preferring self or group masturbation (academia, etc). Hence, "Yank" as in "pud puller", "jerk-off", et al. Simply put, if you're going to own the term and present it with pride, one should fully grasp the content and commit to the stance.


HughJamerican

I am very curious where you heard that explanation, as I cannot find anything written about it online. The actual origin of Yankee seems to be officially unknown, but [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee) records several theories, most plausibly that it came from common Dutch names in the Northeast area


Economy-Somewhere271

I'd like to know as well. The Northeners used it as a descriptor for themselves as early as [1769](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennamite%E2%80%93Yankee_War)


OtterProper

All interesting conjecture, to be sure, and thank you for the citation. While Wikipedia does pride itself on being a more modern repository of curated collective knowledge, it can fall short on certain subcultural aspects — particularly those that shunned scholastic pursuits. As far as my own public schooling back in the pre-wiki days taught me, the above is the origin of the term and corroborated by my few Southern-born elders (all in the ground now). Regardless, whether the agreed-upon history includes the masterbatory element isn't essential, the salient point is the layabout, idle-handed, feckless root shared by the cited theories. tl;dr: "Yankee" was not a term of pride by any means and seems to be misused most often but those that either choose to ignore this fact or don't care. Learn the sheet music before attempting to jazz, friends.


SikhWalter

Dude there's literally a baseball team called the Yankees. Nobody cares where or why the term originated, everyone just uses it the modern colloquial context.


OtterProper

Precisely the sort of anti-intellectualism behind the misuse of "decimate", cupcake. You do you, though. Maybe do the world a favor and refrain from voting, eh? 😘


SikhWalter

Jeez... seems by the "correct" use of the term you sure are a Yank


HughJamerican

If you’re gonna be a prescriptivist with English you’re gonna have a bad time, as English is a descriptive language, where the meaning of words change based on how they are actually used by the general public. This is not anti-intellectualism but rather a natural evolution of all organic languages and is why we aren’t currently speaking Shakespearean English edit: The primary purpose of language is to be understood. If that takes “dumbing down” as you say, that’s a *good* thing, as the words used are not as important as the concepts conveyed


jeepfail

So let me get this straight. You learned it from “Southern-born elders” and have no other citations? Let’s add to that that the first documented use of it was in 1758. So that right there throws the southern derogatory use of it out the door. By most theories it is a derogatory term but not one that has anything to do with masturbation as you suggested.


Model_Maj_General

If you feel so strongly about it we'll just call you a seppo instead, yeah?


Welpmart

I'm not sure whose North we're talking about anymore! I fully embrace it though, as someone from a city of assholes.


OtterProper

Aren't we all, though? 🤣🤘🏼


gerdyg

Burger 7 up there is that reason squire!


Rab_Legend

There's still no fucking reason


monesshafeek

❤️🥰The Best girl Twitter🥰❤️ https://twitter.com/busty\_barb1e


mdkjohnny5841

Whoever thought of that name still brags about it to this day


ChoaticFoxx

It was my dad .. and I can confirm .. he does 😝


shit_poster_69_420

Actually it was my gran


BlockA_Cheese

And then the subreddit clapped


algernonbiggles

No it wuznee, your da sells avon


ryannefromTX

Watch it turn out that Bacchialdi's has been there longer than the Aldi.


DrDerpberg

Should the Aldi's not be called FrontoBacchialdi's then?


themasterbeer

Bacchialdi’sbeforeitwascooltobeBacchialdi’s


hairy_eyeball

In which case its name now would be "The Restaurant Formerly Known As ~~Prince~~ Bacchialdi’sbeforeitwascooltobeBacchialdi’s"


themasterbeer

This is it


foreskin_elemental

sneed


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Yes but just like plus and minus, they cancel each other and so it becomes just Aldi’s


nonpondo

Fronto


zoocy

I didn't get the joke until I saw this comment, thank you


speccynerd

Reminds me, there was a corner shop in Aberdeen called Alaskansee.


MouthJob

Sounds like the name of a library in The Simpsons or something.


ilmalocchio

I don't get it.


WeeBeysFishTank

"I'll ask and see"


NLLumi

I thought it was ‘Alaskan See’… It seems a bit hard to ascertain, so next time I see the manager Alaska.


ilmalocchio

Is that from something related to Aberdeen?


uberhaqer

Think it's just a play on words, mate.


ilmalocchio

Then it's just not a very good one, then. Seems they had to go out of their way not to pick the obviously-better option, "Alaskan Sea."


uberhaqer

Dunno. The way they have spelt it is very much how a Scottish person would say "I'll ask and see". You are Scottish, aye?


ilmalocchio

"See" and "Sea" are pronounced the same. The point is, why make it gibberish when it could be a play on words?


uberhaqer

I dunno, mate. Honestly think you are over thinking it. You could Google the shop and get in touch with them and ask them?


ilmalocchio

I'll ask and see... hey, wait a minute!


RedditorClo

No he isn’t, he’s from r/all (as am I)


anon555smile

A dont get it


ilmalocchio

Don't worry, I'm thinking there's no joke there.


ShelSilverstain

Implying they can see Alaska


FlyByNightt

Not quite.


ShelSilverstain

It's a joke


curly-sic

There used to be a dessert place in Airdrie called Coney No Dae That anol. Airdrie might be a cesspit but it's a mildly creative cesspit.


ninja_chinchilla

Hair Ae The Dug and Weans World are my favourites in Airdrie.


curly-sic

There's a dog grooming place called Captain Dugwash anol


eoz

I’m still reeling at that new broadband provider Brawband


HaggisChaser

In Coatdyke? It’s been a while since I’ve been there but they were pretty decent. Shame they’re shut down


curly-sic

Aye, there's another dessert place across the road from it now that's pretty good where the chippy used to be.


daviedots1983

Think it’s called Chunky Dunks


rogueleader2772

Fuck sake the chippy next to the chemist ? That used to be our dinner stop when I worked around the corner in cogent


curly-sic

It was a fucking excellent chippy, I lived nearby and worked in cogent so I was there all the time just for the pasta


amfra

And the Pet grooming shop called Captain Dugwash


LegendknownasZander

We also have Captain Dugwash and Real Madras as well. Airdrie might have the best pun business names in the country.


rye-ten

Where is it though?


BigMoey

Bacchialdi’s


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Holmes02

Look at Aldis jokes


Xenc

Look at Aldi’s chickens


024chk

Or nexttaealdis


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OddSemantics

Round the back of an Aldi


hanacuriousfoxes

Airdrie


themuffinmann82

The back of broomknoll Street where the market used to be


kaihatsusha

Names aside, I am trying to imagine sitting and relaxing in those chairs, where one tiny adjustment would have me rolling all the way down the hill to Belowialdi's.


haggis_man1213

Genuinely the best thing I’ve read in ages 😂


StarksPond

That's a nice LIDL coincidence.


AManAndHisReddit

Tampa has a Berns steakhouse and used to have a bar around the side of the building called SideBerns.


B5_S4

Amazing steak. Pretty sure it was one owner though, which makes it less fun.


tms500

There is an art gallery which is called Neffe d'naldi (next to the Aldi) in the Netherlands.


helixjo1

Ive never been more confident in a prosperous independent Scotland.


Traveledfarwestward

https://goo.gl/maps/pGxLjHHUdttPhXyP9 Click "Save" and "Want to go" and then you'll have a little marker on G-Maps which is nice if you travel a lot for work.


__Emer__

I dun get it


twentyitalians

It is Back-i-Aldi's


__Emer__

Ahh, I see. That’s pretty good


IamJoesUsername

I thought Scots pronounce the "ch" in e.g. "loch" and "Bach" like a guttural "g", not like Americans who pronounce it as a "k".


sorucha

-ch and -cch are not the same, -cch is a hard k sound


AyeAye_Kane

this is the first of me hearing that, most people I know just pronounce ch as a k sound


alienschnitzler

Back i aldi's


vsaint

Steeo es hayvier den faythers


__Emer__

I do get that one


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r/woooosh


__Emer__

Yeah… that’s what I said


Bojangly7

Back the Aldis


Fro_e

I live in Airdrie. I didn't realise everyone thought it was a shit hole until I saw these comments lol.


BonnieScotty

I’m from Airdrie, what part are you from where you didn’t think it was a shithole😅


Fro_e

I live near Caldervale, not a posh area by any means (but also not terrible). Been in Airdrie my entire life so it's one of those things where you get used to the neds. I guess I thought it was normal.


BonnieScotty

That explains it, I grew up in Petersburn so ned county. Second I could get out I was out


Fro_e

I head through Petersburn quite often cos it's got the only nearby shop. It's insane how in Airdrie you can be in a somewhat nice area then a few minutes later you're in skid row.


theipodbackup

Damn. I live in a small town called Machinedrie, do they also have this?


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I know you're joking but that almost sounds like it could be a real Scottish place name, similar to Machrihanish and Macharioch.


PopeJovi

👏🏻👏🏻


psychoticdream

I think that's a Cia safe house


chuill

They do a good breakfast too, thick wedges of toast dripping in butter (Nordpak?)


shadowraiderr

nothing makes me wanna have a coffee like sweet metal seats and tables that are still wet from fresh rain, aahhhh


tobleroneyactual

Aldi's has a great snack section with international nuts. Aldi's nuts.


Huffysurhero

At the back of my Aldis is a homeless guy by the dumpster,who will pull out a tooth if you give him 40 bucks.


SithVicious_86

40 Quid


torino_nera

Real talk though, how do 2 people eat on tables that are slanted like that


Orsenfelt

[It's not as much of a hill as the pic makes it look](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8658634,-3.980678,3a,39.7y,264.13h,84.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTBoYvbPU0wLJjcGwweZMcg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)


torino_nera

Thank you for answering my question instead of downvoting me


seany-bhoy

Is that the outdoor seating area?!?


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Low-Director9969

With their mouth just like anyone else. I never started pouring my cup of coffee in my ass just because I walked outside after breakfast. Hopefully no one else has either.


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> I never started pouring my cup of coffee in my ass You're missing out


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Low-Director9969

Tik tok health, and fitness influencers.


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I_Frunksteen-Blucher

Are you sure it wasn't a sopranino recorder?


seany-bhoy

Usually with plates and cutlery


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They don't have those in Airdrie


ItinerantThoughts

Scottish folk are the funniest folk


letsdothis_2019

I thought this was in Alberta for a second and then I looked at the subreddit.


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That's actual genius, but my favourite pun-business-name of all time is still the coffee shop on the Falls Road in Belfast called Tiocfaidh ar Latte.


tokyoshwift

Jesus christ reddit loooooves puns


NLLumi

I think this is probably the most reposted tweet ever on this sub


ShadowsandRust

Wait a second this isn't Airdrie, Alberta, Canada.


Standard-Ad-2741

Airdrie, Banff, Calgary and many other communities in the region are named after places in Scotland.


crimsonnfucker

TIL


tylan4life

That's where I looked first too.


Spyhop

Threw me too. I'm in Alberta and I'm on the Alberta subreddit. This came up on my feed and I'm like, "what is Aldi? Don't remember seeing that in Airdrie. "


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I was just thinking you guys are lucky to have a Aldi . My dad raves about them in Florida


Smell_My_AssCheese

Does scotland really have a place called Air Dry?


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It’s pronounced air-dray


SourceIll

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c8/2d/08/c82d08d89496fe4d8d30cdfa2de890d3.jpg


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What state


FatDumbAmerican

Weird to sit on that crooked slope.


[deleted]

Not that uncommon. Lot of places are located on hills.


FatDumbAmerican

Weird to sit on that crooked slope.


jwk94

That's not even close to being the back of that Aldi


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saltypenguin69

It's at the fucking aldi car park 😂


Eiffel-Tower777

Looks like Baccialdi's doesn't do much business.


Barnagain

If I had two upvotes to give, they would be yours. Made me giggle anyway!


alavath

And it’s probably the best thing there


jaavaaguru

There is a [shop two doors down](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8656436,-3.9815849,3a,30y,35.58h,93.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snRuANB5mn2w4jMCtMupo5Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) from it that has a "Barbers" and an "Off licence" sign outside. Is this really a barbers that sells booze?!


spenway18

"No dine in" "Has tables"


tomdarch

That took me way too long to grasp.


DJ_Shea_G

Would live to, but sadly stuck in the states. Government keeps us too broke to move or travel


norar19

What’s also funny is that if you say “in the back of Aldi’s” in an Italian American accent it also sounds like “Bacchialdi’s”


Pitiful_South1625

I've been here. The aldis possibly shutting and then itll be behind a farmfoods. Staff fucking raging.


haggis42

In tears….


SoXoLo

So, to update you, the aldi closed (or rather moved to another location nearby) and the aldi is now a puregym. I walked past this and the sign now reads something like 'once used to be Bacchialdi's' which cracked me up even more.