According to a new study by EKOS, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is projected to lose his seat in parliament in Canada’s next federal election.
Trust me, there are a LOT of pp diehards in the rural areas. But there is a lot of new construction happening in the riding that is changing the dynamic.
Both halves rhyme with cow. It’s a Chinese (iirc?) word used in most of the east Asia to refer to deep bows or prostration used as a sign of deep respect (or more often a deep apology in a modern context) but in the west it has much more of an insulting use to imply someone is an ass-kisser.
LOL. Looks like even the people of Carleton are put off by PP and his kowtowing to Trump and ultra-conservative faux populism.
Trust me, there are a LOT of pp diehards in the rural areas. But there is a lot of new construction happening in the riding that is changing the dynamic.
Suburbs tend to be more conservative than cities. I suppose they can also be more progressive than rural ridings though?
Turns out that the intensification of the suburb sprawl for the Ottawa valley is going to come back to bite them in the ass.
I’m not a native anglophone even though I’m pretty fluent. But I don’t know how to pronounce “kowtow”.
Does it sound like “cow-cow” or more like “cow-toe”?
Both halves rhyme with cow. It’s a Chinese (iirc?) word used in most of the east Asia to refer to deep bows or prostration used as a sign of deep respect (or more often a deep apology in a modern context) but in the west it has much more of an insulting use to imply someone is an ass-kisser.
Thanks for the great explanation! 🩷
I’m a native English speaker and I don’t know either.
Cow cow.
Thanks!