Canada is fine with ‘bloody,’ not with ‘hell’

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The U.K. bristled at Australia’s “So where the bloody hell are you?” tourism line, because of the word “bloody.” Now, possibly in an effort to seem different and/or cool, Canada has decided it doesn’t like the slogan either—because of the word “hell.” The CBC has said the ad is absolutely not bloody welcome on family programs. If any other countries have a problem with the words "so," “where,” “the,” “are” or “you,” feel free to speak up now. 

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