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08-06-2007, 04:27 AM #1Usagi Yojimbo
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Canadian slang
In another thread I caught a bit of Canadian slang. When I asked what this meant I only got more Canadian slang hurled my way, so I am starting this thread so that maybe some of our Canadian friends can list some of their more common colloquialisms and meanings! I would greatly appreciate it!!
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08-06-2007, 04:53 AM #2Super Shaver
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How's it goin', eh? Okay, first off, there are 24 beers in a two-four, obviously. We drink pop, not soda and sit on the chesterfield not the couch. We wipe our faces with a serviette, not a napkin. Our dollar is called a Loonie and the Two dollar coin is obviously a Twonie (you can spell those however you like). You get your coffee from Timmy's and wear a toque in the winter.
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08-06-2007, 05:01 AM #3Usagi Yojimbo
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We drink pop also. In some places though, it will be soda or soda pop! Also , serviette is used in the States , but I don't believe it is that common.
Thank you sir!! Anybody else?
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08-06-2007, 02:19 PM #4Senior Member
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Then there's the national debate whether it's gitch, gotch, or gonch. Hopefully everybody is wearing clean ones (the commando crew can spare us the details).
"But you're not as confused as him are you. I mean, it's not your job to be as confused as Nigel. "
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08-06-2007, 02:26 PM #5Loudmouth
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Ordering a double-double is a coffee with double cream and double sugar. I got a blank look when I ordered one of those at the Miami airport. We pronounce "Z" as "zed" and not "zee." "Aboot" is only for the CDN's living in the extreme East provinces and many of them picked up normal pronounciation.
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08-06-2007, 04:00 PM #6Super Shaver
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Pronunciation!
Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT
Don't make us look bad.
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08-06-2007, 05:53 PM #7Born on the Bayou
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Don't make you look bad? Originally Posted by xman
It's a little too late for that....
"Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States." J. Bartlet Brebner
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08-06-2007, 06:21 PM #8Usagi Yojimbo
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Thats right Justin! start a fight on my thread!..... Originally Posted by jaegerhund
Don't make you look bad? It's a little too late for that....
"Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States." J. Bartlet Brebner
Justin
...How could you...
...start a fight with the Canadians before me?
Last edited by JMS; 08-06-2007 at 06:36 PM.
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08-06-2007, 06:31 PM #9Born on the Bayou
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I ain't fighting , I'm just showing my "benevolent ignorance" --- but come on Bryan Adams? You'll never recover from that one Originally Posted by JMS
Thats right Jusin! start a fight on my thread!.....
...How could you...
...start a fight with the Canadians before me?
Gordon Lightfoot ---> 
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08-06-2007, 08:51 PM #10Senior Member
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