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Chocolate Bar: apparently American's call them candy bars
Homo milk: whole or homogonized milk... (Hey 2%! (when person turns around) Not you homo.)
Loonie and Toonie: our one dollar and two dollar coins respectively
Two Four: a 24 case of beer
Tims or Timmy's: pet names for Tim Horton's, a famous and ubiquitous Doughnut shop chain
Pogey: Unemployment insurance. When I told my father I wanted to be an artist he said, "Why? So you can draw a pogey."
Newfie: Somone from the province of Newfoundland
The Big Smoke, Hogtown, T.O., t-Dot: Toronto
Cowtown: Calgary
Winterpeg, The 'Peg: Winnipeg
The Rock: Newfoundland
The Soo: Sault Saint Marie (pronounced Sue Saint Marie)
Chesterfield: couch or a sofa
Touque: a hat to keep your noggin' warm in the winter
Serviette: a napkin
Crappy Tire: another name for the chain of stores called Canadian Tire
hydro: electriciy... i.e. The hydro bill came in.
May Two Four: The Victoria Day long weekend (May 24th)
We say Zed not Zee
Lieutenant (pronounced lef-tenant - the proper way)
Vase ("voz", not "vayse")
Cheque (not check)
Grey (not gray)
Doughnut (not donut)
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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
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