Jam

no doot aboot it, Canada has its own lingo... eh

what are some other ones? (Canadian stereotypical words)

losthellhound

well I'm always made fun of for my "about" from a friend in New York.. (I emphasize it a bit sometimes though.. just cause)

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Averett

Canadians have the best accents, seriously.

"Aboot" is a personal favorite. And yes, that's how yall say it. And it's cool with me

Lets see... Well, there's always "eh." I heard a woman in the Toronto airport say "She's got a hot tub, eh?" and I nearly lost it. I don't know why, but it was the funniest thing I've ever heard.

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Yakk

For Canadian/Americanisms:
Washroom vs Restroom.

Tuque
Chinook
Two-Four
Deck Al (not DEE kal)
Zed
Die Wrecked (Opposite of indirect)
Sowester (Storm from a certain direction)
How Zit Goan, Eh?
Tronno
26er
alcool
Chesterfield
deke, deke out
double-double
ghetto blaster (apparently is obsolete down south: any corroboration?)
Grit
Habs
Hogtown
Cowtown
hooch
homo milk
# kay or a kay
# klicks
Lotus Land
mickey
mountie
Newfie
pogey
The Rock
Screech
T.O.
The Soo
Tory
Anglophone
Francophone
Twofer
Oh, and Yankee = All Americans
dick all (or "dick")
Lacrosse (in Quebec, has.. yet another meaning)
Bluenoser

Those are the one's I recognize from some "Canadian" slang lists I found.

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Averett

I think "washroom" is sweet.

These are all of the ones that I know. My friend in Alberta calls me Yankee all the time. He's non-Yankee

I'm pretty well versed in all things Canadian

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losthellhound

Everyone take a drink!

sorry.. played too much 3-man in my time

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losthellhound

another one my friends sometimes use is:

Murican = American

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Averett

Eh? I apparently have much to learn

Yeah, I get that too Cept its usually 'merican...

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losthellhound

3-man A dice game played with lots of alcohol, and two dice. Each player rolls in order. What they roll determines what happens
5.1 = player to the left drinks
6.1 = player to the right drinks
doubles = player who rolled takes one dice's face value and "gives out" the full value. Therefore if I roll double 3, I take three drinks, I give away 6
2.4 = everyone drinks
once someone rolls 1.2 they become the 3-man.. Everytime a 3 is rolled they drink, so if 3.6 is rolled, they drink..

the 3-man gets drunk really quickly because they are 3-man until someone else rolls 1.2 (which is rarer then a drunk person hopes)

Gets really nasty when someone rolls 3.3
- 3 man takes 2 drinks
- person who rolled gives the 3 man 6 more to take..

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Averett

I could never play that. I couldn't figure out what's going on after 2 drinks!

Quarters, now that's fun. I've found that you can't play quarters with loonies though

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Yakk

Now with definitions:

Tuque: a knitted head-hat-scarfy-thing

Chinook: a thaw in the middle of winter.

Two-Four: a case of 24 beers

Deck Al (not DEE kal): decal

Zed: the last letter of the alphabet and the first letter of zebra

Die Wrecked (Opposite of indirect): direct

Sowester (Storm from a certain direction): south western storm

How Zit Goan, Eh?: How is it going?

Tronno: Toronto

26er: 26 oz of liquor

alcool: *hic*

Chesterfield: sofa or couch

deke, deke out : feint, to psych out, to misdirect

double-double: coffee with two cream two sugar

ghetto blaster (apparently is obsolete down south: any corroboration?) : a semi-portable sterio system with two "large" speakers built in

Grit: A name for the Liberal party or a member therof.

Habs: The Montreal Canadians

Hogtown: Toronto

Cowtown: Calgary

hooch: moonshine

homo milk: homogonized milk, with no fat removed

# kay or a kay: short for kilometer
# klicks: short for kilometer

Lotus Land: BC, or in particular parts of BC

mickey: *hic*, a particular size (& shape?) of liquor bottle

mountie: A member of the RCMP, the national police force

Newfie: Someone from Newfoundland

pogey: welfare, as in "being on the pogey".

The Rock: Newfoundland

Screech: A particularly vile form of hooch from the maritimes.

T.O.: Toronto

The Soo: Sou St Marie

Tory : A member of the Progressive Conservative party of Canada

Anglophone: Someone whose native language is English

Francophone: Someone whose native language is French

Twofer: See 24

Oh, and Yankee = All Americans

dick all (or "dick"): Nothing

Lacrosse (in Quebec, has.. yet another meaning): In Quebec, slang for Masturbation. Also a strange sport.

Bluenoser: Someone from Nova Scotia. Reference to the Blue Nose, a famous Canadian sailing ship.

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Ace_O_Spades

Ones I use all the time:

Hoser
Eh?


things that bother me about american differences:

coloUr
neighboUr
roof - not ruff
Tuque - NOT a beanie

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Averett

What about Cheque?

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Ace_O_Spades

ahh forgot that one

thanks averett

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losthellhound

And Averett, no taking pictures of Applebee's signs!

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Averett

Aww man... you're no fun

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losthellhound

of course I'm fun.. I have milk in bags and signs in Kilometers, and all kinds of fun stuff! Come and see..

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R3d

oh god.. 'Z' was the funniest thing i came across in the last while.. my gf is in new york.. she was gettin me to spell somethin for her to write on an envelope think it was a postal code.. and Z was in it.. so she wrote ZED instead of just Z she got so pissed at me.. i was like i cant do anything thats just how we say Z!!

Jam

Oh Averett, you want to be canadian soo much...

your my honorary canadain of the week ok (cause im very important here in canada you see I can make big decisions like that)

wow umm i say about not aboot I think aboot is just stereotyped but hey maybe its just me.

Jam

I'm not a lumberjack or a fur trader. I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled. And I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I'm certain they're really, really nice. I have a prime minister, not a president. I speak English and French, not American. And I pronounce it about, not aboot. I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peacekeeping, not policing. Diversity, not assimilation. And that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch. And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed. Canada is the second largest landmass, the first nation of hockey and the best part of North America. My name is Joe, and I am Canadian!

Averett

Love that!

And yall do say aboot

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Spartak

Could be a regional thing perhaps ?

I had a teacher in high school who was from Ottawa, he'd clearly say "aboot".

But I also I was friends with this Canadian guy who was NOT from Ottawa (for the life of me I can't remember where he was from exactly) and his accent sounded more like American than Canadian (ie no aboots).

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Averett

Seems to be... I don't really know all that many Canadians, but from my experience the ones from Ontario says "aboot" and the ones from Alberta tended to say "eh" more.

I think they all should talk with that lovely sterotypical accent. Its awesome

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Charlatan

I don't know anyone that says aboot... I do know plenty that say aboat...

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etla

Zee is just so wrong. I crack up every time I hear an american on TV talking about his Zee28. It sounds so girlish for such a macho car

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Yakk

Zee 28 whats?

Oh yes, and the horrible lack of milk in bags in the rest of the world. How do you survive without the milk jug thingy and the other milk cutter thingy?

Cardboard is paper. You don't store liquids in paper, silly. =)

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Averett

We have milk jugs

And I agree, the cardboard milk containers are gross.



Zed is dumb

*runs away*

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Yakk

But, what about the American men?

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Averett

Groan

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losthellhound

Zed is cool..

WhiteCastle is gross

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limey

No-one has mentioned anything aboot road hockey here. Gotta mention the road hockey in the middle of winter.

skier

As far as I know, we say about, and you guys say Abawout. Whenever I hear an american say it, I hear the "AW-OU" sound.

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Jam

oh well uh, you just lost your honorary canadianship :P

Averett

Damnit! I'll have to figure out a way to make it up..

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losthellhound

post some of your favorite Arrogant Worms Lyrics

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Averett

Yeah that'll do it!

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ickma

He he and you say "yall"

Dwayne

I plane on moving to Canada for many reasons so I was scoping out this thread. I would just like to say that all Red Sox fans hate being called Yankees.

Ace_O_Spades

i wonder why?



and yeah... move to canada eh

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Mango

What aboot the Habs?