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Post by Opti on Apr 29, 2015 15:28:16 GMT -5
I worked closely with some offices in the northeast and that kind of stuff always threw me off. I was born and raised in the northeast, and "draw" is what you do with a pencil and paper - a "drawer" is where you keep your socks and underwear!!! I think it depends on the part of the East. Had a roommate from Maine, who warshed her clothes.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 29, 2015 15:30:59 GMT -5
I'm so proud of you lex! It rubs off eh? We need to get together for a brewskie and some poutine one day Will you take me to Whistler? If you guys go, I so want to come with!
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Post by lexxy703 on Apr 29, 2015 15:34:53 GMT -5
Will you take me to Whistler? If you guys go, I so want to come with! Of course! Start stocking up on the booze!
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Post by chen35 on Apr 29, 2015 15:34:53 GMT -5
Robin Sparkles didn't cover hardly any of these topics.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Apr 29, 2015 15:35:04 GMT -5
15. I like hockey and live right next to Canada anyways.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 29, 2015 15:39:49 GMT -5
If you guys go, I so want to come with! Of course! Start stocking up on the booze! Done. I went to Sam's over the weekend and got a bunch.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 29, 2015 15:40:55 GMT -5
I was born and raised in the northeast, and "draw" is what you do with a pencil and paper - a "drawer" is where you keep your socks and underwear!!! I think it depends on the part of the East. Had a roommate from Maine, who warshed her clothes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 15:45:52 GMT -5
Of course! Start stocking up on the booze! Done. I went to Sam's over the weekend and got a bunch. I wish I could buy booze anywhere other than a gov't liquor store. STOCK up ladies!
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Post by lexxy703 on Apr 29, 2015 15:47:48 GMT -5
Done. I went to Sam's over the weekend and got a bunch. I wish I could buy booze anywhere other than a gov't liquor store. STOCK up ladies! I still have to go to the State store to buy hard liquor.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 15:50:39 GMT -5
I wish I could buy booze anywhere other than a gov't liquor store. STOCK up ladies! I still have to go to the State store to buy hard liquor. Oh well that's not much different than here. It would love to be able to buy a bottle of wine when I am at the grocery store. THAT would be wonderful...
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Post by lexxy703 on Apr 29, 2015 15:55:20 GMT -5
I still have to go to the State store to buy hard liquor. Oh well that's not much different than here. It would love to be able to buy a bottle of wine when I am at the grocery store. THAT would be wonderful... Oh we can do that here. In fact my local grocery has a huge section for beer & wine. From $5 bottle cheap stuff up to $60 bottles. Maybe higher I just know I accidentally picked up a $60 bottle & promptly returned it to the shelf. The hard stuff has to be sold at State stores though.
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Post by andi9899 on Apr 29, 2015 15:56:19 GMT -5
I had to go to MO to get it. You can't do that in KS where I live. But I live right on the line.
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Apr 29, 2015 16:27:03 GMT -5
An 11.
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Post by lynnerself on Apr 29, 2015 17:00:17 GMT -5
15/20. I'm a good guesser. And some of these I learned from this board. (Beaver tail and touque)
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 29, 2015 17:57:00 GMT -5
I still have to go to the State store to buy hard liquor. Oh well that's not much different than here. It would love to be able to buy a bottle of wine when I am at the grocery store. THAT would be wonderful... You can do that here in Quebec. Grocery store, supermarket, gas station, anywhere. Wine everywhere! Just not after 23h00.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 29, 2015 18:00:04 GMT -5
As a Canadian, you have to be extra vigilant. There are a lot of impostors out there. If you suspect that someone is falsely trying to pass themselves off as a Canadian, make the following statement - and then carefully note their reaction:
"Last night, I cashed my pogey and went to buy a mickey of C.C. at the beer parlour, but my skidoo got stuck in the muskeg on my way back to the duplex. I was trying to deke out a deer, you see. Damn chinook, melted everything. And then a Mountie snuck up behind me in a ghost car and gave me an impaired. I was S.O.L., sitting there dressed only in my Stanfields and a tuque at the time. And the Mountie, he's all chippy and everything, calling me a "shit disturber" and what not. What could I say, except, "Sorry, EH!
"If the person you are talking to nods sympathetically, they're one of us.If, however, they stare at you with a blank incomprehension, they are not a real Canadian. Have them reported to the authorities at once.The passage cited above contains no fewer than 19 different Canadianisms.
bertc.com/subfour/truth/imposter.htm
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Post by MJ2.0 on Apr 29, 2015 18:49:15 GMT -5
I was born and raised in the northeast, and "draw" is what you do with a pencil and paper - a "drawer" is where you keep your socks and underwear!!! I think it depends on the part of the East. Had a roommate from Maine, who warshed her clothes.
My family says "warsh". Ugh.
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Post by violagirl on Apr 29, 2015 18:51:33 GMT -5
I only got 17/20. I take exception to two I got wrong and the other one was stupid anyway. They obviously had to make it up to get 20 questions.
One expression I did pick up from my Quebec friends was - I'm going to the depanneur. It rolls of the tongue and is easier to say than "convenience store".
I've always wanted to order a "Gretzky" at Tims but it would be disgusting. (9 cream and 9 sugar in a coffee).
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Post by msventoux on Apr 29, 2015 19:02:37 GMT -5
As a Canadian, you have to be extra vigilant. There are a lot of impostors out there. If you suspect that someone is falsely trying to pass themselves off as a Canadian, make the following statement - and then carefully note their reaction:
"Last night, I cashed my pogey and went to buy a mickey of C.C. at the beer parlour, but my skidoo got stuck in the muskeg on my way back to the duplex. I was trying to deke out a deer, you see. Damn chinook, melted everything. And then a Mountie snuck up behind me in a ghost car and gave me an impaired. I was S.O.L., sitting there dressed only in my Stanfields and a tuque at the time. And the Mountie, he's all chippy and everything, calling me a "shit disturber" and what not. What could I say, except, "Sorry, EH!
"If the person you are talking to nods sympathetically, they're one of us.If, however, they stare at you with a blank incomprehension, they are not a real Canadian. Have them reported to the authorities at once.The passage cited above contains no fewer than 19 different Canadianisms.
bertc.com/subfour/truth/imposter.htm I understood that just fine. However I only got 13/20 on the test. I'm not Canadian and hate hockey. That may have been part of my downfall. Now that I've confessed my hatred of hockey they'll never let me in the country.
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Post by Cass on Apr 29, 2015 19:17:11 GMT -5
20/20. I'm a keener puck bunny
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Post by Malarky on Apr 29, 2015 20:08:57 GMT -5
I got 15/20. I've been to Canada a bunch of times and I have some Canadian friends. And apparently sometimes I'm a good guesser.
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Post by chiver78 on Apr 29, 2015 20:10:45 GMT -5
I also only got 17 later. we'll be okay. sent from my electronic distraction
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Post by tallguy on Apr 29, 2015 22:51:03 GMT -5
18/20, and one of the ones I missed I accidentally clicked the wrong one. I'm counting it as 19.
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 29, 2015 23:02:41 GMT -5
Meh, 15 out of 20
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2015 2:16:10 GMT -5
11/20 - I spent my teen years hangin' in Canada, so I only knew the alcohol, dessert & hockey stuff
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Post by mmhmm on Apr 30, 2015 4:03:13 GMT -5
17/20. One of my nurse friends is Canadian and I had quite a few lucky guesses.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 30, 2015 4:37:46 GMT -5
17/20
I didn't realize how many of these were "Canadianisms".
Just out of interest:
What do you guys call eavestroughs? What do you guys call a double-double? What do you guys call a parkade?
Also, some of the answers are questionable:
A "keener" (or somebody who is "keen") can mean "brown noser" in some contexts, but the more general meaning is somebody who's unbearably eager to learn or to show off their knowledge in class. A keener is the person who always has their hand up.
They misspelled "toque".
"Brewskie" definitely isn't limited to Canada. I've seen it used in "The Simpsons", "The Truman Show", and several other shows set squarely in the US.
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Post by cael on Apr 30, 2015 8:22:06 GMT -5
I worked closely with some offices in the northeast and that kind of stuff always threw me off. I was born and raised in the northeast, and "draw" is what you do with a pencil and paper - a "drawer" is where you keep your socks and underwear!!! I think it's more a Boston accent/regional thing - my grandmother, who was born and raised in Lynn with an accent you could cut with a knife, said it that way her whole life, to the point that my mother, who was not born/raised here and has no accent, even says it that way. "Warsh" is definitely a midwest thing to me...
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Post by MJ2.0 on Apr 30, 2015 8:27:15 GMT -5
Just out of interest: What do you guys call eavestroughs? What do you guys call a double-double? What do you guys call a parkade? eavestroughs - gutters double-double - coffee w/ 2 creams & 2 sugars parkade - parking lot Basically, the correct words.
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Post by yogiii on Apr 30, 2015 8:43:35 GMT -5
I was born and raised in the northeast, and "draw" is what you do with a pencil and paper - a "drawer" is where you keep your socks and underwear!!! I think it's more a Boston accent/regional thing - my grandmother, who was born and raised in Lynn with an accent you could cut with a knife, said it that way her whole life, to the point that my mother, who was not born/raised here and has no accent, even says it that way. "Warsh" is definitely a midwest thing to me... It sure is ... I also say draw
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