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Post by Auf Kiltre on Sept 3, 2020 8:47:26 GMT -5
We used Toboggan in Michigan but my recollection is there was a distinction: Toboggans didn't have metal rails. Portage > Portage (Pour-tahj vs Pour-tidge) I can't remember, do Canadians say "he went to hospital" or "the hospital"? That one always struck my Yank ear funny. |
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Post by Bopper on Sept 3, 2020 9:32:36 GMT -5
do Canadians say "he went to hospital" I think so. I think they also "go to university" If I remember my Peter Mansbridge right.
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Post by Sharkie on Sept 3, 2020 10:43:56 GMT -5
We used Toboggan in Michigan but my recollection is there was a distinction: Toboggans didn't have metal rails. Portage > Portage (Pour-tahj vs Pour-tidge) I can't remember, do Canadians say "he went to hospital" or "the hospital"? That one always struck my Yank ear funny. Yep. No metal rails on toboggans. He went to the hospital. ✅ She’s going to university this fall. ✅ |
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Sept 3, 2020 12:12:28 GMT -5
USA: "Go for it!"
CDN: "Giv'er!"
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Sept 3, 2020 13:16:53 GMT -5
Pitter Patter, let's get at 'er. / Hurry up.
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Post by langford on Sept 3, 2020 15:51:53 GMT -5
CAN US 26er A fifth I could make an old joke about traditional Canadian attitudes towards American beer, but the craft trend has pretty much put an end to that old rivalry. Peegoo 🏁... "Dep" is pretty much a Quebec thing. It short for the French word "depanneur," which can also mean someone who helps you out, like a repairman. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2020 18:40:55 GMT -5
Pitter Patter, let's get at 'er. / Hurry up. If you don't get at it when you get to it, you won't get to it to get at it again. |
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Post by roly on Sept 3, 2020 21:56:47 GMT -5
"Stay where your too and I'll come where your at"
Don't think there is a US equivalent.
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Post by oldtelehacker on Sept 4, 2020 15:36:35 GMT -5
"Stay where your too and I'll come where your at" Don't think there is a US equivalent. Heard that one in Basic Training from a coupla lads from the 'Rock', that and "I'll punch ya in the bejeezus peepers". |
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Post by Bopper on Sept 5, 2020 9:41:31 GMT -5
Don't think there is a US equivalent. Kinda like Don Cherry. |
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Post by Seldom Seen on Sept 7, 2020 16:40:25 GMT -5
USA = ice tea
CDN = pure sugar
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Post by rangercaster on Sept 8, 2020 0:31:46 GMT -5
Ehhh  ? |
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Post by LTB on Sept 8, 2020 2:33:19 GMT -5
Grew up saying "pop" instead of soda in Michigan. Now that you are in Texas, know this: "Everything is Coke" . i.e. instead of saying soda machine it is commonly called "Coke Machine" as a generic term for soda or pop LOL |
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