Canadian Words.

[Soviet Heavy]

Okay, I've got a question for all us Canadians. Can we try to compile a list of words that are decidedly Canadian? I've been trying to collect little speech quirks I've heard from all different parts of the country, but I figured it would be better to ask you guys personally than to travel the country(Which I can't do).

So we have the ubiquitous "Eh", and "Toque", but can you fellas from out West, and East tell me some of your local words. Its kinda hard to figure out what is a Canadian word when you live in the Ottawa Valley, everyone talks the same.

Got any I haven't heard?

 

[Avaholic03]

Poutine

 

[StonkThis]

Nope. No, I don't.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Poutine

Gah! How did I forget that?

Eh is actually not a purely Canadian word http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eh

True, but it is most often associated with Canadian lingo.

 

[soren7550]

As a non-Canadian (true blooded New Yorker all the way!), the only words that I know that are Canadian are hoss (I've heard it's slang for yokel) and hoser (slang for loser I'm pretty sure) and of course 'eh' being at the end of pretty much any sentence and pronouncing 'about' as 'a-boot'

 

[Pingieking]

Donair.
The only dish that I have ever eaten that can rival poutine in terms of lethality.

 

[Deetviper]

If you spill poutine on your chesterfield, wipe it up with a serviette.

(translation for yanks: if you spill your fries, cheese and gravy on the sofa, wipe it up with a napkin)

 

[dmase]

As a non-Canadian (true blooded New Yorker all the way!), the only words that I know that are Canadian are hoss (I've heard it's slang for yokel) and hoser (slang for loser I'm pretty sure) and of course 'eh' being at the end of pretty much any sentence and pronouncing 'about' as 'a-boot'

I haven't heard hoss used anytime recently but i've heard it used in old west movies. Did canadians adopt that or something.(or we stole)

btw I'm american

 

[Berserker119]

I didn't know aboot any canadian words, eh?

 

[Zer_]

If you spill poutine on your chesterfield, wipe it up with a serviette.

(translation for yanks: if you spill your fries, cheese and gravy on the sofa, wipe it up with a napkin)

I thought serviette is French, but I may be wrong.

It's definitely French Canadian at least, although I'm not sure if the word is even used in France.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

If you spill poutine on your chesterfield, wipe it up with a serviette.

(translation for yanks: if you spill your fries, cheese and gravy on the sofa, wipe it up with a napkin)

I thought serviette is French, but I may be wrong.

It's definitely French Canadian at least, although I'm not sure if the word is even used in France.

It's used in England.

 

[SpaceSpork]

Aboot!

 

[PrimoThePro]

As a non-Canadian (true blooded New Yorker all the way!), the only words that I know that are Canadian are hoss (I've heard it's slang for yokel) and hoser (slang for loser I'm pretty sure) and of course 'eh' being at the end of pretty much any sentence and pronouncing 'about' as 'a-boot'

we dont say aboot! :O!
OT:
Chesterfield!

 

[Daveman]

If you spill poutine on your chesterfield, wipe it up with a serviette.

(translation for yanks: if you spill your fries, cheese and gravy on the sofa, wipe it up with a napkin)

Isn't chesterfield just a type of sofa. It's in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, that's all I know.

 

[MetalMachine]

we say Washroom instead of bathroom
Double Double which is a coffee with two creams and two sugars
we call candy bars Chocolate Bars
Knapsack instead of Backpack
we have a delicious chocolate bar called Coffee Crisp which is, apparently, pretty unknown outside of Canada

 

[Rand-m]

As a non-Canadian (true blooded New Yorker all the way!), the only words that I know that are Canadian are hoss (I've heard it's slang for yokel) and hoser (slang for loser I'm pretty sure) and of course 'eh' being at the end of pretty much any sentence and pronouncing 'about' as 'a-boot'

Never heard hoss, but hoser seems familiar. I just need to work it into my vocab more. And as for aboot...

I have no response.

Now let's see if I can contribute... All of these words seem EXCESSIVELY East Coast, so what can a humble Ontarian contribute?

Umm... Beaver Tails.

EDIT: Oh, and COKE!

 

[JRCB]

Skookumchuck. It's the name for a bend in a river, and I think that it is Canadian.

 

[Trowl]

A Hoser - someone who steals gas
Bonnet - Which perplexing can mean the hood or trunk of a car
Double Double for coffee, anytime I have been in the UK or the states they look at me like I have two heads when I ask for a double double.


Out here in the East Coast just have a tendency to cut down sentences and slur things together
Like
What-ya-at - How are you doing?
Take a-lay-down-out-of-er. - Go Have a rest; relax. You have to say it very fast to fit in.

 

[Fuloqwam]

I know some of the differences between American and Canadian lingo. Canadians say "signal light", not "blinker". "Remote" instead of "Clicker", "Pop" instead of "soda", "Zed" not "Zee".

 

[kibayasu]

"Growop" was first used in Canada.