We have it on pretty good authority that he'll be making the trip back to Canada in the very near future-in fact, he told etalk exactly that this week. “I'm dying to get back home to that cold weather!” he exclaimed. Shawn also explained that he is probably a "snowbird" himself considering he was in Miami at the time he filmed the video segment. Whose mans: “It's really when if you're in a public place, and your friend is being weird or doing something uncomfortable, or something really obnoxious, maybe you'd just be like, ‘Whose mans is this? Whose mans?’ And you kind of disassociate from being with that guy, 'cause he's being weird. No one says you're from the ‘brough,’ though.” Scarberia: “A way to say 'Scarborough.' A lot of people will say Scarbs too. Tim's is a long-time old friend of all Canadians.” Timmies: “'Timmie’s is another way of saying Tim Horton's That's like something my mom would say, she would say, ‘Hey, I'm passing by Timmies, do you want some?’ And I always say yes. Where: “That's what people say when you tell them that you're from Pickering, instead of saying Toronto, and that's why I say Toronto, but that's why it's good to be bringing up Pickering.” You can get them in Ottawa, and they sell them on the side of the road, and it looks like a Beaver tail, but it's just a pastry, and you get cinnamon and sugar put on it.” ‘That's hilarious! That's jokes’ The saying ‘That's jokes’ is pretty jokes.”īeaver Tail: “A Beaver Tail is the most famous Canadian pastry. ‘That's jokes’ is basically exactly what that sounds like. If you wanna go see a Leafs game, or you wanna go see a Blue Jays game, or you wanna go see Drake at the Scotiabank Arena, it's whatever you choose.”įamous Players: “Famous Players is the theatre in the Pickering Town Centre I think I might've had one of my first kisses in that Famous Players!” (Whoever she is, she’s a lucky lass). The Go Train: “The GO Train is basically the train that you can take from Pickering to downtown Toronto. “I love being Canadian! I love these words that we use!” he exclaims as he defines some of our most endearing colloquialisms, such as: Pickering slang gets top billing during the 6+ minute segment, where Shawn goes into detail about all the Americans he’s confused when he’s asked for a “two-six,” or the “washroom,” but his love of his hometown and home country shines through. To find Canadian words Americans might not understand, 24/7 Tempo reviewed different sources that listed Canadianisms.Ĭlick here to read about Canadian slang and phrases Americans just don’t get.“One of the best moments ever was when I was like 17, and Drake took a photo with me, and captioned the photo with me ‘ Pickering Gawd,’” Shawn begins with a double-double Canadian anecdote. And, to be fair, here are 50 words Americans get wrong all the time. Independence Day on July 4th - here are some Canuck words that often have Americans scratching their heads as to their meaning. In fact, both French and English are official languages in Canada and both have had an impact on Canadian English.Īhead of our oh so close independence days - Canada Day is celebrated on July 1st and U.S. And while Americans fought the British for independence, Canada remains in the commonwealth and retains a major French heritage. While Americans use their own customary system, Canadians mostly use the metric system. Sure, we mostly all speak English, but there are many language nuances that often stem from cultural variations.įor one, our units differ. We share, peacefully, the longest international border between two nations, at 8,891 kilometres - or is it 5,525 miles long? We’re so close it’s almost surprising to find we don’t always speak the same language, eh? Politics aside, Americans and Canadians are the best of neighbors.
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