On CBC Newsworld today Evan Solomon had a discussion about distinctly Canadian words.
Not necessarily new words but could be – or words that we use in a different way.
eg. Dr. Strangelove likes “two-four” to describe a case of beer.
My Dad likes the word “sauce” as in “today is Grey Cup Day and I may get into the sauce.”
My favorite distinctly Canadian word is “bush” as in “we went hiking in the bush looking for blueberries” everywhere else in the world they use “woods” or “forest” we use “bush” (not to be compared or used in any way shape or forum to that duffus in Washington)
But in speaking of “sauce” ….
in ON people say that they are going to pick up a “box” of beer and most Ontarionians think “two-four”
but in BC when you suggest you’ll bring a box of beer you friends may suggest that you bring more than one as a “box” is 6 beer while a “two-four” is a “flat”
Yet another reason for my sister to think the province is evil?
