what the fuck is a took?! what the fuck is a bunny hug?!



I don't know how you can live with those damn foreigners, dude!

Ahahaha! Bunny Hug is strictly a Saskatchewan thing....we use it pretty stubbornly.

ive never heard a hoodie being called a bunny hug, or a beanie a took...weird.

A toque is a french-canadian word I believe, for a winter cap.

weird, i've never heard those words either.....

I know its wierd, oh and a bunny hug is a hoody but the clasification is pretty strict, its not a bunny hug if its a full zip up hoody, if its a half zip up hoody then its ok to call it a bunny hug.



Apparantly its called that because of the pouch on the front, which is stupid because it should be called a kangeroo hug.



But yeah I've started saying papers instead of essays, cell phone instead of mobile phone, trucks instead of lorries and ATM instead of cash machine to name but a few.

Have you come across:



vico

skronk

double-double

deke

L-B

two-four

chesterfield

gotch/gitch

head'r

huck

rye

stagette

texas mickey ...?

blerg

I think I've heard of two-four, isnt that a measurement of drink? like a 24 ounce drink of whisky.



The other ones I havent.



Oh and you guys do say eh at the end of sentences, it tends to be people with stronger accents and older people but I've heard everybody say it atleast once.



I've also started saying fucking eh.



oh and theres no O in the word twat, pronounce it right.

I am going to make a conscious effort to call hoodies bunny hugs.

ive never heard of bunny hugs before



but i use toque, double double and two four a lot, especially double double

Come to the west coast. We don't use many of those crazy-ass words.



But dude... Of course it's a toque! A beanie is what one wears to Synagogue!

I'm sure you have your own oddisms in BC. Everywhere does.



Sask. has some unique vernacular on account of most people descending from Ukrainian and German farmers who say shit like "wonky" and "prid'ner."

In Minne, words are boring. But it's always funny that non natives think we all say "Donchah Know?" and "eh".

The stereotypical Minnesota accent is pretty adorable though...one of the major reasons I liked Fargo so much. :)

2-4 = 24 case of beer



I do not say eh and neither do my children. I would make fun of them if they did.



How would you say Twat?

we do say eh. dont we? i live in montreal so a toque is a staple in my wardrobe.

Yeah, we're awesome. It's kinda annoing that accents are so easily obtained.



I like to say twat cuz nobody here has heard that before.

what's a vico?

Tw@



Also "losing".

I think we pronounce "twat" like "what"....but if it was any other way I could no longer crack my joke, "twat do you mean?" etc.



And I do say "eh" as an affirmative....but I do not say "aboot."

Vico is a defunct brand of chocolate milk....the name stuck though.

If I said Tw@ (rhymes with hat) no one would know what the heck I was talking about :-)



Sounds Like I tawt I taw a puddy tw@t

Never in my life heard anyone say aboot

Interesting. If you tried that in england, you get lolled at.

People around here say twat with an o in it so it sounds more like twot t what, but making the a sound more like an o.



but we say twat tw and at so it sounds alot harsher.

Have you come across:



vico

skronk

double-double

deke

L-B

two-four

chesterfield

gotch/gitch

head'r

huck

rye

stagette

texas mickey ...?



I remember vico. And when hoodies got popular (again), I recall thinking "but wait, there's already a word for it, but I forget what it is"....bunny hugs!



L-B...I forget what that is.



OTOH, I spent last weekend in Montreal, where you better know what a "dep" is.

...we say twat like twot in texas too...

my sisters like to say twat shot



But yeah I've started saying papers instead of essays, cell phone instead of mobile phone, trucks instead of lorries and ATM instead of cash machine to name but a few.



haha you american you!



i met a guy from the uk last year right before he was going home and he was like god i keep talking like you americans saying shit like "for sure" and "totally!"



-k.

My american friends did the exact same thing when they were in the UK, it just sort of happens, its a mixture between being understood, not having people laugh at you and the fact that you hear these words all the time.



Its so strange.

what words or phrases should i know before i go over phil?



-k.

I dont know, people will probably laugh at you if you say ass because thats a donkey.



Alot of people say stuff like I cant be arsed, I cant be bothered.



fit means hot



we say quater past the hour and half past the hour.



I'm really struggling I've been here too long.



have you decided what yor doing? exchange or the summer program?

stop by saying "loosing" for a start

My husband is originally from Montreal, but he's lived here in Toronto for many years now, and he still says 'depanneur'.

looks like a 6 week summer program over the summer in london

but i have to go to the abroad center this week

i forgot to go to the abroad fair last thursday because my day was ridiculous



nothing is set in stone yet though



-k.

Thats cool, we should have a london meet up I havent been to london in a few years.

i say wonky, but that's because they say that in elham....



but i've lived on the EC for a LONG time and i still say it

and yea...





it's a beanie, dude

lol @ "oosing" something

My american friends did the exact same thing when they were in the UK, it just sort of happens, its a mixture between being understood, not having people laugh at you and the fact that you hear these words all the time.



Its so strange.



I think I use a dialect which, on careful analysis, is unique to me. It freely takes from various geographical dialects plus some foreign words thrown in for good measure. Even my spelling is a hybrid -- mostly hardcore UK form (e.g. colour, organisation) but I prefer some North American forms too (such as jail, connection, aluminum, tire).



I'm a big fan of using diacritical marks correctly, or the correct substitution when unable to do so (i.e. either "für" or "fuer" instead of "fur"), though I have absorbed some level of anglo laziness with respect to proper French.



I suspect this all makes me come across as a pretentious git, though I'll admit I don't worry about that aspect all that much. I do tend towards "normal Canuck" dialect when the situation warrants, though.