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Canada. The best part of North America. Canadianisms . It’s a Fact , Eh!. Canadian English = a mixture of BrEng and AmEngl For example : Canadians take one word from each.

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  1. Canada The best part of North America

  2. Canadianisms. It’s a Fact, Eh! Canadian English = a mixture of BrEng and AmEngl For example : Canadians take one word from each.

  3. "Canadians write cheques for their colour TVs and freezers. They turn off the tap, eat porridge, put jam on their toast and gas in their trucks, and munch potato chips as they relax on their chesterfields.” GAS CHEQUES COLOUR TRUCKS PORRIDGE JAM POTATO CHIPS TAP

  4. Canadianisms. It’s a Fact, Eh! • The Canadian 'accent' can be heard most easily in the following words: out, about, house, and others with 'ou’. • In Toronto they pronounce the name of their city in a peculiar way. • ‘Eh’ is also often used by these Canadians as a traditional greeting , a interrogative, etc.

  5. Hey....!I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader,and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled,and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I'm certain they're really, really nice. I have a Prime Minister, not a President.I speak English and French, NOT American!and I pronounce it 'ABOUT', NOT 'A BOOT'.I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack.I believe in peace keeping, NOT policing.DIVERSITY, NOT assimilation,AND THAT THE BEAVER IS A TRULY PROUD AND NOBLE ANIMAL.I KNOW THAT A TOQUE IS A HAT,A CHESTERFIELD IS A COUCH,AND IT IS PRONOUCED 'ZED' NOT 'ZEE', 'ZED'!!!CANADA IS THE SECOND LARGEST LANDMASS IN THE WORLD!THE FIRST NATION OF HOCKEY!AND THE BEST PART OF NORTH AMERICA!MY NAME IS JOE!! AND ... I AM ... C A N A D I A N !

  6. Canadian English • bachelor apartment • Chesterfield • chippy • ghost car • homo milk • hoser • mickey • Molson bellyMountie • parkade • pogey • stanfields • to deke • toque • 2-4

  7. The following paragraph is provided as a test for Canadian citizenship. Try to decipher most of the following. Last night, I cashed my pogeyand went to buy a mickeyat the beer parlour, but my skidoogot stuck in the muskegon my way back to the duplex. I was trying to dekeout a deer, you see. Stupid chinook, melted everything. And then aMountiesnuck up behind me in a ghost car and gave me animpaired. I was sitting there dressed only in my Stanfieldsandatoqueat the time. And the Mountie, he's all chippyand everything. Canadianisms. It’s a fact, Eh!

  8. a bog characterized by scattered and stunted evergreens a brand name now used to refer to any snowmobile an unseasonably warm wind that melts snow on the prairies aggressive or angry unemployment insurance knit hat an infraction for driving under the influence of alcohol a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police anunmarkedpolicecar. a small bottle of alcohol to fool. men's underwear. a building with two apartments MUSKEG SKIDOO CHINOOK CHIPPY POGEY TOQUE IMPAIRED MOUNTIE ghostcar: MICKEY TO DEKE STANFIELDS DUPLEX

  9. A few more examples • a twofour (2-4) • a chesterfield • a double-double • a loonieand a toonie • draught (adj) • Molson belly • homo milk

  10. Canadianisms - Quizzes Canadian from Eh to Zed Canadian symbols and facts Canada quiz

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