As a Canadian, the bathroom vs washroom is very easy (at least where I am from it is). If you're in a public place, like a restaurant, you'd call it a washroom. But if you're in a private place, like a house, you'd call it a bathroom.
In Minnesota US I think I'm more apt to say "bathroom" at home and "restroom" in public. Sometimes I might use "washroom" for a room that's solely for laundry.
Same here, I feel like the Canadian girl is just reaching to make a lengthier and interesting video. Half of the stuff she said, I’ve never heard in my life. In what province they use Parkade for parking lots, Serviette for napkins and runners for Sneakers? Even Quebecers don’t use these words when they speak English.
@@hershey5790It also depends where in Canada where she’s from though. In Manitoba, or at least in my experience, we do say “runners.” Only my grandparents say serviette though lol. But for a lot of these phrases, I don’t think they’re that regional. It varies from person to person because of both American and European influence. Personally, I say pencil crayons, zed, washrooms for public and bathrooms for homes. Parking lot for one level, parking garage for multiple. “Take” a test, runners, pop, napkins, cigarettes, firehall/fire department, 1 kilometre, couch, right/hey/eh interchangeably.
A parkade is above ground parking, a parking garage is underground parking, and a parking lot is just one ground level lot. That's my experience as an Albertan.
Hmm, I'm Albertan too and haven't ever heard parking garage. I agree a parking lot is a single-level parking area at the ground level only, and a parkade is a multi-level one above ground, for sure. But I think for a multi-level underground lot, I might call that an underground parkade.
In addition to “writing” a test in Canada, American teachers would typically “grade” the test afterward I’m told, whereas in my experience Canadian teachers would typically “mark” the test. A teacher in my experience might comment on having lots of “marking” to do. (This is from Canada’s west coast.)
In the US, our teachers would sometimes say something like "marking a grade" or occasionally just call a graded assignment or report card "marks". The only time I've heard "write" being used in a school scenario is if someone is "writing something off" or (like your last example) they have "a lot of writing to do" - which is rare.
Both the USA and Canada have huge regional differences. I am from Michigan and we never used the word soda for pop. We are much closer to how they speak in Ontario and many Michiganders and other states like Minnesota etc use "eh' alot. That said - there is such huge differences between the US south, midwest, west and east that you just can't say 'this is how we say it in the US" and mean it generically. Same is true in Canada.
I’m from south Louisiana in the U.S. south and pop sounds foreign to our ears. You’d never hear it here. We say soft drink, cold drink or coke (even if it’s not a coca-cola). Also, soda is not common here.
@@IslenoGutierrez Understood. But up here in Toronto we say pop and sometimes soda or a soft drink or carbonated beverage but never coke. If you ask for a Coke at a fast food, they gonna ask tell you they either have Pepsi or Coke.
@@2painful2watch Calling it coke is something common down here in the U.S. south. You can come down here and someone might ask what kind of coke you want
@@IslenoGutierrez LOL!!!! That's hilarious cuz up here we just would simply say Diet, Zero or a regular Coke (Coca-Cola.) For us we use the term Coke to be the contracted version of Coca-Cola. Interesting. Now I know when visiting the beautiful south. Cheers!!
I'm a non-native speaker and I have trouble telling if a person is from the U.S. or Canada by their accent. I just figured a lot of the English words I learned at school were American and lotta Canadian words are new for me. Thank you for the input!
I’m from the southern U.S. and in my estimation of Canadian accents, I find them to use words like lot, not and got to rhyme with the word thought, similarly to how England uses those words (likely from British influence). Also, the word “about” they make it sound something like “a boat” and of course saying ay/eh. I’m generalizing to what I’ve heard, there may be Canadian dialects that don’t use these features. Otherwise the accents themselves depending on the region, do sound something like certain American accents like either from Minnesota and Wisconsin, California accents or certain east coast accents in the U.S. or even like a mix of any of these three. For the most part they do sound a lot like American accents to the point where people not from the U.S. may not be able to tell them apart.
americans and canadians have trouble telling each other apart - there are dialects that are distinguishable - but standard american and standard canadian are almost exactly alike - except for the pronunciation of certain words - which except for "zee/zed" wasn't discussed here - and a few extra vocabulary items in canadian usually inherited from the UK
@@IslenoGutierrezlmao I'm Canadian and I just read "not" "thought" and "lot" out loud and they rhyme. I wonder how they're supposed to sound different 😅
@@geoplanetaire In my state of Louisiana here in the southern U.S., they dont rhyme. “Not” and “lot” rhyme with “sock” and “thought” rhymes with “sought”. But overall, Canadian accents sound very similar to certain American accents with very minor differences.
I'm from Ontario, Canada but I say parking garage, not parkade, running shoes, not runners, and sweater, not bunny hug. I think the terminology varies from person to person.
Parkade is a lot more common than you think. I never heard it before it turned up in a youtube video and then I saw it all over the place on the side of parking structures. Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto, for example, has a parkade.
I’m from the US. This was very interesting seeing what the differences were for each country. In America, we always use bathroom, but we will also use restroom too if we are acting formal. I think I found “clicks” and “chesterfield” to be the most surprising out of all.
“Click” is an American word, it was coined by and is used by the military. Our military uses metric (because of NATO) and “click” is the word they use instead of kilometer…that’s where the word comes from and also that’s where the Canadians picked it up. Listen for it next time you watch a war movie or an action film
Canadian here- my house has a "bathroom", because there is a bath in it. If I'm at a restaurant or something like that, it's a "washroom" because I would wash my hands there... And there in no bath.
🇨🇦 Not too many ‘eh’s’ heard here on the Canadian west coast. I never say washroom inside a home, it’s always bathroom. Sneakers is commonly said here. ‘Chesterfield’ is almost never heard, especially by those under 50. More likely we say couch, sometimes sofa. Never heard of ‘bunny hug’ but it’s cute.
@@gerardacronin334 That’s cute. My husband and I stayed at Room With a View in Kelowna. Wish Joel and Lia were coming to B.C. Maybe on one of their West Coast trips!
born in Vancouver and stayed here my whole life. I'm 17 and ive never heard anyone in my generation say "eh" once in my entire life. Always found it weird its a stereotype for Canadians.
Canadian English is very much influenced by other countries without a doubt. Just as the Canadian girl mentioned, it does also depend on what part of Canada you're from, but I personally use so many interchangeable terms that Americans and Canadians would use. You would never catch me using the word serviette lol.
Same. I'm in Quebec and we don't use "serviette" (unless it`s for a real towel). Instead, we say "napkin" with a French accent when we want a napkin ("Peux-tu me donner un napkin s'il te plaît?").
True! That's true for any countries that share some language or territory, though. Though to my knowledge, parkade is actually a Canadian term; it's not from somewhere else - they call them car parks in the UK and Australia, so she's wrong to say it comes.from the UK. People sometimes forget that we can make up our own words too, it seems 😅
@@tudormiller887 No not all of us. I dropped French in high school bcz I had a hard time with it. So no, I hardly ever hear French spoken in Toronto and area.
I grew up in Michigan, so a soft drink is "pop". I almost never use the word "sofa"; to me, it's a couch, although I first learned it as "davenport". "Eh" seems to be common in northern Michigan and northern Wisconsin. When I served in the U.S. Army many decades ago, "click" was common slang for a kilometer. In my experience, most Americans pronounce "kilometer" with the stress on the second syllable while most Canadians put the stress on the third syllable.
I’m from south Louisiana in the southern U.S. and pop sounds foreign to our ears and sofa is our common word rather than couch. And you’re my countryman. Quite a large difference in the U.S.
As someone from the UK, can confirm I've never heard the term 'parkade' until watching this video 😅 we just call it a car park. If it has multiple levels we might differentiate by calling it a multistorey, but it's still a car park. Also most people just call a bathroom a toilet, or more informally a 'loo'. We say bathroom as well but normally only when there's an actual shower/bath in it. Even then it's not used as often. Most people wouldn't say "where's the bathroom" if they're looking to use the toilet, for example. I've also never heard anyone call a sofa a "Chesterfield".. there is a town in England called Chesterfield though 😆 As for the other ones, we tend to say: coloured pencils; zed; do a test; trainers; fizzy drink; napkin and serviette are both used (I think serviette tends to be used more by like 50+ year olds); cigarettes/ciggies/cigs/fags (this is used a bit less now, prob bc people are aware of it being a slur in American English, but it's still used by a lot of people); fire station; kilometre.
To my fellow Canadians who say they've never heard of a parkade, try searching for 'Parkades in (name of your province)'. It's a pretty common term - you just never noticed it before.
@@michaelmarkowski204 Same here. I never, ever say any words that sound even remotely British. I say parking garage i.e. underground parking garage or parking lot.
I'm from Ottawa but some of the things she says sound unusual to me. I've never heard of a parkade before. To me, it's a parking garage. And I've never heard "hey" at the end of a sentence.
@@kontiuka same though! And chesterfield also surprised me. I haven’t heard a single Canadian say it. Only time I really use “eh” is when I say “eh, congrats” or something similar.
I've been binge watching videos from this channel for days now. Learned lots of stuff so far. Even though I consider myself fluent in English (Brazilian English teacher here), you can always learn some more. I wish I could participate in a channel like this and give my two cents as a Portuguese speaker on some stuff... It's so much fun!
As an American from the Midwest region, if the parking has multiple levels, it's called a parking structure. If not, it's a parking lot. If it's below ground, it's underground parking.
Canadians call below ground parking, “underground parking” as well. But I guess we have the cold in common as underground parkings are usually heated or with AC.
I have never heard the term "bunny hug" before. I'm a Canadian however, when it comes to sweaters with hoods, I have only heard them being called a "hoodie" so of course that's what I call them too.
The "Fire hall" was generally a large room inside the fire station that communities used for social events. not so common any more (especially in cities). If the younger generation confuses this I understand
Wait a minute. As far as I know Canadians call the room they take a shower, bath, or use the toilet - in their own home - a "bathroom". We would call a public facility a "washroom" more often than a "restroom"( as Americans typically do).
Wow I actually never thought of a comparison between American and Canadian English. It's always American VS British that comes to mind. I didn't know there's so much difference in word usage even though they are neighbors. Thanks for the informative video!
I’m Irish moving to canada soon. Funny we say “runners” too. Funny “serviette” is more seen as working class in U.K. and Ireland and more associated with fast-food places too or associated with the paper napkin. A napkin on it’s own is more the fancier kinda. There is a saying in the U.K. that the more French it sounds the more working class it sounds. A couch being called a seattee is also seen as a class indicator. Its not as strict now but in my parents time (one very WC and one UMC) these things were important “signs”
As a British person, I would say "coloured pencils", but I would understand what you meant if you said "pencil crayons". In the UK we say "car park" for the place where you can park your car. A multistorey building for parking your car is a "multistorey car park". Concerning serviettes/napkins, I would tend to say "napkin" for a cloth napkin, but "serviette" for a disposable paper serviette. A common informal word for cigarettes in the UK is "fags" (yes, we know this is a derogatory term in the US). "Chesterfield" is not very British. We would say "settee" or "sofa". Chesterfield is a town in Derbyshire, south of Sheffield, and famous for its church with a twisted spire.
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Thank you man we love the French too :). A lot of the English language was adapted from French (as well as Latin, Dutch, and some Afrikaans). You only have to look at certain words like "Serviette" or even "Colour" they are even almost pronounced the same.
@@TrueidiotGames English has borrowed words from very many languages, not just the ones you listed. Arabic, Persian and various Indian languages also feature prominently (algebra, alkali, khaki, pyjamas, bungalow etc).
I only recently heard that what Americans refer to as a "beanie" or "knit cap" is what Canadians call a "touqe". When I hear beanie, I think of the cap with a propeller on top, not a piece of winter clothing. I had heard the term parkade before and knew what it meant but not as common usage. On the other hand I just checked the web sites for several malls here in Toronto (e.g. Eaton Centre) and they all called the parking structure a parkade.
I think the same about beanies. I live in Australia now and they call them beanies here too. Dropping the use of the word toque has been a tougher one for me cos I like the word, but nobody here understands me when I use it!
British/English English, from near Birmingham, we say: 0:33 coloured pencils, same as US. 0:55 zed, same as Canadian. 1:22 bathroom, US. 2:02 multi-storey carpark, or just a carpark. 2:34 a written test or exam. 2:55 I personally call those trainers. 3:15 fizzy pop, or just - a can of .... pepsi/coke etc. 3:47 tissue or usually serviette, I've heard some people say napkin. 4:27 cigarettes or smokes, or the F gay word is common slang. 4:59 fire station. 5:20 a/1 kilometre. US 6:04 a sofa or less commonly said is a settee or couch. US. I've never been able to hear a significant enough difference between Canadian and American accents. The main thing I've heard different is how Canadians pronounce the "ou" in their words, such as "about" - they say a-boat, I say a-baowt.
Canadian here from Surrey. We don't say about like boat here but like out, drought or spout, like how it's spelled. Americans say about like bow, cow, Mao or now, not like how it's spelled. That we say about like boat, coat, dote or wrote, is a common American misperception, no idea where they got that idea.
@@dutchgamer842 Well those shows are wrong lol. I was born and raised in Vancouver, lived in Ottawa, traveled to Alberta, Quebec and never heard anyone say 'aboot' before, maybe it's a Newfie thing or somethin' lol.
@@karllogan8809 Americans generally pronounce the diphthong represented by "ou" and "ow" the same way. It starts with an open vowel like 'apple' and rounds with a 'w'. Canadians sound different because I think they start with a vowel that sounds more like 'eh' vs. 'a' in apple. So, eh-oot vs. aa-oot. Some of you guys also say 'sorry' in a noticeably different way. We generally say something like sah-ree or sar-ee, yours can sound more like sor-ree.
@@karllogan8809 Actually for me I didn't get that from American shows etc, its more so from TH-camrs and the news. The Canadian Conservative leader Erin o'Toole I've heard him say "a-boot/boat", also a couple of TH-camrs spring to mind: 1) search - Guide to Canadian Political Parties (channel J.J. McCullough) at 1:32 he clearly says aboot. 2) search Washing The New Armoured Skin, Spark Plugs, Food Delivery To The Van | Big Thank You At 10:53 he says aboat. Though he does often pronounce it more like about. Suppose its similar to my local dialect of working class slang near Birmingham we sometimes say "abaat", but normally its about/abaowt.
There are so many differences across Canada that you should do a video with a west coaster, mid and east coaster. We use parkade on the west coast, I've never heard of bunny hug (they are hoodies), napkin is definitely the norm but I know what a serviette is. Love these videos!
Here in France 🟦⬜🟥 , we say : "crayon de couleur"➡️ color pencil/pencil crayon "serviette" is a French word The letter "Z" we also pronunce 🔊 [zed] in French. I do think its a French influence Canada had British and French influences but mostly Brits. Afterall 🇬🇧🇫🇷 colonised 🇨🇦 and other parts of Nort America like Québec 🇲🇶 (They prefer speaking French over English) Long live the English and French Speakers ! This Channel is getting really interesting Christina and Sidney both beautiful young ladies. I've fallen in love with those two ❤️♥️
Here in New Zealand we use the word Serviette and Napkin - but I think it is more with with personal choice. I use serviette more than napkin myself. I have never heard it called a coloured crayon before.
Au Québec on dit des crayons de cire, les crayons de couleur ce sont ceux en bois! Pour serviette on dit napkin en général, sinon on dit serviette de table lorsqu’il s’agit d’une réelle serviette!
In NZ, we would say eh all the time (much more the Canadians), crayons, zed, bathroom (public, cloakroom), parking building, take a test, sneakers, fizzy drink, napkin (definitely not serviette), cigarettes, fire station, kliometer (klick is Australian), sofa, eh, swannie.
I'm a Filipino-Canadian in Ontario, been all over the Greater Toronto Area since I moved here when I was four, and I currently live an hour east of downtown Toronto, and we say: "pencil crayons", "zed", "bathroom" at home and "washroom" for public places, "parkade" for multi-level parking spaces and "parking lot" for an open, roof-less parking area, "write/have a test", "running shoes", "pop", "serviette" or "napkin", "smokes", "fire station", "kilometer" or "click" (way more slangy), "couch", "eh" or "right", and finally, "hoodie." They should've had the word "toque" which I think Americans call beanies? Or winter hats?
Winter hats in the USA go by different names. In the south it is known as a toboggan (in reference to people wearing these hats when sledding on a toboggan.) The word beanie seems to have originated out of California and has really gone nation-wide. Before, a beanie was only known as a small child's hat, the kind with a propeller on the top. In the north, they appear more likely to use the word "sock hat" or "stocking cap"
English speaking Canadians use it informally the same way as the US military. Our military folks obviously use it that way too (heck my ex-Army dad uses "click" when speaking in his native French). I'm honestly not sure the habit started in the military and spread to the civilian world when we went metric in the 70s or if it was more universal. Heck, it is very possible that US troops picked up the habit from ours since our militaries have such close ties. I'm not sure if we vary in spelling (C vs K). Click is the norm up north.
Just a heads up, Chesterfield is where most sofas came from. As well they are known as a Davenport as that was another place that they came from back in the day.
From Nova Scotia & never heard of pencil crayons. Always been coloured pencils around here. Also, usually called a bathroom with whoever I've talked with (washroom mostly, if it's a public facility, though). Always used sneakers, never called them runners. Maybe central Canadians say serviette, the actual east coast calls them napkins.
Hey, some of my ancestors were from Nova Scotia, about 270 years ago! I’m from south Louisiana and some of my ancestors were French-speaking Acadians that were exiled by the British and wound up in south Louisiana where they were known as “Cajuns” (or in French “Cadjins”- cah-jan).
Yeah it's always disappointing when the Americans they use in videos like these always have that Cali accent ( ik Christina is from Boston but she sounds more like someone from Cali) it's just annoying cause most of us at least where I'm from don't sound like that
@@castlecorn593 One question have a ever met anyone from Vermont, I am from Vermont and I get where in New York are you from all the time aka 90% of the time, get asked that is from people who were born and raised in Vermont.
This video affected to me to study English well I want to be Americans haha and i didn't know that the what is difference conversation in Canada and America! i got new knowledge! thank you!
Actually, here (portion of the U.S.) a "chesterfield" sofa refers to a particular style of couch. - The style with buttoning on the backrest especially, but also both backrest and seat cushions
From Western Canada, but my Grandma was from Anglo-Quebec and grew up during the war. Chesterfield to me is the buttoned backrest/seat with non-plush arm rail, but to my grandma it was any multi-seat couch that had at least one raisable leg section, like a lay-z-boy. She had a Chesterfield, couch, love seat, and armchair in her living room...it was not very common to hear it outside of seniors when I was little.
@@lynnjasen9727 - That's like Kleenex, a trade name for a line of upholstered furniture made by the A.H. Davenport and Company of Massachusetts that became a generic name for a couch. Kind of like "La-Z-boy" for any upholstered recliner.
I bursted out laughing when Christina said parking parade! As an American, it was my first time hearing the term parkade as well. In the previous video, I guessed that Sydney was from Quebec because she speaks French but in this video, she said she's from the west side. Which makes me think she's from either BC or Alberta. Also, in the US, you won't have to worry about measuring things in kilometers since the US measures distance in miles. If you were to mention km to the average American, he/she would be confused and you would definitely make it obvious that you're not from the US as the average American doesn't know how to measure distance in km. The pop/soda debate is definitely regional in the US. I've lived in the east coast, the west coast, and the Midwest of the US and what you hear from people depends on which state you're in. One other difference I want to point out when comparing American English to Canadian English is words that end in "-er" vs "-re" and "-or" vs "-our." The words "theater" and "center" are spelled "theatre" and "centre" in Canada. "Color" is spelled "colour" in Canada.
I believe Sydney is from BC because she also referenced her friends from Central Canada's prairies using clicks. Plus, her accent is more general West Coast, very similar to California.
Yep... You yanks invert your re's and drop essential u's. 🤣 The one Americanism in English that actually does raise my ire is dropping -ly on adverbs. (e.g. saying "Drive safe" instead of "Drive safely")
Sydney doesn't sound like a Quebecker. Both French Canadians and Anglo-Quebeckers have a distinctive accent, although the latter is harder to distinguish from an English speaking Canadian from further west unless you are familiar with it. My own English accent is predominantly Anglo-Quebecker (mixed Montreal and Quebec City) with eastern Ontarian influences. My vocabulary is noticeably more Brit, Canadian French and New England influenced than say, a southern Ontarian and my grammar has more Brit and Canadian French influences. Sydney's got a very clean Canadian Standard accent typical of well educated folks from BC to Ontario. My first guess would be that she's from BC since her speech reminds me of folks from Vancouver that I know but I could be wrong there. Simple population numbers make BC/Alta highly likely if she's from west of Ontario. Given that she and the other folks on here seem to be language teachers, she's probably just got a knack for languages and was lucky enough to have some good French second language teachers in school. It's standard for Canadians to learn their non-native official language as a second language in school (but the quality of that education sadly varies a fair bit), so English-speaking kids learn some French and vice versa. Some kids in more bilingual areas (the Montreal and Ottawa areas especially) have access to genuinely bilingual education and take about half their courses in one language and the other half in the other (not unusual in eastern Ontario and western Quebec). With the kilometer/kilometre thing, they were obviously fishing for the use of the colloquial term "clicks" but I've also noticed that some Americans stress the syllables of the word a bit differently (which alters the vowel sounds a bit). The pop/soda thing is also regional in Canada, although pop is very common from Ontario westwards. Anglo-Quebeckers tend to say "soft drink" more than "soda" and rarely ever say "pop". Much like the US, it's a big country and we've got some regional variation (Atlantic Canada is a whole different kettle of fish from the rest of the country, both in its English and French dialects). Canadian standard spelling kind of splits the difference between the US and the UK. We do use -re and -our, along with other Brit style stuff like using C rather than S in words like defence, but we do share American spellings on other words like tire or connection (vs. connexion... although I think both are acceptable). Honestly, most of us alternate back and forth between US and UK spelling norms without even noticing that we do it. I'm fairly certain that I spell defence/defense both ways all the time without noticing.
As a Canadian, having worked and spoken with people in the US it's the "huh" or "uh huh" at the end of a sentence or as a reply that hits my ear hard. "Thank you", "uh huh". "That's a big one, huh?" Honestly I'd rather hear "right" over "huh".
I once worked with an associate from Nova Scotia and she said "In our company we use a lot of acronyms" and I replied "Yeah, but in Canada all the acronyms end in 'eh'." That was my finest hour.
My favourite similar joke - I moved from Canada to Australia, and got my Aussie citizenship recently. I've had a few friends joke I'll have to start talking like a proper Aussie now, and I'm like, "Yeah, I'll have to start saying g'day" and they're like "yeah!" and then I go "but since I'm a dual citizen, I'll have to say 'g'day, eh?" 😛 It always makes them crack up!
As a French-Canadian from Québec, to me it seems like we're taught English more like Americans cause I frankly recognized more of the American terms than Canadian ones...also I was taught zee for the alphabet, not zed. That fact is kind of weirding me out
@@lalitar626 saying zed doesn't weird me out. What I said weirds me out is the fact that I was taught to say zee in English when this video claims in Canada we say zed in English.
Not done watching the whole video yet but in Canada (or at least where I live) we say “bathroom” if the room we are talking about has a bath/shower in it. If it doesn’t have a bath/shower it is called a washroom. For example if you were in public and you told your friend that you need to go to the washroom then you would say “I’m going to go to the washroom.” But if you’re some place such as a house and you needed to use the bathroom you would say “I’m going to the washroom.”
If you’re from a farming community the late meal is usually called supper. To further confuse things when harvest workers were being fed in the middle of the day it was called dinner. Also bunny hug is usually a younger generation term. People who grew up in 60s & 70s called them kangaroos because of the pockets on the front. Now most people call them hoodies.
All these terms & local expressions are becoming more & more mixed & variable - the world is so connected that all sorts of jargon is spreading. I'm from Montreal, and we don't always use some expressions that originate in provinces to the west of us. But we've _heard_ them; and we've heard all the American expressions, from media. So we don't even _notice_ if we're using our own local jargon, or find ourselves adopting terms from further afield. And my wife & I watch a lot of UK television; so we don't bat an eye at _those_ expressions, either! And for Canadians who are older, and/or have read English literature widely, all bets are off.
I'm from Canada and I call the parking garage a multi-level car park, but I don't know where I picked that up from because it doesn't seem to be common. I also use parking garage, if I think of it.
The Midwest, particularly the northern parts bridging Canada, you find many people sounding similar to Canadians and using many of their terms, most notably “pop”.
Where I’m from ( Manitoba… Winnipeg ) I actually use all three terms; washroom, bathroom and restroom. I call it a restroom in public like a fueling station ( gas station ). I call it a washroom when it has a shower/bath, toilet and sink because you can wash in there. And I call it a bathroom when it only has a shower/bath.
In the '60s I moved from BC to NS. When I commented to a Bluenoser about their runners, they replied "Runners? They're sneakers!" 3 years later I moved back to BC and had to remember to say runners and not sneakers. Chesterfield is what couches and sofas were called back then.
I always love Christina, and Sydney is great in the videos. Most of my knowledge of Canada comes from old episodes of South Park (The 'French Canada' song, and the "I'm not your friend, buddy. I'm not your buddy, friend." skit). I guess there are feuds between different regions of Canada? In the US there's "pop", "soda", and in some parts "coke". "Hey, can you get me a coke?", "Sure, what kind". Another term I have yet to come across on this channel's videos is "water closet", or "WC". I grew up with bathroom, restroom, and latrine (Army), but we used "WC" for water closet while amongst the natives in the middle east.
WC (pronounced VC in French) is used in French-speaking countries. Seeing your last name makes me think you’re more on the French side. I never heard English Canadians use the term “WC” or “watercloset” though I know it through French and UK English.
Yeah, there are some regional differences! Though I dunno if I'd call them feuds, haha. Honestly, South Park makes me feel complimented as a Canadian. It might sound funny but if someone can make fun of you well, it's almost a compliment cos it shows they get you. South Park does, haha. That buddy/pal thing is bang-on in particular. We often use "buddy" to refer to someone who's annoyed us. Like "Buddy over here just cut me off, what's he smoking?"
We say going to the VC in Croatia, too. It might be WC in spelling, but we pronounce it "V" "C" for some reason. I never knew it stood for water closet (you learn something new every day!!).
@@johnbatinovic6593 The V, W, and F are pronounced differently between Europe and America. I'm sure the Germans cringe when someone from the U.S. pronounces the name Volkswagen.
wash in a washroom and bathe in a bathroom, and sometimes still called a restroom because once upon time a way way back there were bath/wash rooms that actually had furniture in them too so one could actually sit down and have a rest (back when customer service was a actual thing)
Do more video like this for me to watch, I'm nt a native English speaker however it's quiet interesting and I enjoying listening the difference english accents around the world
It's ironic that the Canadian girl would say restroom to sound more refined, when restroom is typically the lowest standard type of bathroom with just toilets that you go to at a gas station, airport, bar etc. Basically it's the least refined type of bathroom.
In North Dakota, we refer to our rural fire department quarters as firehalls, and we also call the carbonated soft drinks "Pop" whereas in California and other states, it's called "soda."
Sydney was the most accurate, when she said, we Canadians, take influence from the UK and the US. Have an English on this panel, and you'll see we're right down the middle. Never heard of Bunny Hug, must've stayed in SK ;)
Canadian English is almost exactly the same as American English and nothing like the UK. Canadians are very delusional to believe that they are more European than the USA, more "cultured". It is funny and kinda annoying.
@@aod2026 On the East Coast, we have had far more 'European' influence than the Rest of Canada. But we are so small (about 8-10% of the total population), that everyone in RoC forgets that we are here. Acadian French is distinctly old style French, along the South Shore of NS you would think you are in colonial Boston, Cape Breton is old French to the west/ Scots english to the east, and Newfoundland..........🤔 So... NO.....Canadian English is Not Exactly the same as American English. Similar.... yes, but some vocabulary, and definitely the cadence is different.
@@aod2026 From spelling to pronunciation to slangs, Canadian English is very different than American English. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@dougwilson4537 Canada is an Immigrant country with people from all around the world. Stop glorifying the "European Influence" which was basicly a colonisation of the land and murdering of it native people. It is something that you should be ashamed of.. not proud! And if you still think you are like a European or something. Try and travel to Europe. you will see you are nothing like them..
They say pop in the US as well. More so in the north. Soda pop is also used. In Georgia a lot of people say Coke. I guess because it was invented there.
@@binhnham2512 I live in Georgia, and we say "Coke" really for only colas, not Sprite, Mountain Dew, or orange soda. Coke/Pepsi/RC can be called -----> Coke Sprite ------------------------------------------> Sprite Mountain Dew ----------------------------> Mountain Dew/Dew Orange Crush------------------------------> Crush/Orange Crush/Orange Soda If referring to all "sodas", traditionally we mostly said "soft drink", but as the word soda took hold in the media and as more people from outside the south moved here, you started to hear "soda" a lot. That said, "orange soda" or "soda fountain" was always common.
Hey, how've you guys been? I'm Cicero from Brazil but I'd lived in America for a couple of years, and nowadays I work teaching online English classes for a Languages School in Boston, Massachussets, US. I can teach English to Portuguese speakers, and I also can teach Portuguese to English ones.
Dutch people that speak English when needed say Zee or Zed, depending on the person. Most schools learn and teach British English, however most media is from the US, so generally it becomes a mixture. Some schools they actually use Zee.
I've also heard couches or sofas called davenports in Wisconsin. We say soda, soda pop, or pop here. We usually use the word office for bathroom. Typical conversation would be: "Yeah, I'm gonna go to the office now and take care of a few things." "Eh, be a lamb and light a candle while you're in there." "Yeah, whatever." On a related topic, we have been accused of drinking too much in Wisconsin. Could be. Maybe that's why Canada let the US keep us, more headaches than they wanted to deal with.
I was hanging out at a mall in Vancouver when I was in college and the girl at the cashier said something about a "Looney" and she was referring to their $1.00 coin. She was perplexed why I was so confused. She didn't realize I was from the U.S. and I wasn't well versed in their monetary slang. Awkward but funny!
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Canadian here from Surrey. I say zee, not zed. I say fire department or station, not hall. My grandma's generation said chesterfield and serviette, but we just say couch/sofa and napkin. Other than that, same as Sydney. Oh one last one, I've heard some Canadians use 'kangaroo jacket' instead of hoodie or 'bunny hug', don't ask me shrugs Apparently Canadians like coming up with weird terms for hoodies.
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 no, firehouse is where the firemen and firewomen live and work. My uncle's a firemen and I've always heard them call it that.
As a Canadian, the bathroom vs washroom is very easy (at least where I am from it is). If you're in a public place, like a restaurant, you'd call it a washroom. But if you're in a private place, like a house, you'd call it a bathroom.
In Minnesota US I think I'm more apt to say "bathroom" at home and "restroom" in public. Sometimes I might use "washroom" for a room that's solely for laundry.
That's us but In a public place we would say "Restroom' and at home we would say "Bathroom"
That's how I've always understood it lol. From Ontario here and that's always been what I've heard
In Canada in like malls they call it restrooms
Do you Canadians also say restroom?
As a French Canadian, apparently I learned American English because the American version almost always came to mind first
Same for me. Never heard "parkade"
same omg
Same here, I feel like the Canadian girl is just reaching to make a lengthier and interesting video. Half of the stuff she said, I’ve never heard in my life. In what province they use Parkade for parking lots, Serviette for napkins and runners for Sneakers? Even Quebecers don’t use these words when they speak English.
@@hershey5790 I agree with all of you. I'm from Montreal.
@@hershey5790It also depends where in Canada where she’s from though. In Manitoba, or at least in my experience, we do say “runners.” Only my grandparents say serviette though lol.
But for a lot of these phrases, I don’t think they’re that regional. It varies from person to person because of both American and European influence.
Personally, I say pencil crayons, zed, washrooms for public and bathrooms for homes. Parking lot for one level, parking garage for multiple. “Take” a test, runners, pop, napkins, cigarettes, firehall/fire department, 1 kilometre, couch, right/hey/eh interchangeably.
A parkade is above ground parking, a parking garage is underground parking, and a parking lot is just one ground level lot. That's my experience as an Albertan.
Hmm, I'm Albertan too and haven't ever heard parking garage. I agree a parking lot is a single-level parking area at the ground level only, and a parkade is a multi-level one above ground, for sure. But I think for a multi-level underground lot, I might call that an underground parkade.
In some areas in Canada, cigarettes are called "darts." Also, klicks can stand for kilometers of distance, or for a speed in kilometers per hour.
In addition to “writing” a test in Canada, American teachers would typically “grade” the test afterward I’m told, whereas in my experience Canadian teachers would typically “mark” the test. A teacher in my experience might comment on having lots of “marking” to do. (This is from Canada’s west coast.)
I'm in Ontario, and teachers also say "mark."
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quebecers are mostly bilingual so we say "do an exam" because in french we say "faire un examen".
@@Fryg_TM You mean anglophone Quebecers.
In the US, our teachers would sometimes say something like "marking a grade" or occasionally just call a graded assignment or report card "marks". The only time I've heard "write" being used in a school scenario is if someone is "writing something off" or (like your last example) they have "a lot of writing to do" - which is rare.
I’m Canadian but this video is making me feel like an American. I apparently talk more like an American than I do a Canadian.
same
In my state we use pop, smokes... i've never once heard "ciggies". Is that a west coast thing, maybe?
If you're from Toronto you're a lot more Americanized than the rest of Canada
@@000snow000 I was born in New Brunswick and raised in Alberta
@@000snow000 same with BC atleast the lower mainland
Both the USA and Canada have huge regional differences. I am from Michigan and we never used the word soda for pop. We are much closer to how they speak in Ontario and many Michiganders and other states like Minnesota etc use "eh' alot. That said - there is such huge differences between the US south, midwest, west and east that you just can't say 'this is how we say it in the US" and mean it generically. Same is true in Canada.
I agree. I really dislike it when they say this is how WE say it. You can't generalize for sure.
I’m from south Louisiana in the U.S. south and pop sounds foreign to our ears. You’d never hear it here. We say soft drink, cold drink or coke (even if it’s not a coca-cola). Also, soda is not common here.
@@IslenoGutierrez Understood. But up here in Toronto we say pop and sometimes soda or a soft drink or carbonated beverage but never coke. If you ask for a Coke at a fast food, they gonna ask tell you they either have Pepsi or Coke.
@@2painful2watch Calling it coke is something common down here in the U.S. south. You can come down here and someone might ask what kind of coke you want
@@IslenoGutierrez LOL!!!! That's hilarious cuz up here we just would simply say Diet, Zero or a regular Coke (Coca-Cola.) For us we use the term Coke to be the contracted version of Coca-Cola. Interesting. Now I know when visiting the beautiful south. Cheers!!
I'm a non-native speaker and I have trouble telling if a person is from the U.S. or Canada by their accent. I just figured a lot of the English words I learned at school were American and lotta Canadian words are new for me. Thank you for the input!
I’m from the southern U.S. and in my estimation of Canadian accents, I find them to use words like lot, not and got to rhyme with the word thought, similarly to how England uses those words (likely from British influence). Also, the word “about” they make it sound something like “a boat” and of course saying ay/eh. I’m generalizing to what I’ve heard, there may be Canadian dialects that don’t use these features. Otherwise the accents themselves depending on the region, do sound something like certain American accents like either from Minnesota and Wisconsin, California accents or certain east coast accents in the U.S. or even like a mix of any of these three. For the most part they do sound a lot like American accents to the point where people not from the U.S. may not be able to tell them apart.
americans and canadians have trouble telling each other apart - there are dialects that are distinguishable - but standard american and standard canadian are almost exactly alike - except for the pronunciation of certain words - which except for "zee/zed" wasn't discussed here - and a few extra vocabulary items in canadian usually inherited from the UK
@@IslenoGutierrezlmao I'm Canadian and I just read "not" "thought" and "lot" out loud and they rhyme. I wonder how they're supposed to sound different 😅
@@geoplanetaire In my state of Louisiana here in the southern U.S., they dont rhyme. “Not” and “lot” rhyme with “sock” and “thought” rhymes with “sought”. But overall, Canadian accents sound very similar to certain American accents with very minor differences.
I'm from Ontario, Canada but I say parking garage, not parkade, running shoes, not runners, and sweater, not bunny hug. I think the terminology varies from person to person.
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I live in Ontario as well and use the same words you do. So I think it's safe to say there are regional differences in Canada.
same parking lot/garage and sweater and running shoes i noticed sydney is from vancouver? i think she said that that's diggerent for sure from ontario
Yeah in Quebec it’s the same thing, the words she uses are probably a western Canada thing.
Parkade is a lot more common than you think. I never heard it before it turned up in a youtube video and then I saw it all over the place on the side of parking structures. Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto, for example, has a parkade.
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Lol WTF how you're getting so many likes. 100 likes
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cuz she was with the British girl who is condescending and being unknowingly rude, this really scares everyone
@@MatthewSmith-xt3ey As an english Canadian this is true. We are raised to be more reserved and proper in a way.
I’m from the US. This was very interesting seeing what the differences were for each country. In America, we always use bathroom, but we will also use restroom too if we are acting formal. I think I found “clicks” and “chesterfield” to be the most surprising out of all.
“Click” is an American word, it was coined by and is used by the military. Our military uses metric (because of NATO) and “click” is the word they use instead of kilometer…that’s where the word comes from and also that’s where the Canadians picked it up. Listen for it next time you watch a war movie or an action film
Don’t forget we also say ladies room.
Canadian here- my house has a "bathroom", because there is a bath in it. If I'm at a restaurant or something like that, it's a "washroom" because I would wash my hands there... And there in no bath.
Therefore Americans don't wash their hands they just sit,rest and relieve themselves so its called restroom eh?😂 please,vote out Trudea
🇨🇦 Not too many ‘eh’s’ heard here on the Canadian west coast. I never say washroom inside a home, it’s always bathroom. Sneakers is commonly said here. ‘Chesterfield’ is almost never heard, especially by those under 50. More likely we say couch, sometimes sofa. Never heard of ‘bunny hug’ but it’s cute.
There is a B&B in Kelowna, BC called the Chesterfield Inn. There is a large chesterfield on the lawn.
@@gerardacronin334 That’s cute. My husband and I stayed at Room With a View in Kelowna. Wish Joel and Lia were coming to B.C. Maybe on one of their West Coast trips!
born in Vancouver and stayed here my whole life. I'm 17 and ive never heard anyone in my generation say "eh" once in my entire life. Always found it weird its a stereotype for Canadians.
I say 'eh' frequently I never noticed till an American friend mentioned it
I live in Canada and I've never heard of a parkade
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Me too
Some things were incorrect. A Chesterfield is not a word for a sofa in the UK 😂
We don't use Parkade in the UK either 🤷
Canadian English is very much influenced by other countries without a doubt. Just as the Canadian girl mentioned, it does also depend on what part of Canada you're from, but I personally use so many interchangeable terms that Americans and Canadians would use. You would never catch me using the word serviette lol.
Same. I'm in Quebec and we don't use "serviette" (unless it`s for a real towel). Instead, we say "napkin" with a French accent when we want a napkin ("Peux-tu me donner un napkin s'il te plaît?").
Are most Canadians bilingual ? Speaking French & English ?
Me too. It drives me nuts when my wife says serviette vs napkin.
True! That's true for any countries that share some language or territory, though. Though to my knowledge, parkade is actually a Canadian term; it's not from somewhere else - they call them car parks in the UK and Australia, so she's wrong to say it comes.from the UK. People sometimes forget that we can make up our own words too, it seems 😅
@@tudormiller887 No not all of us. I dropped French in high school bcz I had a hard time with it. So no, I hardly ever hear French spoken in Toronto and area.
I grew up in Michigan, so a soft drink is "pop". I almost never use the word "sofa"; to me, it's a couch, although I first learned it as "davenport". "Eh" seems to be common in northern Michigan and northern Wisconsin. When I served in the U.S. Army many decades ago, "click" was common slang for a kilometer. In my experience, most Americans pronounce "kilometer" with the stress on the second syllable while most Canadians put the stress on the third syllable.
Klick was 100% an Australian Army term for the Vietnam War. The Americans copied it.
I’m from south Louisiana in the southern U.S. and pop sounds foreign to our ears and sofa is our common word rather than couch. And you’re my countryman. Quite a large difference in the U.S.
"I'm Sydney from Canada." Wait isn't Sydney located in Australia?? Just kidding! XD
Lol there’s a Sydney in Canada too
@@rlsoaxnds Ya it's the woman
@@aidenkaltenbach5436 and also a city in nova scotia
Canada and Australia are actually part of the Commonwealth.
Somewhere on the other side of the world someone named Canne Ada is introducing themselves as, "I'm Canne Ada from Sydney."
Here's something that sometimes trips people: "Turn left, right?" "Right."
The opposite would be to say, "No, right."
(="No, turn right.")
As someone from the UK, can confirm I've never heard the term 'parkade' until watching this video 😅 we just call it a car park. If it has multiple levels we might differentiate by calling it a multistorey, but it's still a car park.
Also most people just call a bathroom a toilet, or more informally a 'loo'. We say bathroom as well but normally only when there's an actual shower/bath in it. Even then it's not used as often. Most people wouldn't say "where's the bathroom" if they're looking to use the toilet, for example.
I've also never heard anyone call a sofa a "Chesterfield".. there is a town in England called Chesterfield though 😆
As for the other ones, we tend to say: coloured pencils; zed; do a test; trainers; fizzy drink; napkin and serviette are both used (I think serviette tends to be used more by like 50+ year olds); cigarettes/ciggies/cigs/fags (this is used a bit less now, prob bc people are aware of it being a slur in American English, but it's still used by a lot of people); fire station; kilometre.
To my fellow Canadians who say they've never heard of a parkade, try searching for 'Parkades in (name of your province)'. It's a pretty common term - you just never noticed it before.
Perhaps it's more a case of nobody calls it a parkade, at least where's I'm from (Southern Ontario). It's parking garage.
Noone cares and why would someone search that. F canada
@@michaelmarkowski204 Same here. I never, ever say any words that sound even remotely British. I say parking garage i.e. underground parking garage or parking lot.
For those that works in the construction industry, parkade is the most commonly used term to describe a parking garage.
@@392023001 Well for those who don't we still call them parking lots or underground parking. Ef the parkade nomenclature.
I love that they've added videos on Canada. And Sydney represents us Canadians well :D
I'm from Ottawa but some of the things she says sound unusual to me. I've never heard of a parkade before. To me, it's a parking garage. And I've never heard "hey" at the end of a sentence.
@@kontiuka same though! And chesterfield also surprised me. I haven’t heard a single Canadian say it. Only time I really use “eh” is when I say “eh, congrats” or something similar.
@@kaitlynweeks4143 lol. I would say hey, congrats! Just not congrats, hey.
@@kontiuka huh. Interesting to see how it changes from person to person lol
Heard parkade once and instantly knew what it meant.
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I wish I could participate in a channel like this and give my two cents as a Portuguese speaker on some stuff... It's so much fun!
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@@Eris370 acasalar, algo nesse sentido
For bathroom and washroom, it actually depends for me. I say bathroom when there is a shower or bath, while washroom is just a toliet and sink.
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As an American from the Midwest region, if the parking has multiple levels, it's called a parking structure. If not, it's a parking lot. If it's below ground, it's underground parking.
We would just call it a parking garage
Canadians call below ground parking, “underground parking” as well. But I guess we have the cold in common as underground parkings are usually heated or with AC.
@@ExtreemDreemer exactly, I’ve never heard anyone call it a “parking structure”
Never in my life have I heard anyone call it a parking structure you’re either making that up or that’s some regional/personal thing
@@twistedbliss58 that’s why I mentioned that I’m from the Midwest
I have never heard the term "bunny hug" before. I'm a Canadian however, when it comes to sweaters with hoods, I have only heard them being called a "hoodie" so of course that's what I call them too.
I’m from Saskatchewan and we call it a bunnyhug! The younger generations are now calling it a hoodie.
It’s a Saskatchewan thing. We also call it a hoodie.
It’s a Saskatchewan thing. I’m an Albertan.
@@brendaprimeau4272 Thank goodness haha
they you ain't from Sask lol
The "Fire hall" was generally a large room inside the fire station that communities used for social events. not so common any more (especially in cities). If the younger generation confuses this I understand
Yep... in Nova Scotia, it is Fire Hall out in the counties, but Fire Station in the cities.
they look like they annoy each other
Wait a minute. As far as I know Canadians call the room they take a shower, bath, or use the toilet - in their own home - a "bathroom". We would call a public facility a "washroom" more often than a "restroom"( as Americans typically do).
I personally call my washroom 'Jym" so I can tell everyone I get up everyday and go to the 'Jym' hahaha
Yeah, we never say restroom. I think you're right about "washroom" being reserved more often for being out in public or if you wanna sound more polite
Wow I actually never thought of a comparison between American and Canadian English. It's always American VS British that comes to mind. I didn't know there's so much difference in word usage even though they are neighbors. Thanks for the informative video!
Even what you just wrote there's a difference
Canadians would spell it Neighbours
Thanks to you for uploading the video, it will help non native English speakers Specially our Bangladeshies.
I’m Irish moving to canada soon. Funny we say “runners” too. Funny “serviette” is more seen as working class in U.K. and Ireland and more associated with fast-food places too or associated with the paper napkin. A napkin on it’s own is more the fancier kinda. There is a saying in the U.K. that the more French it sounds the more working class it sounds. A couch being called a seattee is also seen as a class indicator. Its not as strict now but in my
parents time (one very WC and one UMC) these things were important “signs”
As a British person, I would say "coloured pencils", but I would understand what you meant if you said "pencil crayons".
In the UK we say "car park" for the place where you can park your car. A multistorey building for parking your car is a "multistorey car park".
Concerning serviettes/napkins, I would tend to say "napkin" for a cloth napkin, but "serviette" for a disposable paper serviette.
A common informal word for cigarettes in the UK is "fags" (yes, we know this is a derogatory term in the US).
"Chesterfield" is not very British. We would say "settee" or "sofa". Chesterfield is a town in Derbyshire, south of Sheffield, and famous for its church with a twisted spire.
We French we say "serviette" for towel
For the color pencil, we say "crayon de couleur"
We more closer than you think, love brits
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@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Thank you man we love the French too :).
A lot of the English language was adapted from French (as well as Latin, Dutch, and some Afrikaans).
You only have to look at certain words like "Serviette" or even "Colour" they are even almost pronounced the same.
@@TrueidiotGames English has borrowed words from very many languages, not just the ones you listed. Arabic, Persian and various Indian languages also feature prominently (algebra, alkali, khaki, pyjamas, bungalow etc).
@@TrueidiotGames Indeed. Same pronunciation
Chesterfield is a make of high class suits
Bunny hug!! I love this. Thanks for the great share on language differences in close neighbors!
I've not heard of "chesterfield" to describe a couch. I also heard "davenport" for a couch.
I think Davenport was a well known brand in the 30s-50s.
Yes. It was like La-z-Boy essentially. So popular that for a long time people called all couches davenports like many people call all tissues Kleenex
I only recently heard that what Americans refer to as a "beanie" or "knit cap" is what Canadians call a "touqe". When I hear beanie, I think of the cap with a propeller on top, not a piece of winter clothing. I had heard the term parkade before and knew what it meant but not as common usage. On the other hand I just checked the web sites for several malls here in Toronto (e.g. Eaton Centre) and they all called the parking structure a parkade.
I've never heard a knit cap called a "beanie", except on videos about language. I've lived in southern Michigan and northern Indiana all my life.
I think the same about beanies. I live in Australia now and they call them beanies here too. Dropping the use of the word toque has been a tougher one for me cos I like the word, but nobody here understands me when I use it!
She lost me when Canada didn't say "dart" for a cigarette. 😆
same lol
I've heard dart in TV or movie but never in real life here so she never lost me
I was going to say she missed a golden opportunity to call it a dart
I'm 69 and I've heard "fag" for cigarette in Canada way more often than I've heard "dart".
From BC I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything besides dart lol
British/English English, from near Birmingham, we say:
0:33 coloured pencils, same as US.
0:55 zed, same as Canadian.
1:22 bathroom, US.
2:02 multi-storey carpark, or just a carpark.
2:34 a written test or exam.
2:55 I personally call those trainers.
3:15 fizzy pop, or just - a can of .... pepsi/coke etc.
3:47 tissue or usually serviette, I've heard some people say napkin.
4:27 cigarettes or smokes, or the F gay word is common slang.
4:59 fire station.
5:20 a/1 kilometre. US
6:04 a sofa or less commonly said is a settee or couch. US.
I've never been able to hear a significant enough difference between Canadian and American accents. The main thing I've heard different is how Canadians pronounce the "ou" in their words, such as "about" - they say a-boat, I say a-baowt.
Canadian here from Surrey.
We don't say about like boat here but like out, drought or spout, like how it's spelled.
Americans say about like bow, cow, Mao or now, not like how it's spelled.
That we say about like boat, coat, dote or wrote, is a common American misperception, no idea where they got that idea.
@@karllogan8809 All American shows and movies that have Canadians in it, show the rest of the world, Canadians can't say "about" they say "aboot"
@@dutchgamer842 Well those shows are wrong lol.
I was born and raised in Vancouver, lived in Ottawa, traveled to Alberta, Quebec and never heard anyone say 'aboot' before, maybe it's a Newfie thing or somethin' lol.
@@karllogan8809 Americans generally pronounce the diphthong represented by "ou" and "ow" the same way. It starts with an open vowel like 'apple' and rounds with a 'w'. Canadians sound different because I think they start with a vowel that sounds more like 'eh' vs. 'a' in apple. So, eh-oot vs. aa-oot. Some of you guys also say 'sorry' in a noticeably different way. We generally say something like sah-ree or sar-ee, yours can sound more like sor-ree.
@@karllogan8809 Actually for me I didn't get that from American shows etc, its more so from TH-camrs and the news. The Canadian Conservative leader Erin o'Toole I've heard him say "a-boot/boat", also a couple of TH-camrs spring to mind:
1) search - Guide to Canadian Political Parties (channel J.J. McCullough) at 1:32 he clearly says aboot.
2) search Washing The New Armoured Skin, Spark Plugs, Food Delivery To The Van | Big Thank You
At 10:53 he says aboat. Though he does often pronounce it more like about.
Suppose its similar to my local dialect of working class slang near Birmingham we sometimes say "abaat", but normally its about/abaowt.
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There are so many differences across Canada that you should do a video with a west coaster, mid and east coaster. We use parkade on the west coast, I've never heard of bunny hug (they are hoodies), napkin is definitely the norm but I know what a serviette is. Love these videos!
I'm from N.B. originally. I might use "serviette" if I'm speaking French, but would be more likely to say "napkin" in both languages.
Here in France 🟦⬜🟥 , we say :
"crayon de couleur"➡️ color pencil/pencil crayon
"serviette" is a French word
The letter "Z" we also pronunce 🔊 [zed] in French. I do think its a French influence
Canada had British and French influences but mostly Brits.
Afterall 🇬🇧🇫🇷 colonised 🇨🇦 and other parts of Nort America like Québec 🇲🇶 (They prefer speaking French over English)
Long live the English and French Speakers !
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Here in New Zealand we use the word Serviette and Napkin - but I think it is more with with personal choice. I use serviette more than napkin myself. I have never heard it called a coloured crayon before.
@@jgroenveld1268 Me neitheir. All mixed with English and French words
🇫🇷 serviette = 🇪🇸 servilleta
Au Québec on dit des crayons de cire, les crayons de couleur ce sont ceux en bois! Pour serviette on dit napkin en général, sinon on dit serviette de table lorsqu’il s’agit d’une réelle serviette!
@@TechnoForever21 Crayon en cire ? Ça doit être incassable. 😂
In NZ, we would say eh all the time (much more the Canadians), crayons, zed, bathroom (public, cloakroom), parking building, take a test, sneakers, fizzy drink, napkin (definitely not serviette), cigarettes, fire station, kliometer (klick is Australian), sofa, eh, swannie.
WHAAAT I didn’t know pencil crayons was a Canadian thing. I thought every one called them that
I'm a Filipino-Canadian in Ontario, been all over the Greater Toronto Area since I moved here when I was four, and I currently live an hour east of downtown Toronto, and we say: "pencil crayons", "zed", "bathroom" at home and "washroom" for public places, "parkade" for multi-level parking spaces and "parking lot" for an open, roof-less parking area, "write/have a test", "running shoes", "pop", "serviette" or "napkin", "smokes", "fire station", "kilometer" or "click" (way more slangy), "couch", "eh" or "right", and finally, "hoodie." They should've had the word "toque" which I think Americans call beanies? Or winter hats?
Winter hats in the USA go by different names.
In the south it is known as a toboggan (in reference to people wearing these hats when sledding on a toboggan.)
The word beanie seems to have originated out of California and has really gone nation-wide. Before, a beanie was only known as a small child's hat, the kind with a propeller on the top.
In the north, they appear more likely to use the word "sock hat" or "stocking cap"
@@willp.8120 - Yep, to me "beanie" will always be what Spanky wore in "Our Gang". I use the spelling "tuque" for the winter knit hat with the pompom.
What was the need to specify your ancestry? Just call yourself a Canadian.
I think in the US only the military says "click" as a distance.
That's right, the U.S. military uses kilometers.
The US military does use meter distance measurement, and we would say "click" as a way for verbally shortening km.
Hmm in the military I'd always spell it klick in my mind since it comes from km.
This is what I thought to myself as well.
English speaking Canadians use it informally the same way as the US military. Our military folks obviously use it that way too (heck my ex-Army dad uses "click" when speaking in his native French). I'm honestly not sure the habit started in the military and spread to the civilian world when we went metric in the 70s or if it was more universal. Heck, it is very possible that US troops picked up the habit from ours since our militaries have such close ties.
I'm not sure if we vary in spelling (C vs K). Click is the norm up north.
Just a heads up, Chesterfield is where most sofas came from. As well they are known as a Davenport as that was another place that they came from back in the day.
From Nova Scotia & never heard of pencil crayons. Always been coloured pencils around here. Also, usually called a bathroom with whoever I've talked with (washroom mostly, if it's a public facility, though). Always used sneakers, never called them runners. Maybe central Canadians say serviette, the actual east coast calls them napkins.
From New Brunswick, and same for moi.
Hey, some of my ancestors were from Nova Scotia, about 270 years ago!
I’m from south Louisiana and some of my ancestors were French-speaking Acadians that were exiled by the British and wound up in south Louisiana where they were known as “Cajuns” (or in French “Cadjins”- cah-jan).
Canadians : Running in runners
Americans : Sneaking in sneakers
Some Americans (like me) grew up with "tennis shoes." Don't know why.
I’m American I just say shoes lol
@@adilhoxha5443 😆
@@wesleybush8646 you guys americans really full of surprises huh😆
Wait, isn't that British though?
You should bring an American southerner with a heavy accent
Not possible as this show is based in South Korea.
The channel is based on people from different countries living in Korea, and they are able to speak Korean.
As long as she is as fine as Christina, if not then I am more than good with her
Yeah it's always disappointing when the Americans they use in videos like these always have that Cali accent ( ik Christina is from Boston but she sounds more like someone from Cali) it's just annoying cause most of us at least where I'm from don't sound like that
@@castlecorn593 One question have a ever met anyone from Vermont, I am from Vermont and I get where in New York are you from all the time aka 90% of the time, get asked that is from people who were born and raised in Vermont.
i'll go to middle canada in this summer and this is so helpful! thank you
bunny hug is so cute
This video affected to me to study English well I want to be Americans haha and i didn't know that the what is difference conversation in Canada and America! i got new knowledge! thank you!
Actually, here (portion of the U.S.) a "chesterfield" sofa refers to a particular style of couch. - The style with buttoning on the backrest especially, but also both backrest and seat cushions
From Western Canada, but my Grandma was from Anglo-Quebec and grew up during the war. Chesterfield to me is the buttoned backrest/seat with non-plush arm rail, but to my grandma it was any multi-seat couch that had at least one raisable leg section, like a lay-z-boy. She had a Chesterfield, couch, love seat, and armchair in her living room...it was not very common to hear it outside of seniors when I was little.
I was looking to see if anyone else mentioned the Chesterfield sofa.
Like a Davenport? Which I associate with the US
I always thought a Chesterfield in America was slang for a pack of cigarettes (since that was an actual brand).
@@lynnjasen9727 - That's like Kleenex, a trade name for a line of upholstered furniture made by the A.H. Davenport and Company of Massachusetts that became a generic name for a couch. Kind of like "La-Z-boy" for any upholstered recliner.
I bursted out laughing when Christina said parking parade! As an American, it was my first time hearing the term parkade as well.
In the previous video, I guessed that Sydney was from Quebec because she speaks French but in this video, she said she's from the west side. Which makes me think she's from either BC or Alberta.
Also, in the US, you won't have to worry about measuring things in kilometers since the US measures distance in miles. If you were to mention km to the average American, he/she would be confused and you would definitely make it obvious that you're not from the US as the average American doesn't know how to measure distance in km.
The pop/soda debate is definitely regional in the US. I've lived in the east coast, the west coast, and the Midwest of the US and what you hear from people depends on which state you're in.
One other difference I want to point out when comparing American English to Canadian English is words that end in "-er" vs "-re" and "-or" vs "-our." The words "theater" and "center" are spelled "theatre" and "centre" in Canada. "Color" is spelled "colour" in Canada.
Couleur is a French word.
We french "crayon de couleur"
I believe Sydney is from BC because she also referenced her friends from Central Canada's prairies using clicks. Plus, her accent is more general West Coast, very similar to California.
Yep... You yanks invert your re's and drop essential u's. 🤣
The one Americanism in English that actually does raise my ire is dropping -ly on adverbs. (e.g. saying "Drive safe" instead of "Drive safely")
Sydney doesn't sound like a Quebecker. Both French Canadians and Anglo-Quebeckers have a distinctive accent, although the latter is harder to distinguish from an English speaking Canadian from further west unless you are familiar with it. My own English accent is predominantly Anglo-Quebecker (mixed Montreal and Quebec City) with eastern Ontarian influences. My vocabulary is noticeably more Brit, Canadian French and New England influenced than say, a southern Ontarian and my grammar has more Brit and Canadian French influences. Sydney's got a very clean Canadian Standard accent typical of well educated folks from BC to Ontario. My first guess would be that she's from BC since her speech reminds me of folks from Vancouver that I know but I could be wrong there. Simple population numbers make BC/Alta highly likely if she's from west of Ontario.
Given that she and the other folks on here seem to be language teachers, she's probably just got a knack for languages and was lucky enough to have some good French second language teachers in school. It's standard for Canadians to learn their non-native official language as a second language in school (but the quality of that education sadly varies a fair bit), so English-speaking kids learn some French and vice versa. Some kids in more bilingual areas (the Montreal and Ottawa areas especially) have access to genuinely bilingual education and take about half their courses in one language and the other half in the other (not unusual in eastern Ontario and western Quebec).
With the kilometer/kilometre thing, they were obviously fishing for the use of the colloquial term "clicks" but I've also noticed that some Americans stress the syllables of the word a bit differently (which alters the vowel sounds a bit).
The pop/soda thing is also regional in Canada, although pop is very common from Ontario westwards. Anglo-Quebeckers tend to say "soft drink" more than "soda" and rarely ever say "pop". Much like the US, it's a big country and we've got some regional variation (Atlantic Canada is a whole different kettle of fish from the rest of the country, both in its English and French dialects).
Canadian standard spelling kind of splits the difference between the US and the UK. We do use -re and -our, along with other Brit style stuff like using C rather than S in words like defence, but we do share American spellings on other words like tire or connection (vs. connexion... although I think both are acceptable). Honestly, most of us alternate back and forth between US and UK spelling norms without even noticing that we do it. I'm fairly certain that I spell defence/defense both ways all the time without noticing.
a lot of people in canada speak french or learn french as a child because it is the second language
As a Canadian, having worked and spoken with people in the US it's the "huh" or "uh huh" at the end of a sentence or as a reply that hits my ear hard. "Thank you", "uh huh". "That's a big one, huh?" Honestly I'd rather hear "right" over "huh".
Then you wouldn't want to talk to a west Toronto-ite like me. I say Huh all the time.
It’s nice that they were both so understandable even if the word sounded funny to them
I once worked with an associate from Nova Scotia and she said "In our company we use a lot of acronyms" and I replied "Yeah, but in Canada all the acronyms end in 'eh'." That was my finest hour.
My favourite similar joke - I moved from Canada to Australia, and got my Aussie citizenship recently. I've had a few friends joke I'll have to start talking like a proper Aussie now, and I'm like, "Yeah, I'll have to start saying g'day" and they're like "yeah!" and then I go "but since I'm a dual citizen, I'll have to say 'g'day, eh?" 😛 It always makes them crack up!
As a French-Canadian from Québec, to me it seems like we're taught English more like Americans cause I frankly recognized more of the American terms than Canadian ones...also I was taught zee for the alphabet, not zed. That fact is kind of weirding me out
I'm American. Only time I've used Zed is when talking about ZX Spectrum computers.
As a French Canadian, saying “zed” shouldn’t be weird as in French “z” is “zed.”
@@lalitar626 saying zed doesn't weird me out. What I said weirds me out is the fact that I was taught to say zee in English when this video claims in Canada we say zed in English.
@@lalitar626 exactly!!!! She doesn't even know that it might be coming from french... I was like hello Québec!!😂
It's because Toronto and Montreal are closer to New-York than Vancouver.
Not done watching the whole video yet but in Canada (or at least where I live) we say “bathroom” if the room we are talking about has a bath/shower in it. If it doesn’t have a bath/shower it is called a washroom. For example if you were in public and you told your friend that you need to go to the washroom then you would say “I’m going to go to the washroom.” But if you’re some place such as a house and you needed to use the bathroom you would say “I’m going to the washroom.”
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If you’re from a farming community the late meal is usually called supper. To further confuse things when harvest workers were being fed in the middle of the day it was called dinner.
Also bunny hug is usually a younger generation term. People who grew up in 60s & 70s called them kangaroos because of the pockets on the front. Now most people call them hoodies.
Same in Iowa USA
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It was an amazing video. I've learnt so much 🇨🇦🇺🇸👏
here in australia some of us say
dunnie or toilet - washroom
carpark
soft drink
durrie for smokes
K’s - kilometers
Great video! I’m from the UK - drive 50 miles in any direction and the accent changes significantly and so do some words!
To me "write a test" sounds like something the teacher would do while creating the test that students will take.
All these terms & local expressions are becoming more & more mixed & variable - the world is so connected that all sorts of jargon is spreading. I'm from Montreal, and we don't always use some expressions that originate in provinces to the west of us. But we've _heard_ them; and we've heard all the American expressions, from media. So we don't even _notice_ if we're using our own local jargon, or find ourselves adopting terms from further afield. And my wife & I watch a lot of UK television; so we don't bat an eye at _those_ expressions, either! And for Canadians who are older, and/or have read English literature widely, all bets are off.
I'm from Canada and I call the parking garage a multi-level car park, but I don't know where I picked that up from because it doesn't seem to be common. I also use parking garage, if I think of it.
In the USA we don't just say bathroom, we say restroom as well.
The Midwest, particularly the northern parts bridging Canada, you find many people sounding similar to Canadians and using many of their terms, most notably “pop”.
Love these two ladies together they vibe really well
soda = tonic and "we're having chicken for dinner, huh?" in parts of New England
Where I’m from ( Manitoba… Winnipeg ) I actually use all three terms; washroom, bathroom and restroom. I call it a restroom in public like a fueling station ( gas station ). I call it a washroom when it has a shower/bath, toilet and sink because you can wash in there. And I call it a bathroom when it only has a shower/bath.
In the UK a Chesterfield is a style of sofa / couch. Not sure if it's a really a brand.
Im in the uk but i would call it a sofa or a settee
@Lonestar Papa We do mostly for ads that sell couches like Lyons or the Brick was a store called Chesterfield warehouse.
In the North East of the US is a style of furniture.
Same in the U.S.
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I'm Canadian and have lived Coast to Coast, I've never heard the term "bunny hug" used for a hoodie. Interesting, learn something new every day.
It’s not a real thing. Been all over canada, coast to coast. Sydney is lying.
@@cgohoh it's a Sask thing
In the '60s I moved from BC to NS. When I commented to a Bluenoser about their runners, they replied "Runners? They're sneakers!" 3 years later I moved back to BC and had to remember to say runners and not sneakers. Chesterfield is what couches and sofas were called back then.
Parkade is very west coast. Ontario would say parking lot, parking garage, parking structure (in some cases).
I always love Christina, and Sydney is great in the videos. Most of my knowledge of Canada comes from old episodes of South Park (The 'French Canada' song, and the "I'm not your friend, buddy. I'm not your buddy, friend." skit). I guess there are feuds between different regions of Canada? In the US there's "pop", "soda", and in some parts "coke". "Hey, can you get me a coke?", "Sure, what kind". Another term I have yet to come across on this channel's videos is "water closet", or "WC". I grew up with bathroom, restroom, and latrine (Army), but we used "WC" for water closet while amongst the natives in the middle east.
WC (pronounced VC in French) is used in French-speaking countries. Seeing your last name makes me think you’re more on the French side. I never heard English Canadians use the term “WC” or “watercloset” though I know it through French and UK English.
they'll say WC in Croatia (pronounced VC aswell). @@lalitar626
Yeah, there are some regional differences! Though I dunno if I'd call them feuds, haha. Honestly, South Park makes me feel complimented as a Canadian. It might sound funny but if someone can make fun of you well, it's almost a compliment cos it shows they get you. South Park does, haha. That buddy/pal thing is bang-on in particular. We often use "buddy" to refer to someone who's annoyed us. Like "Buddy over here just cut me off, what's he smoking?"
We say going to the VC in Croatia, too. It might be WC in spelling, but we pronounce it "V" "C" for some reason. I never knew it stood for water closet (you learn something new every day!!).
@@johnbatinovic6593 The V, W, and F are pronounced differently between Europe and America. I'm sure the Germans cringe when someone from the U.S. pronounces the name Volkswagen.
In the USA, we'd say that a multi-layered parking development is either a "parking deck" or "parking garage"
Sydney obviously doesn’t smoke because we call them darts over here too 😅
A lot of these are highly regional and/or specific to older generations.
Growing up I wore sneakers.
really interesting to see Sydney as Canadian representation. please, offer more content with Canadian topics😊👍
Interesting if you like being straight up lied to….. most of what she said was straight up false
wash in a washroom and bathe in a bathroom, and sometimes still called a restroom because once upon time a way way back there were bath/wash rooms that actually had furniture in them too so one could actually sit down and have a rest (back when customer service was a actual thing)
Do more video like this for me to watch, I'm nt a native English speaker however it's quiet interesting and I enjoying listening the difference english accents around the world
Chesterfield was a brand of very well made seating, from the UK. The term was brought over here in Canada and used by many, but since is rarely used.
In the U.S., chesterfield is usually a type of fancy sofa with the all the buttons and stuff.
It's ironic that the Canadian girl would say restroom to sound more refined, when restroom is typically the lowest standard type of bathroom with just toilets that you go to at a gas station, airport, bar etc. Basically it's the least refined type of bathroom.
In North Dakota, we refer to our rural fire department quarters as firehalls, and we also call the carbonated soft drinks "Pop" whereas in California and other states, it's called "soda."
You need to learn more about Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada :) you’d find our slang and way of talking super interesting!
Sydney was the most accurate, when she said, we Canadians, take influence from the UK and the US. Have an English on this panel, and you'll see we're right down the middle. Never heard of Bunny Hug, must've stayed in SK ;)
Canadian English is almost exactly the same as American English and nothing like the UK. Canadians are very delusional to believe that they are more European than the USA, more "cultured". It is funny and kinda annoying.
@@aod2026 On the East Coast, we have had far more 'European' influence than the Rest of Canada. But we are so small (about 8-10% of the total population), that everyone in RoC forgets that we are here. Acadian French is distinctly old style French, along the South Shore of NS you would think you are in colonial Boston, Cape Breton is old French to the west/ Scots english to the east, and Newfoundland..........🤔
So... NO.....Canadian English is Not Exactly the same as American English. Similar.... yes, but some vocabulary, and definitely the cadence is different.
@@aod2026 From spelling to pronunciation to slangs, Canadian English is very different than American English. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@mhawang8204 lol I bet you only speak English 😅
@@dougwilson4537 Canada is an Immigrant country with people from all around the world. Stop glorifying the "European Influence" which was basicly a colonisation of the land and murdering of it native people. It is something that you should be ashamed of.. not proud!
And if you still think you are like a European or something. Try and travel to Europe. you will see you are nothing like them..
In USA they say "Soda"
In Canada they say "Pop"
And here's Nigeria, the prodigal English speaking country, they say "Minerals." 😂
In the USA every region is different, we say soda, pop and soda pop
You're right 😀but not on a formal term...
In Ireland, ‘minerals” is the most commonly used term for soft drinks. “Will you have a mineral?”
They say pop in the US as well. More so in the north. Soda pop is also used. In Georgia a lot of people say Coke. I guess because it was invented there.
@@binhnham2512 I live in Georgia, and we say "Coke" really for only colas, not Sprite, Mountain Dew, or orange soda.
Coke/Pepsi/RC can be called -----> Coke
Sprite ------------------------------------------> Sprite
Mountain Dew ----------------------------> Mountain Dew/Dew
Orange Crush------------------------------> Crush/Orange Crush/Orange Soda
If referring to all "sodas", traditionally we mostly said "soft drink", but as the word soda took hold in the media and as more people from outside the south moved here, you started to hear "soda" a lot. That said, "orange soda" or "soda fountain" was always common.
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I am British, and I have never heard of Chesterfield for a sofa! We say Setee or Sofa. The parking lot is a Car Park in the UK.
Dutch people that speak English when needed say Zee or Zed, depending on the person. Most schools learn and teach British English, however most media is from the US, so generally it becomes a mixture. Some schools they actually use Zee.
Depends whether or not Harry Potter or the BBC are your cup of tea lol
@@XXXTENTAClON227 Most Dutch TV networks, broadcast shows from the US.
Now most people use Netflix, Disney+, Prime and such.
I've also heard couches or sofas called davenports in Wisconsin. We say soda, soda pop, or pop here. We usually use the word office for bathroom. Typical conversation would be:
"Yeah, I'm gonna go to the office now and take care of a few things."
"Eh, be a lamb and light a candle while you're in there."
"Yeah, whatever."
On a related topic, we have been accused of drinking too much in Wisconsin. Could be. Maybe that's why Canada let the US keep us, more headaches than they wanted to deal with.
I really thought Canada/canadians and USA/americans speaking is the same😭 thanks for this channel we learned a lot!
I was hanging out at a mall in Vancouver when I was in college and the girl at the cashier said something about a "Looney" and she was referring to their $1.00 coin. She was perplexed why I was so confused. She didn't realize I was from the U.S. and I wasn't well versed in their monetary slang. Awkward but funny!
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Canadian here from Surrey.
I say zee, not zed.
I say fire department or station, not hall.
My grandma's generation said chesterfield and serviette, but we just say couch/sofa and napkin.
Other than that, same as Sydney.
Oh one last one, I've heard some Canadians use 'kangaroo jacket' instead of hoodie or 'bunny hug', don't ask me shrugs
Apparently Canadians like coming up with weird terms for hoodies.
I'm an American and I say firehouse not fire station lol
Lol fire station is most accurate. Fire House is like my House is in fire
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 no, firehouse is where the firemen and firewomen live and work. My uncle's a firemen and I've always heard them call it that.
I say zed and i've never heard bunny hug
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In movie and film production, a cinematographer is called a DP in American but a DoP in Canadian. (It stands for "Director of Photography")