I’m Canadian and once I said sorry to the tv for turning it off, once I said sorry to the wall for no reason. Well now I know why everyone gave me a weird look when I said where are the tuque’s and where’s the washroom lol.
Said sorry to a chair (multi times), a post in my house, car, basically anything I bump into or trip over. The post was the most embarrassing one though.
MavenCree The most embarrassing thing I said sorry to is my bed, just for laying on it... idk why I do this and when someone bumps into me I say sorry.
Okay, I'm Canadian, and I want to address some things. First of all, we don't say "eh" that much. But if we do, it's used as if you were agreeing with someone in question context (like if you were saying "right?"). Second, I have never heard someone say "aboat" in my life. But maybe that's because of regional accents. Third, never try to find a Canadian with road rage, oh boy Edit 1: Fourth, instead of "soda", we say "pop". Edit 2: Fifth, Canadian slang isn't used (for the most part) in cities, it's more for countrysides or provinces on the east coast (correct me if I'm wrong)
Canada is such a vast nation that most words are actually regional. A flask is a Mickey in Nova Scotia.. for example. We also call them underwear. Also a flat of beer is a 12 pack, a 24 is a case... words in Alberta are different than in Ontario, and folks in Newfoundland are not easy to understand at all.... we don’t all say eh...
I'll second that! Of course they don't! They are Westerners. By the way....... Why does Sackville rate the respect of a capital letter, but not the name of your province???
I'm Canadian and I'm pretty sure that almost every Canadian uses, "Loonie", "a double-double", "runners", "KD","toonie", "tuque", "timmies" and the most important one, "Sorry".
I'm from Quebec, I speak french, and I learned how to speak english at school. Now I speak (almost) perfect english and I have to say that I had never heard most of those slang before. I'm happy to have stumble upon this video. Now, when I can finaly travel, I'll be able to order my large double double (here we say: deux deux). Thank :P
Ok, here we go. I grew up in Newfoundland, but have also lived in New Brunswick for a few years. These are my thoughts on these words: Knapsack? No. It's a bookbag or backpack. Chesterfield? I've used this before, but (in my experience) it's usually the older generations that use this term. Zed? Yes, 99% of the time. Gitch? I've literally never heard this before. They're underwear, or drawers (This might be regional to Newfoundland, and is usually used a bit sarcastically: "Gotta pull on me drawers before me pants.") 2-4? Yes. A case of 24 beers is called a 2-4. A case of 6 is called a six pack. May 2-4? Yes. Timmies? Yes. Or Tim's. Or Timmie-hoes (sarcastically, along the lines of calling McDonalds "McDicks") Double double? Yes, but it's not only at Tim Horton's. You can ask for a double double at most coffee shops in Canada and they'll know what you're talking about. Oot and aboot? No. Just no. We also don't pronounce is oat and aboat. It's more like owt and abowt. Mickey? I've heard people call a 375ml bottle this, but more often I've heard it called a flask or a pint. Keener? I've heard of this, but most of the time it's used sarcastically. Molsen muscle? I've never heard this in my life. It's a beer belly. And not all out beer is made by Molsen (which is actually an American company!) Loonie? Yes. That's is what we call our one dollar coin. The two dollar coin is called a Toonie. Washroom? Yes, but you won't get a weird look for calling it a bathroom either. Runners? I've heard them called this but it's not common. They're sneakers. KD? It stands for Kraft Dinner, which is a brand of boxed mac and cheese. A lot of people use it as a generic term. Pogie? I've definitely heard this used as slang for Unemployment Insurance, but more commonly (and less derogatory) it's known as "EI". Tuque? First of all, you spelled it wrong. It's "toque". Very common, but you won't get a funny look if you call it a "winter hat". Saying sorry to everything? Yes. Just yes. Sorry.
Not surprising. Ask for a regular coffee in the western US and you'll probably get a black coffee. Ask for a regular coffee in New York and you'll get a coffee with cream and two sugars. Ask for a regular coffee in England and you'll get instant Nescafe. Yuck!
I said sorry to my teacher and she told me to stop so I said sorry then I said sorry again and again then she told me to leave the room because she thought I was being a smart ass.
Had no idea keener was just a Canadian term. I'm living in Ireland now and I've caught myself at the stores saying things like, "can get two loonies back in change?" and then the cashier will look at me so then I'll say, "can I get two one Euro coins back?" Loonie and toonie is just so much easier and quicker.
As a Canadian I’ll say; while all these terms are understood from coast to coast, about half of them are actually regional terms most often used in central Canada. The East Coast has a completely different slag style and is spoken much faster. Newfoundland and some areas of Cape Breton practically have their own language. And Western Canada has a slang structure that incorporates native terms. Also, “Eh?” is almost exclusively an Ontario thing. It’s actually rare to hear it elsewhere in modern speech. The reputation comes from the bulk of US tourism taking place in Ontario, and Americans actually labeled it a distinct Canadian wide word. In the very rare times when Eh is used outside of Ontario, it’s not just to ask a question, but can be used to seek affirmation...”Eh?”
Yes, several of those regional terms are from Central Canada. I think that couple is from Manitoba, or, if not, they're from far Western Ontario. They say "A-BOAT" rather than "A-BOUWWT".
So I'm canadian and a couch is basically a couch or how my grandma calls it, a sofa. Also, underwear is just underwear. I had a lot of fun watching this video. Thank you The Planet D!!!!!!!! Brendan 😀
Wow...I must be more American than Canadian cause most of these words and meanings of them I did not know... But I do say sorry a lot... Wow I guess that I am Canadian after all...eh?
In Calgary, we called underwear ginch (not gitch) when I was in school (30 years ago). Haven't heard it called that since then. Other words we use here I didn't hear in this video is "Click" (one kilometer) Give'er (Try hard, if you are currently trying hard, you are Give'n'er. You might even be give'n'er all you've got) Head'er (like give'r, except it's about leaving "guess I should head'er") Kerfuffle (argument or a fight) Stag (bachelor party - the feminine is of course "Staggette") Snowbirds (like my parents, who go to Arizona for winter) Kitty Corner (when two buildings are on diagonally opposite sides of the street) Cabin (cottage) Garburator (garbage disposal) Parkade (parking lot - usually covered) Edmonchuck (Edmonton) Cow-Town (My home, Calgary, which is devoid of cows btw) Well, I've been going on, I better head'er.
I’m Canadian and I have never heard the word “gitch” for underwear. I say toilets, lou, restrooms but mostly use the term washroom. It’s what suits my fancy at that time. I guess I tend to talk with a British dialect. You did an awesome job in explaining our Canadian slang and yes by apologizing it’s just considered good manners eh? ❣️🇨🇦
I'm from BC and I definitely heard it a lot there (usually as "ginch"), but now that I think of it I don't think I've really heard it since the mid-to-late Nineties, so it may be on its way out.
I have never heard it in Atlantic Canada. I made this comment above, but again, this is very Ontario based.. we say sneakers, bathroom, underwear, and flask, not mickey. We gravely injured say 'eh', and while our 'about' differs from our neighbours to the south, it is not 'a boat'.
I started off in Nova Scotia, went to Ontario, then Vancouver Island, then back to Ontario. So there are a lot of regional " vocabularies " out there. The slang of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador will require a 5 year Masters program to translate .
As a Canadian myself I am s Disappointed that non of these are true except the EH and ZED and TIMMIES and LOONIE and WASHROOM and RUNNERS and KD and TUQUE and SORRY all the rest aren't true
HAHA! You addressed 2 of my biggest pet peeves - eh?! and oot & aboot. Drives me nuts. The usage of 'eh' is basically asking for agreement or saying "right?" but Americans in particular use it in the wrong context. I can handle some lighthearted teasing but be accurate about it.
All I know is that some Canadians are very fond of talking about "a boat". The first time that happened, I got confused and wondered what some boat had to do with our discussion. I soon realized that the Canadian in question actually meant to say "about" and not "a boat".
various accents exist on a regional basis, maritime accents are not the same as western prairie accents, "24" is a central/eastern term, western Canada was always a case or dozen well at least until the '80's"
As an American who has lived in Canada for one year, I know some other words. In Canada they pronounce "progress, process, and project" with a long "o" not a short "o" as in the United States. Also, Canadians pronounce the word "been" like "bean" not "bin". Also, "defense" in Canada is spelled "defence".
I am Canadian, It is still a couch, it is still a backpack, we use washroom and bathroom. we called macaroni and cheese KD because the common company that sells it to stores it called Kraft Dinner, its still just macaroni and cheese, you don't go on a menu and say "I want some KD or, i want some Kraft Dinner" no, you say macaroni and cheese. Also you can use 'eh' as hey, also WE DO NOT CALL UNDERWEAR THAT, (all tho we sometimes call it undies but Americans say that too) also a lot less people say zed than just z (zee). also I have never heard "may 2 4 weekend" ITS STILL VICTORIA DAY! Also I called "Sneakers" Runners, Running shoes, and sometimes sneakers.
I've either said or heard nearly every single one of these words. Maybe It's because I'm 38, maybe it's because I'm from BC, or maybe it's all of the above. I usually say "hey?" rather than "eh?", and I don't have a strong accent when saying "out" or "about".
Maybe if you're 12 and under you might not be familiar with that word. But that's what a couch or sofa used to be called... far more commonly than "couch" or "sofa."
im from Toronto too but I've moved around a lot and trust me on this, a lot more of us talk like that then you'd think. Toronto is literally its own city state in Canada, we sound nothing like everyone else.
People from Toronto sound more like Americans than any other Canadians except people from B.C. You never heard half of those words because they are mostly regional from Central and some regional from Western Canada. Also, several of them are fairly recent. I'm in my late 70s and from Manitoba. We said Eh? a lot back then, and "Chesterfield" (and "Davenport, I might add), but neither "gitch" nor "pogey", and not "two-for" (they didn't have 24 packs of beer back in the 1940s.).
Fun fact about Canada, to discuss distance Canadians discuss travel time. For ex: "How far is it? 3 hour drive". Traveling is important in Canada because of its vastness. Going to go a distance, consult time management. I wouldn't understand if you told me how many miles away a place is.
When I was a kid during the 1950s we wiped our faces with a serviette and put a napkin on a baby's behind. I was shocked and offended when a waitress in Utah offered me a napkin.
The Pokanadian jcomprend ta résolution pis moi jtai tous afait d'accord avec les québécois quand jai grandi au qc mais pcq j'ai vecu ailleurs et là quand jsuis revenu j'avais tjs cette incitative . Mais du coup que j'aille voir ce quil y a de l'autre bord vers l'Ontario par exemple j'ai changer d'avis pcq nous faisons Qu'un avec okay 2 langues mais on est tous des humains et c sa qui mfais chier le plus que si le Qc pis le reste du arrive à s'entendre yaurait pu cette envie de séparation
terioze9 ahahhahahahahaha merci pour m'avoir fais rire en ce dimanche soir ! Bein ta pas mal raison sur le fais du #Copiécoller mais ils sont bcp plus froid que nos voisins du sud ✌
Annonymus Nobody i am not going be rude but their is not a lot to know about the rest of Canada when you come from Québec .. Ty btw for correcting the work 'Contry' to Country. The point is that my keybord is writting for me 😅
I use all of these except gitch, I would say underwear. What about long johns, since I work outside I use them all winter but they are getting harder to find.
I'm a Filipino and we always order Double-Double and Munchkins at Timmies almost everyday! I really love being in Canada! My father also adapted the "Washroom" term in our family. Surprisingly, some Filipinos understand it!
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It also depends on what part of Canada you live in and how you grew up for some of these. For me it's always been underwear. Chesterfield or couch was used but never sofa. Pop used instead of soda. It was always a hockey sweater not a jersey. Serviette was a napkin. I think we say highway vs freeway.
Every meet someone from Melville SK, if you haven't now you have, every heard of Saskatchewan slang there's a great video and I find funny because what most people call a sweater we call a bunnyhug and we're the only ones that do
I live in the most eastern part of Canada and we don’t say oout and aboout or eh or anything else on that list we are basically Irish because we sound like them
I've never heard "pogie" before :P And in Alberta, anyway, we do say backpack (though knapsack is also okay) and also bathroom (as well as washroom), and it's cabin instead of cottage & couch instead of chesterfield. I think Western Canada has some differences in slang from Eastern Canada, there. But otherwise, mostly this was pretty accurate lol. I love that you distinguised between "aboot" and "aboat" cos we totally *do* say it more like "aboat" with a bit of an oo at the end there. Also, now, I live in Australia, and I *love* the looks on Aussies' faces when I tell them a $1-coin is a loonie cos it has a loon on it, and a $2-coin is a toonie cos it's 2 loonies. Their looks are just the best, like a combination of having heard a terrible pun and a certain unbelievableness that that's actually why we called it a toonie.
A good portion of this list is not an appropriate depiction of the average day to day use of the terms by Canadians. While we may know or are familiar with the terms some are rarely used if ever. Some are correct though. Most people here call Tim Hortons just Tims. the loonie and toonie are both quite common. a tuque is actually toque and its taken from the French word meaning bonnet. a mickey is correct although it has nothing in reference to Mickey Finn lol. i have heard of unemployment being called pogie but have no idea why. perhaps it's a generational thing. KD being short for Kraft Dinner. Kraft being the largest maker of mac and cheese here. Double double is quite common as well. a 2 4 is common but its to differentiate a denomination of beer. we have 6 packs 8 packs 12 pack 16 packs 24 packs and a 32 pack, so its bacically to tell them apart and be specific. Most people i know call it May long weekend. as for the others, They are but one of many different words we know for them but not commonly used. I feel that Americans use the term 'eh' more than Canadians actually do while referring to Canadians saying the word 'eh' in jest and in typical Hollywood fashion a New Yorker would use the word 'eh' at the beginning of a phrase.
See, in Canada a flat of beer would be when you go and grab that whole wide, shallow, open cardboard box of cans off the display. If someone sent me in for a flat of beer (or Coke, or any other drink in cans) and expected me to come out with a 2-4, they would be disappointed!! --As a neat side note, the holes for your hands in the cases are bigger in Canada than they apparently are in the States, and that's to leave room for your mitts. :D
I new comer to this beautiful country and every day i learning something new like they sometime pronounce the latter t as ch like tree become chree is this correct
That1guyuknow 734 I visit the Detroit area often. (And other states). I will tell you that this Canadian has experienced more polite Americans then Canadians. This video is region based it makes their claims so wrong.
I'm from New Brunswick and have never heard of nor used the word "gitch." My beer is not made by Molson. It's made by Moosehead. I buy a case of 12 or a flat of 24. (that's also called a 2-4.) It's not oot and aboot and it's only oat and aboat in some parts of Canada (parts of Nova Scotia and Ontario.) Most of us actually say out and about. And finally, I used to get a large double double at Timmies until they changed their cup sizes. I now get a medium double double to wash down my timbits.
It is stereotypes.Not all Canadians have a cottage or drink beer . Every1 is diffrent. I'm Cnadian to but I quit drinking n smoking. Some people quit. It's their choice.Not to judge any1. We can't put Canadians under 1 category. We all are diffrent.
I’m Canadian and once I said sorry to the tv for turning it off, once I said sorry to the wall for no reason. Well now I know why everyone gave me a weird look when I said where are the tuque’s and where’s the washroom lol.
Cat and owl Lover. lol!! 😂
I once said sorry when I stepped on a cord that was just laying on the floor and I said it again when I dropped my TV remote XD
I am Canadian, too, and every time I say sorry in a room full of non-Canadians, I feel so alone and misunderstood :-))))
Said sorry to a chair (multi times), a post in my house, car, basically anything I bump into or trip over. The post was the most embarrassing one though.
MavenCree The most embarrassing thing I said sorry to is my bed, just for laying on it... idk why I do this and when someone bumps into me I say sorry.
I am CANADIAN and I don't say most of these
You forgot timbits!!! Everywhere else calls them donut holes. 😂
Great addition. We should have included Timbits. I love them on a road trip.
Actually?! Oh man, when I travel I’m gonna have some language barriers in English speaking cultures lol
I’m Canadian and I don’t say half of the words
LarylikesCucumbers /LLC ikr
LarylikesCucumbers /LLC same the only one I do is eh and some other ones
If you don't say half of these words, you must be less than half Canadian.
Sorry.
zammmerjammer NANI?!?!
A lot of it is older slang
Okay, I'm Canadian, and I want to address some things.
First of all, we don't say "eh" that much. But if we do, it's used as if you were agreeing with someone in question context (like if you were saying "right?").
Second, I have never heard someone say "aboat" in my life. But maybe that's because of regional accents.
Third, never try to find a Canadian with road rage, oh boy
Edit 1: Fourth, instead of "soda", we say "pop".
Edit 2: Fifth, Canadian slang isn't used (for the most part) in cities, it's more for countrysides or provinces on the east coast (correct me if I'm wrong)
A chesterfield is a name for your GRANDMAS couch not just any couch
How do you get 50 Canadians out of a swimming pool. Say “can you please get out of the pool”
Omg they didnt include pop (soft drinks) TRIGGERED
I'm in! DEATH TO THE INFIDEL DEFILERS!
OMG POP WHY DIDNT THEY REMEMBER THAT
Canadians say pop also?
Where you from Aidan that also says Pop?
yeah EVERYONE calls it pop and not Soda
"Everywhere in Canada is a long drive" truer words have never been spoken
yeah but 3 hours isnt long, im used to a good 12-13 hours
Canada is such a vast nation that most words are actually regional. A flask is a Mickey in Nova Scotia.. for example. We also call them underwear. Also a flat of beer is a 12 pack, a 24 is a case... words in Alberta are different than in Ontario, and folks in Newfoundland are not easy to understand at all.... we don’t all say eh...
Im from Nova Scotia too! Lower Sackville! This video made me cringe hardcore. we dont speak anything at all like that here!
most of us say eh
I'll second that! Of course they don't! They are Westerners. By the way....... Why does Sackville rate the respect of a capital letter, but not the name of your province???
hahaha because my brain runs ahead of my fingers when i type and i suck at remembering to capitalize! ( always lost points on school papers for that!)
John Mack Ah don’t mind the newfies
I'm Canadian and I'm pretty sure that almost every Canadian uses, "Loonie", "a double-double", "runners", "KD","toonie", "tuque", "timmies" and the most important one, "Sorry".
I'm from Quebec, I speak french, and I learned how to speak english at school. Now I speak (almost) perfect english and I have to say that I had never heard most of those slang before. I'm happy to have stumble upon this video. Now, when I can finaly travel, I'll be able to order my large double double (here we say: deux deux). Thank :P
You'll have to teach us some French Canadian slang from Quebec. It's always fun to learn about the little things. :)
Ok, here we go. I grew up in Newfoundland, but have also lived in New Brunswick for a few years. These are my thoughts on these words:
Knapsack? No. It's a bookbag or backpack.
Chesterfield? I've used this before, but (in my experience) it's usually the older generations that use this term.
Zed? Yes, 99% of the time.
Gitch? I've literally never heard this before. They're underwear, or drawers (This might be regional to Newfoundland, and is usually used a bit sarcastically: "Gotta pull on me drawers before me pants.")
2-4? Yes. A case of 24 beers is called a 2-4. A case of 6 is called a six pack.
May 2-4? Yes.
Timmies? Yes. Or Tim's. Or Timmie-hoes (sarcastically, along the lines of calling McDonalds "McDicks")
Double double? Yes, but it's not only at Tim Horton's. You can ask for a double double at most coffee shops in Canada and they'll know what you're talking about.
Oot and aboot? No. Just no. We also don't pronounce is oat and aboat. It's more like owt and abowt.
Mickey? I've heard people call a 375ml bottle this, but more often I've heard it called a flask or a pint.
Keener? I've heard of this, but most of the time it's used sarcastically.
Molsen muscle? I've never heard this in my life. It's a beer belly. And not all out beer is made by Molsen (which is actually an American company!)
Loonie? Yes. That's is what we call our one dollar coin. The two dollar coin is called a Toonie.
Washroom? Yes, but you won't get a weird look for calling it a bathroom either.
Runners? I've heard them called this but it's not common. They're sneakers.
KD? It stands for Kraft Dinner, which is a brand of boxed mac and cheese. A lot of people use it as a generic term.
Pogie? I've definitely heard this used as slang for Unemployment Insurance, but more commonly (and less derogatory) it's known as "EI".
Tuque? First of all, you spelled it wrong. It's "toque". Very common, but you won't get a funny look if you call it a "winter hat".
Saying sorry to everything? Yes. Just yes. Sorry.
I didn't know " No sweat= No problem" was a Canadian thing until I travelled to other countries. lol
when I was in the states I asked for a double double at dunkin donuts they had no clue what I was taking about
Not surprising. Ask for a regular coffee in the western US and you'll probably get a black coffee. Ask for a regular coffee in New York and you'll get a coffee with cream and two sugars. Ask for a regular coffee in England and you'll get instant Nescafe. Yuck!
I've said sorry to my teacher when she told me I apologize too much
Ashley Walker16 haha! That is perfect!
Ashley Walker16 now that's typically Canadian.
I said sorry to my teacher and she told me to stop so I said sorry then I said sorry again and again then she told me to leave the room because she thought I was being a smart ass.
Andrew Little I can relate to that
Ashley... that's "apologise" - sorry. lol ;)
The national anthem doesn't end in oh! Canada, it ends in we stand on guard for theeeeeeeeeeeeee.
How bout u shut up eh? If u don't like it than don't watch it! How bout that eh? And I'm Canadian and I think they are doing fine.
In French it ends with “will protect our homes and rights”
Had no idea keener was just a Canadian term.
I'm living in Ireland now and I've caught myself at the stores saying things like, "can get two loonies back in change?" and then the cashier will look at me so then I'll say, "can I get two one Euro coins back?" Loonie and toonie is just so much easier and quicker.
Haha! "Two Loonie" certainly rolls off the tongue much easier than two Euro. :)
As a Canadian I’ll say; while all these terms are understood from coast to coast, about half of them are actually regional terms most often used in central Canada. The East Coast has a completely different slag style and is spoken much faster. Newfoundland and some areas of Cape Breton practically have their own language. And Western Canada has a slang structure that incorporates native terms.
Also, “Eh?” is almost exclusively an Ontario thing. It’s actually rare to hear it elsewhere in modern speech. The reputation comes from the bulk of US tourism taking place in Ontario, and Americans actually labeled it a distinct Canadian wide word.
In the very rare times when Eh is used outside of Ontario, it’s not just to ask a question, but can be used to seek affirmation...”Eh?”
Yes, several of those regional terms are from Central Canada. I think that couple is from Manitoba, or, if not, they're from far Western Ontario. They say "A-BOAT" rather than "A-BOUWWT".
GeeStringG I've never heard of us slang structure that incorporates native words. I'm from BC what do you mean?
Thank you someone else gets it! This is heavily Ontario slang.
It gets much stronger once you leave Toronta and head north.
Like for example "Skookum"? :)
A woman from Smithers, BC, was using EH, as an example on how to be more Canadian to someone.
Also in Canada we call our cutlery utensils
Good one! I didn't think of that one.
That’s a British one then
I'm 1:07 seconds in and I'm already displeased!
And I'm a flipping Canadian!
Hush! Such Language! The "F" word is very naughty! Um, Sorry to all the people who had to read that post.
I agree we don't say that and I'm Canadian
Me too
So I'm canadian and a couch is basically a couch or how my grandma calls it, a sofa.
Also, underwear is just underwear.
I had a lot of fun watching this video.
Thank you The Planet D!!!!!!!!
Brendan 😀
Yes, Canadians are the nicest people in the world....
Thanks!
Sorry
Thank you😁
Sorry
Yes they sure are...not sure I understand why mac&cheese is referred to as 'KD' though...?
I am Canadian and I can confirm that we say sorry to everything.
I once said sorry on instinct without even thinking to a chair that I ran into.
Wow...I must be more American than Canadian cause most of these words and meanings of them I did not know... But I do say sorry a lot... Wow I guess that I am Canadian after all...eh?
LTL30 same!!
LTL30 we do apologize a lot but EH we don't say that they r trying to make us look bad
In Calgary, we called underwear ginch (not gitch) when I was in school (30 years ago). Haven't heard it called that since then.
Other words we use here I didn't hear in this video is "Click" (one kilometer)
Give'er (Try hard, if you are currently trying hard, you are Give'n'er. You might even be give'n'er all you've got)
Head'er (like give'r, except it's about leaving "guess I should head'er")
Kerfuffle (argument or a fight)
Stag (bachelor party - the feminine is of course "Staggette")
Snowbirds (like my parents, who go to Arizona for winter)
Kitty Corner (when two buildings are on diagonally opposite sides of the street)
Cabin (cottage)
Garburator (garbage disposal)
Parkade (parking lot - usually covered)
Edmonchuck (Edmonton)
Cow-Town (My home, Calgary, which is devoid of cows btw)
Well, I've been going on, I better head'er.
I’m Canadian and I have never heard the word “gitch” for underwear. I say toilets, lou, restrooms but mostly use the term washroom. It’s what suits my fancy at that time. I guess I tend to talk with a British dialect. You did an awesome job in explaining our Canadian slang and yes by apologizing it’s just considered good manners eh? ❣️🇨🇦
I think "gitch" is only used in the prairies! I live in BC and I've never heard that as well... I only know it because of videos like this one
I'm from BC and I definitely heard it a lot there (usually as "ginch"), but now that I think of it I don't think I've really heard it since the mid-to-late Nineties, so it may be on its way out.
I have never heard it in Atlantic Canada. I made this comment above, but again, this is very Ontario based.. we say sneakers, bathroom, underwear, and flask, not mickey. We gravely injured say 'eh', and while our 'about' differs from our neighbours to the south, it is not 'a boat'.
I say underwear (Ontario)
I actually have heard glitch be used and I live in Ontario but underwear is used a lot more
them : Canada’s getting old at 150 years
All European people : ahh there so cute there babies
In Switzerland, a pack of 24 beers is called an "Ufheizete" (a "warm-up")!
I love Canada I talk Canadian sometimes my friends get confused
Eh is such a versatile word..can be a question, an agreement or a statement ;-)
I'm Canadian and love meeting other Canadians abroad. One thing that I've noticed is that man, we love to talk!
I started off in Nova Scotia, went to Ontario, then Vancouver Island, then back to Ontario. So there are a lot of regional " vocabularies " out there. The slang of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador will require a 5 year Masters program to translate .
Awesome funny and true aboot us Canadians ......loved it x
When someone has a big gut, we (over in the Maritimes) say "beer gut" :P terms vary around our massive, spread out country.
As a Canadian myself I am s
Disappointed that non of these are true except the EH and ZED and TIMMIES and LOONIE and WASHROOM and RUNNERS and KD and TUQUE and SORRY all the rest aren't true
HAHA! You addressed 2 of my biggest pet peeves - eh?! and oot & aboot. Drives me nuts. The usage of 'eh' is basically asking for agreement or saying "right?" but Americans in particular use it in the wrong context. I can handle some lighthearted teasing but be accurate about it.
All I know is that some Canadians are very fond of talking about "a boat". The first time that happened, I got confused and wondered what some boat had to do with our discussion. I soon realized that the Canadian in question actually meant to say "about" and not "a boat".
various accents exist on a regional basis, maritime accents are not the same as western prairie accents, "24" is a central/eastern term, western Canada was always a case or dozen well at least until the '80's"
Maybe it's just Western Canadians, but I don't know anyone here who pronounces it "a-boat". It's "a-bout".
Anon Omis I'm from Ontario and I say a-bout. The guys in the video is saying it too
Same
As an American who has lived in Canada for one year, I know some other words. In Canada they pronounce "progress, process, and project" with a long "o" not a short "o" as in the United States. Also, Canadians pronounce the word "been" like "bean" not "bin". Also, "defense" in Canada is spelled "defence".
I love Canada soooooo much
Had to go on the pogie once, guy I dealt with was such a hoser
**phone dies** “sorry”
This couple's adorable! ... eh?!
I am Canadian, It is still a couch, it is still a backpack, we use washroom and bathroom. we called macaroni and cheese KD because the common company that sells it to stores it called Kraft Dinner, its still just macaroni and cheese, you don't go on a menu and say "I want some KD or, i want some Kraft Dinner" no, you say macaroni and cheese. Also you can use 'eh' as hey, also WE DO NOT CALL UNDERWEAR THAT, (all tho we sometimes call it undies but Americans say that too) also a lot less people say zed than just z (zee). also I have never heard "may 2 4 weekend" ITS STILL VICTORIA DAY! Also I called "Sneakers" Runners, Running shoes, and sometimes sneakers.
Fearless Candy they Are joking so that if someone actually used this they would get laughed at .Also I'm Canadian
When I was young, back in the 1940s, everyone said "Zed", and a LOT more people said "eh?" more of the time.
I've either said or heard nearly every single one of these words. Maybe It's because I'm 38, maybe it's because I'm from BC, or maybe it's all of the above. I usually say "hey?" rather than "eh?", and I don't have a strong accent when saying "out" or "about".
Omg which body part did you pull “chesterfield” out of?????
Maybe if you're 12 and under you might not be familiar with that word. But that's what a couch or sofa used to be called... far more commonly than "couch" or "sofa."
Rory Kilmartin it's what we called it back in the day
I'm Australian and actually we say a "slab" of beer, not a flat! Very interesting video. I'd love to go to Canada one day.
That was a lot of fun...love being Canadian...eh!
One cannot just *speak Canadian*
This is not how Canada's speak maybe cuz I'm from toronto never heard half of these words ever
We're from Toronto too! Hi Neighbour.
The Planet D hi there neighbor the word i say is ehh and a couple more 😁
"This is not how Canadians speak." It isn't a possessive but a plural.
im from Toronto too but I've moved around a lot and trust me on this, a lot more of us talk like that then you'd think. Toronto is literally its own city state in Canada, we sound nothing like everyone else.
People from Toronto sound more like Americans than any other Canadians except people from B.C. You never heard half of those words because they are mostly regional from Central and some regional from Western Canada. Also, several of them are fairly recent. I'm in my late 70s and from Manitoba. We said Eh? a lot back then, and "Chesterfield" (and "Davenport, I might add), but neither "gitch" nor "pogey", and not "two-for" (they didn't have 24 packs of beer back in the 1940s.).
Two entertaining personalities, enjoyed the "lesson."
What a fantastic idea to do this video!!!! Love it. Love it. Love it. But what about a Bunny Hug? (a hoodie)
Thanks! Great addition. I love Bunny Hug.
Nobody calls em that but the saskatchetoonians
Fun fact about Canada, to discuss distance Canadians discuss travel time. For ex: "How far is it? 3 hour drive". Traveling is important in Canada because of its vastness. Going to go a distance, consult time management. I wouldn't understand if you told me how many miles away a place is.
When I was a kid during the 1950s we wiped our faces with a serviette and put a napkin on a baby's behind. I was shocked and offended when a waitress in Utah offered me a napkin.
Hauling on a dart is my favorite Canadian phrase. A clear omission...
No mention of "serviettes" instead of "napkins"?
Great addition. We forgot about that one. We'll have to do a part 2 with serviette. We definitely say that.
Only the older Italian ladies say than
I call them napkins? (Ontario)
‘Serviettes’ is just French for napkin, so it’s used in Quebec
How about Vico for chocolate milk?
As a new Canadian, a large double double and washroom is what you need to know to cross Canada from coast to coast
I am canadien but from Québec and i seem like from an other country 😂😂
Donald Whitty we francophones writte it Canadien 🍷.. Its not a mistake ✌
Donald Whitty that's how French spell it
The Pokanadian jcomprend ta résolution pis moi jtai tous afait d'accord avec les québécois quand jai grandi au qc mais pcq j'ai vecu ailleurs et là quand jsuis revenu j'avais tjs cette incitative . Mais du coup que j'aille voir ce quil y a de l'autre bord vers l'Ontario par exemple j'ai changer d'avis pcq nous faisons Qu'un avec okay 2 langues mais on est tous des humains et c sa qui mfais chier le plus que si le Qc pis le reste du arrive à s'entendre yaurait pu cette envie de séparation
terioze9 ahahhahahahahaha merci pour m'avoir fais rire en ce dimanche soir ! Bein ta pas mal raison sur le fais du #Copiécoller mais ils sont bcp plus froid que nos voisins du sud ✌
Annonymus Nobody i am not going be rude but their is not a lot to know about the rest of Canada when you come from Québec .. Ty btw for correcting the work 'Contry' to Country. The point is that my keybord is writting for me 😅
I could feel the nices coming out of my screen
I use all of these except gitch, I would say underwear. What about long johns, since I work outside I use them all winter but they are getting harder to find.
How could we forget Long Johns, great addition. We always say long johns and our American friends poke fun at us. Haha.
outdoor stores sell awesome expensive ones!
i have had the pleasure of going to a party with my long johns and snow boots under my dress, Canadian sexy!
wientz I never heard of gitch. Back in the day we said ginch for girls and gonch for guys
This list is surprisingly accurate, the reason people say its not is because a lot of these sayings are regional.
whoa the loon sounds beautiful... I wish I lived in Canada. people seem so much happier up there... also I can make that noise with my hands 😊😂
Lauren Elizabeth Lewis I live in Canada
It is pretty nice here
It snow alot
Annonymus Nobody That is very true Canada isn't but I still really do love it up here 😊
Lauren Elizabeth Lewis Yeah it's nice but very cold. Right now its -17ºc
I find people didn’t use these words as much in cities like toronto but the farther up north or rural I got people used these words a lot more
I'm a Filipino and we always order Double-Double and Munchkins at Timmies almost everyday! I really love being in Canada! My father also adapted the "Washroom" term in our family. Surprisingly, some Filipinos understand it!
From Saskatchewan and I regularly use all of these except for pogie, May 2-4 weekend (it's just "May long"), and Molson muscle.
oh geeze..I love being Canadian!
Funny and so educational! Loved the video!
Where did you find this beautiful version of Oh Canada? Kinda wanna download it :) Great video btw!
We got it from Killer Tracks, a music company that we used through our TH-cam partner. They offer copyright free music to members. You can either pay to download one song, buy a monthly membership, or have a youtube partnership like we do to get access to music that is copyright safe. Cheers and thank you!
Thank you :))
Haha born and raised in Ontario and some of these I have never even heard of! Oot& aboot? Hahaha I can even!
Sometimes I can't afford the Two-Four so I just buy the One-Two.
Finally someone who knows what to do with the Eh!
I am Canadian and have never called it May 2-4 weekend......it's just "May Long".
It also depends on what part of Canada you live in and how you grew up for some of these. For me it's always been underwear. Chesterfield or couch was used but never sofa. Pop used instead of soda. It was always a hockey sweater not a jersey. Serviette was a napkin. I think we say highway vs freeway.
I'm sorry I really love Canadian slang ❤ love from Algeria!
Every meet someone from Melville SK, if you haven't now you have, every heard of Saskatchewan slang there's a great video and I find funny because what most people call a sweater we call a bunnyhug and we're the only ones that do
kamy khaled bounsi aye we love you back bud
We love you too but the slang varies from person to person
You also call graders "patrols"- the only province that does...
Apology accepted
I was in Toronto for 6 months and the only thing I acquired was "I'm sorry" and "Washroom" :(
Uhhhhh..... No. Underwear is normally called underwear, sometimes gotchies. Out and about is Eastern slang.
Like in Nova Scotia? Maybe because I live in Quebec, never heard almost every “word “ they said in my English conversation!
I live in the most eastern part of Canada and we don’t say oout and aboout or eh or anything else on that list we are basically Irish because we sound like them
Hi! Can I use your video in my English class?
I’m Canadian and the only thing that’s actually true in this video is the Timmies part
Yep - pretty accurate! I've said most of the words at one time or another, and I appreciate the a-boat not a-boot items 11 and 12!
Can't wait to come to Canada walah I miss it there 😭😭😭......wait I think you guys forgot pop eh?
So cool! Thank you!
I think most of the Canadians on here saying that they’ve never heard these words are probably not from Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba
I've never heard "pogie" before :P And in Alberta, anyway, we do say backpack (though knapsack is also okay) and also bathroom (as well as washroom), and it's cabin instead of cottage & couch instead of chesterfield. I think Western Canada has some differences in slang from Eastern Canada, there. But otherwise, mostly this was pretty accurate lol. I love that you distinguised between "aboot" and "aboat" cos we totally *do* say it more like "aboat" with a bit of an oo at the end there. Also, now, I live in Australia, and I *love* the looks on Aussies' faces when I tell them a $1-coin is a loonie cos it has a loon on it, and a $2-coin is a toonie cos it's 2 loonies. Their looks are just the best, like a combination of having heard a terrible pun and a certain unbelievableness that that's actually why we called it a toonie.
A good portion of this list is not an appropriate depiction of the average day to day use of the terms by Canadians. While we may know or are familiar with the terms some are rarely used if ever. Some are correct though. Most people here call Tim Hortons just Tims. the loonie and toonie are both quite common. a tuque is actually toque and its taken from the French word meaning bonnet. a mickey is correct although it has nothing in reference to Mickey Finn lol. i have heard of unemployment being called pogie but have no idea why. perhaps it's a generational thing. KD being short for Kraft Dinner. Kraft being the largest maker of mac and cheese here. Double double is quite common as well. a 2 4 is common but its to differentiate a denomination of beer. we have 6 packs 8 packs 12 pack 16 packs 24 packs and a 32 pack, so its bacically to tell them apart and be specific. Most people i know call it May long weekend. as for the others, They are but one of many different words we know for them but not commonly used. I feel that Americans use the term 'eh' more than Canadians actually do while referring to Canadians saying the word 'eh' in jest and in typical Hollywood fashion a New Yorker would use the word 'eh' at the beginning of a phrase.
Really fun video! I love Canada
In Australia a pack of 24 beer is called a Slab
a six pack is a half sack, don't know why. and a flask is a mickey dky
in my place we don't even have 24 pack's :D
See, in Canada a flat of beer would be when you go and grab that whole wide, shallow, open cardboard box of cans off the display. If someone sent me in for a flat of beer (or Coke, or any other drink in cans) and expected me to come out with a 2-4, they would be disappointed!!
--As a neat side note, the holes for your hands in the cases are bigger in Canada than they apparently are in the States, and that's to leave room for your mitts. :D
in Manitoba, Canada we call a 30 pack of canned beers a suitcase ;)
Or a carton 👍
I new comer to this beautiful country and every day i learning something new like they sometime pronounce the latter t as ch like tree become chree is this correct
I know how to spell Canada:
First, there's a "C", eh? Then there's an " n", eh? Then there's a "d", eh?
Oh - Sorry!
I’m born and raised in Canada and I didn’t know about “gitch”. Thanks for that!
I'm Canadian I've said not a lot of these
Hearing that loon instantly made me think of the Red Green Show. They started many of their episodes with a loon call.
Being from Michigan I actually know a few of these Canadians are good people I know a few good people.
Very true! We are so close to Michigan, I think we have a lot of the same Lingo. Thanks for stopping by!
The Planet D yeah, Minnesota is actually starting to pick up the accent too
That1guyuknow 734 shout out from Clinton Township, Michigan
Yes being from Michigan I have always felt close to Canadians.
That1guyuknow 734 I visit the Detroit area often. (And other states). I will tell you that this Canadian has experienced more polite Americans then Canadians.
This video is region based it makes their claims so wrong.
I'm from New Brunswick and have never heard of nor used the word "gitch."
My beer is not made by Molson. It's made by Moosehead. I buy a case of 12 or a flat of 24. (that's also called a 2-4.)
It's not oot and aboot and it's only oat and aboat in some parts of Canada (parts of Nova Scotia and Ontario.) Most of us actually say out and about.
And finally, I used to get a large double double at Timmies until they changed their cup sizes. I now get a medium double double to wash down my timbits.
I’m from Ontario
But I’ve never herd anyone get called a pogy maby that’s just a generation thing
Nobody is called a pogy, it's called being on Pogy.
We say Pogie in Alberta, its mostly only for EI
I'm from SW Ontario and I've heard "Pogie" quite a bit .
From the Ottawa valley.
We always called it pogie.
Jonny Blades , No, it's a Canadian thing
I actually said sorry to a door once when I hit my hand against it...
you cant get any more canadian than that my friends
I’m always apologizing for every little thing. I should fit right in 😂
Hmmmm. Chesterfield - never say that one. I've never heard of a Molson Muscle either. The rest are pretty spot-on.
The call of the loon!😂😂
I never thought about it until I watched this but that's the best explanation of the "aboot" thing i've ever come across.
It is stereotypes.Not all Canadians have a cottage or drink beer . Every1 is diffrent. I'm Cnadian to but I quit drinking n smoking. Some people quit. It's their choice.Not to judge any1. We can't put Canadians under 1 category. We all are diffrent.
And not everyone drinks. I don't, my husband doesn't, & a whole lot of our friends don't either. We are all Canadian. Beer tastes like barf to me!
I just realized how nice we are at the end😂