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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Giv'er, ya hosehead!!!

Nothing greatly intellectual or insightful to post today. I just thought the list in the following link is kinda cool. Canuckspeak 101. I've heard and often used many of these terms. There are a few "new" ones for me, though... Fun to learn. Chuckled at a few of them. Anyway, here it is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_slang

For all you linguists, lexicographers, and other assorted language historians/scholars out there, here's another neat article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English

Hope you enjoy these! Useful reading for American tourists, I think :-)

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