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Canadians say “Grade 8″ or “Grade 10″ rather than “8th grade” or “sophmore”; “university” is preferred to “college.”

ABM (instead of ATM) = Automated Bank Machine

Biffy = toilet

Bluff = a small group of trees in the midst of a prairie; slough (“sloo”) is a small area of marshy land isolated by prairie

Bunny hug = hooded sweatshirts (Saskatchewan only)

Chesterfield = sofa or couch

First Nations = a term somewhat equivalent to the U.S.’s “American Indian,” designating aboriginal pre-European colonization peoples indigenous to Canada

Loonie = Canadian one-dollar coin (“Toonie”= Canadian two-dollar coin)

Runners = running shoes

Serviette = napkin (French)

Timmy’s/Tim’s/Timmy Ho’s = a chain of doughnut/coffee shops named after Tim Horton, a famous Canadian hockey player.

Washroom = bathroom

Zed = the letter “Z”

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

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