Canadian Expressions that confuse the British
 

There is a thread currently running that asks about British Expressions that confuse Canadians... it;'s had quite a bit of response.

Just wondering what Canadian Expressions are around that confuse the Brits??

(Apologies if that has been done before!)

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Not so much confusing, but not used in the UK for sure...

When a Canadian says: 'For the longest time' whatever that means?

Re: Canadian Expressions that confuse the British
 

I used to use that rather than saying 'for a while now...'

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I don't think there are many Canadian expressions, there are quite a few American ones common in Canada but not in the UK, kitty corner, for example.

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eh? :confused::confused:

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Apart from the really obvious ones which we don't need to go on about, a few things I didn't know. I'll put down more if I remember them.

A "government" job = a "foreigner" job
Skiff = pallet

A few more idioms come up every day - we have some good banter about them! I'm always being told to speak english!!

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I had never heard of the word "Munchycake" before I moved to Canada!

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Dress pants make me chuckle instead of smart trousers.
I now have trouble because I want to say "dress smartly" or "wear smart clothes" and I cant

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"Do you want your milk in a bag?" at the grocery store.

Well, yes, of course I do. Unless you think I'm planning to balance it on my head?

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The diagonally opposite corner... Took me ten years to figure that one out.

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That would be your homo milk of course....

"twofour" is another one that's pretty canadian, but I guess most people figure out what that is after a while.

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The wide use of the words retarded and wank always makes me feel a little taken aback

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And there is fanny of course...

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And ******* the dog?

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AKA "screwing the pooch"