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?

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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"

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A 'charley horse'.

When I first heard that I was thoroughly confused!

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Already usually follows most sentances, already.

Touke got me for a while.

Fanny pack and pants is still funny!!!

Oh yeh a female referring to a female friend as "my girlfriend" always gives us a smile already. Ehh

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He can't tell shit from putty. (Means He's thick.)

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"Toque", although I'm probably the last person who should be throwing rocks in the spelling greenhouse.

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I'm still confused :confused: By that expression I mean ;)

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Oh yes! That one really got me.

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Sentence.

<already>

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there is a lady in my office that does this..i think i said makes you sound like your a lesbian...i am she said..ahhh.:o

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Did you then wink salaciously and ask to watch?

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What the heck is that!

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Bangs!:rofl:

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This could cause a riot! :blink:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...&defid=5299513

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Lol, in the UK we called her Jordan (aka Katie Price)

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"If it ain't broke don't fix it."

What do you mean? It is broke. It was never good.

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"Double fisting" was the one that got me. I nearly dropped both my drinks.:eek:

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I have yet to work out the correct response to "What's up?".

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The location of places - somewhere is always located on the 'corner of X and Y' or at intersections. Will take me a while to get used to that.

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+1 :eek:

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'A Pint'. It doesn't seems to mean any consistent measure here. Either they can't count properly or they're ripping people off.

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:eek: +2

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That used to bug me, I would ask for the correct address, mainly for soccer training or games and then look on the GPS.

After a few months we acclimatized and now use the intersection method myself to direct people.

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no...kate moss she isnt if you get my drift?

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A pallet is called a skid round here. Which definitely confused me, signs saying skids wanted?? Skids for sale??

And the legendary "Sod for Sale" Sod farmers" and my favourite - "Sodding specialists"

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My UK BIL wanted to know what a "Sod outlet" was. It was a garden centre ! Similarly when he looked at the Canadian Tire flyer he wanted to know what a "Door crasher" hammer sale was. I had to chuckle. Maybe I've been here too long. :)

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"All you can eat fish tacos" made me double take the first time I saw the sign.