Monday, December 1, 2014

Canadian words

We are barely 45 minutes north of the Washington state border, but undeniably in Canada. There's plenty of things to remind you "you are not in Kansas anymore" but one of the few concrete items are words that aren't used in the States (note, not "America" since Canada is firmly part of North America!).

  • toque -- a ski cap (pronounced just like the chef's hat)
  • appy -- appetizer
  • Eggs Benny - Eggs Benedict
  • stuffy -- a stuffed toy animal
  • cough candy -- cough drops (used interchangeably)
  • keener -- an enthusiast, the local community center has extended day camps for keeners -- kids who love camp so much they don't want to go home
  • grade one -- rather than 1st grade 
  • frozen -- when you go to the dentist you don't get anesthetic or Novocain you get frozen
  • Robertson screw -- this is like a flat-head or Phillips screw but square -- see Wikipedia.