this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2024
30 points (100.0% liked)

tails: A Place for Mastodon Posts

363 readers
1 users here now

A virtual community

Posts from Mastodon users, featured natively in a community, so you can view them without the need for them to be re-hosted or screenshoted, and reply to the original author and Mastodon respondents if you wish.

Has so far included content from Warsandpeas, Mr. Lovenstein, SMBC, Loading Artist, Low Quality Facts, nixCraft, ElleGray, and other interesting or provocative stuff I've random'd across on Mastodon.


Supported:
Comments & Upvotes
Unsupported:
Posts, Downvotes, & PD's Automod

founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS
 

Image description: Uniquely Canadian words that confuse the word:
soaker, toonie, deke, kerfuffle, two-four, double-double, keener, pop, klicks, all-dressed, chinook


(Originally published earlier today on ohai.social) - Click the Fedi-Link to visit.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Kerfuffle isn’t uniquely Canadian, is it? As a Brit, I interact with it semi regularly.

[–] freamon 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

As another Brit, it's not, no. It's too good a word for any country to keep to themselves. On Mastodon someone suggested Chinook was British too, but I only know about that 'cos of the helicopter.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Chinook is an indegenous word (and people), originating specifically with the people living in what is now modern day Washington/B.C.

Honestly, as a Canadian, I never really use the word myself. But Z is pronounced ZED. And I spell it coloUr and honoUr.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Pop is a British (and American) word, too