American Learns How to Speak Like a Canadian
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2024
- The concept of speaking like a Canadian truly fascinates me as an American because there is no other country out there that speaks so similarly to how Americans speak, and yet still has phrases, words, accents, and a way of speaking that is entirely their own. That is exactly why I am very excited today to react and learn about how to speak like a Canadian. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
I think Tyler's mind would be blown if he ever reacts to Newfoundland dialect and sayings...
Lor' tunderin' jeyzuz 'e would :P
It would just be too much.
@@kenevans6565 too funny! UA-cam offers to translate lord tunderin Jesus into English!
@@davidkinasevych8439 hahahahahaha I noticed that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I thought the same thang!😝🍻😎
As a french canadian, I think this video is funny because I realize now that we use the same slang but in french. So it really is a Canadian thing because nobody speaks the way we do in France!
This is true. I always thought the French Canadian version of "eh" is "hein" as in "bien oui hein?"
@@greatfrenchcanadian6800 Absolutely!! Everyone I know say that and most of the time, it is said to "make a point" instead of "asking a question" 😅😂 I know I'm guilty of saying "hein" a lot 😂😂
a French friend of mine told me our Quebecois French is like listening to how people spoke like 200 years ago in France
Cool lol
@@greatfrenchcanadian6800 I thought le was the Francophone way of saying eh. All I hear around Gatineau is le this and le that. Bonjour le. Mange ici le. Un cafe svp le. Etc
I’m so happy she mentioned bunnyhug! I’m from Saskatchewan so I always love when some of our slang/culture is brought up.
Sask born and raised, always have called it a hoodie. But then there's Vico lol
I've seen it on a few videos and the girls always react like she did, AWW THAT'S SOOO CUUUTE.
Phrases like 'you know'and 'for sure' and especially 'eh' are ways of connecting to the people you are talking to, and kind of bringing them into the conversation more intimately. It's a way of assuming they're on the same wavelength as you are.
I'm glad you mentioned the way that she pronounced "Bagel". The way she pronounced it was very distinctly southern Ontario / Toronto. I grew up in Montreal and I could always tell when somebody came from southern Ontario when they said the word "Bagel". (Montrealers tend to pronounce "bagel" more the way you do).
Really? I am a former Montrealer and have now been living in Toronto area for quite a few decades. I have never heard anyone say bag ull. Maybe I just don't talk about bagels much, lol, but when I hear it, it is bay gull. PS...Montreal bagels are the best!
@@trishyt62 I'm from Ontario as well and the pronounciation of Bagel the way she says it seems to be a generational thing . The younger generation saying her way. I am in my sixties and pronounce the way the Tyler says it.
Bag ull and Malk (for milk) is a durham region thing
No one from TO ive met says it like this
i'm from southern ontario and i've heard people say it like that, but not very commonly
I’m in Toronto; me everyone I know pronounce bagel the way Tyler does!
I find Canadian slang really depends on the location you're in and the people you talk to. I find the more rural the place and person the stronger the accent can be. Currently working a manual labour job in Manitoba and the slang/accent tends to be thicker than say your cashier at the store. When I worked at a pig barn it was even thicker. I grew up in rural Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Northwestern Ontario and have picked up the thicker accent to the point that friends who grew up in places like Winnipeg will mention it. My dad grew up in the Ottawa valley and he pronounces lots of stuff weird (tager instead of tiger is a good example).
You should check out clips from Letterkenny, Corner Gas, and Trailer Park Boys to get an understanding of some of our accents from different parts of the country. Also the youtube video "out for a rip" for a particularly thick accent and a good laugh.
very true. just drove up north or go to a different province, and the accent will change. I know ppl in Miramichi, NB and they almost pronounce endings like Irish ppl.
want to hear some slang then go to newfoundland, wow i have a hard time understanding them
thanks for agreeing with me We are a very large Country 🇨🇦
Or watch Pogey Beach
@@johnbrennan8156 I know!! 😂amazing place!!
As an Italian Canadian who learned both official languages with great honour and pleasure as my parents were adamant that, while keeping our Italian language and culture, we assimilate fully into Canadian culture, it’s interesting how Canadian accents vary. Here in Vancouver the accent isn’t at all like Ontario or the prairies and certainly far from maritime or far north accents. And even in British Columbia, the accents vary from small towns in the interior to the west coast. As well, as someone who learned both official languages and taught French Immersion on the west coast, I find it fascinating how many Québécois don’t know much about Anglophone Canada and most Anglophones, especially in west, know next to nothing about the Francophone areas of the country. And of course the slang and accents vary by age groups. Groovy, eh?
Maybe you taught my kiddos in French immersion I'm Vancouver. But if this is your real name on the thread probably you didn't
Of course I did, for 33 years. You don’t think that someone who is neither English nor French can learn to speak both languages fluently? It is possible with a little hard work.
Tyler if you want to hear what Canadian accents really sound like on a grass roots level you're going to have to travel further earthen Ontario to the Maratime Provinces ,New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island .and Newfoundland and Labrador. THEY have there own language Newfundnees.
This girl is from Ontario, and for the most part she's spot on. I'm from Cape Breton (in Nova Scotia). Never heard of May 2-4, and we don't use the term "cottage country ". In fact, a part of Cape Breton call their cottages "bungalows". Canada is quite diverse, even within itself, eh?
That's the problem with some of those videos. Using one area and saying " speaking like a Canadian " is like a guy from Texas saying " this is how you speak like an American "
Halifax here, everyone i know calls their family cottage or cabin - the camp. Has anyone seen Jake this weekend? Him and his family went down their camp till monday.
@@WaiferThyme I am on PEI, we have cottages everywhere, but they are just the cottage..... "Oh so-and-so are gone to the cottage for the weekend".... It is rarely termed "their cottage", it is almost always "the cottage".... Interesting how different it is and how close we are.....Canada is amazing!
@@WaiferThyme
Here in Western Canada, "camp" means no buildings, unless you're speaking of a work or military camp. You don't camp at a cabin. That is what we call cottages.
We use May 2-4 here in Liverpool (Nova Scotia)
Canada is huge. It spans a whole continent. Definitely a country of regions with various small differences in culture and slang. Not everything is the same across the entire country.
half a continent*
@@hucz east to west
@@stupidfurball well, by that measure then so does the US. And Mexico. And Nicaragua. And costa rica. Ya...
@@erickpalacios8904 and there is certainly more than one accent in the US as well, for the same reason.
I'm originally from Southern Ontario, but I've lived in Alberta since '77. Most of what she says is true and we don't even realize we say these phrases. In Alberta the May long weekend is just shortened to May-long. We don't say 2-4 for a case of beer because they mostly come in 12 or 15 packs. And we don't have beer stores, we have liquor stores that carry beer. Also I don't know about the other provinces but here we bottle depots where you can return all your bottles for cash, not just beer or liquor bottles, it's juice jugs, milk products, tetrapacks, water, pop cans/bottles, just about anything that holds liquid. 2 large bags will usually get you 20 or 30 dollars in your pocket. We are also the only province that doesn't have a provincial sales tax, only 5% GST. Just thought I'd point out some differences that are in Alberta.
Also, her slang about the May long weekend is usually referred to in the West as the "May long". I've never heard it be called "the May 2-4".
Oh really that’s cool. Ontarian here and it’s for sure May 2-4 even if it lands not on the actual 24th.
Yup cause we all drink a 2-4 of beerrrrr
The "Canadian Accent" exists, but you'll only really hear it in its full glory on the east coast. God love 'em.
Calgary has it's own accent, too. It almost sounds like an Minnesotan accent. And then there's the true Newfie accent, which no one can understand.
She wasn’t talking about “accents” she was talking about Canadian phrases and slang, which is totally different!
God love 'em b'y :P * (since no one is covering it yet, like t'ere t'ere b'y or what ya at b'y)
thats not a canadian accent, thats a newfie accent (everyone east of quebec is a newfie)
@@zachjacobs3337 don't talk so loose!
Cottages are anything from a rugged cabin with no electricity to a 3 million dollar house on the side of the lake… it’s mostly to get out of the urban areas during the weekends and vacation
If you check google maps, cottage country Ontario, you will find literally hundreds of lakes within reasonable commuting distance of Toronto. This contains the bulk of the affluent variety of "cottages" owned by Hollywood movie and TV stars as well as the well to do. Further north in the province, there are even more lakes with more normal sized cottages with few amenities, many of which double as hunting and fishing camps in the fall and spring.
When I was a kid back in the early '60s, Dad built our 24' square cottage so that the one wall of the bedroom could be repositioned to close off half of the main room to make a 12'x24' insulated hunting camp. No electricity, running water, or sewer. Just a lake to draw water from and an outhouse out back. I visited the place about 20 years ago and it was still the same, right down to the hole in the window that was made by a ricochet from one of our BB guns.
You’re journey to learn about Canada has been really fun to watch! As someone from Ontario she did a great job! Yes cottages are a big thing here and for the most part the regular ones are owned by people who have had it passed down to them from parents and grandparents. The average person cannot afford to buy one unless it a shack, and even then. The Beer Store is owned by the province and until recently you couldn’t buy beer in places like Walmart or the grocery stores, just the Beer Store and the LCBO which is also government owned and sells liquor as well. Great stuff Tyler!
The Beer Store is owned by a consortium of Ontario brewers, not the government.
@@bradbrownlee8489 Right my bad! I was trying to point out that anyone can’t just have a beer store here.
@@tylerlove2052 👍
In Nova Scotia we just have the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission, commonly and affectionately known as "The LC". There you can buy all your beers, wines and liquors all under one roof. I moved to Ontario back before they sold beer in the LCBO and could NOT grasp the concept of going to TWO different stores to pick up a Two-Four and a Mickey. LOL
I can confirm "ice cap" is a thing and people would 100% know what you're ordering at Timmies if you said it. The pronunciation of bagel is contested even within my household lol. My sister says it like this poster...I say it like you. I have no explanation for it lol. Also, I'm certain I've used the phrase "For sure, eh" multiple times in my life.
I can confirm, as a born and raised Saskatchewanian, bunnyhug is a word we use. It is a Saskatchewan word and isn't really used in other provinces.
Born and raised in SK too and I've called it a hoodie my whole life.
Im from Alberta - I use bunnyhug sometimes, but all of my family is from Saskatchewan haha
I call it a bunny hug and a hoodie... but I attribute that to spending my high school years in Outlook and the rest of my life in Alberta. I was born and raised in BC... but didn't have one then so didn't know what it was called. Got my first BH in Outlook.
Can't say I've ever heard the term before, so definitely not here.
Hi! Grew up in Saskatchewan and now live in Manitoba. It was like a different country when I first arrived. I called hoodies was bunny hugs, chocolate milk was vico…gravel road were grids, car brakes were binders, etc.
My aunt had a cottage in Northern Saskatchewan and it was really basic…wood stove, pump for water and an outhouse! The beach was gravel but it was a palace! Heard loons all the time and the neighbour would take us canoeing around the huge lake.
Have a great day, eh!
She's definetly from Ontario. Out west, we call cottages cabins. They call a 24 pack of beer 2-4s, we call them flats. And we also dont say may 2-4, we call it may long.
Yeah May Long here too, and August Long.
here Quebec and maritimes call it a camps or fishing camps or hunting camps, and there are not just like picture we saw in this vidéo
The Victoria Day statutory holiday celebrates Queen Victoria's birthday, which falls on May 24th, but I can't recall hearing anyone in Ontario referring to it as May 2-4. The actual holiday is the last Monday before May 25th to create a long weekend. This date can vary from year to year. In 2022, Victoria Day was May 23rd.
Albertan here and a lot of us definitely call it a 2-4 and also say May 2-4.
@@d6u4 you a transplant from out east by chance, or your parents? Just wondering. I live in alberta, but am originally from Saskatchewan. I also spent several years in b.c and I've only heard expat ontarians call it that.
The most recent Canadian slang I've discovered that I use is "and stuff". I didn't even know I said it so often and a few people here in NZ pointed out that I do. Two kiwis have said other Canadians they know add "and stuff" frequently.
Edit: and I definitely use "for sure" a lot as well.
I picked that up from a friend of my dad's many years ago, I find that I use it if there is more to say but you don't want to go into details. "We're leaving for the cottage, and stuff" instead of 'We're leaving for the cottage after we pick up some food, booze and get the boat.
Yada yada yada
Oh yeah for sure, that's another good one
Side note: I wonder if "have a good one" is a Canadianism, cos I say it a lot but since I moved to Australia I never hear anyone else saying it
Not slang but actual Canadian words 'Toque' and 'Toboggan' are a knit cap and a sled respectively. They are so common I had to really think what else to call either of them.
Yep! When I’ve mentioned wearing a toque in other countries that I have visited they have no idea what I’m referring to. I was surprised by that. Not sure what else you call a toque - except a toque….. lol
I'm in Australia now, and they call them beanies here, which seems to be common in the UK and US, too. But when I hear beanie, I think of those goofy caps with the propellers on top. It took me like 5 years to start calling them beanies over here, rather than saying toque and the correcting myself to beanie, haha
For a bang on representation of small town Ontario lingo, I highly recommend watching Letterkenny (on Hulu in the US). It's based on the town of Listowel where the writer grew up, but is so accurate in its portrayal of all small to large-ish towns I've been in, it feels like coming home to watch it. It's also filmed in the city I live in, so it has an extra special place in my heart.
Regular: 1 cream, 1 sugar, Double-double: 2 cream, 2 sugar, Triple-Triple: 3 cream, 3 sugar, 4x4 (4 by 4, like the vehicle feature): 4 cream, 4 sugar, that's the Timmies order code.
And a mickey of alcohol is akin to a fifth of alcohol.
I know, right?
And in Western Canada a “two six” is a quart of liquor.
@@hurricanedigital I didn't know that! Here in Ontario, it's a "twenty-sixer". Learn something new every day, cheers for that!
from there to like to play guess the filming location with the show. Also you can so tell she was from southern Ontario.
O fuck, bud. That's for sure. Worst case Ontario, Tyler would at least have a dandy time, eh?
To truly understand Canada you need full immersion. When can we expect you?! 😁
i think if a good number of us Canadians can pull it off. we can try to give him a good trip across Canada and mite have him hit some of the world book stops. I think West Edmonton Mall can be a good week or 2.
That's a good idea for sure! I live on Vancouver Island, I got a couch with his name on it eh!
@@Chris-vy8jy yep if we can pull it off. we all have to think of what time of year be best to have it. LOL
There are some great sites on the show still standing that would be interesting.
@@Chris-vy8jy don't you mean "chesterfield" lol
You should do a reaction to the first episode of "Corner Gas", which is here on UA-cam. It's set in VERY rural Saskatchewan and plays on all the Canadian stereotypes :)
That would be awesome.
A 'Bunny Hug' is only said in Saskatchewan. Here in Alberta and other provinces (with the exception of Quebec's French) it's called a hoodie or kangaroo jacket. BTW we DO say sorry a lot but it is by habit and seldom needed and meant. It is another way of saying excuse me sometimes, although I told my bed I was sorry today bc I bumped into it after I just lovingly made it....sorry and catch you later Bud.
I'm from Manitoba and have lived in both Alberta and Ontario and never in my 38 years of existing have I heard anyone say kangaroo jacket. That's as silly as bunny hug.
Exactly
lol We are not normally aware of how often we use "eh." I got caught out during a trip to California as everyone kept waiting for me to say it. I tried consciously to not say it but slipped up and we all had a great laugh. I think it's in our DNA eh!
or DN-eh. Sorry, had to.
I don’t say eh at all. My hearing impaired British grandmother would say eh when she couldn’t hear you.
Back when PUBG mobile was in its heyday, I was playing with a bunch of Americans and we were having a grand old time. I had finally saved up enough points for this one particular jacket that was pretty good as far as camouflage options went, and after I bought it I was checking it out and I said “Hey that looks pretty good eh?” and my American teammates burst out laughing. “We were waiting for you to say that,” they said. “We saw the Canadian flag icon next to your name and wondered when you were going to say it.”
Once I was made consciously aware of it then I try not to say it, but if you don’t make a big deal of it and let me be myself then yeah I’ll use it as much as I naturally do.
C-eh-N-eh-D-eh. And you wonder why "eh" is used so much?
@@kontiuka For sure lol .. I had to as well lol
I've lived in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Ontario, BC and Manitoba - the accents and slang vary province to province quite a bit. I've found that the stereotypical use of 'eh' actually exists in Northern Ontario, when prior to living there I thought the stereotype was over hyped. Bunny hug, mickey - depends on where you are in the country if those words are in use.
I recommend looking up a video on Newfoundland slang if you want to listen to the hardest accent to understand. Rural Newfoundlanders can have a very thick accent with a large list of slang - crooked (cranky), rotted (annoyed), b'y (shortened version of boy but can really be used as a term for a person of any age/ gender and pretty much always said - yes b'y), scoff (big meal), scuff (dance, commonly used with scoff - eg off for a scuff and a scoff) and so many more...
The cultures in Canada are wide ranging, and there are different influences in each province. Examples are the Irish immigrants and fishing history of Newfoundland, the French settlers in Quebec, Mennonite immigrants in the prairies, and many diverse indigenous groups throughout the country, to just name a few. Part of the reason we call ourselves a mosaic instead of a melting pot.
exists in the lower Mainland near Vancouver alot also not overhyped at all---but lots of those stuff never heard---never "H" e double hockey stick or never bunny jumpers etc ...
@@thewanderer8643 "H E double hockey sticks" is such a funny thing to see brought up, my mom says that stuff all the time. Along with "Your ass is grass and I'm the lawnmower" and a bunch of other random idioms that are unique to Canadians. They are all so obscure, they must be funny to hear for the first time if you're not from around here.
I have lived in Alberta almost all my life and I find the Newfie accent very hard to understand
You're becoming a Canadian already! When you hit the keyboard hard you said sorry 😂😂😂
I had a student once from a country where English isn't the first language who got in trouble from her parents for going to a "boys house" at lunch when they overheard her talking about going to Timmies. Sh explained that it meant Tim Horton's and they didn't believe her, so on her report card I wrote the usual comments, plus how I appreciated her surprising me with a drink from Timmies.
I've never heard or said bagel the way she does. Love your videos, and enjoy your kindness! We need more of that in this crazy world!
I grew up on the east coast and pronounce it the same way she does
We didn't prononce it like that here too in my part of canada like a couple of other thing she's saying but it all depend of where u from too each province each town etc have their own way to say thing
@@tapoutboys1 definitely, there's so much regional slang in Canada it's pretty hard to make a list that will only cover words everyone uses but it also means there's so many fun words to discover
I’m a Westerner and I’ve always said it “Bay • gul”.
Calgarian. I've never heard bagel pronounced the way she does either. I'd say bay-gul. Like anyone else I've ever heard.
As a Canadian, I can say I agree with a lot of these… but keep in mind every province says things a little different than the others in some aspects. This young lady is from the East, I myself live in Western Canada - we don’t say May 2 4, we say May long. ( As in long weekend).
We say “ For sure” as another way to say Okay or yes…ie: “ can I leave My shopping cart here while I go to the bathroom? For sure. And while a lot of people do have cottages/cabins, to own a decent nice sized,well built cabin on or near a lake is quite expensive. You can own a house in a small town/village for cheaper than you could own a decent cabin near a lake. We pronounce Bagel as Bay-gull, not Bag- gull. Although I suspect she had put a British spin on it.
Agreed in Manitoba it is May long and we go to the LC ( liquor commision) or vendor or the name of the hotel that has the vendor. I.E. " the Grant" or " the Marion". I work in a high school and "Bro" is common.
@@cathydyck1333 I've heard LC in both Manitoba and Nova Scotia before! And to get super regional, in the areas outside Toronto, we call the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario, same thing as the LC) the "Lick-bo".
I have heard a mix of Canada's slangs in Banff because so many people were attracted there from across the country for fun seasonal work.
Tyler your commentary is so humorous. I get the giggles when you emphasize with your eyebrows, eyes and mouth responses too.
she did a lot of work putting this together. i can't imagine how hard it would be trying to pick out unique things we say in everyday life that are things no one else uses. kudos to her. going to thumbs up her video as well for sure.
Tyler, if you've ever watched a movie about the outdoors and there's a twilight scene, you've heard a loon. It's a beautiful call, yet lonesome enough to send shivers up your spine, at the same time. We have a small lake on the back forty. We hear their beautiful songs all summer long. I'm Canadian from west-central Alberta. Near Jasper and The Rockies. I will never leave. I sure enjoy watching your reactions to our beautiful, diverse country. Your honest and truthful comments are much appreciated! Have a great day 'eh! Haha!
On Golden Pond
I swear Daffy Duck is based on a loon. A duck that is all black and goes whoo hoo! (though not as beautiful or as haunting as a loon).
The term Loonie came up quite organicly when the dollar coin was introduced. People started using it and then the Mint even trademarked the word Loonie AFTER it became common. Loonie is the only word we use other than the formal Canadian Dollar. News casts even say things like “The Loonie rose against the US dollar today”.
The term Toonie also came up organicly. A good joke is the Toonie should me the Moonie because it has the Queen with a bear behind.
“”Hey Bud, you know it, for sure eh” makes perfect sense to me.
I think one of the main reasons Americans have a certain image of Canadians is because of Bob & Doug Mackenzie from SCTV which aired in the 70s. The slang was over the top and hilarious. For years Canadians would pick up on their language when talking or joking with each other and it seemed to stick. To this day, US & Canadian comedians often refer to the show as their inspiration. And rightly so, the re-runs are still funny. Regarding the bagel, most people I know pronounce it just as you do and I'm from Ontario. Love your videos, keep it up.
When they said 2-4, I had no idea of what they were saying.
There’s also an art to deciphering “yeah, no” and “no, yeah” and “yeah, no, for sure “ and “okay there, bud”. 😸
It's funny cos I moved to Australia and they say "yeah, nah" and "nah, yeah" just like we do, but I totally forgot that "yeah, no, for sure" is a thing Canadians often say!
I was born and raised in the UK, which is what most of Allana's video is about. She’s smart and very perceptive, of all UA-camrs who talk about life in the UK she definitely understands and has unravelled it as well, if not better than anyone else. She’s definitely from Ontario though and parts of her descriptions of Canada are quite Ontario-centric.
Yes, very Ontario-centric, good way to describe it.
The way she says bagel is very Ontario. I've heard that before. We don't say it that way in BC.
@@danceswithcritters that was an observation, not a criticism, she’s a smart woman
@@matkins3484 Thats a rural Ontario thing, I swear when I was in my Uni dorm in Ottawa way back when, one of my dormmates would say Bagel exactly like that and we all used to poke fun at it in jest.
You want a hokey stereotypical Canadian accent, visit a small rural town in Ontario.
@@Moetastic She's very representative of rural Ontario with most of these things. I'm in Toronto, and a lot of what she says doesn't match, but drive a few hours out of the city and she's spot on.
I moved From Venezuela to Montréal,Quebec 22 years ago ... I love your channel. I share with my friends ...I hope you visit Canada soon ... Montréal is a mágica city. Keep sharing please.
As a Canadian (from MB) I’d like to say that I say eh a fair bit and even have started to text, also until I was about 15-16 I didn’t really think two-four was used much until I started drinking (legal age is 18 here). Also I feel like you should react to “Out for a Rip” and the Newfie accent!!!
Terry Fox. Do one on Terry Fox. Every school aged Canadian knows who Terry was. The cultural significance in Canada cannot be understated.
We as Canadian's really do say "sorry" alot. It's funny bc every time someone say something and I didn't hear them, then saying sorry is my way of telling them that I didn't hear them.
plus there time we can run into something other then people when not watching and end up doing it out of habit.
Pardon? Pardon me? Sorry is just quicker
Yes! "Sorry?" is often short for "Sorry I didn't hear you, could you please repeat yourself?" lol
Hey Tyler !
You should definitely do a reaction to funny Canadian TV sitcoms like "Corner Gas" and "Letterkenny"... you will get a huge blast out of the language quirks in these shows !!!
He’ll need closed captions for Letterkenny, for sure. I need it sometimes to keep up
@@Nevertoleave have you checked Shoresy ?
Also Littke Mosque on the praise,fun!
As a french canadian who recently moved to an anglo part of Canada, I'm learning as much as you are all those slangs and ways to pronounce things
Glad you're having fun exploring our amazing country.
Canadian slang is differs widely depending on where you are in the country. A lot of what she said is universal but may not be used as frequently in some areas. It can also depend on a person's lifestyle. Hockey players have a whole different version of Canadian slang.
Yeah no fer sher bud
My city has a saying "that's so Chate". Chate was a drop-out from a local high school that sold weed and kept ripping people off. The expression spread to all the high schools in the city and basically means "that's so scummy".
I’m from Alberta and we use 95% of these slangs. Although the reason I think she is saying bagel strangely is because she’s picked up a bit of a British accent.
Nah. I say bagel the same way she does. From Ontario, too!
the bagel is a south ontario thing
I always thing that south ontario accents sound similar to north east usa accents
No this is a young person thing. my daughter says it the same way and I laugh at her
I thought I was alone pronouncing it like that…
Southern Ontario thing that I am regrettably guilty of.
In Atlantic Canada specially in Newfoundland province :
1. If people say to you "Where you at?" , it means they are asking you about " How is life treating you?" in general.
2. If they are "amazed" by you or what you are doing in life, then they say " Yes by!" meaning they are splendid and happy for you.
3. If you say " Hey what are you doing? then the other person may say " Noo'un!" means " I am "idle" ....it is just another way of saying "Nothing!" .
15:00 minutes of the video: My grandfather use to finish every sentence with, "like you know" and "eh". I was born and raised in Ontario and have lived in Vancouver for 30 years and I've really noticed regional differences in Canada. In Ontario they're called cottages and in BC they call them cabins. 24 beers isn't like Ontario in a case and not bottles only 12 pack of bottled beers and cans in a box and sometimes 18 which is a newer thing. A "flat" is 24 cans of beer in BC. I've also noticed a Canadian accent from visitors from Winnipeg and Ontario but after an hour I don't notice it anymore. Tyler probably has no idea that drinking age is 19 in most provinces, 18 years old in Alberta and Quebec. And you can't just go to the grocery store or 7-11 for beer except for Quebec.
Ontario Beer Store: It was always officially named “Brewers Retail”, but everyone just called it the “Beer Store”. The marketing minds finally wised up and officially renamed it “The Beer Store”.
When you hear a Newfie ( slang for Newfoundlanders ) a young woman saying I'm out of Newfie bullets she is not actually talking about actual ammo for her gun. The Newfie bullets is slang for tampons. The phrase became so catchy that the rest of the Atlantic Provinces started saying it and eventually found it's way to Ontario which is where I am from. She's right about the Bud or Buddy part, but in Atlantic Canada the Canadians down east would say something like how's it goin bud? or whatcha doin buddy?
Ha-ha! That's genius! (The Newfie bullet thing).
Never heard that term before. That's a weird one!
Actually the term Newfie bullet was referring to the train years ago before everyone owned a car, people traveled across the island and it took almost 2 days.
@@sailor1553 Aww come on man don't spoil it for me, that's what my Newfie brother in-law told me a long time ago. Let me have at least two minutes of the gag. 😉😆🤣 Cheers my friend 🍻 🇨🇦 stay safe and healthy!
@@waynemclaughlin8937 I just call it a Manhole Cover or Beaver Dam
As someone who's from Toronto (the GTA specifically) while everything she said totally exists in our slang, I've noticed a lot of our slang also pulls from Jamaican Patois, Trinidad, and Southern London.
Tyler's inflection of 'you know' was spot on!
some more slang! (from Alberta at least):
- going for a rip (going for a drive)
- buddy/bud is more widely used than Eastern provinces ("buddy was driving like a maniac" and "eh, bud?")
- given'r and sendin'r (like giving her and sending her so example "buddy was just given'r on the highway")
- clicks = kilometers ("speed limit is 80 clicks")
- hosers (insult like losers. "they're just a buncha hosers, don't bother me none")
- timmies is also called "t-ho's"
- a lot of "yeah, no, for sure"
Well then ... Southern Ontario says all of these things commonly as well. At least around Kingston
Another Albertan here and I can't say that I've ever heard anyone say 'hoser' before unironically. The only times I've ever heard anyone say it was when they were making fun of lame Canadian stereotypes. Or speaking to Americans and playing up the lame Canadian stereotypes.
The common joke I've heard is "What do you call a Canadian who says 'hoser'? An American in disguise."
Sweet - most of those I've heard in Alberta too. Maybe not Hosers or t-hos. Tims for sure though.
When you think of all of the regional slangs that a tiny country like the UK has, it’s hilarious when people are surprised that it’s the same in Canada.
I’m from Saskatchewan, but my family moved away from there just before my fourth birthday. I have old foggy memories of my older sister and parents saying “bunny hug”, but it disappeared from their vocabularies pretty quickly after we moved because they got tired of having to explain to others what they were talking about. But when we visit our Saskatchewan relatives, ‘bunnyhug” instinctively comes back to them.
A lot of American celebrities have cottages in Muskoka. One summer I saw Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel at the Huntsville farmers market.
😊Hi Tyler! I have been having a lot of fun watching your videos on Canada! I just finished the Canadian slang edition. I'm from Saskatchewan and I just wanted to drop a note to assure you the bunny hug is real. Brits wear jumpers, and Saskatchewanians all wear "Bunny Hugs"...cute eh?
Most Canadians dont say cottaging. Whether you have a cottage, cabin, trailer or tent, we call it camping. And most don't say forest. It's the bush. So we go camping in the bush. Each province has their own slang words. There are so many more.
I live in BC and don't say bush I say forest but I can definitely see people saying that In more rural areas
In Quebec, we say going to the chalet (in French)
Ontario we say cottage we say forest
Maybe southern but up north it is more common for camping and bush.
I hear fellow Canadians around me adopting a few terms from Australia. It probably reflects a similar relaxed attitude. I hear 'no worries' interchanged with the overused 'no problem'. We will sometimes say, or more commonly write, 'cheers' instead of 'thank you' or ' 'sincerely'.
As a greeting, we often say 'Hey, how's it goin'?' or 'How are you?' interchangably with 'Hi/Hello' when greeting anyone in person.
When greeting an older person, I realize that might be too informal so would say 'How are YOU today?'
I'm not certain about her pronunciation of bagel, but a long A is probable less common, as in 'BAY-gul'. Yes,
'BA-gul' or 'BEH-gle' is probably used and I not realize it. I'd say LEGO and bagel have similar "eh" sounds in the first syllable when I say them.
I think you were correct when you said that "eh", pronounced "aye", as in long 'a' sound, was similar to using "right?" at the end of a sentence. "Right?" is also used a LOT!
Our family was middle class and we owned a small, uninsulated 2-bedroom cottage for a few years. It wasn't in Muskoka so it wasn't too expensive. It's common to have to go shovel the roof off your cottage after a big snowfall in winter.
Yes, some cottages are lavish. Whether they can be used in winter probably depends if there's someone available to plow the road to it.
Cottage rentals are extremely popular. Anyone wanting to book one has to be careful not to get scammed. Some people book at least a year ahead of time, often at the same place every year.
Way back before Canada was officially a country, we had relatives who owned an inn and cottages for rent near Peterborough, Ontario. That was considered cottage country when paddle wheel steamers would ferry people from Toronto to go on holiday before faster cars and good roads were available to go further north.
Everyone tries to avoid the traffic going north to and from Toronto, AKA the Greater Toronto Area, called the GTA, at the beginning and end of summer weekends and holidays. It's really bad because we don't have decent alternative transportation, plus you have to take some food etc with you.
Canadians may have more disposable income as well as vacation days than Americans because going to a cottage, cabin, trailer, camping or RVing is extremely popular. Many people prefer to drive when visiting other provinces as air travel is relatively expensive.
Quite a few people also like fall and winter vacations as you see people in southern Ontario hauling their skidoos north, possibly to go hunting or ice fishing.
In northern Ontario, many people would call the wilderness 'the bush'. In southern Ontario, not so much.
Up until quite recently I was completely unaware of my Canadian accent and all the phrases I use. To add the the "for sure" that we often say. At least the area I grew up in we always so " Oh yeah no for sure" which almost always means yes...confusing i know. Another one I recently found out is apparently Canadian " Just gunna sneak past ya there bud" typically will use that when trying to walk past someone.
No yea, yea no for sure there bud! 😁 I feel the same way though, I don't normally pay attention to my way of speaking until I see videos on it and then I'm like I feel called out right now lol. 🤣
A lot of Canadian slang depends where you are. They speak different in the maritime vs Quebec vs central Canada & prairies vs B.C..
Also the reason we all loved Tim Hortons to start with is it was a famous hockey player who started the company. He eventually sold it but it had become a staple franchise by then. ;)
Tim Hortons trademarked the term double double. No other restaurants are allowed to reference their coffee with 2 cream/2sugar that way.
Also we call a 26oz bottle of booze a two-six in BC. We also say "like" quite a bit.
Example: "Like, I said this and he was like, shocked."
A lot of the cottage culture is rich, but many are family cottages that have passed down. It is more so down east. We have more of a lake culture and cabins on lakes in BC.
We call hoodies, hoodies in BC. Jumper and bunnyhug are definitely an East thing lol.
There are regional differences even within a province. When she talked about cottages she was indicating she was from Southern Ontario. In Northwestern Ontario they are called camps. There can be some pretty fancy camps too. She is correct that a lot of average people have camps. Part of this may be because we have so many lakes. That means there are lots of places you can build a second "home" on a lake. A very different environment than a typical city home.
Yeah, this might be more accurately titled "How to Speak Like an Ontarian," but Ontario has about a third of Canada's population, so it's not entirely inaccurate. A lot of these things are reasonably common outside Ontario too, but there really isn't one "Canadian accent," just a bunch of regional accents that may or may not be similar to each other. I'm from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and we have our own dialect that has well over a dozen regional accents, just within that one small province.
And there are variations within Ontario, too.
From BC here eh, and we can barely understand Newfy here.
Don’t forget, she wasn’t doing “accents” she was commenting on Canadian phrases, and sayings. Accents are something entirely different.
@@RogersMgmtGroup Dat's cracked B'y.
@@cheryla7480 Yeah, but even there it's more regional than national. For example: the use of "eh" and "bud" is far less in the Maritimes, and almost nonexistent in Newfoundland.
There is a great diversity in slang. My wife is from Ontario where as I am from Alberta. She does say 2-4 for a 24 case, but in Alberta we say "a flat". so I say "I'll grab a flat for May 2-4." The May long weekend is around May 24th so that is where it comes from. We also say cabin in stead of cottage. She so missed the " sorry". It is the only word that is used as an apology, an exclamation, a question, and a dozen other uses. I am not sure how much it is used elsewhere but in Alberta the term " shits and giggles" is used for extreme fun. Thus in Alberta the statement "Ill grab a flat of Canadian for May 2-4 and meet ya at the cabin, I'll bring Richard for shits and giggles." Love your Canadian enthusiasm I hope you get a chance to visit us sometime, I have enjoyed your videos. There is a show I think you would enjoy it is called "Corner Gas" it tries to show the Canadian lifestyle in a comedic way. If you are interested in what is Canada. What is Canadian. what is Canadian language. the lot. it is a very good microcosm of the Canadian view .
Corner Gas was a pretty good show. I've been to the town it was filmed a few times, unfortunately not while they were filming it though. Wasn't until a few years after they stopped filming it. It's probably about 4 & a half hours from where I live
May 24 comes from the fact that Queen Victoria's birthday was on May 24th, so Victoria Day is celebrated on the weekend closest to May 24th.
Yeah, Corner Gas is Canadian as heck, haha
We could make a drinking game and have a shot everytime timmies gets mentioned in Tyler’s videos 🤣🤣🤣 and 2 shots everytime someone mentions bagged milk 😂😂😂😂
LOVEvthis creator! So GLAD you found her video! It's great!
Cottages or cottage country is an Ontario thing. Im from Alberta and we call it going to the lake! Lol Most people refer to it as their cabin here in Alberta.
I think it is a southern Ontario thing. Lived in Northwestern Ontario for a bit and it was always going out to the cabin or to the lake. We lived in the bush, so southern Ontario's "Cottage Country" was our back yards.
We refer to it as going to the cabin in BC as well
In montreal, we would call it a chalet. Or, and this is kinda funny, we will say " we are going up north " even if our chalet is geographically south of us.
I grew up in Northern Ontario, and we said “going out to the lake” as well
I am Canadian and have never before heard anyone say "bagel" the way she says it. It's definitely either a "her" thing, or perhaps localized (I don't know?). It consciously caught me off guard (just like it did you!). I DO know that most Canadians say it like YOU Tyler.
Caught me off guard
@@debrataylor4806 It caught you off guard, too! Context. Are you Canadian?
We had a cottage all my young years growing up, but it was referred to as a chalet. It was on the lake and there were only three on about about a ,three hundred foot frontage. It had three bedrooms, a great room,kitchen,family room combination, a screened in sun room with a deck. We would leave the city when school was over at the beginning of summer and go home labor day weekend. My father would come on the weekend. I hated it, my brother and a male cousin loved it. I think you had to be a boy to love it. Very isolated,the only fun part was the boat. I enjoyed stunting. This was typical of summer in Canada for alot of the population. You spent summer months away from the city. Liked it more when i was a teen and could bring a friend. I really like your you tube chanel. Never miss your broadcasts.
Canadian here, born and bred in Toronto. I remember in my teens working a sporting event where there were a lot of Americans coming to the concession stand I was working. A few of them asked me to speak "Canadian" and I had no idea what they were talking about. They asked me, "Why wasn't I saying eh after everything?" This was 1972-ish. I had no clue what they were talking about. I had never heard any of my friends say "eh" in conversation.
Years later, I was fortunate enough to be working with a Canadian musician named Ian Thomas. His brother was Dave Thomas, an actor/writer with the TV series SCTV, which can be best described as the Canadian version of Saturday Night Live. When the show needed more "Canadian content," Dave and fellow cast-mate Rick Moranis (of Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk The Kids fame) came up with a 90 second bit called "The Great White North." They dressed in typical winter gear which included wearing toques (knitted hats) and usually speaking with a beer in their hands (the beer bottle was what was called a stubby, named for the squat shape of the bottle and I believe unique to Canada). They would pick a topic to discuss and use every single bit of slang typically heard in Northern Ontario bars and hotels, where as stand up comics they honed their craft. Because Ian basically had the same experience doing that circuit he knew quite well the slang thought to be universal in all Canada. Dave had Ian and his band do an episode on the show, and had Bob and Doug MacKenzie (their characters names) discover Ian was Canadian. Very funny stuff.
Tyler I just have to say, this is an ingenious idea for a youtube series/channel. I don't know if you knew this when you started, but a lot of Canadians have this almost pathological need to be seen and validated by Americans, so you have an audience of roughly 38 million practically locked in. I don't mean this observation in a super mean or negative way -- it just is what it is, and I also feel this same kind of embarrassing urge. I think it comes from American culture being so dominant in our lives. Growing up sharing the same social internet with Americans, it's always assumed when you're talking to people online that you're American too, that you celebrate Thanksgiving at the same time, that you voted for a Dem or a Republican, and a thousand other things. So we learn to be like...hey, we exist, please notice us!
They say slangy things too Ruff for Roof. Lol Actually they don't know too much being allies.
You'll need to check out a video on Newfoundland slang
'Nufenese' is language in it's self.
You def get bonus points for the "Going to Timmies, eh". Well done 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
May 24 for sure. It's a throwback term when flats of beer typically came with 24 in a case. Now it's more 18, but still refer to May long week as the May 2-4 weekend. "First long weekend after a looong winter" so the party is on.
I think slang that is used really depends on where you live in Canada. I hardly ever here people say “eh” where I live. Never heard “bunny hug” until I went to the Prairies. I never use “bud or Buddy”, but my son does to his kids. I think a Country so large like Canada and also the US there are many slangs used that are regional.
Bunny hug is pretty much a Saskatchewan thing.
I think we Canadians really missed out on an opportunity to call the $2 coin the "Dubloon" like in pirate times. "Double Loon=Dubloon" Would have been great! lol
When the $2 coin came out, there were people who did try and use that. But, toonie won out in the end.
Yeah, it was actually considered, but Toonie won.
Oh man, why did we not think of that sooner? Oh well, toonie is pretty funny at least.
Side note, in Poland they call their currency złoty, which literally translates to "gold." I love it cos it makes me think their whole society is like a game of Dungeons and Dragons or something. "I'd like a beer please" "That'll be 4 gold" lol
I've watched a few of her videos and the way she says "about" is exactly the way it's usually spoken, at least in my part of Canada (which I'm pretty sure is also hers, within a few miles). As others have pointed out, Canadian accents and slang differs somewhat in various parts of the country so there really isn't a quintessential Canadian accent.
puddle jumper - a bright yellow hood on your raincoat to keep your head dry if you jump in a puddle. in the maritimes some times called a 'nor easter'.. used by fishermen facing high winds when at sea
Love watching your videos. You have a wonderful disposition and your humour cracks me up. I’m from Vancouver British Columbia on the west coast and can honestly say the majority of Canadians are somewhat Americanized mostly through film, tv and print. But still retain our unique Canadianess and culture. Thanks
I agree. I'm from the island and you're right that a lot of American slang has made it's way up here through various media. I've noticed lots of kids nowadays say "trash" when my generation (and maybe the one after me) still says "garbage". Same thing with grades/levels in school. Canadians typically say "Grade 4" , for example, while Americans would typically say "4th Grade", but the media flow has been changing that a bit.
Eh is NOT widely used! You do not hear it in western Canada. I also lived in the North and Newfoundland and they rarely use it. I find people from Ontario use it more so…just like this young person. They also are known more for their “ABOUT”, unlike most other Canadians. Also - she did not mention that there is a HUGE difference in not just slang, but language and accents in general, when going from Newfoundland and the Maritimes to the Western provinces and the Northern Territories! It is even more pronounced than going from the Southern US to the West Coast states - very different in accent and words, but far greater differences in Canada when traveling from coast to coast to coast. We have massive geography in our country, so, it makes the differences in language vary greatly (ie: Ellesmere Island is the size of Sweeden…and it’s a wee “island” in a vast province).
She hasn’t even mentioned that we have Indigenous peoples who add to our language. Obviously, this young lady hasn’t lived all over Canada, otherwise, she would know that Albertans sound NOTHING like Newfoundlanders, and someone from BC will be obvious to anyone in the Maritimes! And we ALL know that Quebecois sounds very different from a New Brunswick accent or even an Anglophile!
NOTE: TIM HORTON was Canadian, but it is now owned by a BRAZILIAN company, so it’s NO longer Canadian, although many Canadians believe so.
COTTAGES are an ONTARIO thing - elsewhere we refer to them as cabins in the East/North and Chalets in Quebec and in the West. Canadians are really into their NATURAL environment and adore our National Parks like Banff, Jasper, Kluane, Gros Morne, Terra Nova, Temperate Rainforest, etc. And I grew up camping, traveling across the country, as well as, going skiing and fishing at the cabin!😎
Tyler - you are watching a YOUNG person from ONTARIO - so she has a very limited appreciation for language. Hopefully, you will discover some educational videos/blogs that will express the unique differences we share! Truly, the ONLY way you will be able to get a true grasp on the vastness of our geography, extraordinary uniquenesses of our demographics, and taste some incredible food, is by visiting!🇨🇦😉🇺🇸
I grew up and still live in western Canada (Manitoba), and have heard plenty of people use "eh", including myself. It does seem to be used more in rural areas and amongst the native people, and much less in urban areas. As for the use of the term "Chalet", I have never heard anyone use that term in Canada. I grew up visiting our cottage at Lake Winnipeg, and everyone I have ever met has referred to their lake getaway as a cottage. You are very forceful in your opinions, but perhaps not very accurate.
I am from the west coast. I use eh and hear it fairly often. no it is not all the time but it does get used
In montreal, we rarely hear anyone say " eh ". Mostly by older english folks.
@@leeneufeld4140 "Chalet" as I have heard it used in BC refers exclusively to a cabin you use for skiing in the winter
I agree with what you’re saying. She is a poor example of how we speak. And when it comes to “eh” I find it more so the older generation that say it.
I am enjoying your take on Canadian videos....Canada is indeed a vast country....I was born in Eastern Canada and the slang mentioned in this video is familiar.. however all my adult lie has been in western Canada...and there are differences...yes Timmy's reigns...
However in BC we go the cabin on the lake...not cottages. We say sorry too much....and we apologize when someone bumps into us! Lol....Boys have cooties, when something is cool...it is mint.... beer used to come in fast stout brown bottles, we called stubbies....The city of Vancouver on the west coast-that general area is known as the lower mainland....or the coast...everything else is up country...from there or referred to as the interior. The May long weekend is referred to as Victoria Day Weekend sometimes...A very eastern Canada expression is The Sow'wester....a vinyl yellow hat, that fishermen have used...parkas are common winter coats, mukluks are also very common foot wear in winter....as are moccasins....but mostly worn indoors instead of slippers...Hudson Bay blankets keep us warm on chilly nights, we often put our toques on when we take along a thermos of hot coffee or tea in the car.(when there isn't an Timmy's handy) Red Rose tea..."only in Canada, aye? What a pity." Hawkins cheeses, Smarties and Coffee Crisp chocolate Bars...are awesome snacks along with Tim Bits....
you do a very good report on subjects. fun to watch.
West coast slang: ‘Skookum’ - big, awesome, the best.
There us a local strain of Cannabis called Skookum Charlie from Canada's west coast. Big flowers, lotsa punch!
So funny watching from Muskoka (Bracebridge Ontario Canada). I love here year round. Huge influx of people in the summer and so quiet in the winter.
A lot of the video is more how small town Canada speaks. Some Canadians say 'bagel' the way she does but most don't. A 'mickey' is a 375 ml bottle of liquor. Not sure why she's using ounces as liquids use the metric system in Canada. You might see ounces listed but it almost always means the product was made in a US factory. By law, it would have the metric measurement written on it as well; usually more prominently. A can of pop, for instance, would say 341 ml on the side. Booze is typically 375 ml, 750 ml, or 1.14 L.
To me it’s like our pronunciation of eh really comes out when we say bagel… like behgel.
I’ve never heard anyone in Canada say baaagal. It could be a regional pronunciation - which can vary from town to town and city to city. In my small hometown, for example, we would say hotel, with very strong emphasis on the first syllable, instead of the second syllable - which is considered correct.
Also, in western Canada, they say “hey” instead of “eh”. Since I moved to BC, this drives me nuts, as it makes no sense! 😄
Also, Timmies is often just referred to as “Tim’s” - which is the name of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey player whose name was used for the restaurant.
In addition to a double-double, there is a tripple-tripple and then a 4x4 (four by four)… ya know… for people who want a bit of coffee with their cream and sugar.
A loon is a type of duck that is slender, sits low in the water, swims under water, and has a haunting call. I *think* they’re mostly found on the lakes of central Ontario (cottage county) but are located throughout the country.
Yes - cottages up north (central Ontario) WERE cheap. Not so much anymore. But the weekend traffic there and back is beyond insane.
One last thing to mention… I’m from southern Ontario originally, which has a white collar and a blue collar accent (I was white collar). And when I went to do some work in Northern California, people would ask me, “where’s your accent?”. And everyone said “eh?” more than *I* did!!
Oh, and as an example of Ontario blue collar accent... just replace "th" in every word with "d". My car's over dere" (dare). French Canadians speaking English do the same thing.
Baaagle reveals her British accent
Never heard a Canadian pronounce Bagel that way
Baaagel is definitely a thing on the east coast
Tim Hortons was not only named after the hockey player, it was founded by him and a partner.
If you would like to do a province that is totally different than any other in Canada, do one on Newfoundland!
Or Quebec. I didn't grow with many of those "Canadian Terms".
"Has any Canadian said those exact words, in that order, ever?" EVERY. SINGLE. SUMMER.
"eh" is definitely a common part of the vernacular here in Canada but for most it isn't as much used as the stereotypes would suggest. I find that Americans tend to use "you know" to end a sentence (at least the American hockey players I hear on television) in the same way and it's mostly an unconscious habit.
Eh isn't used by everyone in Canada, but the people that do use it I would say are usually saying it as more of an inclusive term than anything. Most of the time I use eh it is usually after making some kind of observation or statement and I'm adding it to the sentence to show that I'm interested in that person's feedback or I want that person to know that I care about them being included in the conversation. But at the same time this almost comes with an unspoken rule that there is no obligation to actually have a response. So, it's more than just an easy way to turn something into a question. It's an easy way to ask a question without requiring someone to engage, but still feel included.
Yes. In Quebec, it is basically a question mark.
That is the best description of how to use eh I’ve heard! Is it okay if I use that on the future?
@@dmclayton4031 For sure! (I do say that a lot too) 😂
Cottages are a very Ontario thing. Also a middle class/rich people thing. In BC it is not as common and I have heard that many people say cabin hear.
I live in Alberta and grew up in BC, and most of what she says is true outside of Ontario ;) but in the west we don't call it May 24 we just call it May long. Although some of us might have a cabin in the woods or at the lake we don't typically have a designated "cottage country". We do however go camping with our really expensive motor homes and park them in camp ground sites that are scattered everywhere here. But hey she's awesome with her list and it's fun to hear Tyler's take on it. Sorry for the long post eh Bud. :D
Buddy! Don't even get me started on hosers, eh? ❤️❤️much love from Nuskoka,Canada
I like your videos and your genuine curiosity for other countries. It's a damn big world out there and there's so much to discover.
That's something I feel like a lot of Americans don't realize--both that there's a lot beyond their borders, and that they should actually be interested in it.
She was spot on... I grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and spent many years living in Muskoka region in Ontario and to me the slang is the same in both areas. Though the accent may be a bit different because people in Ontario say I have a Nova Scotian accent while people in Nova Scotia say I have an Ontarian accent... It all sounds the same to me.
Thing is, and this is really only in Ontario, but alcohol is regulated by a governmental agency called the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) and they have an iron grip on Spirits. Beer and Wine however are available at some grocery stores and Wine specialty shops. The other provinces don't really regulate it as hard. A couple decades ago, The Beer Store was known as "Brewer's Retail" for decades (Again, in Ontario) It wasn't always "The Beer Store"
It's Alanna from ' Adventures and Naps ' . This is a few years old but still entertaining . Alanna is talking to a primarily British audience .
"Yeah, no, for sure"
We all call Tim's iced cappuccino ice caps
You cannot buy alcohol anywhere but at licensed liquor stores *edit, I've been corrected on this. I don't buy alcohol so this is news to me*
Not everyone has a cottage, this is more of an Ontario thing. It's pretty normal, if maybe a little on the privileged side, to have a cabin on the lake in BC. We call it May long when referring to the long weekend in May. It is a huge camping weekend.
Jumper is a sweater in England. In BC we call them hoodies
Don't forget about toques, you might call them a beanie.
A big slang term in BC as well is "low man on the totem pole" referring to someone at the bottom of a hierarchy
That has changed in some places, ontario for one. We now carry beer in grocery stores, i think that was a mistake. Of course, bottles of hard liquor still has to be purchased at a licensed liquor store.
@@karidennis6154 Yeah that's strange. I know you can buy alcohol free beer at the grocery store.
It depends on which province you live in. In Nova Scotia you can only buy alcohol at the government liquor store. The NSLC
But some province sell that at grocery stores and other places
In quebec you can buy beer anywhere. We can even get them in combo from restaurant delivery ( likea pizza and a 6 pack ), but it's not very common.
But for beer, every corner store, gas station, ect sells beer. ( and a limited selection of wine)
As for hard alcohol, that you have to go to a specific government controlled store ( called SAAQ ).
A hoodie is a hoodie in the UK. A jumper is a sweater in the UK.
Hey Tyler! I've mentioned this before but I definitely think "How to by a Canadian" and "How to be a Canadian 2" would be worth taking a look at! They are skit type videos and have a lot to breakdown throughout them. They cover iconic Canadian television, stereotypes from all of the provinces and territories across the country and are generally an all around great time to watch. How to be a Canadian was actually so popular on UA-cam here in Canada that How to be a Canadian 2 was actually created in partnership with CBC which is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for our 150th birthday celebration.
And then "How to be an American" by the same people.
Y'all need to come on up bud. I'd be awfully chuffed to show you about my small town.. a lot of great lads.
She nailed it. What a fine tradition..Good girl. Old boy Canadian. Feel like her da.
The 'Bud" is from South park during one of their epic attack on Canadian culture. We take it in good fun though, eh?
Yeah they really nailed us with that one! Haha.