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

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[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 9 points 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.

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