Growing up in Saskatchewan in the 1970's we used to call 'hoodies', 'bunnyhugs'.
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Darts = cigarettes
Chesterfield = couch
Skookum = solid, strong
Beauty can be an adverb. ex: That's beauty!
Er what? Places emphasis on a question. ex: Was that a good show er what?
Eh ? = The classic, but can be used differently than most people think. Normally it is used as a question marker, but can also be used to show indifference to a topic when combined with a dismissive tone. ex: "I went to the party last night." "Ya, eh?"
Coastal British Columbia.
Also, we have a very recognizable shibboleth that comes in handy sometimes: the pronunciation of "Vancouver." Anyone who was born in Metro Vancouver or the surrounding areas will pronounce the "van-" with an '-ng" sound, like wang. Most people don't even realise it, and I have no idea where this phenomenon comes from, but personally I find it emblematic of the sociolect used in the trades and other 'blue collar' occupations in the province. There's a certain sing-song character in the intonation that, having moved away from there, I find myself missing at times.
Always loved a well placed Skookum. Really jazzes things up.
Same. It's a shame that it will soon be moribund, it's such a versatile word. Chinook jargon (the créole language the word comes from) was known for having a limited vocabulary, which resulted in many of its words having multiple nuances in meaning.
Well, I'll be keeping the Skookum flame burning at least.
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I moved to Montréal last year. Tons of Quebecois will say "fait que" as a sort of filler where you might say "so..." or "anyways..." in English but it always sounds to me like they're saying Fuck.
Dep
dépanneur?
Yep-anneur.
Newfoundland and Quebec will probably rule this thread.
I’ve come a cross a few good ones in Saskatchewan. The « bunny-hug » is a classic. I once heard someone ask if they could « turkey-blast » their cigarette using mine. Maybe not the common but I loved it.
Oh you just reminded me of the slut butt.
We have a similar term out west, called the 'butt fuck,' but I've definitely heard slut butt as well.
I told my American visitor what "goof" means in Ontario, and she realized her Ontario uncle had been trying to warn her about her father decades ago
Her uncle went to prison? That's prison slang.
Would that be so unusual?
I mean maybe in Ontario it's a normal phrase. Out west it's the go-to insult of degenerates.
A la verga
Google says surprise or frustration?