Canadianisms

ruzuzu commented on the list canadianisms

No Nanaimo bars or Bloody Caesars?

January 28, 2013

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

thanks ruzuzu

I found a bunch of words by doing a reverse dictionary search on most provinces and major cities, as well as for Canada and Canadianisms

wikipedia lists 'canadianism's but some of these are actually 'non americanisms' as we share some words with England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English#The_cot.E2.80.93caught_merger_and_the_Canadian_Shift

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_Canadianisms_on_Historical_Principles

January 29, 2013

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

There's a 'dictionary of newfoundland terms' presented by the Newfoundland government.

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/azindex/a.html

For Researchers, you may want to look up Bill Casselman's book on Canadianism's.

http://www.booksforbusiness.com/reference/canadian-words-sayings/

I came by his book looking up Newfoundland food, found scrunchings, and looking up scrunchings had some of his books.

Another Bill's book.

http://openlibrary.org/works/OL581747W/Canadian_words_sayings

Wiki'edia's Canadian French differences.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_lexicon

interestings.

March 16, 2013

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

For more references to Canadianism's , there is Wictionary

http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Appendix:Glossary_of_Canadian_English&oldid=17478688

July 14, 2013

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

edit: better article at http://geekmom.com/2013/12/55-canadianisms/

December 28, 2013

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

Found online - a Canadian Slang dictionary.

http://www.coolslang.com/in/canadian/index.php?OL=eng&TL=eng&Letter=A

February 23, 2014

slumry commented on the list canadianisms

riding?

September 5, 2015

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

in Canada a riding is similar to an electoral district, where you elect 1 representative to government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_electoral_districts

September 5, 2015

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

For the 4 1/2 entry -

"Nah, a 4 1/2 is a 2BR apartment, it's 4 rooms in total, counting kitchen and living room, plus 1/2 for the bathroom. As far as I know it's the Quebec-only way of describing apartments."

spotted on reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comments/4ewo5i/average_house_price_in_canada_jumps_15_to_508567/d24621h

April 16, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list canadianisms

you seem to have gone to town here but you don't have gitch

or townie

September 5, 2016

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

The CBC had one of their light hearted shows discuss gitch, gotch, ginch, gonch. Gonch won the poll.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/irrelevantshow/the-irrelevant-show-january-8-2015-1.2891263/gitch-gotch-1.2891281
 3 minute radio show - explains the gitch gotch gonch wars.

September 6, 2016

ruzuzu commented on the list canadianisms

Fun! I'd suggest adding Bird's custard powder, but only because it's an essential ingredient in Nanaimo bars (which you've already cleverly listed).

September 6, 2016

kalayzich commented on the list canadianisms

you still haven't added twonie

September 8, 2016

alexz commented on the list canadianisms

I haven't added twonie because I never see this term in the wild. I've also never come across the term 'idiot strings', and I wonder if it's really a Canadianism and not just a term shared by Canada and the US.

My list won't hit every Canadianism out there, and there are some terms where people have disputed the Canadian'ness of the term. For example,  I had  Skookum on a BC list and that term was also used in the US.

https://wordnik.com/lists/british-columbian-terms

September 15, 2016