Falando do Canadá: Tips from Canada’s adventure couple
Avid travelers Dave Bouskill e Debra Corbeil bill themselves as Canada’s adventure couple. They recently took time out from their adventures to blog about únicas palavras e frases canadenses.
Você já ouviu falar do Dê um duplo duplo? Here’s their explanation:
“I am going to Timmies to grab a box of timbits and a large Double Double.â€
That is what you say when leave the house to order an assortment of tasty doughnut centres and an oversized cup of coffee with 2 creams and 2 sugars at Tim Horton Doughnuts. Gostoso.
E quanto ao 2-4?
Esta é a nossa frase que usamos quando vamos comprar cerveja: “I am going to get a 2-4 of Canadian at the Beer Store.”
Sim, we buy our beer at the Beer store in Canada and a box of 24 beers is simply shortened to the words “two four.â€
Leia sua lista de 10 únicas palavras canadenses e fases aqui. Para Canadiana ainda mais, pick up a copy of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
Fotografia © Carolyn B. Heller
Roupão
others say Robe
Jesus Murphey- we all say it.. “look ma, the neighbors walking around in his underwear” “Jesus Murphey!”
mickey, bottle of liquor (13oz)
Esboçado
“Take Off” em vez de “Get Lost”.
chesterfield: a sofa or couch
fogo salão: posto de bombeiros