Hey everyone, here's an idea...

[Kenneth]

author=Kenneth link=topic=29359.msg348631#msg348631 date=1584807815

Oh , but would you be able to understand my Canadian accent? 

There's always Google translate 

Haha! Right!

Here's a crash course for ya:

"Eh?" - Don't you think? Conversational device that allows an unconfrontational canadian to turn a statement into a poll of opinion.



"hoser" - unsophisticated person

"keener" -  boot-licker, suck up, over achiever

"Molson muscle"-  potbelly   ( Molson is a beer brand)

"for sure" - definitely

"mickey"-  375 ml. (13 oz.) bottle of liquor

"arse, bum" - one's hind quarters.

Loonie (Toonie) -
A loonie, the Canadian $1 coin, gets its name from the picture of the Canadian bird, the loon, that appears on one side of the coin.
A toonie, the name for the $2 coin

"Timmies" -
Timmies refers to the much-loved (though, mediocre) fast-food coffee chain, Tim Hortons, which gets its name from a famous Canadian hockey player


"Give'er" -
A slang term that means to give it all you got when all else fails.



That's all you really need to know and Canadians will give you a big hug welcome!
( unless you have Covid-19 and then it's just a " how's it goin' eh"? from 20 feet away! 

[Hilary]

author=Kenneth link=topic=29359.msg348631#msg348631 date=1584807815

Oh , but would you be able to understand my Canadian accent? 

There's always Google translate 

Haha! Right!

Here's a crash course for ya:

"arse, bum" - one's hind quarters.

It's the same in dear old blighty.

I'm glad you've got arse in Canada - the American ass just doesn't sit right does it, eh!

(I'm practically bilingual now)