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Understanding Canadian: Basic Words and Phrases

Canadian: Nice weather, eh.
English: Yippee! This is one of our ten days of summer!

Canadian: You just stepped on my foot. It’s my fault. Excuse me.
English: Don’t step on my f**king foot again, wise guy.

Canadian: Loonies and twoonies.
English: Pieces in a Canadian version of Monopoly. (Used in some circles as actual currency.)

Canadian: Prime Minister.
English: A political position granted to someone generally of French-Canadian descent. (Position is awarded for life.)

Canadian: Hockey.
English: Pro wrestling on skates.

Canadian: Amateur hockey.
English: Total anarchy.

Canadian: Baseball.
English: A sport used to pass the time during the ten days of summer, i.e., the ten days when hockey is not played.

Canadian: Molson.
English: Breakfast.

Canadian: Back bacon, poutine and Nanaimo bars.
English: Lunch.

Canadian: Labatt.
English: Dinner.

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