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Or, the same things by different names.
I was just thinking of the icing sugar we buy in Dryden, Ontario That would be powdered sugar in Iowa. Then there is the knit cap, stocking cap south of the medicine line, tuque north of the line.
There are many more, call it "cabin fever" if you must, but care to name some more?
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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'servie'ete' instead of napkin--after 40 years I still can't get used to that one.
leftenant instead lootenant
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Peameal bacon here, back bacon I believe in the States.
I have been in restaurants down south where they had no idea what malt vinegar is. Similarly my wife tried to get hot tea and was served iced tea.
I know there are others but they just aren't coming to mind right now.
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Back bacon in the Midwestern US is called Canadian Bacon. Lots of places down south can't relate to gravy on french fries
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A Toque and green canvas duck parka where the winter-wear of my youth! Snow-shoes and knee-high Cree moccasins stuffed with "witches hair" moss were perfect for the -40 winters we worked and played in. Kangaroo hide mittens were tougher and longer lasting than similar cow-hide handwear. Life was good for those of us growing up in Northern Saskatchewan in the 1960's.
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I have a cousin living is Southern California who goes crazy with happiness when one of her relatives sends her a box of Coffee Crisp bars and Ketchup flavoured potatoe chips.
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Aye! There you go. Combine instead of Harvester. Rye whiskey -What's that? Aye?
It is better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6.
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Back bacon in the Midwestern US is called Canadian Bacon. Lots of places down south can't relate to gravy on french fries Yep, no poutines to be seen down here. My wife loves the ketchup flavored potato chips...and a candy bar called a "Wunderbarr" Me, I just like catching jackfish....
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It is better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6.
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Back bacon in the Midwestern US is called Canadian Bacon. Lots of places down south can't relate to gravy on french fries Yep, no poutines to be seen down here. My wife loves the ketchup flavored potato chips...and a candy bar called a "Wunderbarr" Me, I just like catching jackfish.... Never mind gravy on french fries, y'all put gravy on biscuits -- butter and Good maple syrup for me. Myself I prefer good side bacon to pork loin for breakfast.
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"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov 4:23) Brother Keith
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What is called a "Hoodie" in most other parts of North America is called a Bunny Hug in Saskatchewan. For some reason city rappers and gang members don't like that name much.
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What is called a "Hoodie" in most other parts of North America is called a Bunny Hug in Saskatchewan. For some reason city rappers and gang members don't like that name much. "Bunny Hug" was a brand name once upon a time. Sort of like ViCo, though that one seems to have run its course. To this day "hoodie" sounds like baby-talk to me. Seems like something you'd put on with your mitties and booties; right after you're too old for onesies and a blankie. Not surprisingly baby-talking rappers failed to get much traction.
Life begins at 40. Recoil begins at "Over 40" Coincidence? I don't think so.
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Them is gators. . Not pickerel. Pickerel (walleyes below the line) are for eating.
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Snot rockets. Good one! Slime machines.
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Cariboo; Good evening to you sir, I trust this finds you well and warm on this last week of January.
I grew up around Yorkton mainly but spent 3½ years in Nipawin too and had family living in spots like Black Lake and Cumberland House - so I too had a pair of moccasins.
We surely did all have the green duck parkas for work - and had the slippery nylon shelled, goose down stuffed parkas made in Zenon Park for school wear.
Other than what's been mentioned, one term that seems to be a Saskatchewan/Alberta term is "boomer" or "load boomer" instead of "chain binder" or "load binder" that they use here in BC.
Anyway if I think of a few more Canuckisms I'll add them later, but that's all I can muster at present.
All the best to you Cariboo.
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When I was a kid walleye were pike, Saugers were sand pike, and northerns were northerns. Was a type of northern that was a Pickerel ( small northern ) .
But the fruits of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, Gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law. Galations 5: 22&23
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Homo Milk - whole milk in 'Merica.
Eavestroughs - gutters in 'Merica.
Cheers,
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Hi Dwayne, It's a typical El Niño winter here in the puddle; 10 degrees above freezing and rain. (I wouldn't want to be wearing moccasins today!) The snow is disappearing fast! If this holds it will do our moose and deer loads of good. My father was the newspaper publisher in Yorkton for years and he loved the people who lived in the area who were mostly of Ukrainian decent. He always claimed they were the friendliest folk in the world. I was raised on the Northern edge the parkland belt about 100 miles Northwest of North Battleford. We were only a few miles from the bush country and had hundreds of lakes within an hours drive. Fishing for Jackfish (aka Northern Pike or Slough Sharks) Pickerel (aka Walleye) and Yellow Perch was always better than working the fields. We lived a long bicycle ride from the North Saskatchewan river but once there we could also catch Sauger, Goldeyes and occasionally sturgeon in addition to the Jackfish and Pickerel. Winters were full of hockey, curling and trapping muskrats and beaver. I also did a fair bit of ice fishing with line & lure but was more often enlisted by my Cree & Metis friends to help set and pull under-ice nets. (They claimed I was born with a strong back and weak mind! ) Near the end of February beef calves started hitting the ground and that became priority #1. Shooting coyotes and the odd wolf that was attracted to the calving sheds also put some fur on the stretcher boards. Like I said I really enjoyed growing up in that part of the world at that time.
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