Local idioms are interesting. My brother-in-law relocated from here in New Jersey to Vermont's Northeast Kingdom in 1970. He has been telling me the local idioms for years. Most of them probably have English derivation too. Sadly, those expressions will pass as these small pockets of local culture are swallowed up by universal electronic culture.
wabigoon; Good afternoon - evening to you already I see - I hope this finds you all well.
Another use for bum is to borrow, but it's often a permanent borrowing, such as "Can I bum a dart off you bud?" - or in US speak " Might I please have a cigarette of your friend?"
"Out for a rip" is another one heard mostly north of the medicine line I believe.
When this guy was interviewed by the local news, he said he and the missus were just "out for a rip" when they spotted the fire on the bank.
Cliche' I know but I had a good friend from Deep River, Ontario that would call me every month or so & always started the conversation with a cheery "How's it going eh".
He's gone now, lost in a small plane crash & I miss him & hearing that greeting.
Flat for a case of beer is apparently of British derivation. Have heard it used in several former colonies, including South Africa.
"Eh" seems to be not only more southern but western.
First spent considerable time in Canadia in the fine province of Alberta. Disovered that what Americans call "Canadian bacon" was up there labeled English-style.
There was also "chesterfield" for what Americans call a couch or sofa. Have been to Alberta many times since, the last not long ago, and have been told chesterfield is disappearing.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck
From a North Eastern Ontario fishing camp owner in the mid 1970's, "you've got giggles" when he looked in my tackle box & meaning I had lots of the appropriate lures.
I had never heard that expression before. The guy had an English wife from the midlands so that may be where it came from or it could have been a local thing.
I lived in BC back in the early 80's. Took me a while to learn the meaning's of a few phrases and words. Potato chips vs crisps. Cookie vs biscuit. There were a bunch of them. I surely loved the time that I spent in BC.
James Pepper: There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum? John Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there.
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