Comments on: Canadian Slang and Dialect

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:42:23 +0000

I’ll probably have to steal this. I’m always trying to explain what “eh” means, and it’s true, people that try to mimic usually use it in the wrong context. It’s a hard word to explain to a non-Canadian!

Oh, another one is Band-Aids. People never refer to them as that here, so they get confused if I ask for one.

The other night I was trying to explain to my English friend in what context you would use “ghetto,” like ghetto 40, or ” That’s so ghetto!” When he repeated a sentence I said, my mind instantly flashed to Mickey Blue Eyes, that scene in the car when the dude is trying to teach Hugh Grant how to use slang.

By: Morgante Pell

Morgante Pell — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:43:22 +0000

Not all those words are exclusively Canadian. I’m from Vermont and people definitely use cottage, cutlery, faucet, etc.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:26:54 +0000

@Aisling – Yeah, it’s a little frightening, eh?

By: Aisling

Aisling — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:51:58 +0000

I think the fact that most of our slang has to do with drinking says a lot about us.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:41:03 +0000

He’ll yeah!

London, eh?
I’m from Sarnia