Canadian/U.S words & pronounciations

[sandozwalker 0]

.....Yeah.....watching TV up here drives me NUTS! Words like pasta, Mario, Yahoo, Mazda, ect. My fiance used to have a cat named Tasha-pronounced Taaaaasha lol.

[TennCAN 1]

.....Yeah.....watching TV up here drives me NUTS! Words like pasta, Mario, Yahoo, Mazda, ect. My fiance used to have a cat named Tasha-pronounced Taaaaasha lol.

Everytime I drive up to the drive through window at a Restaurant in Tennesee it has the potential to turn into a nightmare. I can't understand a word sometimes and begin to panic. Vianca laughs at the way I say "out" or "about" (laughing with me)

Dale

[trailmix 77]

I was also made fun of for using the word "Expiry date"

They use expiration date...I've always used Expiry.

That's another one that I've found really odd. Why "expiry?" Something expires and therefore, has an expiration. The date of said act would be the "expiration date."

Don't ask me..lol I've always said it. So does everyone else around here..lol

Makes sense to me, the words are interchangeable in that context.

[Earmuffs 1]

Canadian: Pop

American: Soda

I asked for a Pop once and my Fiance laughed and said something along the lines of 'you want to get shot?'.....LOL

not true...

i know a lot of americans that say pop..

Yes, that's true, some states do say pop

i know here in texas a lot of people just call it coke..

[Fuzzness 2]

I've never heard any canadian say aboot. mostly sounds like a-bowt. not even ricky from tpb says aboot

and it IS zed!

[Krikit 1,165]

I was also made fun of for using the word "Expiry date"

They use expiration date...I've always used Expiry.

Wow, Laura. I just noticed you have some Tori Amos lyrics. That is one of my all-time favourite songs. I've been to see her in concert a few times. She is absolutely amazing.

[MissStacey 1]

I always say "zed" not "zee" (unless I sing the alphabet song- the only time I say "zee")

My husbands last name has a Z in it so when I spell it out to people they always pause at the zed.

[DeadPoolX 9]

The "zed" thing still cracks me up.

When I hear "zed" I think of the boss in Men in Black, whose codename by the way, probably didn't ring a bell with American audiences. In MIB, every agent's codename was a letter (Tommy Lee Jones was "Agent K" for instance) but then we ran across the guy in-charge and his codename was "zed." Most Americans I've run into just thought he had a codename that sounded different because he was the boss. It most likely didn't occur to them (or they just didn't know) that "zed" is how most of the English-speaking world refers to what we in the U.S. call "zee."

[Autumnchik 6]

oh yea...my USC Fiance says:

Italian = I - talian (as in the letter I)

My Canadian hubby says it that way ... drives me NUTS!!! C'mon, it is not IIIIItaly

[Carlawarla 1]

When I think of Zed, I think of Zeddy...from Zellers

Last night I was telling Gene about this thread and the "Donna" thing. I was telling him how I had put it in words on the forum. He looked at me kind of strange, and said I had it all mixed up! I guess I don't say "Dough na", I say "Dawn na". HE says ....or so he says "Donna". Now I'm SO confused!! I don't know how to write how he pronounces it. Let's just say it's different. *sigh*

The first time I met Gene's brother and best friends was in the fall of 2003. They asked me if I watched "hackey", and then laughed when I said "hawkey". It's the "a"s and "o"s me thinks!

[Reba 2]

I called a garbage disposal a garberator the other day and everyone burst out laughing..

it IS a word right?

Garburator was actually the Canadian brand name for garbage disposals and just became the name for the item itself, like Kleenex is for facial tissue. I guess they didn't sell in the US.

[Emancipation 2]

I called a garbage disposal a garberator the other day and everyone burst out laughing..

it IS a word right?

Garburator was actually the Canadian brand name for garbage disposals and just became the name for the item itself, like Kleenex is for facial tissue. I guess they didn't sell in the US.

Thanks Reba! That's what I figured.. and the only thing that makes sense.. one of our friends who's an architect (A USC), is now INSISTING on calling the garbage disposal a Garburator! tee hee..

[warlord 73]

I called a garbage disposal a garberator the other day and everyone burst out laughing..

it IS a word right?

Garburator was actually the Canadian brand name for garbage disposals and just became the name for the item itself, like Kleenex is for facial tissue. I guess they didn't sell in the US.

That explains why I had never heard of it. It puzzled me as my parents in Canada call it a garbage disposal too, so figured it had to be either something really localized or it was some name of a company or something.

Just saw this and not sure if it's the same thing or not. Is a Waverunner the same thing as a Seadoo (sp?). I hadn't heard of Seadoo before so maybe that's just a brand name as well...

[DeadPoolX 9]

I called a garbage disposal a garberator the other day and everyone burst out laughing..

it IS a word right?

Garburator was actually the Canadian brand name for garbage disposals and just became the name for the item itself, like Kleenex is for facial tissue. I guess they didn't sell in the US.

That makes sense. Like how any polystyrene product (cheap coffee cups, for instance) are referred to as "Styrofoam." In reality, that's a trademarked name for "polystyrene thermal insulation" manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

I was also made fun of for using the word "Expiry date"

They use expiration date...I've always used Expiry.

Wow, Laura. I just noticed you have some Tori Amos lyrics. That is one of my all-time favourite songs. I've been to see her in concert a few times. She is absolutely amazing.

She's my all time favourite artist.

I will have a whole room dedicated to her when Nick and I get our own place. It will be my Tori room! LOL

She gets me by.

I've seen her a few times in concert as well. I have to agree with you!!! Brilliant!!!