Can you understand canadian english ?

Salam,

You have to pay attention to canadian english vocabulary !
Have a look at these sentences...

1. You are at a party with some Canadians and one of them asks if you want to go for a “dart”. What does “dart” mean?
A cigarette

2. In Canada, an overeager, brown-nosing person is called a:
Keener

3. What Canadian city does “Hogtown” refer to?
Toronto

4. The waitress asked if you would like a “serviette”. What is a “serviette”
A paper napkin

5. What’s a “Canuck”? (French Canadian )
A slang word for Canadians

6. It’s a cold day as usual in Canada. Your friend reminds you to wear your “toque.” What are they talking about?
A knit winter hat

7. What is a “square head”?
A word used to describe English/Anglo Canadians

8. What is the slang word for describing a stereotypical English-Canadian male?
A hoser

9. Please complete this phrase the way a Canadian would: “It’s a nice day out, __”
"Eh?"

10. Your Canadian neighbour asks if you want to go to “The Ballet”. Where does he want to go?
A strip club (I was really surprised by the "canadian" meaning of the ballet !)

Rachel

P.S : If you need to explain some words, use this link http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hoser

Thanks Rachel,

Quite interseting! maybe the connection between the strip club and the place where the ballet dancers train is the metal bar!!

you know its note only English which has some complicate Canadian word, but also French, we think that we are note going to have any problem in French since it s our second language but it s note the truth, their French is a little bit complicate without referring to pronunciation, don t worry we just need time to be familiar we them. thanks rachel for the lesson

I actually prefer their english more than their french! I remember, in one encounter i had with a lady from montreal, I couldn't understand a word of what she was saying, i had to immediately swich to english because it sounded like a very different french not the one we are all used to!!!
But as you say Nouha, it is just a question of getting used to! ewa allah ykattab lina njiw ltama ou nhadrou m3ahoume hta b.... chalha!!!

hi
thanks rachel for you contribution i find it very important
in fact the vocabulary and prouciation differ betwen region and country
son in the first , each of us must learn englich very hard and develop their capacity in comunication interactionand and reading . this way may be have agood result in term of enrichissement of vocabulary
the problem of unterstanding some canadiensentences english is easy to d eal with swill i'amvery convinced that it will be be resolved after spending a short time in canada . so people must do an effort to deal with any situation and to aquier all the new word wich he will lisen