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1. Not quite

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 08:09 PM

Jul 2014

Kerfuffle, Knapsack, Washroom, Pop, Zed. Just off the top of my head, these are hardly unique Canadianisms.

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Do you speak Canadian? Words and phrases unique to Canucks [View all] KamaAina Jul 2014 OP

Not quite Ron Obvious Jul 2014 #1

I counted nine words that I consider not Jenoch Jul 2014 #5

It's just the 26th letter of the alphabet. Ron Obvious Jul 2014 #6

Yeah, Jenoch Jul 2014 #8

and England. So, not unique to Canada. CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #15

I thought this thread was about Canada... Jenoch Jul 2014 #18

I know a few sakabatou Jul 2014 #2

Don;t the Brits call gyros OriginalGeek Jul 2014 #3

Chinook, deke, f**k the dog, housecoat, kerfuffle, klick, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #4

Yes, I was going to say that we Minnesotans are part Canadian Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2014 #16

We should invade Canada Yavin4 Jul 2014 #7

I know a couple of uniquely French Canadian curse words aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #9

Yeah, lets not go there about the Hockey thing, Ok?! Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2014 #11

What you call "a sack"... CanSocDem Jul 2014 #13

I had a lady friend from the Deep South... malthaussen Jul 2014 #19

A couple to add sharp_stick Jul 2014 #14