Author: Edrick Thay. Published by Folklore Publishing, 2004, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. A Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book.
WEIRD CANADIAN WORDS, like anorak, butter tart, ballicatter, kayak, stubby, toonie, these are all familiar Canadian words. But where did they come from? What quirks of language and fate have made them truly Canadian? Edrick Thay presents well-know and obscure Canadianisms in this often-humorous glossary of words from across the country.
WEIRD CANADIAN WORDS, will have you speaking all-Canadian Coast-to-Coast words like these and many more!
Canada-wide words--Canuck, hockey, loonie, Medicare, tuque and the ubiquitous, "Eh?"
Québècois words--tourtiére, cretons, shivaree and Bombardier
Ontario--BeaverTails, reeve, Wonderbra and zipper
West Coast--potlatch, hooch, Nanaimo bar and skookum
Atlantic provinces--screech, ballicatter, slob ice and blue nose
Aboriginal words--skookum, potlatch, chinook and high muckamuck
Western Canadianisms--canola, Bloody Caesar, bunnyhug, Métis and stubble jumper
Words of the North--inuksuk, Klondike, mukluk, pingo and toboggan.
This book would be a thoughtful gift for your family "Logophile."
