I got this form http://msnarabia.englishtown.com/sp/tests/quiz.aspx?quizId=34&Ctag=34#15 and it is interesting ![]()
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”?
The correct answer is: 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 neighbor asks if you want to go to “The Ballet”. Where does he want to go?
A strip club


as a double-double downing, mickey drinking, 2/4 on a friday nigh, true blue hoser going on 29 years now, i would just like to clarify that i have never heard “the ballet” or “square heads”. also, hosers are often more specifically rural canadians it comes from farmers using Hoses! to siphon gas from cars.
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Another Canadianism is the expression “take off”, meaning to run away, as in “the cops are coming, let’s take off”. U.S. or U.K. people might not know what you’re talking about.
Also, sweet carbonated beverages like coca-cola are referred to as “pop”; as opposed to “fizzy drink”, “lolly water” or “soda”.