Hoser isn't a canadian "hick" it's "loser" because it stems from back in the day when the losing team had to flood the ice after a game. "That's game, you're the hosers"
saer no, it’s actually on the right the camera makes it seem to the left. Which they may be wearing on the right for the video to make it look like it’s on the left
Chesterfield, Toque, Bunny hug, Give'r are the only ones I've ever heard used, and besides hoser which no one has ever said in a sentence, I've never heard of any of them.
i'm Canadian and i only knew like three. the slang depends on what part you live in, it's not universal. im from the maritimes, so really close to the boarder. my area is basically just American with a few "eh's" in there edit:spelling
They say the other terms more so in Alberta lol. My sister told me the other day that her and her boyfriend were "going out for a rip". I lost it, couldn't believe she just said that. I am in Toronto too and I've never heard it being said in real life until she said it. I was so happy lol.
I didn't realise "dart" was considered a Canadian slang. I was surprised when that one came up and not everyone knew what it meant. A lot of these are regional too though. I knew bunnyhug and the other ones only from other Canadian slang videos. Don't really say those in Ontario
Yeah, I have some buddies in the northern US which use dart interchangeably with cigarette. Bunnyhug is completely specific to Saskatchewan though, and no one uses chesterfield anymore.
Me : "oh great a video about my country's slang" *starts watching* Me : "oh right I'm french Canadian, I don't know any of those" rip feeling like a Canadian
I knew very little of these as a non-Québécois Canadian. I did know tabernak though. I also knew mickey, which I don't think is even exclusively Canadian, nor possibly even originated in Canada. I Also knew toque, hoser and chesterfield, but that's all. I would think you'd have know tuque/toque though.
I'm Canadian, born in Quebec, raised in Central Ontario, moving to west Alberta, and I've heard of nearly all of these slang. Never heard of Randy/Larry, boot (in that sense) and I've only heard hoser in the Bob and Doug skits.
The sound quality of this video sucks. the voices are to quite and when i turn turn the volume up im deafened by that damn bell noise. couldn't finish the video
I've lived in Canada my whole life. Northern Ontario, Southern Ontario, the GTA, Manitoba. Half of these I've never heard. Chesterfield I use, Mickey I know, Toque of course, Give'r obviously, tabernac on the right occasion.
We use it in Ontario where there is a large french community right near detroit. BTW Ontario and Quebec french is very different. As is New brunswick or even within quebecs borders. I have learned a lot of canadians hate their fellow canadians from this video.
Yeah I think it just depends where you are I've lived in the north west territories and alberta. Boot and go for a rip are used a lot. Bunny hug is a Saskatchewan thing but I use it too. I've never heard of Chesterfield though.
You could have Canadian students and title it 'Canadian students guess Canadian Slang' and they'd be lucky to get a third of them right. These may be said in Canada but not in ALL of Canada, most of these must be regional....Larry/Randy, Ferda, bunny hug who the hell says these things and chesterfield maybe my grandparents but nobody under the age of eighty.
Ferda, is big on the east coast, but I didn’t recognize it when it popped up because it’s never used by itself. I would have expected ferda boys, or even ferda b’ys.
I have no idea where these cake from. I live in the most bland part of Canada (small town Saskatchewan) and we say Toque and sometimes Bunnyhug. Wtf were Larry and Randy. And dart means the game darts. Not a cigarette.
It's probably the most accurate way to describe it. I mean, an English speaker may opt for "fuck" or "shit" in the same spot that a francophone would drop a "tabernac" but those words both have additional uses that don't match "tabernac" at all. Likewise pointing out that "tabernac" is the French word for a tabernacle says something about Quebec history but gives no sense of the word use as an obscenity.
Let’s clear this up. I live in Saskatchewan. This sounds really weird but we use BunnyHug, Hoodie, and Sweater equally and completely interchangeably. Also lunch is lunch. I call the last meal of the day supper.
Steve Leighton " Hoser " is not from Toronto, it is rural/small town Ontario. That's why some people think it means " hick ", it doesn't, it means " loser ".
This video is basically asking a bunch of students in BC Ontario slang other than bunny-hug which they say in saskatchewan and tabernac which is clearly quebec
I work at a bungee site here near Ottawa were a lot of our clientel is not from here and we often use slangs like ferda, giver, out for a rip, etc... Lemme tell ya it makes quite the impression and makes them quite happy when we use some of these, especially ferda boys right before jumping Love it!
Jpegsus "Hoser" is actually an expression that was briefly popular in the Ottawa Valley in the late 1970s. People know about it because it was used by fictional characters Bob and Doug McKenzie. For more on them: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_White_North_(album) After the Bob and Doug movies came out, the only people who use the term "hoser" are Bob and Doug fans, some of whom are actually Americans. (probably why Canadians stopped)
If you haven't heard it then learn it. :) I'm from Alberta and I knew all but one word. It's sad that we can't be more proud of these awesome words and preserve our Canadian dialect. My grandma used to always say chesterfield. Now all you hear people say is couch??? What the fuck?! Come on Canada, we can do better.
Think it depends on where in Canada you are from. I'm in Toronto, and have never heard Tabernac before. Or a few others, but i have heard people use dart before, and i've heard hoser.
From Toronto and at least here we do not use chesterfield. The only reason i've heard it before is from watching another video on Canadian slang (and i have to say a better quality video considering the sound quality of this was beyond horrible)
Alex Giroux My grandmother who was born in England always called couches "Chesterfields". I never heard the words sofa or couch until I was about five. We lived in Toronto. Since then, I always figured that Chesterfield was a British sofa manufacturer that Toronto was full of limeys. Anyone, correct me if I'm wrong?
Larry and randy, ferda, and tabernac are the only ones I didnt know from out on the west coast here. Hoser and bunnyhug are so well known but nobody uses them here
