Reaction - Canadian Slang with Will Arnett 

So glad Arnett did not lose his Canadianess. He's still got it eh?

A Donnie Brook = old school hockey fight Wobbly pop = Beer

i really like the saying “the gloves are coming off.” basically means you’re about to get your shit kicked lol

Mickey,26er and 40 pounder is the terms used in BC for liquor.

I commented on a video and spelled the word 'check' as 'cheque'. In Canada that's how we spell it. I was immediately educated by a bunch of Americans on the PROPER spelling. Lol! One even asked what a cheque was.

I still think the toonie should have pictured 2 male deer instead of polar bears - then it would be two bucks!

We used the word chesterfield, especially in the 70's. I think dart might be eastern, never heard it on the west coast until this past year. And always pop, never soda. Soda is a baking ingredient...😊

As others said, Double Doubles started with Tims, but it is common with most coffee shops. Starbucks is the exception; they have their own terminology. But if you go to a CountryStyle, Robins, McDs, Wendys, Tims, or Second Cup or just a corner coffee shop, and they will know what "Double Double" means. Soda vs Pop, we often just say Coke or Pepsi too. Or we'll do Soda or Pop. Pop is pretty common term. We had a cola brand called "The Pop Shoppe" that was popular out east for years so that may have influenced things.

Life long Pegger here ( well , did 5 years in Vangroovy, but, lets skip that ). If I went anywhere, ordered coffee, and they didn't know what double double meant, I would think they were from another planet. Pop, soda, etc. , that's all dependant on the person, I've heard all. The "26 " you referenced is a 26 ounce of any preferred strong liquor ( rye, gin, etc. ). I love the humanity you put in your channel, you are never rude, condescending, or harsh, and you have a funny bone. That's a Canadian combo, if I know about it at all. Thanks for your efforts !!

he is much younger than me but back in the early 60s underwear was gotchies

The Muskokas are cottage country north of Toronto.

In the province of New Brunswick, we call pop "Pop", not soda, not cola, not soda pop! lol!

Fun video, John! In Newfoundland and Labrador, perhaps because we only joined Canada in 1949, many of these slang terms weren't a part of my language growing up in the 60s . As we became more exposed to Canadian and U.S. media, of course, the slang became more familiar. We have our own Encyclopedia of Newfoundland, as well as a Dictionary of Newfoundland English, and a lot of our own slang words and phrases. Some of the dialects and slang used in different areas of the province are little changed from the Irish, English and Welsh settlers who arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries. Many visitors from other parts of Canada have difficulty understanding our English, let alone our slang! 😅

One slang that is a Saskatchewan term is Bunnyhug. A bunnyhug is a hoodie that doesn’t have a zipper.

American cottagers brought the Adirondack chair to the Muskokas way back when it first appeared. Canadians modified it somewhat narrowing it slightly and giving it a curved back. The Muskoka chair has since become an iconic symbol of cottage life in Canada.

I love Will's accent here. It's really authentic -- northern Ontario or maybe rural Manitoba. I'm guessing he comes by that honestly from wherever he grew up. Great reaction!

Loved the Portage la Prairie shout out. And thanks to Will for pronouncing it correctly instead of trying to say it in French.

Canadian bacon is called peameal bacon here.

Out west we say "ginch" for underwear too

There are regional slangs of course... here on the west coast a lot come from native words...'chuck' or 'salt chuck' is the ocean. 'Skookum' is big or solid, Chinook is a warm wind - also a kind of Salmon, mowitch is deer....

Regarding klicks as a slang term, out west you’re more likely to get an answer in hours when asking how far it is to somewhere. From Calgary a typical answer for a few locations - about 13 hours to Vancouver, about 3 hours to Edmonton…

I love your videos all the way here in New Brunswick, Canada!

In English Quebec we said soft drink, or sodey pop as a joke. I think French people said liqueur or boisson gazeuse.

Being an Imperial-metric straddle era person I use "clicks" with a "C" for miles but if working in Metric I use "klicks" with a "K" for kilometers

The Muskokas is a beautiful area. It’s about a 2 hr drive north of Toronto. Bracebridge and Huntsville are 2 of the towns up there. I hope you and your family can make it up there sometime. Lots of lakes and beautiful scenery.

Calling someone a hoser is the same as calling someone a loser. It comes from beer league hockey where the losing team would have to take a water hose after the game to flood the ice.

So many Canadian hockey terms: five hole,slewfoot,flashing the leather,bar down...

Canadian Bacon, as called by people in the US is so wrong as to be pathetic and insulting. The stuff sold in the USA as Canadian Bacon is processed chunks of scrap ham thinly cut and fried. The bacon originating in Canada is Peameal, or back bacon, and is completely different. The USA version is ham (pork) from the leg cut, on or off the bone, which has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking. American-style bacon (sometimes referred to as streaky bacon comes from the pork belly and has much more fat. The Canadian delicacy undergoes brining similar to other types of bacon. There are three methods used to brine the pork loin: finely ground dried peas, known as peameal; pickling liquid; and if you are really lucky, Canadian Maple Syrup. The process was developed by the people in Upper and Lower Canada in order to preserve the pork for use during the winter. When the United Kingdom required more meat, the process was used to protect the meat during transit. It is a delicacy that must be carefully and lightly fried so as not to leave it dry. Anything other than the pork loin being preserved in such a manner is not worthy of having Canadian as part of its label. It is just ham. Chimo

I think it started at Tim Horton's but I use it anywhere.

In the road lingo of the traveling horse traders of the early twentieth century, "deek" meant "to look." When the hockey player says he "deeked out the goalie ," he means he made the goalie look in the wrong direction.

Pop - it is almost universal in Canada. However, there are regional preferences. Where I grew up, Soda and soft drink was predominant. But if someone said pop, we knew what they wanted.

Double double wasn’t a thing in Alberta until one of the waves of folks moved west in the 80’s. I think people put two creams and two sugars in their Timmies to give it some flavour. 😅

Have you ever watched any videos by Joseph DeBenedictis? He has done many comparisons between Canada and the US with his friend who lives in the US. Joseph used to work in the US while still living in Canada. I believe he worked in Buffalo, New York.

I read once that the term " hoser" comes from the thieves who would use hoses to siphon gas from the tanks out on the prairies...major insult🙂

Back in the early 1980's, kids sometimes called a two dollar bill a deuce and a five dollar bill a fin. I don't think it's really used anymore.

There is a slight difference between the adirondack chair and muskoka chair. The muskoka chair has a slightly rounded back Double double is recognized at any coffee shop. Or you can say double double with milk if you prefer milk instead of cream

Canadian here, I got a coffee at McDonald's for the first time when they got better coffee and asked for 2 cream, 2 sugar. She said, "One double double, is that everything?"

Our spelling is aligned with how they spell in Britain. I believe British spelling is heavily influenced by how French words are spelled. Colour/couleur. This also explains how we spell cheque which is the British spelling. Check has several meanings whereas cheque only means a money order. "Check that you didn't forget the date on your cheque." Toque (wool hat) is a french word. Many words in Canada are pronounced in the French way. Example: Foyer

Hey brother great seeing a video from you again there is another slang here in Ontario Canada we say keep your stick on the ice its just a way of saying have a good day or keep your head up FYI if you want too get the full Canadian experience I suggest you watch Strange Brew it was a movie that came out in 1983 with Rick Morranis and Dave Thomas also the Beachcombers it was a Canadian TV show .

I was always told that "Hoser" comes from the losing team having to hose down the ice after a hockey game back in the 1920s and 30s. I was told that by my Dad. I never heard soda said until I was in the US when I was 8 or 9.

I just love it when Americans try to learn things about us, your friends to your north ❤❤❤❤❤ My perception is that Americans living close to our shared border have a better understanding of Canada, but the farther away you get from the border, the less they know - until you get to Florida and then half are Canadian anyway 🤣 When I play online games with Americans and they ask where in from, I always say "Canada's capital". I think only one person knew what that is... 😢☹️ Anyway, I'm subscribed and about to share your channel with my American friend, who's coming to visit me tomorrow. He's from Wisconsin - I really had to ramp up his education so he could figure out where he's going... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

A couple slang words he didn’t cover that we use in SK (Saskatchewan) are: 1) Bunnyhug (I forgot what Americans call them.) 2) Pencil crayons (Americans call these coloured pencils in the States) 3) Parkade (Correct me if I’m wrong. I think Americans call it a parking garage.) 4) Washroom (America would recognise it as “restroom” or “bathroom” depending on the location or preference.) 5) Duotang (Americans would likely call it a folder. In Canada, there’s a distinct difference between folders and duotangs. A duotang has three circular holes and the metal pieces that flatten when pressed to hold your papers. Folders don’t have 3 holes. I can’t remember how many holes they have. But it’s not 3.) 6) Stash box (It’s a square shaped or rectangular plastic pencil case.) 7) Runners (Those are sneakers. They’re called that because runners run in sneakers.) 8) Housecoat (In the US, you’d call it a robe. We call it a housecoat because you wear it around the house. And it’s warm like a coat.) 9) St. Paddy’s Day (It’s a nickname for St. Patrick’s Day.) FUN FACT: Around St. Paddy’s Day, at least where I live, radio stations will play maritime music. They’ll also play music by Irish or maritime bands or singers. We’d hear songs like “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” or “Farewell to Nova Scotia” all day. 10) Chocolate Bars (Americans call these candy bars. I don’t get why. Since they’re usually made of chocolate in the shape of a bar, they’re called chocolate bars here.) I hope this is enough. And have a great day!

Distance is referred in hours. How far from A to B??? Around 3 hours.

A Two Six is a 26 ounce bottle of liquor.

A gasper was what a cigarette was called in the 20s - the 1920s. I first heard it on a show from Australia.

I'm from Canada and our term for underwear was gotchies.

I’m in Alberta and here, a case of beer has 12 bottles or cans, and a 24 is the same as a flat of beer, or 24 bottles or cans.

Kangaroo shirt…… Muskoka chair is typically Ontario based….out west we call them Adirondack chairs, also soft drink in Quebec was what we used for pop…..I have lived out west longer than I did in Montreal yet I still have trouble with Pop, I still use soft drink (it’s the literal translation from French ~liqueur douce) ..We also grew up saying “pass the vacuum “ instead of just vacuuming. You should do a segment on English used in the province of Quebec.

Yes the gong show is in reference to the game show

A toque with a pompom is considered a French Canadian thing. Most Canadians pull them off but girls/women keep them. Pop is soda, sometimes a 24 of beer is a deuce of beer but it's an older term. Muskoka is a cottage region in Ontario because the wooden chairs were considered cottage chairs.

I think the term you were looking for is '40 pounder.' That's a 40oz bottle of whiskey or vodka and very expensive here.

Tims invented the term "double-double" but its been popularized and now any Canadian coffee vendor would understand.

We call it pop pretty much anywhere you go. We will use Soda water though when referring to fizzy water like perrier, bubly, club soda. You can order a double double pretty much anywhere but Starbucks. I tried at A and W once and they didn't get it, might have been the one location though. Muskoka is an area in Northern Ontario ( more north than Toronto) Also referred to as the muskokas/ cottage country.

Fun fact: Arnett's dad was president and CEO of Molson Breweries (1997-2000).

Really enjoyed your video! Another thing we do involves more of an action, than a word, but if you get into a fight on the ice or off, sometimes even on the street, we haul their shirts up over their heads, (hockey their jerseys) and roll with the punches. Thank you for keeping up with our traditons, and for visiting, the door is always open for you! New Canadian sub here! Giver er! 🇨🇦❤🏒🇱🇷

we call it Pop here... what he mentioned was Pop Shop which was a brand of pop

To answer your question about Soda, it's actually very regional. Typically in Ontario they call it Pop, in rhe maritimes they call it soda, and here in Quebec we call them "soft drinks" . I'm not sure what they do out west. There's a couple of others but most refer to certain cities in particular. So Toronto is often referred to as TO, or less common these days "HogTown" or "the big smoke". Ottawa is "the city that fun forgot" Montreal is "la metropole" although not sure if that's used much outside of quebec

Double double can be used any place where cream and sugar are added to the coffee or tea

Love watching your videos. Usually learn stuff from the historical ones, and laugh at the ones like this. Muskoka is a region north of toronto (cottage country) Ii work at tims. Theres "dounle double" but theres also "triple triple" & "4×4" (self explanatory) Pop is universal in canada as far as i know . If someone calls ir soda its one of dhe ways i can usually tell theyre american lol

"Prit-near" always confuses Americans - Big John dropped the pencil as he was driving the golf cart, leaned down and out to pick it up as another cart approached. I grabbed him and pulled him away from getting his head torn off by the passing cart. We went in for beers after (Myrtle Beach league play) and he is telling the story how he prit-near got decapitated. The Yanks only wanted to know what the hell a prit-near was - LOL (Pretty nearly)

Lol, In Highschool a friend ended up with the nickname Gotch. He was a good sport about it, which was a good thing as it was to the point you almost forgot his given name. In his sixties now and he still gets called that at class reunions.

I always use the word "Gitch" for underwear lol.

Double double has always been used everywhere. It's how I take my coffee. My wife take regular --- 1 cream and 1 sugar.

You scored better than me. I'm an Anglo Quebecker and there were a few I didn't know.

In New Brunswick, Two-Four is also what we call the Victoria Day long weekend in May (because it often falls on or around May 24th). “Hey Bud, you doing the Pollett River run on May Two-Four weekend?” “Nah, bud, I can’t find a floatie for my two-four. It got tore up last year.”

Also we have peameal bacon which is pork loin cured in brine and rolled in corn meal ,wobbly pop -beer,

I subscribed the first time I watched your channel. And enjoy it immensely

Canadian in my 60s & have only hearad Hoser user on SCTV. I used go to the Pop Shop .

I work for a US cruise line. The Americans always laughed when I said about and roof. They say ruf for a roof.

I’d love to see you review the ‘speaking Canadian’ documentary. I like learning with your commentary included. Take care from 🇨🇦

Back bacon = Canadian Bacon. We use both terms depending on where in Canada you live and we often use it interchangeably. Ultimately they are the same thing.

Re: soda v. pop, I remember when Safeway grocery store (U.S. based) opened in my hometown in BC in the early 60s and that was my introduction to "soda". All the house brands (Cragmont) were orange soda or grapefruit soda etc. except for the generic cola.

Having driven to many American truck stops, I decided to go black with my coffee. Just because I got laughed at too much trying to order. Definitely got recognized as Canadian

Muskoka is Cottage Country in Ontario, north of Barrie. A lot of Americans vacation there.

"Like 90 " means going fast! That car man was fast, she went like 90!! I'm from Hamilton Ontario, so that could be regional to Hamilton, Toronto area?

Yes please, on the 45 minutes of Canadian English.

I’ve never in my life heard another Canadian say “Hoser” aside from American TV shows making fun of Canadians.

You definitely should do a video on Newfoundland slang! It's like a whole separate language of it's own😁

A rink rat is the guy who moves the nets out of the way when the Zamboni is cleaning the ice at the local hockey arena. Other jobs included being a janitor. I know, because that was my first paid employment in ninth grade. My official title on paperwork was "arena helper."

Can't take my eyes off our beautiful Canadian flag billowing in the...non wind 😅 I Love it Thankyou so much💞

I live on the Southern shore of Georgian Bay….some people call them Georgian Bay chairs

As a Newfie, I appreciate the Newfie joke 😆

The Adirondack ,Muskoka chair most people i know call it a deck chair or lawn chair

Just what I need - listening to a Canadian who hasn't yet learned that Newfoundlanders don't like the word, "newfie". We are Newfoundlanders. as our first Premier instructed, Newfoundlanf UNDERSTAND

How about "putting it in the rhubarb". My dad used to say that alot. Driving off the road or into the ditch

Newfies have their own language in of itself.

A skiff of snow. That's when it is snowing lightly and the snow is blowing like snakes across the road ... maybe total fall of 1/2 cm. Saying yes while creating in. Not really slang per se but unique to Nova Scotia

I'm in NB we call it 'pop'. Never heard of the hockey slang words, we do say 'rink rats'. In NB we use 'some' a lot, for instance if we need items at the store we say 'get some eggs', 'pick me up some bread". I never noticed it until a person from Alberta pointed it out to me.

For John's benefit The championship Islanders had one of the best Rink Rats in history being Butch Goring

a long time ago tims had an advertisement that used the term double double and stuck since then.

Back bacon is Canadian bacon. Pop is a universal term in Canada. I've never heard any of my fellow Canadians say soda. I live in the US and worked for US airways many moons ago and everyone in my group said soda except a fellow from Minnesota. He said pop was the most common term used there.

A lot of our bigger gas stations have a Timmie's in them too.

I have never used or heard anyone use hoser. That's mostly a Mackenzie brothers or Ontario thing.

The best doughnuts are old fashioned sugar ones!!

If you hear " You bet ya" or " a old rig hand " differently from northen Alberta. You bet is thanks and a hand can be any one worked in the oil patch in any profession.

Pop = Soda = SodaPop Backbacon is a hamlike thin sliced, smoked loin, that yes, the u.s. call Canadian bacon. Some restaurants, even up here, *mistakenly * try to call peameal bacon Canadian bacon...but it's not.

I found "Regular" to be the most common order when I worked at Tim's. (1 cream, 1 sugar) It used to confuse new employees when someone would order a "Large Regular"

BC’er here. We grew up calling it Gintch. Always Pop in the West. He didn’t mention Runners or Running Shoes. Americans call them trainers I think. I think Beanie might be used more in the UK. I’ve never heard anyone say I need to buy some Canadian Bacon. It’s either bacon or ham. Also I think the 2 four is more from Bob and Doug. And Never a suitcase. It’s a case of beer , pick up a dozen or a 6 pack. In BC we don’t say clicks we say kilometre or K. ( eg: it’s about 50 Kay’s ) would love to see the other video you mentioned doing.

I would love to see it

Muskoka is a region north of Toronto. I grew up there. People who are well to do, celebs and those in Toronto go up on weekends, holidays and summers. Think Ozarks.