And to us an ink pen sounds like a fenced enclosure with bedding straw to keep inks in, like a pig pen.

And to us a garage is a gur-radge, not a guh-rawzh, and an envelope doesn't start with awn. We get bombarded with enough french already up here, those of us who speak english don't want to emulate them any more than they want to emulate us.

Funny story about accents. we get lots of tourists, hunters, fishermen and the like, up here from the US. Once a guy from the deep south somewhere was here with his slide-in camper that was old enough to have an icebox rather than a propane fridge. He was looking for block ice for his icebox (not sold up here btw, just cubed ice.) and asked one of the local natives, "Y'all know where a fella could get a piece o' ice 'round h'yar?" Well, the way he pronounced ice sound like something else (a**) to the native, so he said, "Well, you might try the bar, eh?" and walked off laughing his head off, thinking the guy would get stomped if he went to the bar trying to pick up local women.

Another time, another guy was wondering where to buy beer, and again asked a local. But the way he pronounced beer sounded like he was saying bear......the local responded, "go look in the busses" (they can't say the sh sound)

 

Nope, it's back bacon, from a different part of the pig., back vs side or belly. Sort of looks like small slices of ham though. comes with or without cornmeal. What you know as bacon, so do we.

from Wikepedia:

In the United States, back bacon is called Canadian-style bacon or Canadian bacon, but this term refers usually to the lean ovoid portion.[3] What the U.S. terms "Canadian bacon" is actually back bacon rolled in cornmeal.[citation needed] In Canada, it is called peameal bacon, whereas bacon is used generally to refer to strip bacon, which is more common to the Canadian diet.

But, I've never heard it called peameal, just cornmeal. We see it much more often without the cornmeal coating.

 

I travel around Canada & USA. The website i go to for gas or diesel prices is....www.gasbuddy.com

 

So what is a "toque" and what is a "toboggan" in canada. Never heard of a toque here in texas and a toboggan is a knit cap we wear when it's cold (well cold for us-less than 40 degrees f.)

 

I think the toboggan our northern friend is talking about is the one you slide down snow covered hills on, at least my days growing up in western NY is what I know a toboggan as. Probably not something you'd see "deep in the heart of Texas".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toboggan

and for a picture.....

http://www.ntsled.com/

And this is why stickler was laughing hysterically thinking about his Texas friend wearing a toboggan on his head...that is a funny picture

 

Ahhh, thanks for the info on the bacon, see I was confuse couse when I was down in the states once I ordered some pizza and it was called canadian bacon and pineapple.

 

In 1974 I just about got beat up in a bar outside of Teslin. Got to arguing about American Cheese with the fry cook. At that time they insisted that American Cheese was Cheddar (course its not really cheese at all but I like it on a burger).

 

Dodgeguy71 has the toboggan right. Wooden (or aluminum) sled with the curved front.

A toque is a knit cap, often with a pom-pom on top, but not always, like what Bob & Doug Mckenzie wore on Great White North. What Texans call toboggans, and lots of others call stocking hats or navy types call watch caps.

I've travelled all over the US and never heard it called a toboggan anywhere but in south Texas.

 

Sounds like everyone else is getting it wrong then, lol, jk. I see, I actually learned something today, I kinda figured that the toboggan that was talked about earlier was the sled, but wanted to make sure. Thanks to all for clearing that up.

 

sorry guys, was gone a while fishin.

here is one of the bigger ones. the weather wasnt the greatest, and it slowed the fish down some, so we ONLY caught like 70 a piece the 5 days we were there they were all on the small side, with the biggest being 9 pounds. all northerns and walleyes.



this is the private lake we were fishing

 

I suppose we could really mix it up and talk about pountine, or french fries and gravy. While in France do you still order them as french fries. No i can't go on.

NICE FISH by the way. Looks like you had a good time.

 

haha, we went to a diner in armstrong station, Ontario, and poutine was on the menu...the guys I was with were asking what that was. it was fun explaining it to them.

the fish wasnt that long, but definately had some gerth to it huh? fun to fight for sure.

 

Ok i'm gonna bite since i'm a southerner through and through, what in the heck is poutine? Just gotta know.

 

Fries and gravy, with cheese curds in it. Its a french thing, I don't get it either. Fries and mayo, on the other hand, that I get!

 

Actually in France they're called pomme frites (fried potatoes....potatoes are pommes de terre, apples of the earth)

I doubt very much if they've ever heard of poutine.

Hey there's another good one, if you order chips with a sandwich or burger or whatever in Canada, you'll get fries, not bagged chips. That's just plain wrong! And most places there'll be vinegar on the table, that's to put on your fries. Oh and we call hot dogs hot dogs. Franks are more than man named Frank.