I am a unilingual Canadian English speaker. I don't know it that makes any sense. I have a small bit of French and was exposed to German when I was growing up.
So I'm an English speaker.
I don't know how many English accents there are but I can not understand some of them. Being elderly and having hearing loss makes it difficult to follow accents. Hearing loss means that you miss some of the letters, words or phrases. Just enough so that you do not get the message.
But what I'm thinking about today is the different terms we use for the same things. For someone like me who doesn't travel much I find terms difficult.
One New Zealand friend talks about a chilly box which we call a cooler ! She also talks about a wheely bin which we call a cart. Lorrie? Yes, somebody told me it meant truck. "Boot" for car trunk.
In different places you find different interesting terms.
Most people have no idea that they use a term someone else may not understand.
So here's my challenge to you. What are some terms Canadians use that others may not understand? Terms that Canadians have no idea that they're not known or understood by others? This is turning things back on me. Have fun. I know I'm going to learn some things.
