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http://www.edmontonjournal.com/touch/story.html?id=9333422

I educate because I love. Follow the link to a list of words that you will understand if you are Canadian. See how many you non-Canucks have heard of.

Say it in Canadian: The everyday words only we understand

 

Pencil crayon is a term used by 96 per cent of Canadians, but Americans call them coloured pencils and Brits use colouring pencils.

 

In October, Jules Sherred, a B.C.-based contributor to GeekMom.com, decided to put some of the unique quirks of Canadian English to the test. The blogger compiled a list of 82 words that, according to Sherred, made American friends "look at me with a blank stare," and then ran them past a survey group comprising 52 Canadians, 104 Americans and 19 people from the rest of the former British Empire, including New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, England and Wales. Two months and 17,000 data points later, the blogger ranked each word both by how familiar it was to the Canadians and how unfamiliar it was to the rest of the English-speaking world. What emerged was a surprising compilation of words that are apparently foreign to the world beyond our borders.

 

FREEZIES

 

 

Used by 98 per cent of Canadians, freezies are like Popsicles except they come in a plastic sleeve. In a world where the product is known by everything from California Snow to Ice Tickles, Canadians have laid claim to the least creative term .