Canadian ENGLISH Slang Quiz! American vs British vs Canadian
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- čas přidán 23. 02. 2022
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Today we attempted Canadian Slangs that You might want to know ! It was awesome to have Sydney, Lauren and Callie on board!
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I wouldn't say toque is slang though. It's the proper term in Canada.
I don't think anyone in Canada has called anyone else a hoser in the last 45 years minimum.
Maybe if you’re from Toronto, but I hear it in the country
@@DigitalTiger101 Really? What province? I've spent a lot of time working in rural areas and never heard one genuine hoser. I never heard one in my life honestly.
@@small_blue_bird small town Ontario, I'd say. Though I would say I've heard it used sarcastically more than anything. It's definitely not a super common word, but I have heard it.
It's not commonly used in central Canada, may a if your joking around and you even know about SCTV. Lots dont.
Yeah, the only time I ever heard anyone say hoser was when Bob And Doug were popular and they were impersonating them.
Canada is a big country 🇨🇦 , second bigger , and some of the words are pretty common in some places of the country while other aren't so common or spoken by the people , even though english isn't the only idiom spoken there
Same in the USA. I was watching Lost in the Pond and Lawrence mentioned puppy chow which I only know to be dog food product manufactured by Purina but apparently in some places it’s a Chex mix snack. I would have declined if someone offered me some puppy chow to eat. 😂
@@anndeecosita3586 Ha, same here, I thought it was only dog food too. I could just imagine how insulted some women would be if they thought someone was asking if they wanted dog food.
"english isn't the only idiom spoken there" - do you mean language?
@@j2174 Maybe English is their second language. In Spanish and French "idioma"/"idiome" means a language, not just a saying, despite both languages also having "lengua"/"langue".
@@RandomNonsense1985 We do in fact get the word idiome from French, which is ultimately Greek. Langua/lengua come from lingua in Latin on the other hand. Rootword of idiome is something about privacy though, and in English it does refer to the private language of a culture. "Keep your sticks on the ice" means more to a Canadian or hockey player than to random English speakers from elsewhere, unless they were fans of the Red Green Show for some reason (although, then they are on the inside of Canadian culture).
Hey everyone, Callie here! I had a blast learning Canadian words with Lauren and Sydney ❤️ Being from Michigan which is so close to Canada, I thought I would know more than I did!
Hi Callie 🇺🇲, i loved your video with Sydney 🇭🇲and Lauren 🇬🇧
@@henri_ol Thank you! Hope I can do more with them in the future 🥰
Keep up, Callie! You doing great 👍
I love you callie
Tell Sydney she got the definition of hoser wrong. In hockey it's the losers job to hose down the ice at the end of the game so a hoser is a loser. The two guys she picked were characters called Bob and Doug Mckenzie ( Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) from the TV show SCTV which is also where the late great John Candy and others got their start, they were definitely a couple of hosers but not just because of the way they looked.
I haven’t heard these in Western Canada (BC) except for toque and mickey. I only use toque out of all the slang phrases shown here. I’d love to see western vs central vs eastern Canadian and USA speakers comparing accents, slang and vocabulary. Different UK counties and Australian states as well. It would be interesting to see how different they are throughout our own countries.
Fr though!
Hoser is kind of an oldschool thing and was never really well documented. That segment on SCTV, the Great White North, popularized it and defined it to an extent, and there is not really a consensus on the meaning. Give 'er isn't really slang, it's a phrase that is poorly pronounced, like how we don't really pronounce both Ts in Toronto (I often say more like Torana myself).
Some things also just not everyone will know, even if it is common within their local region. That's common across most things. I never heard Canadian tux until I was in my '20s, even though I dressed in a Canadian tux for a lot of my life, and have never lived outside of Canada (or Ontario even). Never heard "nize it" before, and apparently it is specifically Toronto slang. I have lived in Toronto since the '90s. Hosers I only know because I love SCTV. Some things you only learn through very niche experiences, even if the usage can seem broad.
Give'r is a staple word in Alberta!
I'm from Canada BC to where about are you?
I’m in Vancouver and I hear hoser and giver’, Canadian tuxedo all the time (as well as toque and Mickey) But I’ve never heard “nize it” before.
Good to see Callie 🇺🇲 , Sydney 🇨🇦and Clare 🇬🇧 aka Lauren again in another good video
Had a great time with them ❤️ Thanks for watching!
Why Clare ? It's Lauren.
There is such a difference in slang between Western Canada, the GTA, and Eastern Canada. The slang from the GTA is so different, it's what people hear in a Drake song from time to time and it's strongly influenced by Afro-Caribbean languages and culture.
Uh, no. There are several different regional accents in Ontario, the GTA itself doesn't have one, nor is it influenced by Carribean or afro Canadians.
@@tiffaniterris2886 You obviously either don't live in the GTA or you're one of those uncultured Canadians who doesn't know their background and thinks they're 'just Canadian'.
@@tiffaniterris2886 Lol you obviously don't live here
@@tiffaniterris2886 Toronto slang is different it’s mixed with a bit of Caribbean and uk slang just like the comment originally stated most slang from drake songs are from Toronto which gets their slang from uk and Caribbean.. hence the nize it .. which means shut up , which is slang Toronto stole from the uk
lol even South Western and South Eastern Ontario are way different than GTA......don't lump us all in with those fucking goofs
We don't say beanie in the US, unless it has a small propeller on it. That is a stocking cap.
Southwestern Ontario here. "Nize it" is the only one I haven't heard.
I love that every time they said “eh” the subtitles were “ayy” 🤣🤣
eh lmao
Like The Fonz.
Nize it, is the only one I've never heard of or use. Everything else ive always used. Toronto has alot of slang that even the whole of ontario doesnt use or know.
Same, I've never heard it from anyone in my life.
Nize it is used more downtown and West end. I find where i am in Toronto i hear more UK/Carrbean slang
I never heard of Nize it either. But then again, I have never heard of Canadian Tuxedo either. And hozer I have only ever heard of in videos such as this one. So, who am I to talk?
It's used quite often in Toronto (where I'm from). It's only been around for less than a dozen years
@@histomuzik - Which makes it insignificant. They should have used donnybrook or skoden instead.
Hoser is a reference to the losing team in hockey having to hose down the ice after they lose. It's literally calling someone a loser. Lol.
Even as a Canadian I’ve never heard of some of these words
Not sure where some of these came from. I am Canadian, born and raised in NS then lived 25 years in BC, then 20 years in AB. Never ever heard some of these.........
Canadian here it’s spelled toque in English. Tuque in French.
The comment about the regional differences is one I experienced during basic training in Quebec "the bell province" One of the trainees came in and asked "What does a Nip mean here in Quebec?" I responded "Well in Ontario it has two meanings, a small drink of alcohol or a quick short trip. What does it mean where you come from and why are you asking?" He replied, "Out west if you go to a burger joint they serve you a beaf burger if you want a hamburger you ask for a Nip. I was asking the girl in the canteen for a Nip and she just game me a dirty look." So we found one of the french boys and asked. "What's a Nip here in Quebec?" His response." Oh that's Sex." Yea that explains her action!!🤪
When I was at basic, the first weekend out, one of the slightly underaged newfies asked me to buy him 2 cases of beer for his weekend celebrations. He was a little confused when I brought him 2x24 of beer back. He was expecting 2x12. I guess a case isn't the same everywhere. PS, I don't care, if you're old enough to take a bullet for your country you've earned all of the privileges of adulthood.
A nip's always been a sip of liquor to me, lived in BC for eighteen years. How far west does asking for a nip get you a hamburger?
Was born and raised in Canada my entire life.
Never heard a single person say Hoser.
I've heard of the term through American tv shows making fun of Canada, but never heard anyone ever say it
Same
I'm from Canada and I've never heard of 'Canadian tuxedo.' Perhaps it's just a popular term in certain parts of the country.
I didn't recognize 'nize'it' either.
LOVE that Sydney mentions that slang differs according to province/area.
Cuz Canada is HUGE (second biggest country in the world)
As a Canadian, I say almost none of these
Though I do know mickey and obviously toque
Toque is common in northern NY and Vermont. I was in zero need of a translation the first time I ever heard the line "Five golden toques!" in Doug and Bob's 12 Days of Christmas.
Vermont is pretty close to Canada, being on the border. Lotta stuff goes back and forth, TV shows, radio, gossip, and of course people. Can't remember the numbers right now, but from some other YT show I was watching I saw that in early days after independence (or the Civil War, my memory has gone to shit) a lot of the immigrants into the New England states were from Canada. I know that into the 20th century this remained true, a lot of workers in textile and manufacturing plants were from Canada.
@@Lowlandlord True, especially a lot of French-Canadians.
In New England, it has always been called a toque.
I like all three of them. They were so gorgeous and fun to watch.. but the canadian girl is close to my heart. So pretty👌🏼
What a great trio
Canadian Tuxedo is definitely something I need to remember.. that's a fun term
It's not a bad look either.
A Mickey was a strong drug or pill to drop in someone's drink in the 1960's 70's in the US.
I’ve lived in Canada most of my life and most of these terms I don’t know nor do I speak like her.
As a Canadian I didn't realize lots of these were Canadian things
I learned the term 'hoser' from watching those two guys on a Canadian show simply called SCTV. It was a regular skit on the show.
I live rural SW Ontario .
I’ve never heard nizer before.
I haven’t heard hozer in years!
Take off to the Great white North…🇨🇦
Never heard "Nize It" in my 32 years of living in Ontario Canada...
It is Jamaican slang used in some parts of Toronto, mostly people who are Jamaican (or of Jamaican descent) or the under 30 crowd.
@@fancynancy2888 Then it's Jamaican slang then.
A beany has a propeller on top. Remember Cecil the sea sick sea serpent and beany boy?
Hoser is a pretty archaic slang word. It came from the 70s when there was a gasoline (petrol) shortage and a hoser was the type of guy that would siphon gas out of your tank instead of buying it. You use a hose to siphon fuel out. So that kind of dirtbag was called a hoser.
I love seeing Sydney in more videos, she's great!! :)
Sydney is ... 😍🤯
Hoser always made me laugh. The two guys, Rick Moranis and what's his name, played Canadian stereotypes on SNL and their own movie called Strange Brew. Hilarious duo.
SCTV actually, not SNL. Great White North was a segment in the show, about shows on a small TV show. They are connected to SNL through Second City (TV), which had a bunch of alumni on SNL, like Dan Ackroyd. Lotta clips and full episodes on YT here, well worth the watch!
@@Lowlandlord they've appeared on SNL and even on Letterman. So that's where I know them from. I've never watched SCTV.
@RBR they've appeared on SNL and even on Letterman. So that's where I know them from. I've never watched SCTV.
Dave Thomas.
They definitely appeared on SNL and Letterman after they became popular in the US. But the bit originated on SCTV in Canada. It was a throwaway skit that they came up with when the CBC network required two more minutes of Canadian Content as per government regulations. It was just supposed to be a time filler, but it became one of SCTV's most popular segments. It spawned a hit album and a feature film called Strange Brew.
So "Take-off, eh?"
As a polite Canadian I'm bound to say that I wasn't trying to be rude. "Take-off eh?" was their famous catch phrase. 😊🇨🇦🍁
Hoser is a very American slang.
Among kids and especially the West Coast.
Meaning loser.
Popular in the 80s.
also never heard of Nize it/ Im in Nova Scotia. haven't seen much denim on denim since the 80s lol
I'm from the province of Saskatchewan in Canada and I've never heard " nize it" before. Also a specifically Saskatchewan slang is " Bunnyhug ". The word for a" hoodie " or hooded sweat shirt.
Nize is Toronto slang
Yeah I'm from Manitoba, never heard it neither. Must be out east, like the bagged milk.
@@daniellysohirka5079 not out east, specifically Toronto/GTA. maybe it's in Ottawa too. But it's street slang inspired from either the Caribbean or London streets, I believe
@@DigitalTiger101 I’ve deff heard Ottawa mans say Nize it
@@DigitalTiger101 I've lived there my whole life and have never heard it.
I recognized toque right away, since I'm from the upper midwest and I say chook, which is related (rhymes with "book"). Chook is very regional though, and I'm not even from the region where it's normally said.
I heard most of these growing up in the Detroit area over my life although not common.
0:32 Hi World Friends, it's not "Ay", but "Eh"
0:44 Again, it is "Eh"
And "donor", not "doner"
That's interesting, we don't often hear about Canada and their slang. I'm Australian and I have heard hoser used more in the context of an obnoxious person to the point of being a loser. It wasn't a popular slang term and perhaps regional, but it was used in the 90s for sure. As for the others, never heard of them, I liked the toque, it kinda sounds like an Inuit term, but that is 100% a guess.
Yea Western Canada and Eastern Canada are def quite different. But they forget a major one that pretty much everyone in Canada knows “double-double” for the Tim Hortons coffee!!!
As a Canadian I knew none of these besides toque but I’ve never actually heard anyone use it
@7:30 definitely not a east coast thing,since living in new brunswick ive never heard of "nize it" (well if it is its most likely a newfie thing)
Nope, I've never heard it in NL either
Apparently it's a Toronto slang only. I live in Ontario and can tell you Toronto has their own slang, that the rest of Ontario doesnt use or know about. I often see them on videos. I have read that the big influence of Toronto's modern slang was originally from Jamaican Canadian immigrants.
@@Nikki7B Jamaican and Somali immigrants have had a big impact on Toronto slang for sure. In the 90s and even 2000s, Toronto shared a lot of the same slang with the rest of the country but the 2010s and rise of social media has introduced a lot of Jamaican and Somali influenced slang to Toronto
@@histomuzik very interesting
5:50- Is it me, or does the music playing in the background sound like "Od Yishama", a song traditionally played at Ashkenazi Jewish weddings?
bob and doug mckenzie, are depicted as guys from the sudbury regain of canada, where there is a separation between northern ontario, and southern ontario, and are third or fourth generation scotish descents, this is also known as the nickle belt, due to its large deposite of nickle mining going on there, it is also a large supporter of hockey due to the climate, french and english are spoken there, but it depends on which community you are from that you will speak those languages.
the dialect is also based on a small region of the maritimes that speak with that inflection and has carried over into the rest of canada....
a tuque covers your ears to keep them warm. Usually, a beanie does not.
I always thought it was a little hat with a propeller on it.
@@kenlompart9905 no. I don't think we have those in Canada.
I call every winter hat a toque, I've never used the word beanie. To each their own I guess.
A tuque is a knitted winter hat, a beanie is a fashion statement.
would’ve been nice to see duotang and poutine there as well
@God It's not specifically slang, but then by that standard you could argue that toque and hoser are not slang words either but Canadian specific standard words. Slang would be like 'give'r' or 'nize it'. There is one theory that poutine (which actually refers to several different types of Canadian food, but by its own, is normally attributed to 'fries, gravy sauce, cheese curds' dish) is actually slang for 'mess'. Others attribute its origin to the English word 'pudding'.
@kowynnie it’s not slang, but other countries don’t know what it’s called .. other countries call poutine fries, cheese and gravy lol a lot of countries don’t even know what a toonie or a loonie is 😂 it’s Canadian words
I pretty much only use toque from all these slangs lol, and I've been in Canada for 20 years. I think social media has a big influence too.
just cross the bridge to South Detroit;)
I wonder if toque derived from''tuque '' in french ?
4:03 she fell into the accent so smoothly 😂 And yes "nize it" is very classic Toronto slang, although it might be considered a little old for the new gen, folks used that in my highschool like 10 years ago lol
I'm in my '30s, have lived in the GTA since I was 12, Ontario my whole life, and I didn't get it. I have the olds :(
@@Lowlandlord Im gonna be very honest if you didn't spend a lot of time around black or brown communities you've probably never heard it
I've lived all 47 years my entire life in Toronto. I've never heard anyone say that. I also hang with loads of black, brown and coolie people never heard any of them say. it. It must be a younger slang
@@milkbone302006 I mean no offense but of course you haven't heard it, 10 years ago you and your circle were long out of highschool
@@hxpewxrld none taken. Yes we were long out of high school. But even with the younger cats I work with they never use that term.
Canadian tuxedo is even better if you add a denim shirt
Lifelong Canadian and never heard Nize it
Nize It is a phrase I have never heard in my life, as a Canadian. East coast Canadian to be specific.
"Nize it"? That's a new one for me. With the Mickey, they should have mentioned the 26er and the Texas Mickey as well.
A lot of people in Southern Ontario say it. It is pretty recent, sort of like the last 10 years or so
@@histomuzik Ah! I'm in Eastern Ontario. I'm either too old or too far East to have heard it. ;-)
The tiniest bottles of liquor in my area of the US are called "Nips" and are about a shot glass worth.
We have those also, although I don't know what we call them. A Mickey is pop bottle sized and flat(easy to hide in your boot or sock)
Hoser was a trick question because technically all three pictures could be used to point out hosers.
i have never heard the word hoser in my life lol. from toronto. Nise it is really popular in Toronto.
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I'm from Oakville (just west of Toronto) and I've NEVER heard of "nize it" lol
Around my neck of the Canadian woods, it sounds much more like “ah-boat” than “ah-boot”. I’ve never heard it pronounced “ah-boot”.
I'm pretty sure toque is an anglicization of the French word "tuque". Both are acceptable
Ok, so like, "Give'r" was originally Newfie sexual slang. The full saying is:
"Oh yahs my son, bend'r over and give'r!" - In a full Bonavista Bay accent. It's akin to a father yelling "That's it son, make me proud!" at his son's hockey game with the twisted Newfie sense of humour attached. Apparently, Newfie dads are proud of their sons' prowess in certain "non-hockey" activities as well. 😅
"Give'r" caught on nationwide in curling because that's what the Newfie skip would to yell instead of "HARD!" at the Brier. Nobody has more charisma than a Newfoundlander so it caught on quick. The rest of Canada just adores people from Newfoundland because they really are some of the best people on Earth.
Don't ask me how I know, I just do. 🤣
I am a Canadian from Ontario (which is more central, so a very different area from Sydney who is from the West Coast). I have ALSO NEVER HEARD the term "NIZE it". I don't know where you got that from.
I've lived in Canada for 20+ years and I've only ever heard of toque and mickey. Everything else is a wash.
Never heard of these in Vancouver except for Toque, but we just say hat normally
I’m from Vancouver and everyone around me always says toque. Never heard anyone calling it a hat unless it’s a summer hat
I live very close to the border, but, when I cross it into the States, the people immediately sound very different, with strong American accents. I'm assuming that, to them, we have strong Canadian accents. You'd think people who live so close to each other would not sound so different.
Nice and great
Its not Ay, its EH. Also never heard of Nize it. And what about the Kenora dinner jacket (Lumber jacket)
A beenie is worn by a 4 year old and has a propeller, or it is worn by a welder and doesn't have a propeller. The word toque has been used to describe a knitted Canadian style hat since about 1550's, beenie has been used by Americans to describe the same hats since about the 1990's
As a Canadian I’m kinda embarrassed cause I didn’t know all of the Canadian one lol!
“Ice hockey”
They didn’t know Bob and Doug McKenzie!?!? How boy, am I old!
aw i really like lauren
Hoser is very old. Only time I've ever heard it was when people are joking around. Never heard the last one before. I'm guessing it's a Brampton or Sauga term.
Nize it is deffo a Toronto slang lmao
I only know toque, mickey and I especially know nize it since it’s most likely a Toronto slang💀
Nope, I've lived in Toronto my whole life and have never heard it.
@@kenlompart9905 do you have any non-white friends? not trying to be rude btw. It is a widely used by Caribbeans, Africans, Filipinos, and other big minority groups in Toronto
@@histomuzik - So in other words it's a slang not used by Canadians, nor many people, and so it's relevant for this kind of video.
@@tiffaniterris2886 no they are still Canadian. Just with different ethnic backgrounds.
@@tiffaniterris2886 nice try you clown. Have you seen the soccer team lately or the basketball team very revelant we just not from the same canada.
Nize it is Toronto based slang... I hear it a lol and ive used it too...but my favourite one to use is Marved
Never heard that one, and I live just outside of the big smoke. Must be a generational thing.
@@va3ngc marved means hungry. its definitely generational. A lot of people born in the early/mid 80s or before won't be able to keep up with the new slang. I'm a mid 90s born myself and I can't keep up with all of it myself
@@histomuzik lol I know the feeling. I was born in the mid 80s
@@histomuzik I guessed that one as it must be based on the Cockney rhyming slang ‘Hank Marvin’ = ‘starving’. Can’t say I’ve actually heard ‘marved’ said (and I’m English) but I’d be surprised if it didn’t go from MLE (Multicultural London English) to MTE (Multicultural Toronto English) probably mainly because of rap music.
I was born in Canada and I didn't know we have a slang
i liked the callie said no. when talking about the touqe
Seto me. Impresiona
2:56 oh man, I guess you girls are too young. I'm American but I definitely know who those guys are. Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as Bob and Doug McKenzie. That was a very famous comedy bit they did for Second City. Was quite popular in the US too. Rick Moranis especially as he went on to be in the Ghostbusters movies and Honey I Shrunk The Kids etc.
I missed Lauren from the UK:(
I’m from Canada and some of these are far out from my langue I live in Montreal ottawa and Alberta closer to American then she portrayed
Lauren 🥰
I know Canadian Tuxedo because of Super Troopers.
Cool 👏👏👍
Totally makes sense that Callie is from Michigan. I'm from Wisconsin, so we sound a lot like her when we're trying to be understood, and like Bob and Doug MacKenzie other times.
I'm 54, SCTV was a favorite around here back when I was a kid, so we used to call each other hosers in school. They had a funny 12 days of Christmas song that you'll still hear around here during the holidays. We'd use give'r too, like for revving anything with an engine, or other stuff. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas have something of a connection with Canada with respect to loving us some hockey. It's still behind American football, however. Go Pack!
heard a rumour that hoser came from the practice of stealing gasoline by sucking it from the tank... with a hose. Some of it might reach throats, causing IQ-lowering harm.
Hey neighbor! I laughed at your comment about Bob and Doug MacKenzie- I listened to a short clip and couldn’t agree more haha
@@calliejo2829 Enjoy these videos, looks like you have a really nice group of young people there. I'm from the Waupaca area, so we're right on the line of where you start getting the "up nort" speak.
Yep, the reason I knew any of the Canadian slang was from Bob and Doug MacKenzie skits.
I remember a few years back hearing that the Americans didn't have a word for toque, and recently I've been hearing beanie thrown around.
"Beanie" is fairly recent. Prior to that it was just "knit cap" or sometimes "watch cap." (The latter being a Naval term.) If it had the pom-pom on the crown it was sometimes called a "bobble-hat." Usually for babies or children.
I’m from the east coast and never heard “nize it”
Lauren have a musical, sing accent, it's pretty to listen her talks 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💛💛💛💛
I'm from Toronto and never heard Giv'r or Hoser before... maybe that's just me though
I have always understood that Hoser was loser, because the team who lost the hockey game had to hose down the ice after the game. PS I love Sydney.
Nova scotian here ive heard of all of them but nize it. Most of these seem kinda old so maybe thats it?
Irish Murkins would know that a Mickey was a flask. It's where it comes from. Ask an older Murkin if they know what a Mickey Finn is. As in "She slipped me a Mickey Finn"
is it offensive to think about Canadians saying 'abut' vs 'about'? 'Cause I am watching a series on Netflix called WORKING MOMS and the only reason I knew it was a Canadian show at the beginning was because of the way they pronounced words like out, about, etc...
c'mon nobody says "hoser" anymore. That was the 80's
I love sydney!
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