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There are some errors in the article. May two four is a distinctly Eastern Canada slang. In western Canada, it is simply May long weekend. Two four to refer to
by goodcanadian 11y ago
There are some errors in the article. May two four is a distinctly Eastern Canada slang. In western Canada, it is simply May long weekend.
Two four to refer to 24 beer is also Eastern Canada. In western Canada, you call it a flat.
Finally, as a Canadian who has lived outside of Canada for a long time, Canadians really do use eh a lot. It is just that it is a subconscious element of the language that we are not aware of. For the record, Americans use huh a lot in similar contexts and I'll bet they are similarly unaware.
- dljsjr 11y agoI'm from Manitoba and we say two-four all the time…
- thrusong 11y agoSame here. I don't think I've heard anyone ever call it a flat.
- goodcanadian 11y agoManitoba is clearly part of Eastern Canada. :) Perhaps, flat is more of an Alberta thing. It may also be a generational thing. As I said, I haven't lived in Canada for a few years.
- sdm 11y agoGrew up in Northern AB and have lived the past 10 years in BC, While "flat" is sometimes used, it's far more common to call them "two fours" here.
- goodcanadian 11y agoGrew up in Alberta and never heard two-four until I went to university and met some people from Ontario. It was actually a bit of a meme that they could tell where you were from based on whether you said flat or two-four. As I said elsewhere, it may be generational, but two four definitely started in the East.
- johan_larson 11y ago"24 beer" Is that usage (the plural "beer") a Canadian thing? I've heard it in Canada but never in the States.
- goodcanadian 11y agoI guess so; I've never really thought about it.
- ironlady 11y agoAs an Eastern / Atlantic Canadian, I have always herd it "24 of beer" never "24 beer"or more common people ignore the "beer" part, for example "I'm going to get a 24 for the weekend". edit: added a usage example