When Canada first adopted a coin for its $1, loads of names were thrown around. I remeber it was about a year, until the name "loonie", named after the bird on

When Canada first adopted a coin for its $1, loads of names were thrown around. I remeber it was about a year, until the name "loonie", named after the bird on it stuck. When the $2 coin happened, lots of people called it the dubloonie (in most canadian minds, what pirates used). Eventually though, it settled on "twonie". This sort of cultural change is dynamic, and very influenced by things happening during the transition. No history book, no movie, etc accurately captures the "word on the street", what the average joe thought at the time. So, who knows why? Living through the above changes, I simply noticed more and more people settling on one term or another, and eventually.. it just was.