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Seems very thorough. I don't see "transport" or "transport truck" though. I think It's an Ontario expression and it sounds kind of weird to me as an Albertan.

MegaDeKay 1y ago
Never here that term used but I'm out west as well. We're all semi's, all the time. "two-four" is there and can confirm that is more an eastern term as well. Never heard the term until I spent a year out in Ontario many years ago. Still hasn't really made its way to the west in all that time.
- bethekidyouwant 1y ago
  Yeah it’s a flat
- dismalaf 1y ago
  "Two-four" hasn't made its way out west because we call it a case of beer, and we already have "two-six", which is a 26oz bottle of liquor.
  - dmalik 1y ago
    In Ontario "two-six" is called a twixer
    - bregma 1y ago
      It's a 750.
    - ShroudedNight 1y ago
      "Twixer" must be relatively new, or more specific regionalism. I've only known them to be called "twenty-sixers"
      - sillywalk 1y ago
        Same here. Also, 13 oz is a 'mickey', and the 3L is a "Texas mickey". (I noticed I did ounces and litres)
- jdougan 1y ago
  It made some inroads in to BC in the 80s, mostly thanks to Bob and Doug McKenzie, but never really stuck.
- throaway955 1y ago
  two-four has been established MB parlance for at least 50 years. But then MB isn't really Western Canada. Its central.
jt2190 1y ago
This classification seems extremely arbitrary. What purpose, exactly, does this classification serve? What insights about “Canadian as she is spoke” do we learn by using this?
allenu 1y ago
There must be so many tiny little differences like this. I remember when I lived in Toronto for a bit that the way they phrased whether you wanted a fast food order to eat at the restaurant or to take home was a little different from in Alberta. I know in Alberta, they would ask "to stay, or to go?" when ordering, but in Toronto I think it was "for here or to go?" which is how I've heard it phrased in the U.S. as well. Totally minor difference, but it did feel jarring when I heard it differently from the first time as someone who grew up in Alberta.
- Rendello 1y ago
  I'm from Northern Ontario and me and my buddy went to a poutine place in Toronto. He asked for a poutine (naturally), and the worker didn't understand him. Southern Ontario says "poo-teen" /pu.tin/, but we say "p'tin" /pə.tɪn/ where I'm from. The original French way is [pu.t͡sɪn].

MegaDeKay 1y ago

Never here that term used but I'm out west as well. We're all semi's, all the time. "two-four" is there and can confirm that is more an eastern term as well. Never heard the term until I spent a year out in Ontario many years ago. Still hasn't really made its way to the west in all that time.

bethekidyouwant 1y ago
Yeah it’s a flat
dismalaf 1y ago
"Two-four" hasn't made its way out west because we call it a case of beer, and we already have "two-six", which is a 26oz bottle of liquor.
- dmalik 1y ago
  In Ontario "two-six" is called a twixer
  - bregma 1y ago
    It's a 750.
  - ShroudedNight 1y ago
    "Twixer" must be relatively new, or more specific regionalism. I've only known them to be called "twenty-sixers"
    - sillywalk 1y ago
      Same here. Also, 13 oz is a 'mickey', and the 3L is a "Texas mickey". (I noticed I did ounces and litres)
jdougan 1y ago
It made some inroads in to BC in the 80s, mostly thanks to Bob and Doug McKenzie, but never really stuck.
throaway955 1y ago
two-four has been established MB parlance for at least 50 years. But then MB isn't really Western Canada. Its central.

jt2190 1y ago

This classification seems extremely arbitrary. What purpose, exactly, does this classification serve? What insights about “Canadian as she is spoke” do we learn by using this?

allenu 1y ago

There must be so many tiny little differences like this. I remember when I lived in Toronto for a bit that the way they phrased whether you wanted a fast food order to eat at the restaurant or to take home was a little different from in Alberta. I know in Alberta, they would ask "to stay, or to go?" when ordering, but in Toronto I think it was "for here or to go?" which is how I've heard it phrased in the U.S. as well. Totally minor difference, but it did feel jarring when I heard it differently from the first time as someone who grew up in Alberta.

Rendello 1y ago
I'm from Northern Ontario and me and my buddy went to a poutine place in Toronto. He asked for a poutine (naturally), and the worker didn't understand him. Southern Ontario says "poo-teen" /pu.tin/, but we say "p'tin" /pə.tɪn/ where I'm from. The original French way is [pu.t͡sɪn].