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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. N
by 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 agoYeah 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 agoIn Ontario "two-six" is called a twixer
- bregma 1y agoIt'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 agoSame here. Also, 13 oz is a 'mickey', and the 3L is a "Texas mickey". (I noticed I did ounces and litres)
- jdougan 1y agoIt made some inroads in to BC in the 80s, mostly thanks to Bob and Doug McKenzie, but never really stuck.
- throaway955 1y agotwo-four has been established MB parlance for at least 50 years. But then MB isn't really Western Canada. Its central.