40 things Canadians say that Americans don't understand
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Happy Canada Day!July 1 is essentially the Canadian version of America's Independence Day.
It's a celebration of our confederation as a country within the British Empire in 1867.
Now, it's not always easy to spot a Canadian in the US. For the most part, we sound pretty similar. We share a lot of values with Americans and can identify with the same cultural references.
But we do have our own vernacular, and there's a lot more to it than "eh" and "aboot."
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Here's a list of Canadian slang words and expressions that many Americans would not recognize.
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