Will Arnett explains Canadian slang

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Highlights include "gong show", "two-four", "kerfuffle" and "toque"

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[littlebones]

i'm canadian and i've never heard of half of these wtf

[shittysoup]

Where'd you grow up? I grew up in rural NW Ontario and I've heard every single one. I feel like large cities have less slang/less of an accent so when these videos come out people from Vancouver and Toronto are inevitably like "Canadians don't say eh! Canadians don't use these words." People seem to forget how big the country is and how regional slang can be.

The only one I'd argue with is "hoser" because nobody actually says that IRL as far as I'm aware.

[commonlogic]

I'm from Vancouver and I definitely say gong show, chirping, kerfuffle and toque, but I've never heard anyone actually say hoser out loud in my life (and I'm 37).

[petecarl]

I'm American, and I thought the eh! thing was a fake stereotype and then I had a therapist who was Canadian, and she said it at least ten times a session.

[lovelydress2087]

Hoser feels very 70s/80s and hockey related. Maybe we’ve grown out of it in our regular lives.

[nurii]

very true, though I don't get people who say that Canadians never use eh. I hear "eh" on a regular basis in downtown Toronto. like just hop on any subway and you'll hear it

[bloodrivendream]

I was surprised how nw Ontario the slang seemed.

[aspacecake]

“Eh” Is actually something Canadians, even in the big cities say A LOT we don’t realize it though in our daily lives

[direfaces]

I’m from Thunder Bay and have heard all of these too