Shawn Mendes Teaches You Canadian Slang With Vanity Fair

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Twink of Pop™ Shawn Mendes, Pickering, Canada native, schools us in Canadian slang. From “26” to “beauty,” Shawn will leave you saying “what you' sayin” after this episode of Slang School.

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[ahkna]

LMAO. My dumb hometown of Ajax being called slang is killing me. I remember in high school we used to call Ajax-Pickering 'Pick-Ax' and that my high school's pet peeve was that despite the name we were NOT in Pickering.

We definitely called Scarborough 'Scarberia' though. Most of the rest are just like random things that exist in Durham Region or are general Canadian slang, like 'mickey' and 'toque'

Pioneer Village. Classic school trips.

(My wife lost her mind when she came to Toronto and found out that literally everything was named after England)

[iznanassi]

is there pickering-ajax beef???? why would it be slang lmao i was LOST when i saw that

[allstar12]

Growing up in Scarborough even I knew about the Ajax-Pickering beef thing but I never was told why LOL

[ahkna]

isn't there always beef between towns beside each other?

Americans look away, Canadian talk now: My high school Reach For the Top team appeared on Smart Ask at one point and they legit even said "Pickering High School in Pickering, ON" and the whole team was just like "IT'S IN AJAX" on air. It even still says it on the Smart Ask wiki!

[iznanassi]

you're right lol, i was guessing it must be like the sauga/brampton beef. but as someone not from north toronto we used to call it the "pick-ax" too bc we didn't care to distinguish them lmaooo.

[cozysweater]

This Reach to the Top shoutout has me so happy Ahahaha. I only graduated from high school 3 years ago, but reach tournaments were literally one of the highlights of my time at high school. Also as an Ontarioan from outside the GTA (Niagara region), even i was laughing at some of the above inclusions, bc they just seem so out of place and not really reflective of some of the slang? I mean I know they said Pickering Slang, but the mention of Famous Players as a slang word is killing me

[melancolour]

loool

[vintage_boom]

leaving out the 'shwa smh

[ahkna]

The Dirty 'Shwa is actually an original name, not named after somewhere in England so it gets special recognition.

[modern_toilet]

I'm from Newfoundland and we don't say mickey or toque. I take every opportunity I get to inform people that these words are NOT SAID EVERYWHERE. I have never in my LIFE called a hat a "toque". It's just ... a fucking hat. Or a winter hat if you want to get specific.