tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post7810408104493070562..comments2011-05-31T13:10:55.580-05:00Comments on Thinking Allowed: Distinctly CanadianCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444301306828275052noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post-87699955373470507322010-06-23T13:52:42.853-05:002010-06-23T13:52:42.853-05:00Hehe, I learnt the word 'cutlery' from you...Hehe, I learnt the word 'cutlery' from you, Catherine, and got into trouble once with it too. The washroom story was hilarious... I laughed out loud here... Yes, as a Finn I did wondher about the restroom for a long while. At a restaurant I once told you as a joke that I am going to go rest now... Why would they call it a rest room if you didn't actually do some resting there... We call it WC in Finland from the British English Water Closet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post-26242739542477834532010-06-06T12:32:07.135-05:002010-06-06T12:32:07.135-05:00Thanks Doug. Actually, where I grew up, we never ...Thanks Doug. Actually, where I grew up, we never referred to food as "barbecue" only the implement that we used to cook the food or the action of cooking it on the barbecue. "I'm going to barbecue some steaks on the barbecue."Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18444301306828275052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post-27597816755913833622010-05-27T23:55:23.528-05:002010-05-27T23:55:23.528-05:00Great subject! How about common words that have di...Great subject! How about common words that have different meanings in Canada vs. the USA. For example, down here in the south, barbecue refers to that delicious slow-smoked, pulled pork meal. But growing up in Canada, barbecue to me meant anything cooked outside on a grill, including fish, steak, and hot dogs.Dougnoreply@blogger.com