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| English is the second most popular of the global languages, after the the most common tongue, Chinese. The components of English derive from Teutonic and Latin; the modern version is spoken on every continent and encompasses more than 6,000 dialects. While the British have argued for centuries it is not spoken on the North American continent, Canadian-English is likely the most interestingly phrased version in this area. | ||
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Canadian Greetings |
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| Yes | Yeah | yaa |
| No | NOT | noht |
| Hello/Good Morning | G'Day, eh? | g'deh, ay? |
| Goodbye | Take off | tay-k Off |
| Please | Please | pl-eez |
| Thank You | Cheers | ch-eerz |
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Small Talk |
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| How are you? | What's up? | waat's up? |
| Good | Cool | kool |
| Bad | Ice melted, man. | eyes mehl-ted, maan |
| So-So | Can't complain. | kaant kom-plane |
| What's Your Name? | And you would be? | and yoo wood bee? |
| Nice to meet you | Do you play hockey? | do yoo pl-eh hockey? |
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Hockey Talk |
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| Hockey | HOCKEY | hoh-kee |
| Puck | biscuit | bis-kit |
| Goal! | Nirvana | nir-vah-na |
| Forward | Oldest Child | (family term) |
| Defenseman | Middle Child | (family term) |
| Goaltender | Youngest Child | (family term) |
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