35 things Canadians say that Americans don’t understand

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Leyawiin

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When they bump into you they say "soar-ree". Watch the real estate programs on HGTV - half of them are filmed in Canada. The way they say "house" and "oat and aboat" makes me chuckle.
 

Iron Woode

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When they bump into you they say "soar-ree". Watch the real estate programs on HGTV - half of them are filmed in Canada. The way they say "house" and "oat and aboat" makes me chuckle.
Mike Holmes FTW
 

Red Squirrel

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When they bump into you they say "soar-ree". Watch the real estate programs on HGTV - half of them are filmed in Canada. The way they say "house" and "oat and aboat" makes me chuckle.

Did not realize there was another way of pronouncing those words. How do Americans pronounce it?
 

bbhaag

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No way you guys really have this on your shelves. Seriously if this is true I love it.

Homo milk: Homogenized milk, also known as whole milk. In Canada, it is very normal for a parent or spouse to ask you to pick up some homo milk on your way home.
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Red Squirrel

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I can't recall actually seeing it, but I'll have to check next time I go to the grocery store. I don't recognize that specific brand though as it's from British Columbia based on the package.
 

sandorski

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No way you guys really have this on your shelves. Seriously if this is true I love it.

Homo milk: Homogenized milk, also known as whole milk. In Canada, it is very normal for a parent or spouse to ask you to pick up some homo milk on your way home.
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Drank it as a kid and I turned out normal(ish).
 

sdifox

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No way you guys really have this on your shelves. Seriously if this is true I love it.

Homo milk: Homogenized milk, also known as whole milk. In Canada, it is very normal for a parent or spouse to ask you to pick up some homo milk on your way home.
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yeap. And worse, we have milk in plastic bags that you put in pitchers to pour. one four litre bag of homo milk contains 3 bags that fit pitchers.