OH Canada!
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To Describe Someone From Newfoundland- Like A Blonde Joke
The Catcher Position On A Baseball Team
Sofa Or Couch
Running Shoes
Napkins
Like A Decoy- Deceive A Defensive Player
Headache
Fire Station
Delicious, Exciting, Or Funny
Cup Of Coffee With 2 Cream 2 Sugar
Crazy
A Red And Black Checked Jacket (So Canadian)
A Person Who Steals Gas From A Parked Car
A One Dollar Coin ( A Loon With Its Tail Is On The Coin)
A Nova Scotian
A Hooded Sweatshirt
A Hockey Team –Short For Les Habitant The First Settlers Of Montreal
A Garbage Disposal
“So Bad Its Good”
“How Are You?”
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“How Zit Going, Eh?”- How are you?
Hoser- a person who steals gas from a parked car
Backcatcher- The catcher position on a Baseball team
Loonie- a one dollar coin ( a loon with its tail is on the coin)
Habs- a hockey team –short for Les Habitant the first settlers of Montreal
Surrey Dinner Jacket- a red and black checked jacket (so Canadian)
Blue noser- A Nova Scotian
“That’s right good”- delicious, exciting, or funny
Newfie or Newf- to describe someone from Newfoundland like a Blonde Joke
Garburator- a garbage disposal
Fire Hall- Fire station
Double-double: Cup of coffee with 2 cream 2 sugar
Deke- like a decoy- deceive a defensive player
Chesterfield- sofa or couch
Bunny Hug- a hooded sweatshirt
Serviette- napkins
Skullcramp- Headache
Runners- running shoes
Cookie- crazy
Choad- “So bad its good”
Answers to Slang Quiz
• Students, in small groups, will identify the different
regions, languages, and dialects of Canadian culture by
labeling a Canadian Map without error.
• Students will accurately define what a pluralistic society
is using examples from the lesson.
• By the end of class, students will explain using three
reasons how dialects, languages, and slang might define
Canada as a pluralistic society.
Today’s Objectives
STEREOTYPES OF
CANADIAN DIALECT
Officially, Canada has two official languages English and
French yet there are regional differences…
• Quebec, Yukon, NW territories, and Nunavut- officially
French natives
• New Brunswick- mostly French
• Manitoba and Ontario- large French population
• Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan- smaller French
speaking population
• British Columbia and Vancouver- mostly English
Languages
While listening to each short clip of only English dialects there are more
French dialects, take notes on different voice inflections and pronunciation
of words between each audio clip. We will share our findings afterwards.
• Montreal, Ontario- Caucasian female, born Montreal 1977, raised
Ottawa, Ontario, teacher
• Alberta- female, Blood, 70 years old, Originally from Cardston
• Newfoundland- Caucasian female, 41 years of age. Born and raised in St.
John's, Newfoundland, Canada. She is an Environmental Coordinator for
the Canadian Federal Government.
• Saskatchewan- Caucasian female, 60 years of age. Born and raised in
Wolseley, Saskatchewan. She is married, a mother of three grown
children and grandmother of eleven. Homemaker.
• Prince Edward Island- Caucasian female, born 1980, born and raised in
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Works as a cottage cleaner.
Listening Activity
http://web.ku.edu/~idea/northamerica/canada/canada.htm
Take out a separate piece of paper and answer these
questions…
• Is Canada a pluralistic society based on the definition we
created in class today?
• Give 3 reasons why or why not you think that Canada is
or isn’t a pluralistic society.
• Do we have enough information to determine this?
Before you leave…