Canadian Language and slang help
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JGoldman10 @ Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:54 pm
What about Candainisms for:
rascal?
wench?
Are "stirrer" and "grouser" Canadainisms?
xerxes @ Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:02 pm
JGoldman10 JGoldman10:
What about Candainisms for:
rascal?
wench?
Are "stirrer" and "grouser" Canadainisms?
rascal?
wench?
Are "stirrer" and "grouser" Canadainisms?
Rascal - can be said as hoser
Wench - also known as a Surrey girl.
Don't know about the other two though.
Tman1 @ Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:23 pm
Wench?.... 
figfarmer @ Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:45 pm
As far as I know, "wench" is an archaic word for a woman. Rascal? Term for a mischievious child. Stirrer? Never heard the term except for a plastic stick to stir coffee with. Grousing means to grumble, as in, "He was grousing about the gas bill." More British than Canadian I think.
Richard @ Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:25 pm
Just a guess but Stirrer could be someone that "stirs the pot" ie Shit disturber.
JGoldman10 @ Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:25 pm
When I said "wench", I meant a spirited, lively female.
Is there a term for that?
What about troublemaker?
figfarmer @ Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:31 pm
"spirited, lively female" One might say "minx" Other than that; I think, most terms aren't gender specific.
dart_frog @ Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:49 pm
Hummm a little spitfire? Vixen? (Or is that one more sexually mischievous?) Firecracker?
As for troublemaker, shit disturber?
I doubt these are just Canadian though...
camerontech @ Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:08 pm
JGoldman10 JGoldman10:
When I said "wench", I meant a spirited, lively female.
Is there a term for that?
What about troublemaker?
Is there a term for that?
What about troublemaker?
id say firecracker for your description of wench, although when i hear 'wench' i don't think of it that way.
as for troublemaker, like someone else said, shit disturber
Tman1 @ Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:13 pm
Wench could mean a number of things, a serving "wench" as well as derogatory terms for a women, sexual connotations. Basically offensive to a "decent" woman. Term is really archaic. Not sure why it's under Canadian slang...
JGoldman10 @ Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:14 pm
Should I go to the Regional forums and ask for regionalisms?
DrCaleb @ Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:26 pm
JGoldman10 JGoldman10:
Should I go to the Regional forums and ask for regionalisms?
Canada really isn't old enough to have regional dialects and accents yet, but they are starting to develop.
Blue_Nose @ Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:55 pm
You're obviously not from Atlantic Canada, DrC
JGoldman10 @ Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:23 pm
Does anyone know what terms they use in Prince Edward Island?
for
tough-guy
rascal
wench
first-rater?
In Quebec French, "robuste" and "capable" mean robust, string. Are they also used as nouns?
What is a Delta?
prosoldier @ Mon Oct 31, 2005 6:23 pm
How about some newfie slang?
'stay where you're too, till I get where you're at'
'I'z the boy that builds the boat, and you'ze the boy that sails her'
They're just different over there on the east coast.
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