(Actually I was raised to call the motorised ones caravans and the ones attached to the back of a car campervans, which is the other way around to what Wikipedia says. Other comments that occur to me trawling through your archives include the observation that pavlova, in my opinion, absolutely must include mulberries because any other fruit is too bland, and – given that you apparently call caravans trailers – a query as to what you would call actual trailers (picture of trailer: ) I do, as it happens, but only because I’m a nonconformist. Also, you say in one post that Australians pronounce the ‘h’ in the name of the letter H, but most don’t. croc for crocodile, sunnies for sunglasses, bottle-O for bottle shop, smoko for smoke break). lappie for laptop, sanger for sandwich, avo for avocardo, bizzo for business), while others are well known as part of the Australian stereotype but actually quite rare at least outside of Queensland/NT (e.g. Some of your examples I have never heard (e.g. Your posts on Australian abbreviations are a good example of what I meant. There’s something disconcerting about seeing them all listed together, like seeing a platypus swimming with crocodiles… Reply (There are reasons why other Australians think Queenslanders are weird…) I’m sure you know that, in principle, but your grasp of which are which is obviously tenuous. Of course, some of these apply to Australians in general, some to just a minority of eccentric Australians, and some to only certain parts of the country. Looking around, I see you have more posts about Australian/Canadian differences. (They’re also all pieces, but “coin” is the more common word – can’t remember the last time I heard “piece”.) I’ve never heard of anyone, anywhere, making that distinction before, and Australians certainly don’t. (You’d think there’d be more sites comparing images of international coins, but anyway…) I’m Australian, and noticed the way you call coins with value less than a dollar “pieces” and coins with value at least a dollar “coins”. Just found this through a whimsical Google search. In the tale of Canadian versus Australian coins, Canada wins by virtue of the tale of the Loonie and Toonie. The one story they DIDN’T believe (and how can you blame them), is that we call our one-dollar coin a Loonie. And more often than not, his interviewees actually believed the stories.
#American coins names and values series#
Rick Mercer is a Canadian political satirist who did a series called “Talking To Americans.” In it, he approached Americans (usually in small towns in states that are far away from the Canadian border, and that have little to do with their northern neighbours), and tell them outlandish stories about Canada (like that our parliament buildings are made of ice – because we do live in igloos after all – and that because of global warming our government is melting). Because of Canada’s famous loon (a gorgeous water bird with a captivating call), “Loonie” seemed to fit.Īnd due to a combination of our lack of imagination and unique sense of humour, it only made sense to call our ensuing two-dollar coin a Toonie. I remember when we introduced the dollar coin in Canada many years ago, there was a big deal made of what to name it, the process calling for national input and even votes. Toonie (no really, I’m serious) – two dollar coin Loonie (yes, you read it right) – dollar coin Penny – one-cent piece ( unlike Australia, we still have the penny) Canadians, on the other hand, like to confuse and befuddle:
And in the name of practicality, these coins are all named just what they are.
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