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How to speak Canadian, eh?
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Eh? - an interjection, similar to "you know?" used at the end of the sentence
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Toque - winter hat
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Pop - refers to a carbonated beverage and also known as soft drink or soda
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Zed - refers to letter "z", but our neighbours to the south pronounce it "Zee"
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Snowbird - a Canadian that spends the winters in Florida or other parts of the sun belt
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Double-double - coffee with two creams and two sugars
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Two-four - case of twenty-four beers
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Postal code - Canadian version of the US zip code
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Mickey - a 375 ml bottle of hard liquor
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Loonie, toonie - refers to one dollar and two dollar coins respectively
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