Canadian Maps and Graphics
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Canadian provincial election results in the past 60 years
http://38.media.tumblr.com/a400a619d...1p2o1_1280.gif |
What each province in Canada googled the most in 2015
http://40.media.tumblr.com/0651b564e...nq9o1_1280.jpg Naughty PEI! :D |
some cool maps. Who the fuck would google beer?
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Stay classy PEI
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The blog post title is very misleading. The author apparently analyzed a bunch of specifically chosen words ("So I spend hours plugging a ton of words into Google Trends and here is what each province googled more than any other.") to see how they ranked across provinces and territories... so they likely don't actually represent the "most Googled", just the most among the words he picked. It was too hard to believe PEI residents would have looked that one up more than any other; though I haven't spent more than an afternoon there 14 years ago and don't know anyone from the province, so perhaps my incredulity could be misplaced. :D |
What is BAE ?
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Happy Valley-Goose Bae?
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Yes bae!
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I's the bae who row's da boat~!
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It's "babe" without the second voiced bilablial plosive.
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Hey, if you're not from St. John's, then I guess that means you're a bae-man ;)
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I see that the abreviation of BAE needed a couple of explanation...
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Wow, I wouldn't want to be renting a 2BR at Bay/St. George, although come to think of it I am.
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Ever wondered what the distances in your provinces represent compared to another prov. ?
Small map exercise. Warning, 2048 px. wide. Capital on capital. Québec City on Toronto. Same projection / Same scale. What would Quebec be like in Ontario. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/...80b741ae_k.jpg |
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I wanna see PEI superimposed on Ontario!! :yes: :haha: |
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I see that they only polled Quebec Anglophones for making those maps.
The result would have been interesting if they'd used a generic sample of Quebec residents instead. In many cases I'm guessing Québécois and Westerners would be the ones having common ground, with American rather than British words as you would normally see in "older" Anglo Eastern Canada. (Due to having a noticeably higher % of their cultural content that's American-sourced rather than GTA-sourced.) |
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"Power outlets" "Light switches" "Electric meters" (or just "meters", as we don't have water meters) "Hydro bills" "is Hydro included with this apartment?" (all translated into English to their most direct equivalent to the best of my knowledge for this post.) |
Those are really cool.
My family actually perfectly fit into each one. In BC we also tend to call major power lines "hydro-lines" |
BTW, "light bill" is a dead giveaway people are burning stuff in their houses to heat themselves in winter. We'd never, ever call it like that. Anyone who would say that would get weird looks.
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I never knew how regional garburator was (though now i see that my spell check doesn't recognize it, haha)
Another BC area word is "Parkade" for a multi level or underground parking area. |
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When I moved to Ontario I thought people were talking about their water bill when they said 'hydro'.
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I have to question "Kraft Dinner/KD" as the generic term for "macaroni and cheese/mac and cheese". I have never heard it used that way and would find it odd if I did.
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Parkade is definitely Canada-wide. For some weird reason they use the term in South Africa as well, but as far as I can tell nowhere else in the anglosphere does. |
It's KD and parkade in the Maritimes. Garburator works here too.
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It's still parking garage here, but parkade is making inroads (it's the official name of one newly-built one, etc.).
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Back in Canada, a nicer macaroni and cheese (like your mom used to make) with curved macaroni pasta, real tomato sauce and spices, and real cheese, you'd obviously never refer to as KD or Kraft Dinner. It's not even the same colour. |
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But I agree, I would have received a "look" from my mother, had I ever referred to her macaroni and cheese as "KD"! :) |
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