Posted Aug 25, 2017, 2:21 PM
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Unapologetic Occidental
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Province 2, Canadian Empire
Posts: 68,053
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Originally Posted by Nathan
This one is a little weird to me. Generally, I trust statistical sampling over anecdotal evidence, but in all my life it's probably only been a handful of times I've heard someone say "electric(ity) bill", and I'm saying a handful because I can't actually think of any time I've heard it, but I don't want to dismiss it outright. People always complain about their "power bill", which makes sense since it's shortened from SaskPower.
That one goes all the way through the prairies too.
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Some Acadian relatives I have in the Maritimes refer to the power bill as a bill for "pouvoir", even though in NB at least the name of the utility is NB Power / Énergie NB.
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