Loonies and toonies and things that are Canadian!

Canadians are different, If you haven't noticed that I am different, then you will just have to take my word for it. We are usually calm, peace loving people. Unlike our neighbours to the south, we don't start wars. We try to stop them and if there is one, we generally step in and try to keep the two (or three or four or five) sides apart. 

We are definitely distinctive. Canadians buy their milk in bags. 4 litres of milk comes in 3 bags that you can drop, throw, freeze or put into a plastic pouring jug thingy and use on your breakfast cereal.

Canadian money is colourful! We have wonderful thematic scenes on our fives, tens, and twenties etc. We used to have one dollar and two dollar bills but these have been replaced by the 'loonie' and 'toonie'. A loonie is a one dollar coin, so named because it has a loon etched onto the surface. A loon is a bird that makes the incredible haunting sound that you hear in movies about lakes and cottages. The toonie is a two dollar coin, the first bimetal coin in the world and so named because of the loonie, right?

Canadians have Smarties, Swiss Chalet, 24 packs of beer (called two-fours), hockey, the CBC (only the best radio/television network in the world) and many other things that are peculiar to Canada. We spell the 'or' words with 'our' usually, and speak in a neutral accent except for people from Newfoundland who speak in another dialect completely! Not really and if you have ever met a Newfie you will immediately love them. The friendliest people live in Newfoundland!

There is more, much more about Canada to discover and I will write more blogs about this beautiful and sensible country. Tell me what is peculiar about your country, ok?