University of Rochester linguist Andrew Bray started out studying the evolution of the trademark sports jargon used in hockey for his master’s thesis. For instance, a hockey arena is a “barn,” while ...
As a 50-ish year old Canadian, who lives on the west coast, I have never heard anyone say "aboot", "oot", or "eh" outside Bob and Doug McKenzie. And I've never heard anyone called a hoser, or a ...