a canuck - a canadian. see also: the canucks (vancouver hockey team)
loonie - 1$ coin. its name comes from the loon (a bird similar to duck) which appears on the back of it.
toonie - 2$ coin. no one knows where does the name come from. there's a polar bear on the tail of the coin.
safeway - a network of grocery stores where i usually shop. i have got a membership card there so i can save like 2$ each time i am there. wicked, innit?
wal-mart - a network of stores where you can buy anything for nothing or almost nothing. the labour-rights defenders, the green party members, the environmentalists and certainly other groups condemn wal-mart for various crimes like labour abuses, killing the local enterprises or promoting unhealthy life-style. whenever i shop there, i try to be quick and sneaky.
eh? - a typical question tag which is added to all stating sentences.
liquor stores - unlike norway in canada you can actually buy alcohol in a reasonable price. there are government controlled liquor stores all around. honestly, they are everywhere. i haven't been to a mall where they didn't a
stephanie greaves - this lovely and helpful women work (among others, i assume) for us, the uwciers at sfu.
ron heath - this is another person who ables me to be here. he is the one who offered the scholarship and encouraged to accept that offer. very energetic gentelman. unfortunatelly he's retiring this october, so we're haveing a uwc pizza party as all uwciers are ron's kids.
how's it going. - notice a dot instead of a question mark. that means in canadian english "hello"
soccer - football.
ikea - the only place i have been to in a radius of 20 km where i actually feel european.
ca - this stands for 'community advisor'. each floor has one in the residence buildings of towers. they're usually older students who get better (means more spacious) rooms, closer to lounge rooms and washrooms for the sake of taking care of the rest of us. my ca is called justin.
burnaby - a city around 20 km from vancouver downtown where i am currently living. well, i am actually living on the burnaby mountain, which is over the town.
greater vancouver - vancouver downtown plus 7 other cities which basically blended into one huge aglomaration. burnaby is just one of them.
skytrain - a very popular and convienient transportation means, which could take you anywhere you want in the area of greater vancouver. it's very fast and there is no driver! pretty scarry if someone gets stuck in between the door...
maple syroup - for those of you who doesn't know what maple is: it is a tree species with a very charachteristic leaves. so charachteristic that the canadians decided to put one of those in their flag. i haven't tasted this canadian delicacy yet, however i heard many good (and sweet) things about it. you could pour it over you waffels or pancakes.
pitch - field.
the second part of the glossary to come...!
