looking for help with expressions from Saskatchewan and Alberta

[petros]

Two springs ago in the floods you could watch your dog swim away for two days.

 

[Sal]

Looking back over the thread, I noticed the comment about the oil and agriculture industries in Lloyd (I guess I should get used to calling it that). The father of the main characters is employed in the oil industry, and a "haunted," abandoned farm house a bit outside of town will play a significant role in the story.

sounding good Scott

and just to give you a heads up, little girls in Canada often play hockey and if they have brothers will choose to play hockey over figure skating

all of my friend's girls played hockey ;-)

may sound weird but they do

 

[petros]

The pink helmets are cute.

 

[Sal]

The pink helmets are cute.

lol... I love when they can hardly walk and there they are bundled into the hockey gear...

on the other hand my girlfriends kid had been taking figure skating for a few years and cried when she got new skates for her birthday, she flings one down..."I want hockey skates"...so she got them...

when she got on the ice omg...skate rings around the others because of the figure skating prior

 

[MHz]

This is why dogs are BIG in Saskatchewan. They don't get blown over. Takes two men and a boy just to walk them.

The wind is also why the only pilots that come from Sask are combine pilots. Dogs in Alberta will sometimes swim across a river to get a drink of water, we make those ones yard pets.

.skate rings around the others[/B] because of the figure skating prior

I assume somebody did clue her into the point of the game included the puck and net via stick part of how hockey differs.

...... if they have brothers will choose to play hockey over figure skating

Same with little brothers.

 

[petros]

lol... I love when they can hardly walk and there they are bundled into the hockey gear...

on the other hand my girlfriends kid had been taking figure skating for a few years and cried when she got new skates for her birthday, she flings one down..."I want hockey skates"...so she got them...

when she got on the ice omg...skate rings around the others because of the figure skating prior

It's both her figure skating and hockey skates combined. The blades are that different.

 

[Liberalman]

Rural Alberta is like Mississippi has a lot of rednecks and they say eh a lot. Lloydminster is on the border of the province of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The best way to write the book is write about it in the Mississippi point of view and Canadianize it

 

[ScottM84]

The girl (and a younger sister, for that matter) are following in their mother's footsteps by figure skating. I actually briefly thought about having both main characters be hockey players, but I decided against it to give some variety.

 

[captain morgan]

Unlike Alberta where you just grab a beer and order a hooker. The rest of the story probably wouldn't qualify as a children's book unless Davey Crocket is sitting in that class.

Don't be silly... Beer is dropped-off at your home by a hooker... 2 if you order more than a flat

and just to give you a heads up, little girls in Canada often play hockey and if they have brothers will choose to play hockey over figure skating

all of my friend's girls played hockey ;-)

Lloyd has a bylaw that girls can only play ringette... Gets 'em use to sweeping.

Sorry, but it's the law

The girl (and a younger sister, for that matter) are following in their mother's footsteps by figure skating. I actually briefly thought about having both main characters be hockey players, but I decided against it to give some variety.

Oddly enough, AB produced a high level male figure skater from a small town in Alberta (Caroline). Strange because the vast majority of winter sport (read: damn near 100%) would be hockey players... I can't imagine how buddy would have ever got ice time

 

[petros]

I can't imagine how buddy would have ever got ice time

By playing hockey.

 

[Sal]

Lloyd has a bylaw that girls can only play ringette... Gets 'em use to sweeping.

Sorry, but it's the law

:lol: watch for it, I'll be comin' fer ya...just when ya leasts expects it...flying in on the broom to sweep ya away

I assume somebody did clue her into the point of the game included the puck and net via stick part of how hockey differs.


Same with little brothers.

no need to clue her in, she had been going to her brothers games forever, threw the gear on and away she went, did take a minute to figure out there are no picks on hockey skates

It's both her figure skating and hockey skates combined. The blades are that different.

exactly, no picks, that took her a minute or two to adjust to

The girl (and a younger sister, for that matter) are following in their mother's footsteps by figure skating. I actually briefly thought about having both main characters be hockey players, but I decided against it to give some variety.

variety is the spice of life

 

[ScottM84]

Is the expression "a nose like a bloodhound" used in Canada?

 

[petros]

Bear works better.

Or mosquito

 

[ScottM84]

Which would be more appropriate for Sask/Alb?

 

[EagleSmack]

Which would be more appropriate for Sask/Alb?

mosquito

 

[ScottM84]

Thank you both very much!

 

[petros]

You're welcome.

 

[ScottM84]

So, would a comment like "They've got noses like a mosquito when it comes to cookies" look correct?

 

[ScottM84]

Would a Saskatchewanian use the phrase "flew off the handle" or "had a meltdown," or is there a different phrase that would be better used?

 

[petros]

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