I am a British born, living in Canada since May of 1989. My blog is about all aspects of my daily life.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
What do you call this:
We call it Squirty Cream; which turns out to be a totally funny and unique name for Canadians; who knew? The reason we call it squirty cream, as it squirts out of a can.
I had a long conversation with the hairdresser the other day about this. Another hairdresser came over to join the conversation and it cheered them both up (my hairdresser was having a rough day!)
I never thought this was odd until our daughter-in-law came to live with us last year and had no idea what I was talking about. I also mentioned we were having "pudding," one night and she thought we were having chocolate pudding like this:
What I meant we were having dessert. Despite living here for nearly 30 years, you can't take the British out of me at times....😁
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