Etymologies
- From Chinook Jargon saltchuck ("saltwater, the sea"), from salt ("salt") (from English salt) + chuck ("water") from Nootka ča'úk ("water"). (Wiktionary)
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O Canada
Words known to Canadians. These may not be understood by other North Americans, eh?
zamboni, poutine, touque, zed, inukshuk, noseeum, timbits, Alberta clipper, beer parlour, bonspiel, CANDU, chesterfield and 35 more...
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Salt and Pepper
long pepper, pepper, salt, salt and pepper, Salt-n-Pepa, Salt Lake City, peppercorn, rock salt, sea salt, salt tax, salt marsh, peppermint and 71 more...
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Canadianisms
Canuck, timbit, Timbit, inukshuk, Canadianism, spiked, hyderize, canuckistan, Canuckistan, hoser, double double, Triumf and 366 more...
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British Columbian terms
BC Specific terms.
Ogopogo, BCAA, Evergreen Line, Millennium Line, Highway of Tears, Sea to Sky, 604, Lotus Land, Kootenays, SkyTrain, Canada Line, Sea to Sky highway and 124 more...
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alexz Salt chuck comes from salt from English, and chuck which is Chinook for water.
Salt water. http://goo.gl/AJEyW
Feb 4, 2013