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Canadian Sayings 2
1,000 Folk Sayings Used by Canadian
Newly Collected and Annotated by Bill Casselman
ISBN 1-55278-272-7

published by McArthur & Company

 

"Bill Casselman, bluenose among schooners on the sea of popular etymology, moors his mighty vessel, nets a-teeming with Canadian words."

Indigo Internet review

 

Canada's funniest collector of salty sayings is back, modest as ever! I've got more than 1,000 new sayings used by Canadians, expressions not in the first volume of Canadian Sayings. As usual, I have been very careful about the limits of good taste. So you'll find old saws like these:

We were so poor, we never had decorations on the Christmas tree unless Grandpa sneezed.

Tongue-tied? That dude couldn't ad lib a fart at a bean supper.

The gene pool around here could use a little chlorine.

Yes, I keep my customary firm grip on decorum and refinement by such offerings as these:

Toronto woman to her girlfriend at a trendy café: 'Sure, I understand about premature ejaculation, but I've been vaccinated slower than that.'

What are you going to do for a face when the monkey wants its ass back?

Would some of these sayings make a corpse blush? I sincerely hope not. But only the reader can tell. So check out more samples of Canadian Sayings 2 right now!

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