"Mom, es gibt ein Wort, das die Menschen hier zu verwenden, die "Hut bedeutet,,’” my 10-year-old daugh­ter told me one day dur­ing our first win­ter in Vancouver.

"Es klingt wie 'Tunika. "

"Tunika?"Ich fragte. "Die sechs? Are you sure?"

If you’re Canadian, you’re undoubt­ed­ly laugh­ing or at least rolling your eyes at our American igno­rance. Although we were well-acquaint­ed with ski hats when we relo­cat­ed to Canada from Boston, we had nev­er heard the Canadian term “TUSCH" (ausgeprägt "toook").

Remembering my ear­ly days as an American in Canada, when I was fre­quent­ly sur­prised by all the things that were new to me on the Canadian side of the bor­der, I’m get­ting lots of laughs from this tum­blr blog, Was ist anders in Kanada?

Geschrieben von: Kevin Bracken, ein Amerikaner, der die Schule in Toronto ging, this self-described “Beginner’s Guide to the Differences Between the Two Most Similar Countries on Earth,"High-lights Worte, phras­es, and cus­toms that baf­fle many Americans when they vis­it or first arrive in Canada.

Can’t tell a Duo-tang from a don­air? Verblüfft von PD Tage und pou-tine? Dann schauen Sie sich Was ist anders in Kanada?

Canadian toque pho­to by Lululemon Athletica (Flickr)