Good morning dear reader, when traveling we often hear about our money system here in Canada. I found this picture that shows you are coinage, however please note, we no longer use the penny. It was a real change for us when they said, no more printing of dollar bills, and we had to adapt to the loonie. But, we did and the thought of having one more coin to drag down our wallets passed. Then they (government) announced no more two dollar bills, we were going to be using another coin, which in Canada we have nicknamed the toonie. Again the grumbling, what a pain, we’d need change purses the size of makeup bags!
Even telling the time, what seemed to be the way to tell time, when traveling I found out that not everyone knew what I was talking about, and yes we were in an English-speaking country. In French, we also use the above when speaking of or indicating time. (Canada is bilingual, English/French)
True, we no longer can say, “A Penny for your thoughts?” we could, but the younger generation, may not know what a penny is since it is no longer used. At the moment there are still some in piggy banks I’m sure, but the day will come…… In my research this morning I found a whole page of “canadian-problem” #’d fun sayings. If you are so inclined you can check them out. For my purposes, #318 will do
In PL, the PL Principle #2 is.. I will not have complaint about others, matters,nor the weather, Rather I will always be creative and will look for shortcomings in my own thinking and actions.
Let me tell you, when the changes with the money came along, I did my share of grumbling. Then during recent trips to the States, when I had to pay for things, I found myself longing for my loonies and toonies. How much simpler it is using coins, and not having to deal with pennies. I found myself appreciating the changes that were made, that I had wasted so much time being negative about them.. was a “light bulb” an “ah ha!” moment.
PL Precept #4 – Being annoyed limits your expression, and it does. Sometimes there is distance between the lesson being offered, and our realization of same.
Examples used were Canadian “eh”…. but the lesson universal
no longer can I send a penny and say
a penny for your thoughts, remember I love you
somehow
a nickel for your thoughts just doesn’t have the same sentiment
it took 5 pennies to make 1 nickel
the one in the penny symbolized that you and I are ONE
Sorry but a nickel
sounds fickle
but, all said and done
I do .. love you…
You are the only ONE…
namaste – oyashikiri
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Comments on: "Canadien eh!" (6)
Love the penny poem.
Mollie loved the penny poem
I blush, t’was my own =^_^=
Great concepts,specially the penny.Best regards.
thank you, are there still pennies where you live?
There was a wonderful book (or series of books) years ago where both Canadianisms and Americanisms were spelled out exactly as they are really pronounced. The first was “Canajun, eh?” and the second, I believe, “Murrican, huh?” Just a hoot of a series!
I am a dual citizen now so I get to appreciate both even more! 🙂
+^_^= and differences there are… thank you for sharing with us..