The Canadians are of a leisurely disposition, going by some of the words they have given to English:
BEIGNET a deep-fried pastry
BOGAN a sluggish side-stream
LOGAN a backwater
POUTINE chips topped with curd cheese and gravy
RUBABOO soup made by boiling pemmican (shredded meat)
SNYE a side-channel of a river
So now we know Canadian eating habits – rubaboo followed by poutine with a beignet, probably eaten in some sort of sluggish backwater.
By Barry Grossman
Barry is a leading UK Scrabble player and winner of several tournaments. He is the author of Scrabble for Beginners (Chambers), Need to Know Scrabble, Scrabble – Play to Win and The Little Book of Scrabble Trickster. He has also contributed to numerous other books on the subject of words and word-games, has been a series champion of Channel 4’s Countdown, and has written four comedy series for BBC Radio 4. He lives in Hertford.
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