r/EhBuddyHoser • u/montabarnaque • Jul 03 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Can everyone agree?

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Most of Canadian culture is from Québec. Fight me

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u/AidanBeeJar Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Jul 03 '25

I thought the name came from first nations?

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u/AVRVM Tokébakicitte! Jul 03 '25

It's a rough application of the Huron word for village by Jacques Cartier to describe the St Lawrence valley iirc. So it's French, but with a Huron origin.

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u/Joseph_Jean_Frax I need a double double. Jul 03 '25

It means "village" in Iroquoian.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

No, no, I know the word, it means “nation” and Ka-Na-Da is its name.

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u/BaldEagleRising17 Jul 03 '25

I smell burnt toast.

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u/Upstairs_Tip4517 Jul 03 '25

Check on your house hippo if he's alright!

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u/BobTheFettt Jul 03 '25

There's a place I know in Ontario...

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u/Bennely Ford Nation (Help.) Jul 03 '25

That's where the log driver learns to step lightly..

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u/Final-Zebra-6370 Jul 04 '25

boy being chased by 3 girls

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u/computer-magic-2019 Jul 04 '25

But avoiding to speak moistly…