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[ookpik]

I will confess to using a sloppy mix of metric and imperial measures

What annoys me even more is the inconsistent use of date notation. It used to be that in Canada we used DD/MM/YY and in the US they used MM/DD/YY. That was bad enough. But now an increasing number of Canadians use MM/DD/YY with the remaining still using the (IMO) preferred, official DD/MM/YY. So dates get even more confusing, especially when the DD is 12 or less and thus the actual date is ambiguous.

I still say "serviette" and I have never heard a toque (not "touque") called a "beanie" before.

It's not just word usage but also pronunciation. For example the word "route" is usually pronounced "rout" in Canada and "root" in the US. But now "rout" has invaded Canada, especially in tech lingo like "routers", while it's possible to hear "root" used in some parts of the US.

[At one time when all you needed to cross the border was a birth certificate or driver's license, border agents could confirm your nationality but simply listening for such differences when asking you routine questions. They'd also ask you who was Canada's prime minister or (when the NHL had but 6 teams) who'd won the Stanley Cup.]