According to this news the word “Canadian” is a derogatory term in southern part of America denoting black people.
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February 13th, 2008 at 7:20 am
It’s impressive how it doesn’t matter how many years you’ve been learning english (I studied at bilingual school and now I’m working at Open English )… you always learn new words and their uses… I’ve been listening to english since I was 4 (now I’m 23) and had never heard this one…
July 13th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Wow, news to this Canuck. The article is no longer available at the National Post, too bad you didn’t quote more. Anyway, thanks for the heads up.
Dave
January 5th, 2009 at 10:57 am
While it is terrible, yes, I have heard Canadian used in this fashion.