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EddieMcD

01-08-2004, 10:59 PM

Canada for 300: the nicknames for Canada's $1 and $2 currency pieces.

OneAngryDaisy

01-08-2004, 11:02 PM

Canada for 300: the nicknames for Canada's $1 and $2 currency pieces.

what are loonie and toonie, respectively

EddieMcD

01-09-2004, 10:46 PM

I don't quite get those, but you are correct.

Jeff Waegelin

01-10-2004, 03:17 PM

I don't quite get those, but you are correct.

The $1 is called a loonie, because it has a loon on one side. A loon is a type of waterfowl, like a duck, if you didn't know that. The $2 coin was nicknamed the toonie because it's similar to a loonie, but TWO dollars instead of one, so they just changed the first part of the word.