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EddieMcD
08-01-2004, 22:59
Canada for 300: the nicknames for Canada's $1 and $2 currency pieces.
OneAngryDaisy
08-01-2004, 23:02
Canada for 300: the nicknames for Canada's $1 and $2 currency pieces.


what are loonie and toonie, respectively
EddieMcD
09-01-2004, 22:46
I don't quite get those, but you are correct.
Jeff Waegelin
10-01-2004, 15:17
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.