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EddieMcD

08-01-2004 22:59

FIRST Jeoaprdy! (1/8)

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

OneAngryDaisy

08-01-2004 23:02

Re: FIRST Jeoaprdy! (1/8)

Quote:

Originally Posted by EddieMcD

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

Re: FIRST Jeoaprdy! (1/8)

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

Jeff Waegelin

10-01-2004 15:17

Re: FIRST Jeoaprdy! (1/8)

Quote:

Originally Posted by EddieMcD

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.

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