Canadian Money?

[3113]

Could someone go over it with me again? What's what?

Merci (still practicing my French!)

 

[rgraham666]

Whaddya wanna know?

There are two major differences between Canadian and American money.

Canadian bills start at $5 and are color coded. The $5 bill has a blue color scheme.

http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Canadian5_bill.jpg

The $10 is a sort of purple.

http://www.improvecredit.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/canadian_ten_dollar_bill.gif

The $20 is a green a little darker than American money.

http://www.filibustercartoons.com/New%20Canada%20Guide/content/queen/2.jpg

The $50 is red.

http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/pics/king_50.jpg

We also have $1 and $2 coins. The $1 coin is a yellow color and is called a 'loonie' as the first ones had a picture of a loon on the 'tails' side when first issued.

http://www.bignews.biz/primages/Loonie.jpg

The $2 coin is a bi-metal coin. It's a little larger than the loonie. The outside is a silver metal and the inside the same metal as the loonie. It's called the 'twonie' as it's too obvious a pun to pass up.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Toonie-reverse.jpg/150px-Toonie-reverse.jpg

The other Canadian coins can easily be mistaken for their American counterparts.

De rien.

 

[3113]

We also have $1 and $2 coins. The $1 coin is a yellow color and is called a 'loonie' as the first ones had a picture of a loon on the 'tails' side when first issued.

http://www.bignews.biz/primages/Loonie.jpg

The $2 coin is a bi-metal coin. It's a little larger than the loonie. The outside is a silver metal and the inside the same metal as the loonie. It's called the 'twonie' as it's too obvious a pun to pass up.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Toonie-reverse.jpg/150px-Toonie-reverse.jpg

Merci Bore-Koo! It's the darn coins that always trip me up. No 1$ dollar bills, just coins. Got it!

And I've a French phrases app on my iPhone now. They present the English phrase, what it is in French, and with a tap on the "listen" icon, you can hear the French phrase spoken. There's a section on Romance phrases with such things as: "Can I buy you a drink?" Tu veux prendre un verre? And "What is your star sign?" Quel est ton signe du zodiaque? And "I want you" J'ai envie de toi.

I am so gonna get laid in Montreal! So long, that is, as the guy doesn't mind me tapping on the phone every time I want to say these things....that wouldn't be weird would it?

Edited to add: and I guess I should find out if my husband minds me saying such things to Montreal strangers

 

[ishtat]

Size counts

The notes are also different dimensions so blind people can pick which is which.

 

[Liar]

Merci Bore-Koo! It's the darn coins that always trip me up. No 1$ dollar bills, just coins. Got it!

And the Canadian strippers rejoice.

 

[3113]

And the Canadian strippers rejoice.

Because their thongs jingle?

 

[Liar]

Because their thongs jingle?

*snerk*

In that vein, I'm just going to say "coin slot", and run like hell.

 

[rgraham666]

I'm too busy laughing to chase you.

 

[BrazenFellow]

All the strippers I've seen have little magnets on nonmagnetized metal chains to pick up the loonies and twoonies/toonies thrown on stage. I always found it a little disconcerting to see a woman unfold herself from the pole and then 'vacuum' the stage with this little magnetic ball, looking as bored as a housewife vacuuming the living room.

And I've a French phrases app on my iPhone now. They present the English phrase, what it is in French, and with a tap on the "listen" icon, you can hear the French phrase spoken. There's a section on Romance phrases with such things as: "Can I buy you a drink?" Tu veux prendre un verre? And "What is your star sign?" Quel est ton signe du zodiaque? And "I want you" J'ai envie de toi.

I am so gonna get laid in Montreal! So long, that is, as the guy doesn't mind me tapping on the phone every time I want to say these things....that wouldn't be weird would it?

Nice app. It's Quebec. Tapping on the iPhone is normal. Most of them will speak English anyways because us anglophones aren't good enough at speaking French to avoid offending their virgin ears. That'd be because we don't get enough practice with native speakers, but whatever.

Getting laid in Montreal is as easy as answering this question:

Do you have a pulse: Yes/No?

Alarmingly, either answer still gets you some action.

 

[wafflemtl]

*lmao*

 

[R. Richard]

This is a bit out of date, but might be useful.

When you buy something and it costs $5, you can lay down either a $5 Canadian or a $5 USD and they just say thank you very much. The loonie is currently at a 7% discount to the USD. Change your spending money to loonies and get 7% more purchasing power. At least in Montreal and Quebec they never blinked when someone laid down USD.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

This is a bit out of date, but might be useful.

When you buy something and it costs $5, you can lay down either a $5 Canadian or a $5 USD and they just say thank you very much. The loonie is currently at a 7% discount to the USD. Change your spending money to loonies and get 7% more purchasing power. At least in Montreal and Quebec they never blinked when someone laid down USD.

The great part is that you can do it at ATM machines, I think. Either that or just don't take any USD and when you cross the border, hit an ATM and withdraw CnD's. Werry Zimpol!