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2013-09-09
Writer and Cape Bretoner Ken Chisholm went through an entire dictionary of Canadianisms—page by page—specifically to pluck out words that were unique to Cape Breton. He found only six. Recently, he wrote in the Cape Breton Post about a few more he thinks are deserving of note. For example, did you know that dairy means "convenience store" in Cape Breton? To find out which other Cape Bretonisms didn't make the cut, read Chisholm's entertaining article Only in Cape Breton, you say? (www)
