> > The 1986 Canadian $2 bill was withdrawn in February 1996 and replaced with the newfangled bi-metallic $2 coin (stamped with a polar-bear in aluminum bronze, and ringed with bright nickel). We call this polo coin the "twooney" in Eastern Canada.
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> "Twooney"? As opposed to "toonie"? Cause that's what we in western Canada call it. Pronounced the same, varied spelling? Different pronounciations? (The internet makes it difficult to tell.)
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Oops, sorry. Yes, you're right -- it's both called and spelled "toonie" out East, too. I knew what it's called but had no idea how to write it. Since my Dave had been talking that day about George Clooney, methought "well, 'twooney' looks good enough to me."

Shows you how tragically incorrect I was about THAT. :-)


> Sun"$$$"dragyn.

Ah! If you don't mind my asking, whereabouts are you located in Canada, roughly? I think I may, or may not, have put in my /profile somewhere about how I'm in Montreal... heh

Wolf "ASCII .sig of a Canadian wapiti with no legs here" spirit