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> On Jul 4, 2008, at 8:36 PM, shanesmith@... wrote:
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>> Canada refer to any sort of bacon
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> They call it "Back Bacon", up there. It's actually brined pork
> tenderloin.
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> Cheers,
> RAH
> Take off, eh?
>

Perhaps in some border restaurants that cater to "Americans" you might see
Canadian bacon on the menu as a pizza topping. Otherwise Canadian bacon is
purely a US terminology.

Yes, that's trivia and no, I don't believe it's indicative of conspiracy.

"Take-off" derives from one skit on comedy TV 25 years ago. It's not part
of the colloquial.  People don't actually say 1t in their speech, at least
not since that TV show faded from memory.

"Eh" is not really Canadian either. "Americans" will often use it the same
way; in conversation to invite the listener to comment.

Canadians (at least none that I have met) don't mispronounce the word
about as a-boot. That's pure USA fiction.

That might be part of the conspiracy.