WORD |
DEFINITION |
SYNTAX |
NOTES |
| Bail | Inability
for italians not to say the word "lease" in english but in french at all times
|
"I have to make the people upstairs renew their bail" | |
| Bakkala | Italian
word for salted cod fish, Also used to say someone is an idiot
|
"Steve is such a bakkala!" | |
| Bashtonn | A wodden stick | "Me
I*'m gonna hit you in the head with this bashtonn!"
|
*see: Me I |
| Bèga
|
A plastic bag | "Put
Dese* pannettones inside à Bèga" |
*see: Dese |
| Bloc
Apartment
|
An
apartment building. Adapted from the french: Un bloc appartement |
"I just bought a bloc apartment in Montreal-North" | |
| Bigliardino
|
Soccer
Table (found in most cafés and bars in St-Leonard)
|
"Let's
have a game of bigliardino...."
|
|
| Bin
yeah!
|
Of course! | Rocco:
"Is Bonanza closer than Inter-Marché?" Rick: "Bin Yeah!" |
|
| Birday | Birthday |
"Yesterday
was my birday!"
|
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| Bishkott
|
A cookie, adapted from the italian word: Biscotto" | "Do
you want some bishkotts with your espresso?" |
|
| Bod'uh dem | Both of them | "I
was so hungry that when I saw those sausages, I ate bod'uh dem!"
|
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| Boh? | Expression used to indicate "I don't know" | Frank:
"Where did Mary go?" Tony: "Boh?, how should I know?" |
|
| Boodz
|
Boots | "It's
snowing outside, put your boodz on"
|
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| Bourdèll |
To describe when a place is messy or when a fight or brawl breaks out in public | "Meenkia*
clean up your bourdèll!" or "There was a fight at Thursday's last night... What a bourdèll!" |
*see: Meenkia |
| Borrow | Used in the contradictory form as "Lend" | "Could
you borrow me 20 bucks?"
|
|
| Boxxa | A box | "Do
you have na' boxxa so I can bring dese* pastries home?"
|
*see: Dese |
| Bro | Widespread
St-Leonardian version of the common "Brother" reference used in the black
community
|
"Bro, I'm telling you there was at least 100,000 people at the Grand Prix this weekend" | |
| Brooming | Sweeping |
"I'm
gonna broom the floor" |
|
| Bronzaggiò
|
Tanning
Salon
|
"I
have to go to bronzaggiò cause I'm too pale"
|
|
| But | "But"
used at the end of a sentence replacing the english term "However" |
"It
was raining that time when we went rollerblading...we had a nice time but!"
|
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| But oh! | The
word "Hey!" used in an interrogatory form |
"But
oh! Where is he, he said he was gonna be here at trree*!"
|
*see: Trree |