Candian rupees

[spongebob_27]

Do Canadians say Canadian Rupees instead of dollar ‘cause I heard Linus saying Canadian rupees multiple times before instead of Canadian Dollar?

sorry for bad english

[dalekphalm]

8 minutes ago, spongebob_27 said:

Do Canadians say Canadian Rupees instead of dollar ‘cause I heard Linus saying Canadian rupees multiple times before instead of Canadian Dollar?

sorry for bad english

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_dollar

 

The Canadian Currency is the "Canadian Dollar" (CAD). Linus calls them Rupees as a joke, because compared to the US Dollar, they've lost quite a lot of value over the last 5+ years.

[kokakolia]

2 hours ago, spongebob_27 said:

Do Canadians say Canadian Rupees instead of dollar ‘cause I heard Linus saying Canadian rupees multiple times before instead of Canadian Dollar?

sorry for bad english

Yeah, you’ll often hear these other expressions as well: 

 

- Canukistan dollars 

- Canadian pesos 

[TetraSky]

 Nope... Literally never heard anyone other than Linus actually say that out loud.(or someone writing it on the forum)

 

There are certainly some slang that make reference to money, but Canadian rupees is just a joke Linus is saying to refer to the exchange rate with the US dollar.

[Beef Boss]

There's a YouTuber who's been saying it before Linus was even born. Just lingo I suppose 

[Andreas Lilja]

It's a meme, like shekels.

[dalekphalm]

7 hours ago, TetraSky said:

 Nope... Literally never heard anyone other than Linus actually say that out loud.(or someone writing it on the forum)

 

There are certainly some slang that make reference to money, but Canadian rupees is just a joke Linus is saying to refer to the exchange rate with the US dollar.

Agreed - if it is pre-existing slang, it's certainly not in common use throughout Canada. I also have never heard it used outside of LTT and the forum.

[ARikozuM]

I thought it was a Legend of Zelda reference where a jar is 500 rupees or, in other words, f#cking copious quantities of assets. 

[knightslugger]

AvE is a master of slang.

[dalekphalm]

4 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

I thought it was a Legend of Zelda reference where a jar is 500 rupees or, in other words, f#cking copious quantities of assets. 

Huh?

 

500 Rupees is about $8.86 Canadian. Definitely not copious anything

[Canada EH]

13 hours ago, spongebob_27 said:

Do Canadians say Canadian Rupees instead of dollar ‘cause I heard Linus saying Canadian rupees multiple times before instead of Canadian Dollar?

sorry for bad english

No

 

We say

Loonie for $1 coins

Twoonie for $2 coins

We say "a Borden" for $100 bill

In 2000 they stopped with $1000 bills

I used to have a paper drivers license, liquor stores were closed on weekends, smokes from a vending machine, smoke anywhere you wished to,

 

The funny with Linus is he quotes usd and yet is in canada and he or his staff never wear a poppy for respect. Newscasters wear them. Odd.

A true professional would use USD in prices, very easy and simple.

[wasab]

I thought ruppees are those cyrstals currencies in the legend of Zelda, found in bushes and rocks. 

[Syntaxvgm]

45 minutes ago, wasab said:

I thought ruppees are those cyrstals currencies in the legend of Zelda, found in bushes and rocks. 

Also Indian money, equally worthless. 

 

[Canada EH]

2 hours ago, Syntaxvgm said:

Also Indian money, equally worthless.

 

Actually there are more then one country using Rupee as a currency.

[Supportsneedlove]

Do you mean Maple Money? 

[Teddy07]

On 10/17/2018 at 6:07 PM, dalekphalm said:

Linus calls them Rupees as a joke, because compared to the US Dollar, they've lost quite a lot of value over the last 5+ years.

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wow! I am very surprised because I thought the CAD is doing fine.

[dalekphalm]

1 hour ago, Teddy07 said:

wow! I am very surprised because I thought the CAD is doing fine.

 

Today the Canadian Dollar is worth $0.76 USD. 5 Years ago, it was worth $0.96. Before that it actually broke parity and rose in value above the USD for a while.

 

Typically our Dollar is tied closely with the price of oil, but Canadian Oilsands oil (Western Canada Select) is almost worthless these days (usually $20-$30 cheaper per barrel then normal oil), so even though the price of oil has rebound significantly since the recession, our dollar is still on the weak side.

 

It's good for tourism though.

[Andreas Lilja]

On 10/18/2018 at 1:36 AM, Canada EH said:

The funny with Linus is he quotes usd and yet is in canada and he or his staff never wear a poppy for respect. Newscasters wear them. Odd.

A true professional would use USD in prices, very easy and simple.

WW2 ended like 75 years ago.

[dalekphalm]

10 hours ago, Raskolnikov said:

WW2 ended like 75 years ago.

That's true, but Remembrance Day still honours their (well, all Veterans) sacrifices every year. Plus Poppy's aren't specifically for WW2. Poppy's are for veterans in general.

 

With that in mind, lots of people don't wear poppy's anymore. Most typically just don't think about it. So it's not like Linus is actively avoiding wearing one on purpose.

[Canada EH]

1 hour ago, dalekphalm said:

all Veterans

yup

 

gosh it with this day in age, gosh it I would add a crying emijicon too but the list of emijocons is too large.