“For us Canadians, it’s a double whammy,” Cedrone said, pointing to a loonie that trades for roughly 69 American cents, on top of rising maintenance costs.
“In Canadian dollars, last week I paid $18 for 18 eggs,” Cedrone said.
“We love this place. But it came to a point now — we are in our 70s — and it’s cheaper for me to come here two months and rent.”
Canadians made up nearly one-quarter of foreign sellers in Florida between April 2023 and March 2024 versus 11 per cent in the same period a year earlier, according to a National Realtors Association report.
What the heck is a loonie? Slang for the Canadian dollar?
Just wait until you hear about toonies
See, I know it’s always been “toonies” but I’ve always struggled with why they didn’t go for twonies…
At the time, I was pitching for the doub-loon, but sadly society went for the lame option. :(
Uuuuuuugh… that’s so fucking good too… people suck
Twonies feels wrong somehow. Like I want to pronounce it so it rhymes with “ponies”
I live in Scotland, after making that comment wrote it out both ways and asked a coworker which he thought looked more right… forgetting he’s dyslexic. So that was a fun lunch conversation.
2nies
I remember when toonies were first issued and got the nickname. America thought it was hilarious and typically Canuck. 🤣🤣
I cannot tell whether this is being asked in an aggressive or derisive tone. Out of curiosity, how would you respond to:
if it was asked in c/USA on lemmy.us?
You want me to give you a buck? What do I look like? A hunter? We’re in the middle of New York City buddy!
A Canadian one dollar coin is often referred to as a Loonie because they have a picture of a Loon on one side. A two dollar coin is generally referred to as a Toonie as play off of Loonie, although it has a picture of a Polar Bear.
Yes, because the Canadian $1 coin has a loon on the face.
Yes
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