Re:A Typology of Canadianisms
by SecretDreams on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @11:55PM
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In Southern Ontario, it feels like it's soakers all winter long!
Wow! I remember getting soakers as a kid! I had no idea it was a Canadianism!
Re:A Typology of Canadianisms
by throwaway290 on Thursday July 10, 2025 @06:48AM
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When and why/how did you stop getting soakers? Asking for a friend
I no longer walk to school! When I walk into a store or into work I always watch where I step, regardless of the season or the weather. I’m especially cautious walking around my back yard after a rain!
Re:A Typology of Canadianisms
by throwaway290 on Thursday July 10, 2025 @07:53AM
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Yes I guess once you learn to tell the signs of thin ice, soakers are rare... but now in tropics I get soakers being adult! Sometimes deep water is hard to notice or there is no route around a puddle. Maybe these are not really soakers (no ice involved) but I like the word
Just go hiking in the spring.
Got a soaker in April when I stepped on some snow that has hiding a deep puddle on a trail.
I can relate to the experience, but never even thought of having a word for it...
Yup, they'll forever be booters to me to. Go Bison?
Re:A Typology of Canadianisms
by joshdavham on Thursday July 10, 2025 @09:01AM
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And go Jets!
Re:A Typology of Canadianisms
by throaway955 on Thursday July 10, 2025 @09:10AM
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got a booter eh bud?
first time i’ve found a fellow manitoban on HN greetings !
Re:A Typology of Canadianisms
by throaway5454 on Sunday July 13, 2025 @12:31PM
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We are here, were everywhere!
Basically, when the snow starts to melt in the spring, you'll sometimes accidentally step on some thin ice that leads directly to a puddle underneath and soak your boot. It sucks! Also, we would often call these "booters" in Manitoba, where I'm from.