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From: edwards@uwmacc.UUCP (mark edwards)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Americanisms and Canadianisms
Message-ID: <1850@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 12:34:11 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 23 12:34:11 1985
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Keywords: Upper Michigan

In article <1828@utcsri.UUCP> hogg@utcsri.UUCP (John Hogg) writes:
>About the supposedly archetypical Canadianism "hoser":
>
>Until Doug and Bob Mackenzie appeared on the scene, I had never heard this
>word before -- and I've lived here all my life.  Furthermore, I could not
>find anybody who knew its derivation.  "One who hoses" sounds as good as

 I have a friend from upper Michigan who used it before Doug and Bob.