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| | CanadaInfo: Canadian Literature: Readings: Cassleman's Canadian Words |
 | | Another busload of gorbies!" The origin of gorby is, I believe, in the 1950s camping slang term G.O.R.P., an acronym for Good Old Raisins and Peanuts, a trail mix suitable for canoe nibbling, easily packed, and not subject to immediate spoilage. |
 | | While plant names have come into English from dozens of world languages, Bill Casselman has found the Canadian connection to 100s of plant names and garden lore and packed this September 1997 book with them. |
 | | From Atwood to Applebaum, from Bobak to Bullard, with Gabereau, Hanomansing, Harnoy, Krall, Tobin, and Shamas tossed into the linguistic salad of our last names, Bill Casselman tells here the fascinating story of surnames, of how humans came to use last names, and of what some last names mean, names that every Canadian knows. |
| www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/literature/casselman.html (2005 words) |
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