Victoria Day Holiday (celebrating the late Queen Victoria) - usually referring to the whole long weekend since Victoria Day is always the third Monday in May. Many people like to drink during this weekend, and since Canadians often buy beer in cases of twenty-four, it's called a two-four for short. Also, the holiday itself usually falls around the 24th of May.
May 24 was queen victoria's birthday.
The holiday is the
Monday closest to the 24th of the month.
Victoria Day or
may 24 weekend. Comment by: ET
I've lived on Vancouver Island, about
10km from Merville for 25 years, and I
have never once heard this term. Comment by: Tyler Rated:1/5
This slang is in reference to the well
known
fashion faux pas of the Melville
Islander. All
Canadians know NOT to use this term in
front of the locals - it would be like
using
the N word at a Chicken and Waffle
shack. Comment by: A True Canadian Rated:4/5
Really? I always thought that was a UK
thing. I've always said mom and read
mom
so I'm not so sure about this. Comment by: K.C.
I pronounce it Mom when I say it quickly
but I write it Mum and I'm a Canadian. Comment by: C.G
Every Canadian I know says Mom, lived
here
all my life. Who writes these anyways?
Comment by: Bobbi
I use mum all the time and everyone at
my school says
it. It would sound really formal if you
said mom here.
Must be a coastal thing? Comment by: N.S. girl
I say mum. I think that it's not really
a
difference of where you're from, just
how
you prefer to say it. Comment by: Megan
In Vancouver and "mum" is the spelling
everyone uses. Maybe it's the huge
british/indian population here. The
closer
you get to Toronto, the more everyone
starts saying "mom" Comment by: Angie
