Ahh, the colloquialisms heard in Saskatchewan sure make me smile and have kept me intrigued since moving to this great province a few months ago.

I am from Toronto originally, and with the exception of 3 years living on a ski mountain in rural Quebec, I've spent all my life living in Ontario.

Upon arrival to Saskatchewan, I quickly noticed a few differences in expressions and their meanings depending on which part of Canada you hail from.

This is the land where a bunny hug isn't a warm embrace with a rabbit, but rather a hooded sweatshirt, or what other provinces call a 'hoodie'. That was new. When my boyfriend told me that's what Sask residents call a sweatshirt, I giggled at the utter cuteness that this term implies.

I also got corrected by said boyfriend's 9-year-old daughter, Bailey, a few weeks ago. She was quick to tell me that "supper" is the preferred word for the evening meal here. My calling it "dinner" seemed foreign to this born-and-raised-in- Saskatchewan kid. I didn't mind being schooled by a well-intentioned youngster though. Wanting to fit in around my new community, I have since tried to adopt these new colloquialisms into my daily chitter-chatter.

Lastly, I’ve learned that the expression “right away”, doesn’t necessarily indicate actioning something instantaneously; which is what I first took it to mean. I started to notice that more people here in Humboldt, and possibly the whole province of Saskatchewan (as I’ve heard it used by three different Saskatchewanites), will say, “I’ll be doing that ‘right away’”. Apparently, that means to expect the action to be done “soon” but not necessarily that very moment.

On a related note, I’d also like to add a huge apology for any mispronounced Saskatchewan town names that I may have already mentioned on air. Rest assured that I secretly die inside when my co-workers correct me after the fact, and I try my hardest not to make the same mistake twice.

Please bear with me, folks.  I’m new here and still learning…

I might be "Straight Outta Scarborough', but my heart now resides in Saskatchewan.