Meaford Slang

How you doin now – A standard greeting or hello: used in answering the phone when you know who is on the other end - A greeting for visiting neighbours and bumping into people on the street.

Oh – Used as a response to the above, or as an answer to an inquisitive question or general statement, and can be used as a question in itself. When responded to with, an obligatory piece of news or gossip is required to get the conversation beyond the initial greeting.

Well - Pronounced (Waelllll) used a pre-emptive termination of a conversation.

Example: How you doin now?
Oh?
I heard Barry bought a new tractor at the farm sale the other day.
Better than the old one I hope?
Better I’d hope then the one he got last time.
Well.
Goodbye

Orchard Tour – Use of this term between locals here in the apple capital of Ontario relates to afternoons and evenings, or early mornings, visiting friends in an orchard or farm for social reasons. Orchard Tours are generally spontaneous and can be combined with moderate to excessive consumption of booze and laughable attempts to get work done. In some known yet undocumented cases in the past Orchard Tours have been combined with reckless attempts to launch wheeled vehicles over bodies of water. Be safe and wear a helmet.

Yo – A regionally unique term for a female sheep, otherwise known as a Ewe.

From Away - Referring to a non-local. If your Grandparents aren’t buried in Meaford, you are considered to be “from away”.

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