Where did Canada come up with the “loonie” and toonie” names for their money?
My daughter dates a canadian and not only did the look of the coins seem odd to me, but what he called them cracked me up. Where did they come with the names from???
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The loonie was named after the picture of the loon on the "tails" side, with a tip of the hat to the other meaning of "crazy".
The twonie, was an attempt to get the same kind of name with "two" worked into it (because it’s a two dollar coin). The fact that it, with the loonie, alludes to "Looney Tunes" helped a lot.
At the time the coins were introduced, no name was endorsed by the mint or the government. The names arose spontaneously from a culture that is very fond of bad puns.
I’m canadian and have no idea lool
One side of the one dollar coin has a loon on it, hence loonie.
The two dollar coin is called toonie or twonie, a combination of two and loonie.
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CAN-NADA ( can do nothing) ha ha
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