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   Hello Mike Powell!   
      
   ** On Wednesday 17.09.25 - 09:36, Mike Powell wrote to MICKEY:   
      
    >> MP> No I had plenty of colourful, cool Canadian plastic bills to pay with.   
    >> MP> Some Loonies and Twonies, too!  :D   
      
    >> Toonies :-)   
      
    MP> That is what I thought but, since they are worth $2   
    MP> Canadian, I assumed they were Twonies.  ;)   
      
   The use of "Loonies" for the 1$ coin was cute, since it     
   features a loon on one side.   
      
   But I've never grown fond of calling the $2 coin a twonie or a     
   toonie. The coin has a polar bear on it. So, following the     
   naming rule, the $2 coin should have reflected the bear,     
   somehow.   
      
   Chatgpg seems to suggest..   
      
   "A good slang term for the Canadian $2 coin (the toonie) that     
   nods to the polar bear could be:   
      
   "Bearie" - short, playful, and directly tied to the animal.   
      
   "Pawnie" - referencing the polar bear paw.   
      
   "Frostie" - captures both the northern vibe and the bear.   
      
   "Polie" - from "polar."   
      
   "Whiteback" - a nod to the polar bear's color.   
      
   "Grizz" - even though it's not a grizzly, the shorthand feels natural as   
   Canadian slang.   
      
   "Nanuk" - from nanook, the Inuktitut word for polar bear.   
      
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