Oh, we call it the May Run. They call it the– or the May two-four weekend or the May Run. And they called it– ah, what'd they call it, the ah Victoria-Day weekend? Yeah.

Speaker: Yeah, ah oh, okay. See where you're going, yeah. May Run. They don't- Interviewer: As opposed to? Speaker: Ah, Victoria-Day-Weekend

Interviewer: Okay, um what about the Victoria-Day weekend? Speaker: I've never heard that. Interviewer: It's in May. Speaker: May-run? Interviewer: Yeah (laughs)

Interviewer: Drinking weekend, right? So. Speaker: Oh yeah. Interviewer: They call it a May-two-four. Speaker: Yeah we say May Run here, yeah.

Interviewer: Um another one too is what's a popular expression for the Victoria-Day-Weekend here in Timmins? Speaker: May Run. Interviewer: Right.

Speaker: Is that right? Interviewer: That's what they call it down south. Speaker: No, here it's called May Run. The young people, not amongst ah- Interviewer: Right. Speaker: Not amongst the older people, like I'd never call it May Run. Interviewer: Right. Speaker: If- unless I was talking to somebody that would be interested in- or would be doing the May Run or a- Interviewer: Right. Speaker: Went to the May Run (laughs).

Well kids would call it- all kids would call it May Run because they go out and they go and have themselves a ball so it's a May Run

Interviewer: But it's interesting that you knew it as- as the twenty-four weekend or May-two-four whereas May Run is more common. Speaker: May Run came in after I grew up.

Interviewer: So then um going back to the slang colloquial words that are Timmins and northern-Ontario dependent, ah, we said "packsack" and ah what was the other one I can't remember. Speaker: May Run.

Well, we'd call it like May Run or just a long weekend. And- or just plain holiday.

Funny, now that you say that, now I just remembered. From what I understand ah May Run is actually a Northern-Ontario, Timmins term as well.

We- we loved to ah play hockey on the outdoor rinks. We loved to go fishing on the weekends. We did a lot of that, actually especially with May Run and-that. And despite the fact that people always think of it as a drinking ah weekend- which, that is there as well but we actually did some real fishing.

Speaker: Because they say two-four weekend down south. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And we say May Run.

Interviewer: Is there anything specific you can think about Northern Ontario or Timmins? Speaker: May-- Ah we were just talking about it. May-two-four, May Run.

I'm just thinking of- of like, our radio stations that- that ah, outline all their programming in- in- in like six packs and two-fours and I'm wondering how common a two-four- or like May-two-four-weekend that's sort-of is a- language is like down south.

We used to call it just running to the beer-store before it closes. Interviewer: Right (laughs). Speaker: And before the line up is there. But yeah, May-Two-Four? I'm like "Why?" Um but yeah there's definitely different things we're- like-I-said we're just more laid back here.

Um um North-Bay, I know quite a p-- few people from North-Bay and I haven't noticed a different language that much um. Interviewer: What about slang, though? Speaker: Slang? Interviewer: (inc) Speaker: Yes, that whole thing- that May Run, May-Two-Four thing seems to start at- past North-Bay. Interviewer: It's the border? Speaker: Mm-hm hits- it's the border. Um and Sudbury is just a bigger Timmins.

Sh-- it was always "el-ees" (laughs). As far as she was concerned, you-know. She was an English lady, and she said, "I cannot say it." And I thought, "But it's not hard to say." But they just have that you-know. But um yeah, I guess ah b-- but that May-Two-Four, that kills me. I've never (laughs) never heard that before. Not at all. And that- that's something different, too.

We kind-of like just- like we kind-of separated whatever when um last May two-four weekend so (laughs)- yeah, ah, long story but um- Yeah that- no wait, i-- I graduated grade-twelve. We lived in the same house up until I graduated grade twelve. Then he stayed with my grandparents and I moved in with my dad.

And then of course, we're from the north so I went to their northern forums and then they have these- this big celebration at the end of the year in May on the May two-four weekend called um Les-Jeux. So like, the games. So basically, there are different things you can go into. So there was like s-- ah sports. What's the right- like a workshop, I guess?