I feel I have to speak up for our friends on the coast I am from B.C.and when I was Younger I always used the term 2/4 when getting 24 beer and we us people on the coast used the bag milk system about 10 years ago and a bit didn't go over very well out here. now that said how 'bout all words we use that the U.S. drops the u from such as behaviour, colour favour.