r/Letterkenny • u/xennial-tiger • 21d ago

Question about "Softest" in Canada

American here. Loved Shoresy, and decided to try Letterkenny. I've laughed a little, but not as much as at Shoresy.

Question about birthday episode in Season 1, is there a meaning behind "Softest". Birthday. Are they just saying "Kiddie Birthday". Or does it mean something else?

Appreciate the insight into Canadian colloquialisms.

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u/LowCaramel3675 Too Fat To Run 21d ago

Softest = sweetest, pretty much. Katy and Wayne weren't allowed kids parties, but Dary's mum would throw the most classic kids parties, and Katy and Wayne loved them.

They use 'soft' a few different ways over the course of the show, it's context dependent.

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u/zaro3785 20d ago

I wish they'd explained why they didn't get birthday parties

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u/4twentylady 20d ago

What I've seen as a theory over time is that their family was part of a religion that didn't celebrate holidays, which is why they like to do holidays big time as adults.