Canadians

[Kaizen]

Just so all you south of the border know: when we Canadians select “canada English” on our devices, the keyboard spell checks according to Canadian spelling. So, colour, neighbour, favour, labour, etc. are not typos.

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

It's not the spelling that gets me; it's the terminology.
Kraft Dinner
Drive Lane
Eavestrough
Byways
...and so many more.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=canadian+vs.+american+terminology
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~steffan/canadianisms.html

There's a paraquote (origin disputed) that runs something like, "Britain and America Are Two Nations Divided by a Common Language".

I always thought Canada & Australia (at the least) should be/have been included.

 

[Lindasjackson]

Just so you all know, those of us that use iPads, the spell check is murder on these things and often it types what it wants, not what we are actually typing!

 

[kinyonga]

Just a few more...
https://www.searchenginepeople.com/...oes-your-blog-speak-to-the-proper-market.html

https://chengmingluo.wordpress.com/...tween-british-canadian-and-american-spelling/

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

Just so you all know, those of us that use iPads, the spell check is murder on these things and often it types what it wants, not what we are actually typing!

Can't you turn that off?

 

[Lindasjackson]

Idk

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

Idk

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=turn+off+spell-check+on+iPad

 

[Vanenmar]

Just so all you south of the border know: when we Canadians select “canada English” on our devices, the keyboard spell checks according to Canadian spelling. So, colour, neighbour, favour, labour, etc. are not typos.

You mean the proper way to spell those words?

 

[DocZ]

You guys also think I’m an Anaesthetist (pronounced aneesthetist)
And I like it when you guys “twin” your highways.

Canada is the best

 

[MissSkittles]

You mean the proper way to spell those words?

Yes! I am frequently spell checked into American spelling on many words.
So, if I understand what many of the Canadian words and spellings are, can I claim to be bilingual?

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

You never know, eh?

 

[MissSkittles]

You never know, eh?

Eh!

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

Been to Canada more times than I can count since childhood.
First time I went for business, it seemed everyone I met uttered that phrase. Third time, I thought to myself, "Is this an SNL skit?"

I'm sure that goes both ways; we probably have & use phrases the rest of the world associates uniquely with Americans.

One summer during high school, I made a hitchhiking trip from (roughly) Detroit to Montreal, staying in youth hostels (don't know if they still have those or not, but it was great). I partnered up with some other kids I met on the road—both Canadian & American—doing the same thing. When we got to Toronto, we met up with some kids from the UK who'd just got off a plane to see both countries. As we were sitting at a sidewalk cafe sampling some of Canada's finer adult beverages (they were a tad lax about proofing us at the time ) and getting to know each other, one of the British kids asked, "Anyone know where I can get a fag?" [sound of crickets chirping] Fortunately(?) some of us happened to know what he meant—others didn't, but we felt obliged to caution him about that word and using it on this side of The Pond, especially south of the border (and hopefully save someone some grief)...

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/fag

It turned into a nice (and fun) discussion about Canadian, British, & American slang.
Next day, we all toured Ontario Science Center & Casa Loma together.

 

[kinyonga]

@MissSkittles said..."So, if I understand what many of the Canadian words and spellings are, can I claim to be bilingual? "...you mean bilingual as French/English?

 

[kinyonga]

I bet you didn't visit Casa Loma when it was all decked out pink...did you?

 

[Mountain Dragon]

bilingual

Fun fact I can speak Latin lol

 

[kinyonga]

Fun fact I can speak Latin lol

Why did you learn Latin?

 

[Mountain Dragon]

Why did you learn Latin?

In my school it’s a classical university style school if that makes sense, we have half the week on campus half the week off campus (off campus we still do school) and so since it’s classical we learn Classical Latin ( salve quid ages mihi nomina ______insert name )

 

[Mountain Dragon]

Agis*

 

[Mountain Dragon]

In my school it’s a classical university style school if that makes sense, we have half the week on campus half the week off campus (off campus we still do school) and so since it’s classical we learn Classical Latin ( salve quid ages mihi nomina ______insert name )

I’ve been doing Latin about 4 years