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Canadian English
History
Fight between European
American revolution
Founding English speaking
United Empire Loyalist
R drop in USA not in Canada
1812
England encourages emigration to Canada
Late 1800 immigrants arrive from Ukraine
Today
1/5 of people has different mother tongue than En/Fr
French effect
Shopping Centre d'Achats
Eh
Part USA part Britain
Prononciation
Diphthongs before voiceless consonant
Higher in ice and out than eyes and loud
Low back merger
Caught and cat
Canadian vowel shift
Bit like bet, a little bit like bat
Vocabulary
American words
Different meaning
Write a test
Different words for the same things
Disposal, bachelor apartment for studio apartment
Particular words
Poutine, Nanaimo bars
Hockey metaphors
Deking someone out and stickhandling a problem
Borrowing from Quebec French
Dépanneur for a convenience store