This word hoard explores the regional variations in Canadian speech, and has become an important cultural resource. Thanks to Chris Gudgeon, Mary-Anne and Gary Lair of Dundurn, SK, the Cape Breton Committee to Preserve Cape Breton English (c/o Don MacGillivray of Sydney, NS), and our readers for their additions. This is a work-in-progress, so please send your additions. Dear Geist, For the ...

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Welcome to the American Dialect homepage, an effort to bridge the gap between the scholarly and literary worlds of dialectology.

Canadian raising and other oddities Canadian raising is a phonological process characteristic of several varieties of Canadian English, in which the onsets of the diphthongs /ay/ and /aw/ raise to mid vowels when they precede voiceless obstruents (the sounds /p/, /t/, /k/, /s/, and /f/). Click on the speaker icons below to hear genuine examples of Canadian raising. Knife, knives Lout, loud Price ...

Cornerstone's Canadian English Page This page explains the major differences between Canadian English and its British and American compatriots, follows the debate over colour and color, talks about place names and French, then looks at some unique Canadian vocabulary and ends with a short essay on pronunciation and regional variations. This is especially important in light of Microsoft's ...

Truly Canadian Dictionary of Canadian Spelling ...