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    Canadian English is influenced by both American and British English. It shares most pronunciations with American English, while spelling is a mixture using both -re and -er endings. Some vocabulary is unique to Canada, like "click" meaning kilometer and "sniggler" describing someone who inconveniences others while parking. Pronouncing foreign words with vowels like pasta differently is also characteristic of Canadian English. Overall, Canadian English is shaped by its proximity to American English but retains influences from British English spelling and some distinct Canadian terms.

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    Canadian English is influenced by both American and British English. It shares most pronunciations with American English, while spelling is a mixture using both -re and -er endings. Some vocabulary is unique to Canada, like "click" meaning kilometer and "sniggler" describing someone who inconveniences others while parking. Pronouncing foreign words with vowels like pasta differently is also characteristic of Canadian English. Overall, Canadian English is shaped by its proximity to American English but retains influences from British English spelling and some distinct Canadian terms.

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    Canadian English is influenced by both American and British English. It shares most pronunciations with American English, while spelling is a mixture using both -re and -er endings. Some vocabulary is unique to Canada, like "click" meaning kilometer and "sniggler" describing someone who inconveniences others while parking. Pronouncing foreign words with vowels like pasta differently is also characteristic of Canadian English. Overall, Canadian English is shaped by its proximity to American English but retains influences from British English spelling and some distinct Canadian terms.

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    Canadian English is influenced by both American and British English. It shares most pronunciations with American English, while spelling is a mixture using both -re and -er endings. Some vocabulary is unique to Canada, like "click" meaning kilometer and "sniggler" describing someone who inconveniences others while parking. Pronouncing foreign words with vowels like pasta differently is also characteristic of Canadian English. Overall, Canadian English is shaped by its proximity to American English but retains influences from British English spelling and some distinct Canadian terms.

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    Canadian English

    and its differences


    Kravchuk Vitalii Hlukhodid Mariia
    Introduction
    Canadian English is the form of
    English used in Canada, spoken as
    a first or second language by over
    25 million Canadians (as recorded
    in the census of 2001).
    Canadian English spelling is a
    mixture of American and British.
    Pronunciation of the English
    language in this country is overall
    very similar to American
    pronunciation, which is especially
    true for Central and Western
    Canadians.
    -Er and -Re
    01 Spelling American English spells words with an -er
    ending like center or centered and theater, but
    -Or and -Our Canadian English uses the -re version of centre
    or centred and theatre.
    In Canadian English, people spell words
    with the -our ending such as colour,
    labour or favour. American English -Que and -Gue
    spells these words color, labor and
    In Canadian English, words generally use the -que
    favor.
    and -gue spellings. Canadian English spells words
    like catalogue and cheque. However, American
    One L or Two English uses catalog or check.
    Canadian English uses fulfil whereas
    American English uses fulfill. However,
    Canadian English will use cancelled, In other cases, Canadians and Americans differ from
    and American English spells it canceled. British spelling, such as in the case of nouns like tire
    and curb, which in British English are spelled tyre
    and kerb.
    02 Pronunciation
    Pre-rhotic vowels Borrowings with low
    A notable aspect of Canadian pre-rhotic vowels
    vowels is their resistance to the A final, curious property of Canadian
    emergent pattern in American English of English is in its foreign /a/ nativization.
    substituting [a] for [o] before inter- This is the way the dialect pronounces
    vocalic [r]. In a number of highly borrowed words with low vowels, such
    frequent words, such as sorry, tomorrow, as pasta, Mazda, drama, and taco.
    borrow, sorrow, and Laura, this pattern
    has become obligatory in American
    English.
    Interjection “Eh”
    The interjection eh — as in “I
    know, eh?” — is popularly
    considered to be a marker of
    Canadian speech. Canadians
    use eh more frequently than
    in any other country, and also
    have the most varied usage of
    the interjection.
    03 Vocabulary
    Word Definition
    While Canadian English shares vocabulary Someone who speaks English as a first
    Anglophone language.
    with other English dialects, it tends to
    Click Slang for kilometre.
    share most with American English. In
    addition, the vocabulary of Canadian Joe job A lower-class, low-paying job
    English also features words that are seldom
    Runners Running shoes; sneakers
    (if ever) found elsewhere.
    Canadianisms: words which are native to Someone who takes the parking spot you
    Canada or words which have meanings wanted, or who otherwise does something
    Sniggler perfectly legitimate, but nonetheless
    native to Canada inconveniences or annoys you.

    Sook or suck A crybaby.


    Word Definition
    participation A private, nonprofit organization that promotes fitness

    all dressed A hamburger with all the usual condiments on it

    screech A potent dark rum of Newfoundland

    bursary A financial award to a university student (also Scottish and English)

    residence or res A university dormitory


    The same things, but called differently
    Canadian American British
    driver’s permit driver’s license driving licence

    fire hall firehouse fire station

    main floor first floor ground floor

    railways railroads railways

    vacation vacation holiday

    bus depot bus station coach station

    elevator elevator lift

    gas gas petrol


    Conclusion
    Canadian English is the outcome of a number of factors. It
    is strongly marked by British English and because of the
    geographical proximity, Canadian English continues to be
    shaped by American English. The presence of a large
    French-speaking minority has also had an effect on
    Canadian English.
    Thanks for your
    attention!

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