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ssukie
23 ott 2016

  • Cinese semplificato (Mandarino)
  • Inglese (Stati Uniti)
  • Francese (Canada)
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I often heard that Canadian write in British English, although they speak like American. I tend to use British English spelling like centre, colour, recognise, however, I often see some printed books written in American English in Canada, even in my textbook. Now, I'm confused. Is that both are ok in Canada, even in academic level, as long as the consistency of only one language? Please let me know your opinion, thank you in advance.

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jaea
23 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

I live in Canada and I've never noticed any difference in our ways of talking or writing. I'd say that generally we use American English both in writing and in speaking.

JioraBelle
24 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

Yes, both the British spelling and the American spelling are acceptable in Canada.

ssukie
24 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Cina
Thank you :)
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thedenzel
24 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

My high-school corrected you if you used the "incorrect" spelling of words. British spelling is most prevalent but we still use some imperial measurements and speak like the US

ssukie
24 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Cina
Thank you @thedenzel:
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RogerChoi
25 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

Both works fine colour/color or centre/center.

NoleyC
26 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

officially Canadians use British spelling. this would be grilled into you in Canadian schooling although because many teenagers and adults would have their phones set to us English they start to spell it that way.

ssukie
26 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Cina
Thank you for all your opinions. It's quite interesting to see all these differences.
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kimkyrene
26 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

It all depends on where you live, I use the British English. Both are correct, but in standardized or provincial exams you must be aware of which one is required.

Speech wise I honestly think we sound nothing like most Americans (mainly southern), however it could also be because we don't speak with a British accent. That is only because we didn't grow up in London England.

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kimkyrene
26 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

Oh fun fact, the accent in England? Historically the accent was created by the wealthy years and years ago to separate themselves from the lower class people. Interesting to think about. (Also on accents, Newfoundlanders DO have a strong accent even to the rest of Canada, and Quebec have a Quebecois/French accent)

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ssukie
26 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Cina
@kimkyrene: thank you for the sharing. So in each province there would be a different story, I didn't know that. Now I'll pay attention to it. ;-)
kimkyrene
26 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

@ssukie: Most provinces anyway. I've lived in three of them and my aunt is from the Eastern Coast of Canada, a place called Breton Island, now THEY have a strong accent. I'm happy I could be helpful.

ssukie
27 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Cina
@kimkyrene: you helped a lot!
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kimkyrene
27 ott 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

@ssukie: Thank you for the compliment! Your English is incredibly good by the way. I did notice your level and you write pretty naturally. :)

flippyfiller
6 nov 2016

  • Paese o regione Canada

My take is that with the popular use of Microsoft Word, which is set to by default to US English, younger Canadian and some older Canadians accept the US spelling as they can't be bothered to look up the Canadian spelling. I'm old so I've seen the change from using, mostly British spelling, to US spelling once we started using word processor on the computer. I think it's a a shame as Canadians are not as distinguishable to US nowadays. JMO

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ssukie
7 nov 2016

  • Paese o regione Cina
I can't agree more with you, @flippyfiller. Even I set up my keyboard to Canadian English, it doesn't stop my typing being corrected to the "right" US spelling, too bad
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I often heard that Canadian write in British English, although they speak like American. I tend to use British English spelling like centre, colour, recognise, however, I often see some printed books written in American English in Canada, even in my textbook. Now, I'm confused. Is that both are ok in Canada, even in academic level, as long as the consistency of only one language? Please let me know your opinion, thank you in advance.
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