Author: Katherine Barber
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195429848
Category : Anglais (Langue)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadiantoque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it might surprise you that Katherine Barber, Editor-in-Chief of the best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary and author of the best-selling Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do With Pigs, haswritten a new book filled with nothing but made-in-Canada vocabulary. Only in Canada You Say highlights more than 1,200 words and phrases that are unique to our neck of the woods. Did you know, for example, that every time you ask for Gravol at the drug store, you're using a word that is unknownanywhere else? That those tasty butter tarts your mother used to make don't exist beyond our borders? Or that there are three distinctly Canadian sex words? And jokes about living in the Great White North aside, it is still pretty interesting to discover that there are 17 Canadian words for ice!Organized thematically, Only in Canada You Say covers Canadian English from coast to coast to coast, with sections dedicated to the things we love to do, where we live, how we get around, and what we wear. The entertaining and informative introductions to each section provide a fresh, ofteneye-opening, perspective on the reality of Canadian English from Canada's own 'Word Lady', Katherine Barber. Only in Canada You Say maybe 'eh' is just the beginning of this story!
Only in Canada You Say
Author: Katherine Barber
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195429848
Category : Anglais (Langue)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadiantoque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it might surprise you that Katherine Barber, Editor-in-Chief of the best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary and author of the best-selling Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do With Pigs, haswritten a new book filled with nothing but made-in-Canada vocabulary. Only in Canada You Say highlights more than 1,200 words and phrases that are unique to our neck of the woods. Did you know, for example, that every time you ask for Gravol at the drug store, you're using a word that is unknownanywhere else? That those tasty butter tarts your mother used to make don't exist beyond our borders? Or that there are three distinctly Canadian sex words? And jokes about living in the Great White North aside, it is still pretty interesting to discover that there are 17 Canadian words for ice!Organized thematically, Only in Canada You Say covers Canadian English from coast to coast to coast, with sections dedicated to the things we love to do, where we live, how we get around, and what we wear. The entertaining and informative introductions to each section provide a fresh, ofteneye-opening, perspective on the reality of Canadian English from Canada's own 'Word Lady', Katherine Barber. Only in Canada You Say maybe 'eh' is just the beginning of this story!
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195429848
Category : Anglais (Langue)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadiantoque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it might surprise you that Katherine Barber, Editor-in-Chief of the best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary and author of the best-selling Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do With Pigs, haswritten a new book filled with nothing but made-in-Canada vocabulary. Only in Canada You Say highlights more than 1,200 words and phrases that are unique to our neck of the woods. Did you know, for example, that every time you ask for Gravol at the drug store, you're using a word that is unknownanywhere else? That those tasty butter tarts your mother used to make don't exist beyond our borders? Or that there are three distinctly Canadian sex words? And jokes about living in the Great White North aside, it is still pretty interesting to discover that there are 17 Canadian words for ice!Organized thematically, Only in Canada You Say covers Canadian English from coast to coast to coast, with sections dedicated to the things we love to do, where we live, how we get around, and what we wear. The entertaining and informative introductions to each section provide a fresh, ofteneye-opening, perspective on the reality of Canadian English from Canada's own 'Word Lady', Katherine Barber. Only in Canada You Say maybe 'eh' is just the beginning of this story!
English, But Not Quite
Author: Oriana Palusci
Publisher: Tangram Ediz. Scientifiche
ISBN: 8864580077
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Publisher: Tangram Ediz. Scientifiche
ISBN: 8864580077
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Variation and Change in Postcolonial Contexts
Author: Rita Calabrese
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443884936
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This volume addresses recent issues concerning language change and standardization in postcolonial settings. The book brings together experts from North America, Africa, Asia and the insular areas of Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, and discusses aspects of language variation in the emergence of new varieties. The approaches range from linguistic diagnostics and related methodologies to the most accredited interpretative theories on the evolution of New Englishes. The book includes a section on emerging varieties of English in new media, and special focus has been given to those new varieties of Philippine and Nigerian English spoken in a non-canonical post-colonial context represented by the city of Turin, Italy. The result is a collection of studies that illuminate issues of language variability from different perspectives in order to contribute to the lengthy debate on language contact, diversification, speciation and standardization.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443884936
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This volume addresses recent issues concerning language change and standardization in postcolonial settings. The book brings together experts from North America, Africa, Asia and the insular areas of Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, and discusses aspects of language variation in the emergence of new varieties. The approaches range from linguistic diagnostics and related methodologies to the most accredited interpretative theories on the evolution of New Englishes. The book includes a section on emerging varieties of English in new media, and special focus has been given to those new varieties of Philippine and Nigerian English spoken in a non-canonical post-colonial context represented by the city of Turin, Italy. The result is a collection of studies that illuminate issues of language variability from different perspectives in order to contribute to the lengthy debate on language contact, diversification, speciation and standardization.
Western Hemisphere Immigration
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Report of the Departmental Committee on Vagrancy
Author:
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Category : Rogues and vagabonds
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Rogues and vagabonds
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Reciprocity with Canada
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Oversight Hearings on the Impact of the Canadian-American Automotive Agreement on Employment in the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor Standards
Publisher:
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Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1350
Book Description
Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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