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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And technically we use British English here...

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Canadian English is distinct:

  • Organization - us spelling
  • Tire - us spelling
  • Behaviour - British spelling
  • Ladybug - us term
  • Cheque - British spelling
[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

In otherwords its a nightmarish unholy mishmash just like our system of measurement.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

otherwords

And that's not a word.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

It is now. It's streets ahead.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Attend de voir le français Canadien.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

But it's a mishmash I know and love.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

UK has a stupid fucked up mishmash of measurements too. Miles for speed and distance, stone for weight. Centimetres for height, mg/G/kg for food, ml/l for liquids and fuel.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Formally I don't believe there is any discrepancy; we're metric.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I haven't met a single person who doesn't do combat sports that knows their weight in kgs.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Sure, but that's colloquial usage. Same with pool temps and our heights. Any official government capacity though we're all in on metric.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm TIL. That does make sense though, thanks!

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, many folks don't realize how many variants there are of English.