Canadian Oxford Dictionary to be compiled in England

Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 to the comment subset

It seems oddly coincidental that after mentioning Joe Clark’s new book, on understanding Canadian English last week, news comes through that the Oxford Dictionary is to close its office in Canada, and publish the Canadian Oxford Dictionary from its base in Oxford, England.
The company will publish future editions of the “Canadian Oxford Dictionary” with the [...]

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Canadian English: watch those Ls and Zs…

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 29 September, 2008 to the comment subset

Canadian web accessibility guru Joe Clark has just published a book titled “Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours: How to Feel Good About Canadian English”. My spellchecker enjoyed this excerpt also:
Yes, Canadians have our own spelling. The basic facts are right there in the title: We write organize with a Z (like Americans), marvellous with two Ls [...]

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