Canadian Vocabulary vs American and British

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0Hello everybody:-) I'm currently writing MA thesis concerning Canadian English. My practical section of this dissertation is to involve the analysis of Canadian Vocabulary and I do need your help (especially of Native CANADIANS). I would be REALLY grateful if U could give me answers to the following survey:02br02br001. Which way of spelling do U prefer: odour/odor, colour/color, centre/center, foetus/fetus, licence/license, dialogue/dialog, jewellery/jewelery, criticise/criticize, formulae/formulas, tyre/tire, program/programme02br02br002.Do U ever use any of these words (if yes how often): serviette, chesterfield02br02br003. Which words do you use  in everyday life: autumn/fall, biscuit/cookie, chemist's/drugstore, crisps/chips, football/soccer, garden/yard, lift/elevator02br02br00Thx also for filling these info:02br02br00Age: 02br02br00Sex:02br02br00Province and territory (if you are a Canadian):02br02br00Town:02br02br00Education (primary/secondary/ higher education):0-

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

01. Which way of spelling do U prefer: odour/01b00odor02b00, colour/01b00color02b00, centre/01b00center02b00, foetus/01b00fetus02b00, licence/01b00license02b00, 01b00dialogue02b00/dialog, jewellery/01b00jewelery02b00, criticise/01b00criticize02b00, formulae/01b00formulas02b00, tyre/01b00tire02b00, 01b00program02b00/programme02br
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002.Do U ever use any of these words (if yes how often): serviette, chesterfield 01b00Never02b02br
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01font00You need to provide the definition you were looking for in #3. Biscuit, in American English, has its own defintion, and so does football. Likewise, garden and yard, etc. If I followed the question directly ask asked, I'd choose all of them except crisps and chemists. Likewise, others will choose chips to mean "French fries."02font02br
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003. Which words do you use in everyday life: autumn/fall - 01b00both, but probably fall more often02b00, biscuit - 01b00this is a type of bread - I do use it, but not to mean cookie02b00/01b00cookie02b00, chemist's/01b00drugstore02b00, crisps/01b00chips02b00, football - 01b00I call American football just "football"02b00/01b00soccer to mean what everyone else calls football02b00, 01b00garden - these have flowers02b00/01b00yard - this you mow02b00, lift - of course I use the word "lift" but not to mean elevator/01b00elevator02b02br
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00Thx also for filling these info:02br
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00Age: 4002br
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00***: F02br
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00Province and territory (if you are a Canadian): 01font00And if we're not Canadian?02font02br
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00Education (primary/secondary/ higher education): master's0-

Cool Breeze · Answer

0 Hi GG02br
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00 I didn't know 01i00jewel01b00e02b00ry02i00 existed! Are you sure they use it in Canada? 01i00Jewellery02i00 is British and 01i00jewelry02i00 is American.02br
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00Cheers02br
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BarbaraPA · Answer

0****, I don't know. It's not MY survey. I'm just a respondent.02br
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00(All I know is that I say it funny: JEWL-ree, not jew-ell-ree)0-

Anonymous · Answer

01. Which way of spelling do U prefer: 01b00odour02b00/odor, 01b00colour02b00/color, centre/01b00center02b00, foetus/01b00fetus,02b00 licence/01b00license02b00, 01b00dialogue02b00/dialog, jewellery/01b00jewelery02b00(which i say jewl-ree), criticise/01b00criticize02b00, 01b00formulae02b00/formulas, tyre/01b00tire02b00, 01b00program02b00/programme02br
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002.Do U ever use any of these words (if yes how often): 01b00serviette02b00(as often as napkin), chesterfield(never)02br
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003. Which words do you use in everyday life: autumn/fall(both but fall more comonly), biscuit/cookie(biscuit but not to mean a cookie, cookie to mean a cookie), chemist's/01b00drugstore02b00, crisps/01b00chips02b00(meaning potato chips, not french fries), 01b00football/soccer02b00(football means american football, soccer means everyone else's football), 01b00garden/yard02b00(garden has flowers, yard you mow), lift/01b00elevator02b00(as was said, of course i saw lift but it doesn't mean an elevator)02br
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00Thx also for filling these info:02br
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00Age: 2102br
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00***: m02br
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00Province and territory (if you are a Canadian): BC02br
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00Town: Kamloops02br
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00Education (primary/secondary/ higher education): University Student0-

Marvin A. · Answer

0 >> (All I know is that I say it funny: JEWL-ree, not jew-ell-ree) 02<<
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00Nah, it's just one of those words with several pronunciation variants that seem to be found all over the English speaking world. Pretty much the same as for example route: rowt vs root; milk: m-ilk vs melk; caramel (2 or three syllables), I'll as Isle or All, etc. There is no real "right" way to say these words, and neither of those pronunciation dominates any particular English speaking region. 0-

Clive · Answer

0Hi,02br
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00I beleive there is quite a lot of literature available on this topic. This includes the Canadian Oxford Dictionary that I have in front of me here, and which claims to define Canadian English. Are you hoping to add something new?02br
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00Good luck, Clive02br
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01font00My practical section of this dissertation is to involve the analysis of Canadian Vocabulary and I do need your help (especially of Native CANADIANS). 00I'm a Canadian. We use the term 01i00native Canadian02i00 to refer to what you might call 01i00Canadian Indians.02i00 I00 would be REALLY grateful if U could give me answers to the following survey:02font02br
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01font001. Which way of spelling do U prefer: 01b00odour02b00/odor,01b00 colour02b00/color,01b00 centre02b00/center, foetus01b00/fetus02b00, 01b00licence02b00/license, 01b00dialogue/02b00dialog, 01b00jewellery/02b00jewelery, criticise/01b00criticize02b00, 01b00formulae/formulas02b00, <<< 00both, depending on context.- the former in a math context00 tyre/01b00tire02b00, 01b00program/02b00programme02font02br
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01font002.Do U ever use any of these words (if yes how often): serviette, chesterfield02font00 No and No02br
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01font003. Which words do you use in everyday life:01b00 02b01font01b00autumn/fall02b00, biscuit01b00/cookie02b00, chemist's/01b00drugstore,02b00 crisps/01b00chips,02b00 01b00football/soccer02b00, <<< both, depending on which of the two games I am speaking of 01b00garden/yard,02b00 lift/01b00elevator02b02font02br
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01font00Thx also for filling these info:02font02br
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01font00Age: 02font02br
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01font00Province and territory (if you are a Canadian): 01b00Ontario02b02font02br
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Anonymous · Answer

0Thank you very much for your answers! I do appreciate your help!02br
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00Contrary to your opinion there is a considerable shortage of info concerning Canadian English, especially info I'm interested in. However I don't give up and keep on searching:-) That's why, I wonder if you could help me even more. Would you talk some of your friends into answering this short survey? I believe it's not so much of trouble for you For me, your answers are invaluable source of info. I would be extremely grateful for your help! 0-

Anonymous · Answer

I would happily comply, but anonymous doesn't cut it for me.  It's too gratuitous.

Anonymous · Answer

0 this sort of sounds like geography of language... or perhaps my major is coming through!02br
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001. Which way of spelling do U prefer: 01b00odour/02b00odor, 01b00colour02b00/color, 01b00centre02b00/center, 01b00foetus02b00/fetus, 01b00licence02b00/license, 01b00dialogue02b00/dialog, j01b00ewellery02b00/jewelery, 01b00c02b00riticise/01b00criticize02b00, 01b00formulae02b00/formulas, tyre/01b00tire02b00, program/01b00programme02b02br
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002.Do U ever use any of these words (if yes how often): serviette, chesterfield 01b00Yes, and quite frequently02b02br
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003. Which words do you use in everyday life: 01b00autumn02b00/fall, 01b00biscuit/cookie02b00 (interchangibly(, chemist's/01b00drugstore,02b00 crisps/01b00chips02b00, football/01b00soccer,02b00 01b00garden02b00/yard, lift/01b00elevator02b02br
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00Thx also for filling these info:02br
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00Age: 2002br
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00***: f02br
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00Province OR territory (if you are a Canadian): Columbie Brittanique (heh. BC)02br
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00Town: BC02br
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00Education (primary/secondary/ higher education): almost completed BSc. One more year! Whoo!0-

Anonymous · Answer

01. I would prefer, odour, colour, centre, foetus, licence, dialogue, jewellery, criticise, formulae, tyre and programme02br
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002.Do U ever use any of these words (if yes how often): serviette, chesterfield (I do not use these words ever)02br
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003. I would use, autumn, biscuit, chemist's, crisps, football, garden (however im from London but in the north of England they sometimes call the garden a yard), and lift02br
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00Thx also for filling these info:02br
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00Age: 2602br
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00***: Female02br
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00Province and territory (if you are a Canadian):02br
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00Town: Im not canadian im English from West London.02br
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00Education (primary/secondary/ higher education): University graduate 0-

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