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Originally Posted by esquire
Canadian English is basically US English with a few "u"s thrown in so we can herald ourselves as being distinctive. I don't get the idea of expressing national pride by saying 'leftenant', for example.
Some seem to treat the use of UK conventions as some kind of act of resistance against our US cultural overlord, but I don't see how one colonial master is any better than another in this regard. Apart from Canada-specific terms like bunnyhug, pogey and other quirky words like that, it's not like those customs and uses were invented here.
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Language is culture. There are very few words and absolutely no pronunciations here that can't be directly traced to Waterford, Wexford, Bristol, and their surrounding areas. But they're crucial to identity. The minority here that has no distinctly Newfoundland accent are usually also the ones least attached to here, most culturally mainstream Canadian. So I understand and support any effort, conscious or otherwise, to sustain anything that differentiates Canadian English from its surroundings.
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