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Originally Posted by kool maudit
It's kind of funny how the call for a more nationalistic approach to Canadian orthography was in effect a call for the observance of UK over US norms.
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It's been mentioned a few times on here that Canadian English spelling used to be more consistent with that of the U.S., and that it has become (a bit) more British-influenced over time.
I honestly had never heard of this before, and always thought that Canadian English started off as primarily British-influenced, and that it had *bravely*
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and semi-successfully staved off American influence over a couple of centuries...