Hiya, For those who don't know, Canadian spelling is distinct from both American and British spelling (and no, British spelling is *not* what is taught in Canadian schools).
For example, Canadian spelling adopts British spelling in some cases: - colour - honour - flavour - metre - litre - lable but American spelling in others - tire - curb - airplane - emphasize - jail As you can see, there is a logic in Canadian spelling. It preserves the subtlties of the English language (eg., the distinction betweek 'o' and 'ou', or the distinction between 're' and 'er') but generally dispenses with some of the offbeat letter combinations that populate English spelling (gaol, kerb, tyre, aero...). My main reference is 'Editing Canadian English' - http://www.editors.ca/resources/eac_publications/ece.html Also, the CP stylebook: http://www.thecanadianpress.com/books.aspx?id=182&terms=style -- Stephen -- Stephen Downes ~ Research Officer ~ National Research Council Canada http://www.downes.ca ~ [email protected] __\|/__ Free Learning --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
