Hi Stephen, That's very interesting -- Given my short stay in Canada, I often wondered about the spelling of "tire" compared to "colour".
I also wondered why Canada is one of very few Commonwealth countries that drive on the right side of the road ;-) That said, I think you're starting a tradition -- I see Samoa is shifting from the left to the right pretty soon. Cheers Wayne 2009/8/29 Stephen Downes <[email protected]> > > 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 > > > > > -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
