Author: Katherine Barber
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195429848
Category : Anglais (Langue)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadiantoque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it might surprise you that Katherine Barber, Editor-in-Chief of the best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary and author of the best-selling Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do With Pigs, haswritten a new book filled with nothing but made-in-Canada vocabulary. Only in Canada You Say highlights more than 1,200 words and phrases that are unique to our neck of the woods. Did you know, for example, that every time you ask for Gravol at the drug store, you're using a word that is unknownanywhere else? That those tasty butter tarts your mother used to make don't exist beyond our borders? Or that there are three distinctly Canadian sex words? And jokes about living in the Great White North aside, it is still pretty interesting to discover that there are 17 Canadian words for ice!Organized thematically, Only in Canada You Say covers Canadian English from coast to coast to coast, with sections dedicated to the things we love to do, where we live, how we get around, and what we wear. The entertaining and informative introductions to each section provide a fresh, ofteneye-opening, perspective on the reality of Canadian English from Canada's own 'Word Lady', Katherine Barber. Only in Canada You Say maybe 'eh' is just the beginning of this story!
Only in Canada You Say
Author: Katherine Barber
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195429848
Category : Anglais (Langue)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadiantoque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it might surprise you that Katherine Barber, Editor-in-Chief of the best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary and author of the best-selling Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do With Pigs, haswritten a new book filled with nothing but made-in-Canada vocabulary. Only in Canada You Say highlights more than 1,200 words and phrases that are unique to our neck of the woods. Did you know, for example, that every time you ask for Gravol at the drug store, you're using a word that is unknownanywhere else? That those tasty butter tarts your mother used to make don't exist beyond our borders? Or that there are three distinctly Canadian sex words? And jokes about living in the Great White North aside, it is still pretty interesting to discover that there are 17 Canadian words for ice!Organized thematically, Only in Canada You Say covers Canadian English from coast to coast to coast, with sections dedicated to the things we love to do, where we live, how we get around, and what we wear. The entertaining and informative introductions to each section provide a fresh, ofteneye-opening, perspective on the reality of Canadian English from Canada's own 'Word Lady', Katherine Barber. Only in Canada You Say maybe 'eh' is just the beginning of this story!
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195429848
Category : Anglais (Langue)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadiantoque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it might surprise you that Katherine Barber, Editor-in-Chief of the best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary and author of the best-selling Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do With Pigs, haswritten a new book filled with nothing but made-in-Canada vocabulary. Only in Canada You Say highlights more than 1,200 words and phrases that are unique to our neck of the woods. Did you know, for example, that every time you ask for Gravol at the drug store, you're using a word that is unknownanywhere else? That those tasty butter tarts your mother used to make don't exist beyond our borders? Or that there are three distinctly Canadian sex words? And jokes about living in the Great White North aside, it is still pretty interesting to discover that there are 17 Canadian words for ice!Organized thematically, Only in Canada You Say covers Canadian English from coast to coast to coast, with sections dedicated to the things we love to do, where we live, how we get around, and what we wear. The entertaining and informative introductions to each section provide a fresh, ofteneye-opening, perspective on the reality of Canadian English from Canada's own 'Word Lady', Katherine Barber. Only in Canada You Say maybe 'eh' is just the beginning of this story!
Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Bureau of Customs Pre-clearance Activities in Canada, Bermuda, and the Bahamas
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category : Customs administration
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Customs administration
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Journals of the House of Commons of Canada
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Publication Fund Series
Author: New-York Historical Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Journals
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Canadian Forum
Author:
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Includes critical reviews.
Publisher:
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Includes critical reviews.
Sessional Papers of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada
Author: Canada. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1136
Book Description
Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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