Canadian Style

[William Ashley]

Before it was sorta the parliamentary hansard but I stumbled upon this today and I was queried.

http://www.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/tcdnstyl/index-eng.html?lang=eng

It was like God answered my question about what way I should write seven-course, and solve the split between British and American compound adjectives.

Edited October 26, 2011 by William Ashley

[WWWTT]

Ya you know what,try learning Mandarin Chinese and you'll have this new found appreciation of language complexities!

Good luck!

WWWTT

[Evening Star]

Totally disappointing. All it says about spelling is to check Gage or Canadian Oxford. I was all eager too.

[guyser]

Totally disappointing. All it says about spelling is to check Gage or Canadian Oxford. I was all eager too.

Huh?

Type in the search box on the front page of the link......'color'

Some interesting tidbits that I was unaware of.

Such as... British American

instil instill

[Evening Star]

Huh?

Type in the search box on the front page of the link......'color'

Some interesting tidbits that I was unaware of.

Such as... British American

instil instill

I went here: http://www.termiumplus.gc.ca/tcdnstyl-chap?lang=eng&lettr=chapsect3&info0=3#zz3

I was kind of hoping it gave an official Canadian government position on whether to use "organize" or "organise" but it mostly just concludes that you should check the dictionaries I mentioned after listing those distinctions. A totally sensible position, mind you, but much less exciting.

(And, yeah, I'm aware of all those distinctions after living in the US and generally being a nerd.)

I will continue to use both "harmonize" and "analyse", RCM style.

Edited October 26, 2011 by Evening Star

[Bryan]

Not sure what the OP's confusion is. A specific Canadian writing style is hardly a new thing. When I was in University, we were supposed to use "The Portable Canadian Handbook" as a guide.