As Canadians, we link our identity to a handful of icons, including hockey, universal health care and the pronunciation of the letter "z." Even though that last Canadianism may seem minor, some ...

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Paw-sta is the U.S. pronunciation but pa-sta is the Canadian pronunciation. Canucks playing Americans also struggle with about, mouth, been, tomorrow and avocado You can save this article by ...

“I’m so New Orleans, when I go out of town people ask me if I’m Canadian.” A joke, right? No, it seems that, contrary to all expectations, a certain Canadian pronunciation is beginning to emerge in ...

The term “Canadian English” and the study of Canadian vocabulary and speech patterns are only about as old as the career of linguist Jack Chambers. Chambers began teaching linguistics in 1970 at the ...

For far too long, I’ve been afraid to push back against the ‘Canadian’ pronunciation of my Arabic name I’ve never been comfortable with the westernized pronunciation of my name, but I was afraid to ...