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Subject:Re: Canadian Spelling From:Peter Taylor <sector_five -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:54:39 PST
>I see from your email address, you are in Canada. Most definitely we
have
>Canadian spelling, always have had. An example would be the spelling
of colour
>(Cdn) vs. color (US). But before you think we just adopted British
standards,
>another example is the spelling of organization (Cdn) vs. organisation
(UK).
When I was in University, we were required to use CP (Canadian Press)
style which was the U.S. spellings. This has changed recently and all
the Canadian newspapers are back to "colour" "honour" etc.
Peter Taylor.
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