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The myth of Canadian English

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Jaan Lilles
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Despite the recent publication of a Canadian style guide and The Oxford Canadian Dictionary, a claim that there is no such thing as a distinctively Canadian variety of English

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 3 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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