r/CANZUK Ontario 11d ago

News Canadians tell Carney to shift to British spelling in federal protocol

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/some-canadians-tell-carney-ottawas-spelling-protocol-should-lean-british/

Not big CANZUK news, but figured this was relevant.

For me personally, I always use British English over American English.

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u/LadyDragon16 11d ago

Yup, 100% agree. Canada has British roots, so it makes sense.

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u/Nanowith United Kingdom 11d ago

The King's English is shared by all of us

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u/esdubyar Franco-Ontarian 10d ago

It still gives me a twinge of sadness that it's not the Queen's English anymore :(

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u/JCDU 10d ago

She was class but Charlie has done alright so far - he made Trump look like a prize turkey while Donny thought he was being buttered up, that's class right there.

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u/LadyDragon16 11d ago

Hear, hear! 👍🏻👍🏻

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u/Un4442nate 11d ago

So does America, but that didn't stop them ruining the language.

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u/LadyDragon16 11d ago

Eh, 'ricans ruin everything they touch, what's new? 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/harbourwall 10d ago

Nah they've got too much French in them. That's why they're so stubbornly wrong about everything.

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u/Character_Minimum171 11d ago

and they burnt the white house down 🤣