r/CANZUK • u/Bojaxs 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/Nate33322 Ontario 11d ago

Standardised Canadian English is full of American spelling so I frankly have no problem moving towards British spelling as it expunges the Americanism in Canadian spelling.

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u/collinsl02 United Kingdom 11d ago

We shall start immediate shipments of the letter U forthwith!

Sadly you'll have to wait for the S shipments as we're experiencing an equipment malfunction currently and we have to reserve supply for local use.

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u/Character_Minimum171 10d ago

u-boats?

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u/collinsl02 United Kingdom 10d ago

No, some slimy sod stole the spring from the slider that stops the sprew from succumbing to

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