Canadian English
English
Etymology
1857 (Canada), Canadian + English.
Noun
Canadian English (uncountable)
- The variety of the English language used in Canada.
- 1857, Rev. A.C. Geikie, “Canadian English”, in Canadian Journal, v 2, n 11 (September), pp 344–55, reprinted in Elaine Gold and Janice McAlpine eds. (2010), Canadian English: A Linguistic Reader, Strathy Language Unit Occasional Paper n 6, Kingston: Queen’s University:
- [p 49] Not so, however, is it with the modern refinements of our Canadian English. In referring to such a feat here, it would be said, not that he dived, but that he dove.
- [p 52] These and a thousand other examples which might be produced, fully justify the use of the term “Canadian English,” as expressive of a corrupt dialect growing up amongst our population, and gradually finding access to our periodical literature, until it threatens to produce a language as unlike our noble mother tongue as the negro patua, or the Chinese pidgeon English.
- 1857, Rev. A.C. Geikie, “Canadian English”, in Canadian Journal, v 2, n 11 (September), pp 344–55, reprinted in Elaine Gold and Janice McAlpine eds. (2010), Canadian English: A Linguistic Reader, Strathy Language Unit Occasional Paper n 6, Kingston: Queen’s University:
Synonyms
Related terms
- Aboriginal English
- African American English
- African American Vernacular English
- African English
- American English
- Amerindian English
- Anglo-Manx
- Australian Aboriginal English
- Australian English
- Bahamian English
- Bajan English
- Bangladeshi English
- Barbadian English
- Belizean English
- Bermudian English
- British English
- Brunei English
- Cameroonian English
- Caribbean English
- Ceylonese English
- Channel Island English
- Chinese English
- Chinglish
- English English
- Engrish
- European English
- Falkland Islands English
- Gibraltarian English
- Guyanese English
- Hiberno-English
- Hong Kong English
- Hutterite English
- Indian English
- Irish English
- Jamaican English
- Janglish
- Japanese English
- Japanese Engrish
- Japanglish
- Japlish
- Jewish English
- Kenyan English
- Konglish
- Korean English
- Liberian English
- Malawian English
- Malaysian English
- Maltese English
- Manx English
- Mennonite English
- Middle English
- Namibian English
- Namlish
- Nepali English
- New English
- Newfinese
- Newfoundland English
- New Zealand English
- Nigerian English
- North American English
- Northern Irish English
- Old English
- Pakistani English
- Pennsylvania Dutch English
- Pennsylvania German English
- Philippine English
- Scottish English
- Singapore English
- South African English
- Sri Lankan English
- Standard English
- Trinidadian English
- Ugandan English
- Ulster English
- Welsh English
- Yeshiva English
- Yeshivish
References
- “Canadian English”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.