Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Canadian, Eh

I wasn't going to bother posting today, but I thought this was a cute image.

This, about Canadian English, is truer than you might think, and for online spellchecks we usually have to choose between British and American. I tend to choose American, but then I have to verify when it tells me a spieling is wrong. Such spelling usually involves the doubling of consonants, as before an ing ending for example.

Photo Ops are sparse these days. This is a recent one, taken from the trail bridge before it traverses over the water. It is a colour photo btw; it has NOT been processed into b&w. Our Unmighty Mississippi River flows in the background.




13 comments:

  1. Nice photo of winter. It sure looks black and white in so many ways.
    You captured winter in such fine form.

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  2. I’m quite pleased to learn Canadian English – Eddie Young’s no no. Idioms! So that’s the extent of my dictation today. I do like your non-black-and-white photo of the not so great Mississippi. It looks very peaceful, which is what I count on from you. Canadians!

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  3. It's amazing that the photo isn't black and white. Color me surprised! My spell check doesn't like any British spellings, but I ignore it sometimes.

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  4. Apparently spellchecker missed telling you that the " spieling is wrong". Sorry, couldn't resist!
    I choose British English all the way.

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  5. Woah, that does look black & white!

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  6. I like that image too, says so much about being Canadian!

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  7. Excellent observation!

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  8. I see chicken wire around the base of two trees. Beaver prevention?

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  9. Even when I drag myself out for a walk there seems to be little to take a pic of anywhere.

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  10. It does look black and white. Nice picture though. I love seeing snow but am glad we don't get a lot of it.

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  11. I tend to pick British English on the contrary huh

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  12. I laughed at the Canadian illustration. So true! Beautiful photo.

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