Posted on 03/05/2006 6:06:52 AM PST by Loyalist
Between them, city councillors Howard Moscoe and Glenn De Baeremaeker have more vowels in their names than most of their colleagues.
But they'd like to buy one more -- the letter U -- for the city.
On Monday, they will try to sweet-talk the administration committee into a policy to buy software with a built-in Canadian spell-check.
"It is our attempt to keep a little bit of Canadian culture alive and well and not to be smothered by the great elephant next door called the United States," said Mr. De Baeremaeker, who represents Scarborough Centre.
"With all the rocket scientists out there, surely when we have our spell-checks they can put in a Canadian dictionary spelling."
The councillor conceded, with a laugh, that the issue may not be at the top of the city's list of worries -- there is that budget hole that's hundreds of millions of dollars deep.
And Mr. De Baeremaeker is not sure whether it would cost extra to add "u" to words, such as labour and colour.
Administration committee member Doug Holyday, a noted penny-pincher, doubts the idea will fly. "It's not a critical issue," Mr. Holyday said.
I don't mind being the elephant next door. Robin Williams, who is Canadian, once said Canada was like a loft apartment over a really great party.
I would think that a special Canadian grammer checker would be more important culturally in order to allow the required end of sentence 'eh'.
What a bunch of hosurs.
I'm sure most Americans, if they are aware of the use of British orthography north of the border, would think it an interesting and colo(u)rful local custom. they certainly wouldn't really care about it or insult Canada for it. But of course, these insecure Canadian pols have to phrase this in the most insulting and derogatory way as something the evil "elephant" the US is trying to impose on poor, defenseless Canada. Why can't they defend British orthography on its own merits rather than turn it into an anti-American project? It's just like the French are turning the EU into an anti-American project. It is this gratuitously demonizing tone that one hears so much out of Canada in recent years that is fast eroding good will that at least this American might have to Canada.
I think it's spelled "hoseurs"
Loseurs
It is a bad thing to be a "hoser" in Canada. I never understood that.....
It is a bad thing to be a "hoser" in Canada. I never understood that.....
Hey Canada: Fck yo!.
I don't know about Canadian but I'm pretty sure MS Word has a U.K. option :-)
LOL! Hey, freeper friends!
We can all emigrate to Canada now - they have solved all of the important issues and are simply working on the little details now.
It really is spelled "Canaduh"?
Dang, I thought that was a joke...
What do I know, I'm just a poseur.
As in
c a n a D U H?
beat me too it!
Get with the programme.
Back at ya, FRiend. eh,
Another classical distinction is between "in hospital" (CAN) and "in the hospital" (US), although lately Canadians have been substituting "on the waiting list."
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