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Originally posted by scottie@Aug 16 2004, 03:23 PM
Does anyone have a link to a webpage that succinctly describes the differences between Canadian & British (or American) English? I'd quite like to know how to spell things on here so as not to look like a heathen! (Not that a lot of you care about spelling, it seems!!!  )
Cheers! 
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http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm
This site has a fairly good synopsis. I studied journalism when I was younger, and we used the Canadian Press handbook, which seems to be the most respected word in what, exactly, is proper Canadian style. As the link above notes (quoting Leacock), we tend to use something close to English for literature, and something closer to American English for spoken conversation.