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Old 10-22-2014, 09:16 PM   #768
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Originally Posted by Red-Mile-DJ View Post
Watching CNN, Fox, NBC, etc (basically any US media) ...it's driving me nuts how they keep on saying "Ottawa, Canada" rather than "Ottawa, Ontario." Yes, it's the same thing, but they never say the name of Provinces in their reports.

"Vancouver, Canada"
"Toronto, Canada"
"Calgary, Canada"
We do exactly the same thing. How many times have you said or thought or heard on the news "Paris, Īle-de-France" or "Sydney, New South Wales."
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