Ornacopa

It's our game and we still own it!

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@adelineday You got that right.
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adelineday

@Ornacopa Are you talking about hockey?
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I can summarize Canadian culture in a single word.
          
          Colourize.

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@adelineday Yes, they are the hegemon after all.
            
            “Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.”
            
            I think Canadian spelling is a part of Canadian identity. That's why I thought it was hilarious when that Vancouver club posted the sign “Forever neighbours, never neighbors”.
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adelineday

@Ornacopa To be honest, I sometimes do a similar thing in my writing. 
            
            British spelling is supposed to be the correct way in Australia and teachers are pedantic about it in primary school, but it's been hard not to adopt a few American habits since then.
            
            I guess it's to be expected when the USA dominates the English-speaking world.
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Ornacopa

@adelineday I think a lot of Canadians have the misconception that we use British spelling rather than American spelling when Canadian spelling is actually a little bit of both.
            
            Hence, colour, honour, and neighbour.
            But also, realize, analyze, and authorize.
            
            Which is why we end up with colourize.
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I can't believe I accidentally deleted a paragraph from my chapter. This is what I erased and added back in:
          Lake Ontario seemed like a dark abyss stretching toward the horizon. Somewhere out there far past the Toronto Islands, hiding in its moonless waters, was the umibōzu still at large. Even though I'd lived beside the lake my whole life, I still found it a little hard to fathom its size. I had no idea where the creature could be, but either we would find it or it would find us eventually. I dreaded and anticipated the inevitable confrontation. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/312582618-foxfire-veil-of-the-nine-phantoms