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punderwoman.bsky.social
What's a lawyer's favourite drink? Subpoena colada.

#dadjoke #CanadianEnglish
February 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
punderwoman.bsky.social
I recently took up fencing.

The neighbours said they'll call the police if I don't put it back.

#dadjoke #CanadianEnglish
January 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
kchew.bsky.social
My husband is a man of many talents. #dictionaries #lexicography #CanadianEnglish
canadiandictionary.bsky.social Canadian English Dictionary @canadiandictionary.bsky.social · Nov 23
Team member highlight! Meet John (@poslfit.bsky.social), our Editor-in-Chief. John was raised by polyglot academics, studied classics and mathematics, and works as a Scrabble consultant and executive, lexicographer, and full-stack election software developer. [1/2]
November 23, 2024 at 12:54 AM
nordicprairielife.bsky.social
Did your Alberta family call the evening meal dinner or supper—and did your parents and grandparents use the same word?

#AlbertaHistory #PrairieLife #CanadianEnglish #NordicPrairieLife

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August 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
carsjam.bsky.social
Supporting #CanadianEnglish: It's a labour of love. 👊🇨🇦❤️
December 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
warstoriessociety.bsky.social
🇨🇦 To exhibit true honour and valour, be sure to set your dictionary to Canadian English. 🤣

#CanadianEnglish #HonourAndValour #Honour #Valour #CanadianPride #JokeoftheDay
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
thetorontonian.bsky.social
The HOAX of #DonaldTrump 🏴‍☠️🩸👧 🗣️🤡
Translation #CanadianEnglish to #AmericanEnglish:
🏴‍☠️ Crook: Convicted 34-Times
🩸 Bloody Killer: Iranian+Gaza Children Blood
👧 Girls/Women Sexual Abuser: Convicted
🗣️ Compulsive Liar: Trump Proves It Daily
🤡 Idiot Clown: His Mother Called It
September 20, 2026 at 2:00 AM
2gd4.me
#AmericanEnglish and #CanadianEnglish speakers, help me settle a bet: which of the words “even”, “English”, “inkwell”, and “image” start with the same vowel? #𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 #linguistics #phonetics #poll
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November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
thetorontonian.bsky.social
#USAbuzz The HOAX of #DonaldTrump 🏴‍☠️🩸👧 🗣️🤡
- Translation from #CanadianEnglish to #AmericanEnglish:
🏴‍☠️ Crook: Convicted 34-Times
🩸 Bloody Killer: Iranian+Gaza Children Blood
👧 Girls/Women Sexual Abuser: Convicted
🗣️ Compulsive Liar: Trump Proves It Daily
🤡 Idiot Clown: His Mother Called It
➡️ Narcissist
thetorontonian.bsky.social The Torontonian🍁🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇱 🇮🇱 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🏒⚽️ @thetorontonian.bsky.social · 18d
#USA - Message to our American neighbors South of 49th parallel: We Hear You, We feel Your Pain, But Upon Your Country's Declaration Of War On Our Country Canada, We Are Responding In Kind 💪
THE CHOICE IS YOURS:
FIGHT AGAINST THE NAZI FASCIST MALICE DESTROYING YOUR COUNTRY AND DO THE RIGHT THING!
September 21, 2026 at 6:56 PM
jenniferhurd.bsky.social
Life as a historical lexicographer: when you have the #ComeFromAway soundtrack on loop in your headphones because it's the perfect backdrop for the day's research.

#CanadianEnglish #AtlanticCanada #lexicography
August 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
canadiandictionary.bsky.social
Who ya gonna call? QUACKBUSTER!

Definition status: draft original

#CanadianEnglish #CanE #CanadianEnglishDictionary #Lexicography #Linguistics
Definition of quackbuster on a white background with a grey border. A graphic of a detective in the bottom right corner with duck prints leading to a graphic of a duck in the top right corner.
April 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
thetorontonian.bsky.social
#USAbuzz By now World knows #DonaldTrump 🏴‍☠️🩸👧 🗣️🤡 as a HOAX;
#CanadianEnglish to #AmericanEnglish:
🏴‍☠️ Crook: Convicted 34-Times
🩸 Bloody Killer: Iranian+Gaza Children Blood
👧 Girls/Women Sexual Abuser: Convicted
🗣️ Compulsive Liar: Trump Proves It Daily
🤡 Idiot Clown: His Mother Called It
🤢 Coward
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September 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
xtianbaines.bsky.social
Dear Aussie friends. #CanadianEnglish is a bastardized Prometheus of English, American, French, First Nations and Arctic Sass. Please do not @ me about 'American' spelling. I know what I'm doing. Sorry.
May 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
garthvb.bsky.social
All about the updated Dictionary of Canadianisms! 🇨🇦 🦫 And you can take the quiz, too! #Canada #Canadians #Canadianslang #CanadianEnglish

magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2025/arts-hu...
137 more reasons to love Canadian English
With 137 new entries and a fresh design, UBC’s Dictionary of Canadianisms is better than ever.
magazine.alumni.ubc.ca
August 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
canadiandictionary.bsky.social
*note to self* Does not mean standing near quarters. #CEDPhraseOfTheWeek
Definition status: draft original
#CanadianEnglish #CanE #CanadianEnglishDictionary
Definition of “at close quarters”.
August 14, 2024 at 11:40 AM
canadiandictionary.bsky.social
4 sides, 4 corners, multiple different shapes. That’s this week’s word of the week.
Definition status: draft original

#CanadianEnglish #CanE #CanadianEnglishDictionary #Lexicography #Linguistics
Definition of quadrilateral on a geometric white and black background.
February 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
canadiandictionary.bsky.social
Some people assume Canadians cherry-pick American and British language conventions, but #CanadianEnglish is its own variant. That’s just one reason we need a #CanadianEnglishDictionary 🧵 [1/5]
“Why do we need a Canadian English Dictionary?” on a Canadian flag with the CED logo in the centre.
July 1, 2024 at 4:31 PM
canadiandictionary.bsky.social
In the case of this #CED WordOfTheWeek, one abbreviation can mean multiple things. Because English isn’t already confusing enough…
#CanadianEnglish #CanE #CanadianEnglishDictionary #Lexicography #Linguistics
Definition of QB with a football in the top right corner.
September 19, 2024 at 12:07 AM
canadiandictionary.bsky.social
Remember Zoboomafoo? Ya, he was quadrumanous.

Definition status: draft original

#CanadianEnglish #CanE #CanadianEnglishDictionary #Lexicography #Linguistics
Definition of quadrumanous on a black background. Lemur graphic in the top right corner and lemur footprints in the bottom left corner.
March 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
canadiandictionary.bsky.social
Like a bike, but with double the wheels! Also double the fun?
Definition status: draft original

#CanadianEnglish #CanE #CanadianEnglishDictionary #Lexicography #Linguistics
Definition of quad bike on a white and grey background, with a graphic of a quad bike in the top left corner.
March 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
blakehamiltonca.bsky.social
Totally agreed. Canadian English has its own identity. A federal shift to British spelling feels like colonial backsliding & unnecessary anti-Americanism. Let’s celebrate our own standards, not borrow from others for no good reason.
www.ctvnews.ca/canad...
#cdnpoli #LanguageMatters #CanadianEnglish
Canadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spelling
Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
hardboiledenglish.bsky.social
How well do you understand English grammar?
Learn more with ENGLISH WEIRDNESS

#englishteachers #grammar #youtube #TESOL #esl #studyabroad #presentcontinuos #girlfight #roommates #canadianEnglish

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Present Continuous vs. Present Simple: "The Dishes Don't Wash Themselves"
YouTube video by The Grammar Detective
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November 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
canadiandictionary.bsky.social
Covid, and classes, and cohorts, oh my! Many Canadian high schools adopted this schedule system in 2020.

Definition status: draft original

#CanadianEnglish #CanE #CanadianEnglishDictionary #Lexicography #Linguistics
Definition of quadmester on a white and grey background. A yellow graphic of a school in the bottom left corner.
March 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
jenniferhurd.bsky.social
Need to swing by the dep to pick up some milk? Have memories of acquiring many, many duotangs for the start of school?

Duotang, pharmacare, Chiac, dep, and advance poll are among this quarter's additions to the OED - among others: www.oed.com/discover/new...

#canada #canadianenglish #lexicography
New words from around the world in the OED June 2025 update
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June 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ethnographer.bsky.social
So, apparently it's just "cartographic bias" (Canadians refer to it as American hegemony), & #Google is fixing it. Maybe next we can get them to add #CanadianEnglish to the spellcheck, so we can stop using American or British English (neither of which is correct).
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 🇨🇦
Google says it's updating Canadian parks listed as state parks in its search and maps | CBC News
The categorization pre-dates 51st state rhetoric but is getting fresh attention with concerns over sovereignty. The categorization is also used by other services including Bing and TripAdvisor.
www.cbc.ca
February 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM