canadian english
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The variety of the English language used in Canada.
Example Sentences
- "[p 49] Not so, however, is it with the modern refinements of our Canadian English. In referring to such a feat here, it would be said, not that he dived, but that he dove. [p 52] These and a thousand other examples which might be produced, fully justify the use of the term “Canadian English,” as expressive of a corrupt dialect growing up amongst our population, and gradually finding access to our periodical literature, until it threatens to produce a language as unlike our noble mother tongue as the negro patua, or the Chinese pidgeon English."
Phrases
Aboriginal English
African-American English
African American Vernacular English
African English
American English
Amerindian English
Anglo-Manx
Australian Aboriginal English
Frequently Paired Words
Aboriginal English
African-American English
African American Vernacular English
African English
American English
Amerindian English
Anglo-Manx
Australian Aboriginal English