Canadian English

Canadian English is different both from American and from British English.The myth of Canadian English.J. K. Chambers, Canadian English: 250 Years in the Making, Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 1998.English is the second most widely spoken language in the world.As so many people speak English in so many countries, there are many different Englishes.The government, The BBC, The Universities, uses it and it is often called Queen’s English.American English is the variety of the English spoken in the United States.An Englishman goes to the town center to see a film while an American goes downtown to see a movie.It contains, therefore, some clues to the true nature of our Canadian Identity.Many of the Canadian dictionaries embrace the fact that they are overtly political acts.