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Old Jul 27, 2012 | 1:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Yaatri
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Canadians are doing what the rest of the world is--increasingly conforming to Americanism. It presents a confusing picturw to the world.
But the weird thing is, a lot of the words thought of as 'Americanisms' are actually British English words that have fallen into disuse in favour of others.
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