A new musical opened on Broadway last week, “Come from Away,” about Gander, a small town in Newfoundland that rallied to care for some seven thousand travellers stuck there after their planes were ...

As a hockey player, Andrew Bray was familiar with the slang thrown around the "barn" (hockey arena). As a linguist, he wanted to understand how sport-specific jargon evolved and permeated across teams ...

OTTAWA — It seems some Canadians feel quite at home with the federal government's preference for British spelling.

The elusive Canadian identity is often defined by what it isn't, a spirit of absence that may explain what's gone missing from the story of our language. Canada doesn't have its own dictionary. Ten ...

America’s neighbour resisted annexation by the US and its people remained subjects of the British monarch. But Canada’s English isn’t British or American, writes James Harbeck. Canadian does exist as ...

As fans of “Degrassi,” poutine, and aggressive politeness are aware, the Canadian accent is very similar to the American one—particularly the Upper Midwestern region (you betcha!). Still, several ...

Canadians wear toques in winter and running shoes in summer, not “beanies” or “trainers.” We like a double double at Timmy’s, but the rising cost of coffee beans might put it over a toonie; we may ...

Linguists say the prime minister’s use of ‘s’ instead of ‘z’ breaks national English conventions Mark Carney says that amid a fundamental shift to the nature of globalisation, his government will ...

With Canadian spelling under threat, we must use vigour to mount a defence. By utilizing Canadian spelling, we endeavour to distinguish ourselves from the behaviour of our neighbour, and honour our ...

You made it all the way to the bottom of the article. That makes you some serious Tyee Builder material. What’s a Tyee Builder, you ask? It’s a person, a reader, who has decided they want to be part ...

Hockey players are famous for their distinctive jargon, but while researching this phenomenon, a linguist and hockey player realized another interesting pattern in hockey speech: American hockey ...