A Lifeline for an Endangered Language
U of T linguists have partnered with an Indigenous community member to bring the Munsee dialect back from the brink of extinction
Linguistics
Do You Know Toronto Slang?
Youth are drawing from several languages spoken by the city’s immigrants to create a novel form of English
The Great Canadian Word Hunt
Canadian meanings of “soaker” and “bush party” don’t exist in the Oxford English Dictionary. A U of T linguistics prof is aiming to change that
I’ll Rassle You for a Dozen Up!
Small-town Ontario English preserves older terms that have fallen out of use in the province’s larger cities
OMG I Luv IM
Teens use a lot of instant messaging terms, but not in spoken conversation, study finds
You Say Tomato…
Retiring linguistics prof identified unique characteristics of Canadian speech
Rad! I Went Endo on My Dual Boinger and Got John Boy’ed!
A not-so-definitive guide to mountain biking slang
The Power of Television
A popular sitcom may be changing the way we speak
In Search of Yiddish
A Toronto couple’s gift will help preserve a declining language
The Gay Voice
Some men may subconsciously adopt certain female speech patterns
U.S. of Eh?
Canadian English is not being Americanized to the extent once thought, and in fact the reverse is also happening