Do You Know Toronto Slang?
Youth are drawing from several languages spoken by the city’s immigrants to create a novel form of English
Youth are drawing from several languages spoken by the city’s immigrants to create a novel form of English
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
Small-town Ontario English preserves older terms that have fallen out of use in the province’s larger cities
Teens use a lot of instant messaging terms, but not in spoken conversation, study finds
Retiring linguistics prof identified unique characteristics of Canadian speech
Canadian English is not being Americanized to the extent once thought, and in fact the reverse is also happening