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Canada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling

85 pointsby haunterlast Monday at 9:15 PM230 commentsview on HN

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shadowgovtlast Tuesday at 5:44 PM

Unlike the US, Canada does have official languages so this is very much a request that the PM comply with the law.

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WesolyKubeczeklast Tuesday at 5:22 PM

If this has to be his biggest flaw, so be it, and I envy Canada a lot.

TMWNNlast Tuesday at 6:42 AM

It's a wonder he doesn't use American spelling. Carney went to Harvard undergrad, as did his rival in the Liberal leadership contest to succeed Trudeau earlier this year before the election.

Put another way, neither Carney nor Freeland has a post-high school degree of any kind from a Canadian school.

techterrierlast Tuesday at 4:57 PM

sorry

p1ddalast Tuesday at 6:49 AM

English is my second language and I feel free to use either 'analyze' and 'analyse'. 'Analyze' looks slightly cooler though.

50208last Tuesday at 5:52 PM

Sounds like something his opponents would use to try and gin up fake outrage. So dumb.

hamonryeyesterday at 10:54 PM

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catlover76last Tuesday at 6:31 PM

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unsupp0rtedlast Tuesday at 6:08 PM

It's silly for there to be such a thing as Canadian Spelling.

British spelling, USA spelling... just pick one and move on.

Ideally all English-speaking countries would go for something more phonetic, but economic power and inertia trumps simplicity.

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