O Canada!
Monday, March 19, 2007 by Erin
Check out this lovely story about the new revision of the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Words mentioned in the article include timbits, parkade, grow-op, and BlackBerry. (Didn't know the BlackBerry was a Canadian invention? Me either.)
Have a Canadianism of your own to submit? There's an email link in the article.
Just what is a Canadianism?
Walter Avis, editor of the first dictionary, defined it as “a word, expression or meaning which is native to Canada or which is distinctively characteristic of Canadian usage though not necessarily exclusive to Canada.”
Words mentioned in the article include timbits, parkade, grow-op, and BlackBerry. (Didn't know the BlackBerry was a Canadian invention? Me either.)
Have a Canadianism of your own to submit? There's an email link in the article.
Labels: Canada, historical_dictionaries
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