I’m learning how to put things in the past tense. Didn’t do too bad on this exercise, though my verbal translation was running at about 50%. Still, I can’t complain. Sorry it’s been so quiet here, I’ve been moving office this week and otherwise getting started up, especially with GPD responsibilities. Also shepherding people through …
Continue reading “So, you heard about the English, but how’s my French?”
A helpful person directed me to a McGill page that answered my questions with some words, but it looks like I’ll be purchasing a copy of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary. I had a stroke of inspiration this morning and went to MS word to see if there was a “Canadian” setting for the dictionary, and …
I am up early (mostly because I have to be in at 9 for the Big Office Move but also because of the sun) working on a revised document that explains dissertation proposals in Communication Studies. The old document has Canadian spellings. Now here’s the question: do I change them to American spellings? If not, …
Continue reading “Zee or Zed: A Different Kind of Language Politics”
So we got back Friday evening and after the post-trip decompression, I can definitely say we’ll be back to Ottawa. It was a lovely vacation spot, and there was tons of touristy stuff we didn’t even get to (museums, for instance). By and large, the food was great, though apparently they are used to tourists …
This is just a short blog post from my heavily-discounted but not exceptionally huge suite in Ottawa. We’re on day 3 (though Monday was a partial day) and missions are being accomplished. The interview went well and my source may well lead me to other interesting people. We are getting a lot of writing done. …
Continue reading “Ottawa: It’s Not Montreal but It Sure as Hell is Canadian”
After a successful birthday party (many props to our aweseome guests!) and a day of recovery, we are heading off to Ottawa for a week of research, writing and relaxation. That’s not as oxymoronic as it sounds. I might even blog. We’ll see. New Toy I figured I might actually want to scan something on …
This just arrived in my mailbox. It’s probably just the right form letter this time, but I’ll take it: Greetings from Amazon.ca. Thank you for contacting us to bring this matter to our attention. Our goal is to support freedom of expression and to provide customers with the broadest selection possible so they can find, …
