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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Volume 21 SPEAKING CANADIAN ENGLISH Page Intentionally Left Blank SPEAKING CANADIAN ENGLISH An Informal Account of the English Language in Canada MARK M. ORKIN RRoutledge Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published in 1971 This edition first published in 2015 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business ©1971 Mark M. Orkin All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-138-92111-5 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-315-68654-7 (Set) (ebk) ISBN: 978-1-138-91042-3 (Volume 21) (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-69344-6 (Volume 21) (ebk) Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. SPEAKING CANADIAN ENGLISH An Informal Account of the English Language in Canada by MARK M. ORKIN LONDON ROUTLEDGE AND KEGAN PAUL LTD First published in Great Britain 1971 by Routledge &,Kegan Paul Ltd Broadway House 68-74 Carter Lane London EC4V 5EL ©1971 Mark M. Orkin No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism. ISBN 0 7100 7004 7 Printed by W. & G. Baird Ltd in Northern Ireland TO IRENE Page Intentionally Left Blank They have been at a greatf east of languages, and stolen the scraps. l o ve’s l abo ur ’s l ost

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