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Old 10-31-2011, 01:08 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Quexos View Post
Aren't you just splitting hairs ?
I thought Canadian English was closer to US English, don't tell me you don't say color or neighbor ?
And while we're at it, do you guys use kilometers or miles ? measure heat in C° or F° ? and are you 1.70m tall or 5'7" ?
I constantly bounce around with color/colour, neighbor/neighbour, armor/armour, etc. but most of the time, I do add the 'U', and it's usually more popular in Canada to add U and use S instead of Z from my experience.

As for measurements, it's a mess in Canada. While most of the time both the metric units and imperial units are listed, for usage, it's mostly (again, in my experience):

Speed and distance are in kilometers/meters, drinks and liquid in general are in liters, and food is in grams/kilograms, height is feet and inches, a house is square feet, electronics are measured in inches...
Outside temperature is in Celsius, but cooking is mostly in Fahrenheit.

It's not easy being Canadian.
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