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A Delightful Dictionary for Canadian English by Jesse Sheidlower

A new musical opened on Broadway last week, "Come from Away," about Gander, a small town in Newfoundland that rallied to care for some seven thousand travellers stuck there after their planes were grounded in the aftermath of 9/11. The play celebrates a variety of Canadian habits and customs, of which seemingly compulsive niceness is the main focus. But it also incorporates a wide range of vocabulary specific to Newf…

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 10:00am on March 23, 2017

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