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General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising. Basically, the diphthong “ai ” --as in "by" or...

Here is a witty article about the dialect 'Strine' spoken by many people in Australia: http://www.convictcreations.com/culture/strine.htm A quote from this article: "As a nation, Americans are one-way communicators with the rest of the world. Via Hollywood and their sitcoms, they have...

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