Finally, my second book is out:
Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours: How to Feel Good About Canadian English

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   (2006.09.11)

For a while there, the easiest path to a British car was to buy a Honda.

Silver corrugated metal A-frame building has red-and-white-striped fence along the front, with red two-door car parked at the left

They aren’t bringing them into the country anymore (first it was due to exchange rates, then because they stopped making them). That was to my chagrin, as I adore these brutalist slabs.

   (2006.09.11)

130 words that are spelled differently in the U.S., the U.K., and of course Canada

   (2006.09.10)
Two-pipe panel labelled SPRINKLER SYSTEM is installed in a stone wall
   (2006.09.09)

Try to determine on which plane each of these visible objects is located.

Fence with DANGER sign, flat bed of truck, London-style red sightseeing bus, arm reading HEAVY LIFT, concrete wall, house
   (2006.09.09)

Reader’s guide to September 2006 court ruling in NFB v. Target lawsuit on Web accessibility

   (2006.09.09)

How to react when Google comes calling?

   (2006.09.07)

Lynne Russel is back on TV – in Canada – and I’m tracking her accent!

   (2006.09.07)
Opened doors, blocked off with green tape, lead to a dark interior and sit under a sign reading Air-treated separate

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