Canadian vocab vs American and British

[monia83]

Hello everybody I'm currently writing MA thesis concerning Canadian English. My practical section of this dissertation is to involve the analysis of Canadian Vocabulary and I do need your help (especially of CANADIANS). I would be REALLY grateful if U could give me answers to the following survey:
1. Which way of spelling do U prefer: odour/odor, colour/color, centre/center, foetus/fetus, licence/license, dialogue/dialog, jewellery/jewelry, criticise/criticize, formulae/formulas, tyre/tire, program/programme
2.Do U ever use any of these words (if yes how often): serviette, chesterfield
3. Which words do you use in everyday life: autumn/fall, biscuit/cookie, chemist's/drugstore, crisps/chips, football/soccer, garden/yard, lift/elevator
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[MrPedantic]

Hello Monia

I'm not sure if you want my comments (I'm a BrE speaker), but here they are:

1. odour, colour, centre, foetus, licence/license [both; former as noun, latter as verb], dialogue [except in an IT connection, where I would talk about a "dialog box"], jewelry, criticise/criticize [both: the former at work, the latter in my own time], formulae/formulas [both; the former in a scientific or technical context, the latter elsewhere], tyre, program/programme [both; the former in an IT context, the latter for e.g. tv programmes]

2. serviette, chesterfield [neither]

3. autumn, biscuit/cookie [both], chemist's, crisps, football, garden, lift

All the best,

MrP

[Ouisch]

Originally Posted by monia83

Hello everybody I'm currently writing MA thesis concerning Canadian English. My practical section of this dissertation is to involve the analysis of Canadian Vocabulary and I do need your help (especially of CANADIANS). I would be REALLY grateful if U could give me answers to the following survey:
1. Which way of spelling do U prefer: odour/odor, colour/color, centre/center, foetus/fetus, licence/license, dialogue/dialog, jewellery/jewelry, criticise/criticize, formulae/formulas, tyre/tire, program/programme

odor, color, center, fetus, license, dialogue, jewelry, criticize, formulae, tire, program

2.Do U ever use any of these words (if yes how often): serviette, chesterfield

No. I say "napkin" and "couch" or "sofa"

3. Which words do you use in everyday life: autumn/fall, biscuit/cookie, chemist's/drugstore, crisps/chips, football/soccer, garden/yard, lift/elevator

I use both, but usually say "fall;" If I'm referring to an actuaL bisuit (such as the type you get served with sausage gravy for breakfast), then I say "biscuit." Otherwise, it's a cookie. Drugstore, chips, football (unless it's the game with men in little shorties kicking a round, black and white ball, then it's soccer). The garden is the part of the yard when flowers and/or vegetables grow. The yard is the grassy part of the property. Elevator.

Thx also for filling these info:
Age:
Sex:
Province and territory:
Town:
Education (primary/secondary/ higher education):

Age: Only my birth certificate knows the truth
Sex: Female
State: Michigan
Town: Birmingham (just north of Detroit)
Education: Bachelor's Degree