Does Canadian English exist?

[alturki2002us]

I am wondering too: Does Australian English exist? I guess yes It does!

[konungursvia]

Strine is real, of course, mate! Just go for a captain cook round Sydney.

[Ouisch]

Originally Posted by Soup

Hi Ouisch

Actually,

• Canadians refer to the various years in school as sixth grade and grade six, etc.
• Canadians use "go to the hospital", not "go to hospital."
• Canadians pronounce Newfoundland with primary stress on the 1st syllable, not the second syllable. It's NEWfoundland, where <oun> is pronounced with a schwa, as you noted (i.e., <u>).

I know you're a native, but I beg to differ. Perhaps the difference is province-specific, but I've been listening to and watching CBC news since I was a kid (our local CBC affiliate broadcasts from Windsor, Ontario, but I found the same pronunciation quirks in Niagara Falls and St. Catharines, Ontario (two cities my family frequented many times per year to visit friends/relatives).

Every news report and casual conversation I've heard from the Canadian sources I mentioned above always use the phraseology "in hospital" or "to hospital." For example, note the first sentence in this article, and also this one.

I can't find a clip on YouTube at the moment for demonstration purposes, but I do know that the Windsor/Niagara Falls newscasters always said "newFOUNDland." I've done a bit of research and it appears that this pronunciation might be strictly an Ontarian quirk.

[konungursvia]

Well I'm from Toronto and we say NEWfoundland, and when we hear NewFOUNDland it sounds country bumpkin to us. Also, the usage "to hospital" and "in hospital" sound old-fashioned to us here. We always always say to the hospital, or in the hospital, except for medical professionals who work in hospitals, who use the older sounding (Latin style) usage.

The citations you have included are just telegraphic speech as used in newspaper headlines, where articles are left off in the same way in the USA:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/he...ospital&st=cse

and

Senator Kennedy Rushed to Hospital - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com