Canadian English Dictionary

Our word of the week is a 9-letter adjective starting with “Q,” that could be used to describe the following scenes: - A lake at dawn, glassy and mirror-like, undisturbed. - A dormant volcano, serene and silent. - Winter fields, blanketed in snow, heavy with stillness.

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I’m armour for rodents, a risk in the wild, Yet poets and scribes, their writing I've styled. A prickly protector, a pen by design, What am I, where nature and ink do align?

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It's a concept, a measure of cheer, Not counted in time, or money, or beer. When your weekends have zing, And your workdays don't sting, Then you’re winning at life, here here!

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Pop quiz! What familiar phrase meaning “very fast” links Irene Cara’s song about an ambitious dancer, Queen’s anthem for a lightning-speed hero, Parliament’s funk command to "turn it on", and a Rolling Stones album named for a split-second in time?

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Other quilts were raffled off locally to support the war effort. An estimated 300 quilts still exist overseas and are now valued as cultural artifacts that document Canadian women’s underrecognized wartime labour, skills, and collective artistic expression.

Did you know? Canadian women produced an estimated 400,000 quilts during WWII (the number is likely higher, but Canadian Red Cross records are incomplete) to send overseas to comfort soldiers and British families displaced by bombing.

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A banker, a writer, a clerk, All use this word in their work. Whether citing a line, Putting prices on signs, Or tracking a stock market quirk.

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Over time, many brand names have evolved into what we call genericized trademarks, where the brand name is used to reference the product itself, rather than the original manufacturer’s version.

From the specific language of Wolfe Island to how climate change affects language, Anastasia shares her passion for and expertise in language and linguistics. northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/528…

The director of Queen's University's Strathy Language Unit, Dr. Anastasia Riehl, joined the hosts of NCPR's North Words to discuss the reason for and process of creating a Canadian English dictionary, and more. northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/528…

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Red Green, handyman from the north, Made repairs with mainly one source. With a roll silver-grey, He’d just stick it and say, “Problem solved!” (It's a stop-gap, of course.)

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Smooth current hurries Slick glass ripples skim the stones Speed without tumult (Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles)