I suggest you look for source material on World Englishes.  Vivian Cook has done some work in this area. The phenomenon of having different varieties of English in South Africa, Hong Kong, as well as the traditional major groups in England, Canada, Australia are the supbect of comparative studies.  So use either World Englishes or Global English in your search.   Others on this list probably have more specific places for you to look.   Good Luck.

Wm. Peter MacMonagle, M.Ed. 
Central Piedmont Community College 
Community Development/Workplace Basic Skills 
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"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world 
that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
"Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice." 
Terry Pratchett, Sourcery




From: Tomas Nilsson
Sent: Sat 12/2/2006 5:42 PM
To: workplace at nifl.gov
Subject: [Workplace 491] Canadian vs. American english (spelling & formatting)


Hello,

May I post another question to this group? 

How would one go about to "detect" major differences between American English and Canadian English spelling (if there are any...)? Any references you can point me to that <might> discuss these issues? 

Cheers,

Tomas Nilsson
 
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