How might a conservation biologist apply the theory of island biogeography in a national park
1 . Canadian English is an odd duck, a weird amalgam of American English and our British roots. 2  Canadian spelling keeps the 'u' in words like honour, colour and valour. 3  Canada switched over to the metric system decades ago, while the U.S. is one of the few countries that still use the imperial system.
Many of the differences between American and British English date back to a time when spelling was not widely standardized. For instance, some spellings seen as American today were once commonly used in Britain; and vice versa.