Canadian English
Further encouraging evidence is contained in an article on geekdad.com entitled ‘55 Canadianism You May Not Know or Using Differently’ by the blogger Jules Sherred. Sherred presents 175 individuals with a survey “quizzing them on their knowledge of 82 Canadianisms”. This cohort is then broken down into “104 Americans, 52 Canadians, and 19 people from the following Commonwealth countries: New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, England, and Wales”. Each respondent is presented with a term, a definition and then asked to indicate their level of familiarity with the term if they used it. Sherred identifies that of the 82 Canadianisms, 42 were unfamiliar to Americans, 10 lead to “questionable results”, “three were honourable mentions” (cite), 16 “familiar but not used” (cite) and 11 “familiar and used”. Although not technically bridging gaps from academic to the public domain, Sherred’s work provides insight into the understanding and use of Canadianisms at home and abroad and in so doing promotes awareness and dialogue on the topic.