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RE: Canadian English (WAS: Writing for a particular audience)
Subject:RE: Canadian English (WAS: Writing for a particular audience) From:"Stuart Rogers" <srogers -at- phoenix-geophysics -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:24:15 -0400
I'm all for recognition of CE by the rest of the world (we in Canada
already accord it that honour), but please don't think that 'precise' as
a verb is included in it. I've *never* heard it used anywhere in the
country. However, as someone else pointed out, 'preciser' is a verb in
French, and many call centres here hire bilingual agents. Easy enough
for an ESL speaker to to be fooled by a false cognate (un faux ami, a
false friend, in French!).
Maybe we need to recognize CCE (Call Centre English)??
Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
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From: bounce-techwr-l-88731 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-88731 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf Of Jan
Henning
Sent: June 8, 2002 2:06 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re(2): Writing for a particular audience
[using 'precise' as a verb]
>I had the presence of mind to ask where her call center was located.
>That's how I found out the term was wide-spread (Toronto and Ottawa,
>Canada)
May be it is time to declare a separate Candian dialect of English (CE),
alongside AE and BE?
Regards
Jan Henning
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