#bilingualism

Some departments in national defence, Armed Forces to toss bilingualism requirement A change by the federal government now means Canada’s national defence and Armed Forces units will use the language of the region they are in, meaning employees will only have to speak both French and English in places designated as bilingual. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7297614?cmp=rss

In Canada one way we do bilingual signage is just to overlap the common bits. For example, there might be a street named “Smith Street” in English or “Rue Smith” in French, so the street sign will say “Rue Smith Street”. I’ve been waiting for some builder with a sense of humour to make a “Rue McClanahan Street” or a “Rue The Day Street”. The other one that amuses me is Shower Gel, or “Gel Douche” in French. Because it sounds like the labels on the bottle are insulting you. “What’s in this bottle?” “Shower Gel, DOUCHE” #canada #bilingualism

@Energetic_Nova@mastodon.social well is like oneders Vs wonders, you just have to think that pseudo-phonetic alphabet is a cross breed between English with Spanish pronunciation. If there are two uppercase OO = /u/ as in mood. if it's ee is like /i/ like in pee or sheep. While every single consonant is pronounced the same way as in Spanish. What's American English if not the original descriptive British English that has been adjusted to Spanish prescriptive mode since half the US has such a strong Spanish influence. The result: everything is much closer written to the way it is pronounced. Wonders vs Oneders. #Bilingualism