Do Canadians speak English or have their own language?

Since 1772, a large number of British immigrants have settled in Canada, living in the east coast, red river valley and southern areas of Canada. In the 35 years from 18 15 to 1850, 800,000 British people came to Canada, and they made all provinces except Quebec and Beijing British. Since the beginning of this century, American economy and military have penetrated the whole world, and its culture has also influenced the whole West. As the nearest neighbor, Canada has naturally been greatly affected. Generally speaking, Canadian English has been greatly influenced by British English in history, or British English has a greater influence than American English; But now it is mainly influenced by American English.

Canada is a vast and sparsely populated country. From Toronto to Vancouver, from the grasslands in the midwest to the east coast, the pronunciation of English spoken by Canadians is very different. The number of people who speak common Canadian accounts for about one third of the national population, mainly in Ontario. The English used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is the common English of Canada. In terms of spelling, according to a survey in the 1970s, 65% of Canadians use American spelling, 30% use British spelling, and 5% choose two spellings. Old people everywhere mostly use British English vocabulary, while young people mostly choose American English vocabulary.

There are many "Canadians" in Canadian English, such as chear grit (stubborn liberal) and Confederacy (1867), which reflect the political and historical aspects and establish the dominion of Canada. After that, six provinces participated), Creditiste (party member, Quebec Social Credit Party, Canada), Loyalist (1pro-British faction who moved to Canada in the 1980s), Mountie (member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police), riding (Canadian Constituency) and separate school (Canadian Catholic School).

Words to express the region and its residents: Atlantic Province (Canada's coastal Atlantic Province refers to Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in the east), Bluenose ("green nose" refers to people from Nova Scotia, Canada, where the climate is cold and people's noses are blue. Therefore, it is called), caribou Eskimo (Caribou Eskimo living in northern Canada), Herring-Choker (resident of coastal provinces of Canada), Lower Canada (formerly known as Lower Canada and Quebec, Canada), Maritimes (coastal provinces of Canada, Same as Atlantic provinces), Maritimer (from coastal provinces of Canada), Prairie provinces (Prairie provinces of Canada refer to Manetho, Saskatchewan and Alberta in the southwest), Spud Island ("Potato Island" refers to Prince Edward Island, hence the name), and Upper Canada (Upper Canada refers to Ontario).

Words representing animals and plants: Impatiens canadensis (Impatiens canadensis), Goose canadensis (Goose with Black Frog), Jay canadensis (Jay), Lily canadensis (Lily canadensis), Lynx canadensis (Lynx canadensis), Thistle canadensis (Tian Ji), Douglas fir (Douglas fir) and groundhog.

Loanwords from American Indian languages: carcajou (Mink Bear), caribou (Reindeer), cheechako (Newcomer, Novice), manitou (God, Supernatural Power), muskeg (Mudstone Marsh). Loanwords from French: Acadian (French immigrants and their descendants in Canada's coastal provinces), bateau (flat-bottomed wooden boat), cache (secret), cariole (horse-drawn sleigh), portage (land transportation route), Siwash (Sivos, a disparaging term for North American Indians on the north coast of the Pacific Ocean) and snye (a branch of Canadian rivers).

Usage with Canadian English characteristics: cellar (uninhabited basement), chewsterfield (sitting on the couch), cottage cheese (fresh cottage cheese), firefly, hydro (power plant), jack (and time shooting pigs) and kitty-cornered (diagonal). Oblique), pit (cherry pit), rampike (trunk charred by fire), shivaree (noisy celebration), sleigh (sleigh) and sugar bush (candy garden).

Some words in Canadian English are the same as those in British English, but different from those in American English, such as: blinds (curtain, = curtain), braces (sling, = sling), porridge (porridge, = oatmeal, corn porridge), serviette (napkin, = napkin) and tap (faucet, = faucet). Some words in Canadian English are the same as those in American English, but different from those in British English, such as: gas (gasoline, = oil), apartment (apartment), cookie (biscuit, = biscuit), trash can (trash can, = postman, = postman), thumbtack (thumbtack).