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Re:Ask HN: Do people care about flags when selecting a site ... by GiraffeNecktie on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @11:17AM (#755380)
It's not quite true that Canadians have dropped British spelling. Careful writers still follow British conventions, but no Canadian will be bothered by US spelling on a site that is directed at an American or international audience. Some people will notice and mind if the site appears to be a Canadian site targeted at Canadians (e.g. a Canadian government site).
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Re:Ask HN: Do people care about flags when selecting a site ... by jacquesm on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @01:31PM (#755758)
Well, I've lived there in total for about 5 years and nobody in all that time ever remarked on this, but I did notice that older Canadians tend to favour (...) British-English spelling, the younger generation is much more US-English slanted.

Agreed on the governmental stuff, that's where the big differences are, but then again, those have to be bi-lingual anyway.

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