Uploaded March 2018 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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With more dialects of English than anywhere in North America, it’s safe to say we have a way with words. Our fascinating mosaic of phrases, accents, and words help make our speech as colourful as the land where it is spoken.

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Historical footage credit: Library and Archives Canada: Acc. No. R9266-1624 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana; The Rooms Provincial Archives Division: Alfred Cecil Hale Bowen Fonds, Bowring Bros. shipping drums of fish for Brazil, Fonds MG 313, Item VA 35-18.1; Archives and Special Collections, Memorial University; Maritime History Archive, Memorial University