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bardak
338 days ago
The one subtle difference I've noticed between Canadian and American English is on school grades. American say "first grade" where as Canada say "grade one".
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gpm
338 days ago
Toronto here, I think approximately I'd say first-sixth grade, and grade 7-12. Grade one just sounds wrong though.
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suddenlybananas
338 days ago
Well, Toronto is ground zero for Americanization. First grade sounds super American to my ear, I'd never say it over grade one.
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wk_end
338 days ago
Odd, I grew up in Toronto and Grade 1 sounds fine to me.
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fsckboy
338 days ago
in the US, people tend to say "first grade", but if you say "grade 1" nobody would blink, people say it all the time, teachers, administrators, etc.
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