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in reply to a message by Sabrina Fair
Thanks for those, I usually just explore newspapers. More fun for me! The naming culture in the states is *so* very different from Canada, once you get past the top hundred or so names. Weird, in two countries which are more alike than different, for the most part.
The Brier Cup is the men's curling championship in Canada- that's my association with that spelling!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons_Brier
The Brier Cup is the men's curling championship in Canada- that's my association with that spelling!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons_Brier
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really? [m]
what names do they use in Canada?
what names do they use in Canada?
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I worded that wrongly...names are similar in Canada compared to the US, but there are subtle differences. Essentially- from my limited observations- Canadians tend to use fewer Old Testament names, more traditional names and fewer kre8tiv-type names. The chic names in Canada mirror the US, but also take more from the UK/Australia name pools, too. For example, Beatrice, Imogen and Matilda (and the odd Lois) come up fairly frequently on Canadian birth announcements, but none of those is in the american top-1000; on the boys' side, I know/have seen birth announcements for a fair number of Canadian baby boys called Ewan, Oscar, Frederick and Hamish. It's just a different mix!
Canada doesn't track national statistics for names (the sillies), but the Globe and Mail is the national newspaper in Canada, it usually ahas a small collection of births each week. otherwise, I look through local papers, and the provincial lists (actually, I found those from a poster on this board!)
Canada doesn't track national statistics for names (the sillies), but the Globe and Mail is the national newspaper in Canada, it usually ahas a small collection of births each week. otherwise, I look through local papers, and the provincial lists (actually, I found those from a poster on this board!)
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