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Sex, Gender and Pronouns: Using the Correct Pronouns for Inclusiveness

November 17, 2020 | Filed under: Barbara McClintock

In the U.S. presidential election this month, the first openly transgender woman, Sarah McBride, won a seat in the Delaware State Senate. It’s a milestone for diversity and one that has an impact on our work as writers and editors. Striving to ensure the equality of men and women in …

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Emergency Linguistics: The Translation of Public Health Information in Emergency Situations

August 4, 2020 | Filed under: Barbara McClintock

Every act of communication is an act of translation. Gregory Rabassa, translator of Spanish and Portuguese fiction The translation of public health information is critical in emergency situations, particularly in a country like Canada that welcomes thousands of immigrants every year whose mother tongue is not English or French. A …

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The Language of Political Commentary: From Nadir to Zenith

April 28, 2020 | Filed under: Barbara McClintock

Jean-Paul Sartre, author of Huis Clos, wrote L’enfer, c’est les autres (Hell is other people). Maybe that’s true in a pandemic. However, in this period of social distancing and self-isolation, we still have the luxury of reading. In particular, I’m rereading the excellent book titled The Mother Tongue – English …

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The Singular “They” — Conjugations and Some Particularities

February 18, 2020 | Filed under: Barbara McClintock

Conjugating the singular “they” Gender-neutral writing is fairly new. The Canadian government started using the terms “gender” or “gender identity” when referring to a person’s sex (unless referring to anatomical characteristics related to reproduction or development) in Canadian legislation in 2017. Most writers in Canada already avoid using “he” and …

Canadianisms and the Oxford English Dictionary

Survey of Canadianisms

December 10, 2019 | Filed under: Barbara McClintock

These days, language professionals in Canada are starting to turn to the online Oxford English Dictionary (OED) or other reference books to replace the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, which is now 15 years old and not likely to be re-edited. An interesting initiative has been started at the University of Toronto …

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The Demise of a Dictionary: Is the Canadian Oxford Dictionary a Victim of its Own Success?

October 1, 2019 | Filed under: Barbara McClintock, General EAC

The second and possibly last edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary was published in 2004. Why hasn’t the Oxford University Press published a new edition in 15 years? There isn’t an up-to-date Canadian dictionary in print.

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