Canadian English

　Canadian English is a mixture of American and British English,/as well as French.// Canada was a colony of England/and uses British spelling,/but the pronunciation is closer to American English.// The Canadian pronunciation is similar/across the country.// A person from Toronto sounds like someone from Vancouver,/even though the cities are over 4,000 kilometers apart.//
　Canada has two official languages,/English and French.// As a result,/there are many French words/in Canadian English.// For example,/Americans say “knit cap,”/while Canadians say “tuque,”/a French word.//
　Finally,/Canadians often use “eh?”/at the end of a statement.// It’s not really a question.// The speaker wants you to share the same feeling or opinion,/like “ne? ” in Japanese.// When you speak English,/say “eh?”/instead of “ne? ”/and you will sound Canadian!//