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bardak | 7 months 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|7 months ago

Toronto here, I think approximately I'd say first-sixth grade, and grade 7-12. Grade one just sounds wrong though.

suddenlybananas|7 months ago

Well, Toronto is ground zero for Americanization. First grade sounds super American to my ear, I'd never say it over grade one.

wk_end|7 months ago

Odd, I grew up in Toronto and Grade 1 sounds fine to me.