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Have you ever wondered why certain words are spelled with the ending "our" as the perferred Canadian style for official documents? The origin lies with our first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. By Order in Council #1178 dated June 12, 1890, the Prime Minister "... therefore recommends the issue of instructions to the effect that in all official documents, in the Canadian Gazette and in the Dominion Statutes the English practice be uniformly followed". In arriving at this reocmmendation the Prime Minister had considered "what is the mode now accepted by the best authorities in England" and "the best dictionaries and encyclopedias now in use in England ...".If (and only if) a guest is being rude, violent, or otherwise malicious, you can disconnect the guest by typing 'boot <guest name>'. |