University of Toronto Linguistics students have compared English used in northern Ontario towns with that used in Toronto. Findings suggest that most change occurs here and then trickles upward and outward. So has a rich preservation of English from a different era found in Tim Hortons in Thunder Bay? Click here to find out.
Comments (2)
Cheryl - September 29, 2011
As an authentic Northern Ontarian, I found this amusing, eh? And I do still say “Chesterfield” on occasion.
Tyson - September 29, 2011
Chesterfield was one of those words I remember as a kid, but then it disappeared, like others: http://fourc.ca/2010/do-you-resist-or-embrace-language-evolution/