So what would be the appropriate forms for addressing a large group in
CA? My knowledge of canadenglish is limited to experiences in the
immediate Detroit area (due south of Canada, as it were) and the movie
Strange Brew, eh, beauty?
"my dear and respected colleagues" would work ;)
I could easily imagine "thank you all for coming",
but not with any slur between the "you" and "all"...
Canadian English tends to be a lot like midwest 'merican,
spiced up in some places with various UK flavors.
I'm given to understand that the French spoken in .ca
tends to be sort of old-fashioned and slangy, rather than
"proper" (Parisian) lingua franca. but it was a Hatian
taxi driver in Montreal who shared this with me ;)
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