Perhaps a Canadian tipster can turn this to a discussion of language usage and explain why the early 1980's were a socially appropriate time to change the name from Dominion Day (which is what I still remember it as, having learned about it as a child in the 1950's--dating myself ;-) to Canada Day.
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu ________________________________________ Subject: Happy Independence Day! And The Academic Importance Of Puncuation From: "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 11:17:16 -0400 .... But it is quite likely some will still complain, especially Canadians because, well, they are Canadians. And because July 1 is Canada Day, the day that Canada's three colonies formed a single entity known as "Canada", which is typically ignored by almost everybody. For more on "Canada Day" (aka "Independence Day Lite" -- they still have not gotten over not being represented in Roland Emmerich's space alien invasion movie "Independence Day" -- personally, I think they should be grateful for NOT being included in it or any other Emmerich film, especially "Godzilla", NYC is getting tired of being destroyed in his films) see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day Nonetheless, I am sure that there are some Canadians who will say that I have it all wrong, the two days have nothing in common, and that I should just shut the hell up. To which I retort: not all Canadians are this hostile and antagonistic, indeed. the "Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival" is a counter-example of U.S.-Canada cooperation to celebrate both Canada Day (July 1) and Independence Day (July 4) in a single festival. This not only helps to strengthen relations between the two countries and express support for common values but allows both cities an opportunity to make some money by giving people a festival to go to instead of staying home all day watching people eating hotdogs, baseball, and fireworks (which really doesn't work that well on TV). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor-Detroit_International_Freedom_Festival And let's face it: if anyone anywhere in the world needs a reason to --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=37454 or send a blank email to leave-37454-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
