To be sure, Americans had it tough during 1931. The Great Depression was bearing down hard: unemployment was growing and the dust storms in the Southwest didn’t help – but the harshest blow came from our neighbor to the North who rejected our manner of spelling!
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Canadian spelling originsCanadian spelling history articleCanadian spelling magazine article1931 bad eventsCanadian Historical Society rejects American spellingRoyal Society of Canada rejects American spellingCanadian Geographical Society rejects American spellingCanadian Geographical Society magazine articleRoyal Society of Canada magazine articleCanadian Historical Society magazine article1931 Canadian favoritism