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Article Evaluation for "Canadian English"

1. Nothing seems out of place in this article, and it has lots of sections of relevant information 2. The article is neutral, and recognizes the controversy over whether or not Canadian English is really its own variety, or if it should just be grouped with American English under a broader label of "north american english". 3. Despite recognizing the controversy, there is less information regarding Canadian English's similarity to American English than there is on its distinctiveness. This is logical, though, as the article is focused on Canadian English as its own variety. 4. The links I checked (4, 90, 95) all worked and took me to scholarly articles associated with the given claim. There could be more citations overall, particularly in the Vocabulary section. Many terms defined in this section have no link to further information (see food, apparel, places, etc) 5. While the facts in the introductory section are all supported, the biggest issue is in the vocabulary section. This section lists word unique to or particular to Canadian English, and so most of the terms are unsupported by links. 6. None of the information seems out of date, but I am not familiar enough with Canadian slang or with how commonly used the words in the "vocabulary" section are to know if the information is outdated. None of the terms seem to have arisen particularly recently, and some (such as quiggly and flush) seem out of date based on technology in 2018. 7. On the talk page, debate over spelling, difference in traffic signs, and terms referring to the US are major points. I also noticed that the vocabulary term "40" referring to a bottle of alcohol was taken out because there was no reference supporting its Canadian origin. "eh" and "aboot" are also mentioned in the talk page, where users have discussed how used they really are in Canada. 8. The article is rated as needing additional citations and possibly containing original research. It is also noted at the top of the talk page that students are editing it as part of this course. 9. While in class we focused more on what defines Canadian english as a unique variety, this article focuses on details of Canadian English, such as vocabulary and spelling tendencies. It has more specifics, but less debate on whether the variety is classified correctly.

Phoebechilton (talk) 17:08, 24 February 2018 (UTC)Phoebe Chilton

Falkland Islands English
What I will contribute: a section describing settlement/colonization, to help explain how this variety of english came to be, a section for Vocabulary, to bring the structure of the article more in line with the structures of the articles on Canadian English and AAVE, general restructuring, moving the header for Spanish loan words under the larger heading of vocabulary, adding sources throughout.

Phoebechilton (talk) 21:48, 23 March 2018 (UTC)phoebechilton

Sources: http://www.falklandislands.com/section.php/80/1/camping http://dialectblog.com/2011/08/23/falkland-islands-accent/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287539584_Falkland_Islands_English https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/eww.22.1.04sud https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260088087_South_Atlantic_Ocean_Falkland_Island_English

Phoebechilton (talk) 21:55, 23 March 2018 (UTC)phoebechilton

Falkland Islands English Native to	United Kingdom Region	Falkland Islands Ethnicity	1,700 (2012 census)[1] Native speakers (presumably close to the ethnic population) Language family Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo–Frisian Anglic English Falkland Islands English Language codes ISO 639-3	– Glottolog	None IETF	en-FK

A "Camp" settlement. Falkland Islands English is mainly British in character. However, as a result of the isolation of the islands, the small population has developed and retains its own accent/dialect, which persists despite a large number of immigrants from the United Kingdom in recent years. In rural areas (i.e. anywhere outside Stanley), known as ‘Camp’ (from Spanish campo or ‘countryside’),[2] the Falkland accent tends to be stronger. The dialect has resemblances to Australian, New Zealand, West Country and Norfolk dialects of English, as well as Lowland Scots.In recent years, a substantial Saint Helenian population has arrived, mainly to do low-paid work, and they too have a distinct form of English.

Settlement History Section

The Falkland Islands, a cluster of 780 islands off the eastern coast of Argentina, had no indigenous population when the British arrived to explore the islands in 1690. Continuous settlement dates only to 1833, when British forces removed 26 Argentinian soldiers from the islands and claimed the islands for the British. In 1845, the Capital city of Stanley, located on East Falkland, was established. Argentina also has a claim to the islands, and in 1982, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. The British moved to defend the British control of the Islands, with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher calling the Islanders "of British tradition and stock". In under three months, nearly a thousand people were killed, and over 2,000 were injured. British-Argentinian tension regarding claim to the Islands still exists, but as over 98% of Islanders voted to remain under British sovereignty in the last election, the identity of the island overall is overwhelmingly British. This history has implications for the linguistic features of Falkland Islands English, which is similar to British English but distinct in some vocabulary and phonology.

Phonetics & Phonology

English in the Falklands is non-rhotic. This is consistent with other varieties of English in the southern hemisphere. One major difference between the English of the Falklands and other Englishes of the southern hemisphere is the onset centralization of /ai/, in which nice is pronounced /nəɪs/.

Vocabulary

Two notable Falkland Island terms are ‘kelper’ meaning a Falkland Islander, from the kelp surrounding the islands (sometimes used pejoratively in Argentina)[3] and ‘smoko’, for a smoking break (as in Australia and New Zealand).

The word ‘yomp’ was used by the British armed forces during the Falklands War but is passing out of usage

Spanish loanwords

The Falklands English vernacular has a fair amount of borrowed Spanish words (often modified or corrupted). These include colloquialisms such as ‘che’, also encountered in Rioplatense Spanish, and ‘poocha’ equivalent to ‘wow’.[4] or ‘damn’,[5] (from pucha, a euphemism for puta or ‘whore’).[6]

They are particularly numerous, indeed dominant in the local horse-related terminology. For instance, the Islanders use ‘alizan’, ‘colorao’, ‘negro’, ‘blanco’, ‘gotiao’, ‘picasso’, ‘sarco’, ‘rabincana’ etc. for certain horse colours and looks, or ‘bosal’, ‘cabresta’, ‘bastos’, ‘cinch’, ‘conjinilla’, ‘meletas’, ‘tientas’, ‘manares’ etc. for various items of horse gear.[7]

Unlike the older English, French and Spanish place names given by mariners, which refer mainly to islands, rocks, bays, coves, and capes (points), the post-1833 Spanish names usually identify inland geographical locations and features, reflecting the new practical necessity for orientation, land delimitation and management in the cattle and sheep farming. Among the typical such names or descriptive and generic parts of names are ‘Rincon Grande’, ‘Ceritos’, ‘Campito’, ‘Cantera’, ‘Terra Motas’, ‘Malo River’, ‘Brasse Mar’, ‘Dos Lomas’, ‘Torcida Point’, ‘Pioja Point’, ‘Estancia’, ‘Oroqueta’, ‘Piedra Sola’, ‘Laguna Seco’, ‘Manada’, etc.[7]

Phoebechilton (talk) 22:12, 23 March 2018 (UTC)phoebechilton