Every time I come to the states an American asks me if I live in an igloo. I have never even seen one in real life. Or they think that we drive dogsleds from point A to point B. I have never seen one in real life but only on television. With this misconceptions American fail to realize that Canada looks much like the States but or cultures are somewhat different. People immigrate to Canada they don't conform to a melting pot they stay on a mosaic. That means that the immigrants keep their culture and don't leave on the plane when they step into the country. In Canada the city and other areas ...

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Cold War To be or not to be, digital that is. For years now an unspoken battle has been raging on between books and computers. As time advances so does technology, who needs old books when we can keep a thousand texts on a compact disk. But everyone knows computers break and information gets lost. Why not stick to what's worked for century's. I think the real question is which is better, the book or the computer. It is a cold war that will eventually come to and end. Who will be the victor depends on you. Flipping through page after page after page, I just want to get this over with there has...

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... grammar are falling to their imminent demise as the evolution of this new acronym riddled language, known as "Tweetspeak" takes center stage. I want the life brought back to the words of Robert Frost and William Shakespeare and I want to see the value and beauty of the English language restored. In the article "Twitter vs. Thought," Dawn Ruth, a Professor of English at ... creative. I agree with Crystal in that some "Tweetspeak" is play on words and knowing the English language allows you to manipulate the words. However so much of texting and tweeting is manipulating the phonetic sound...

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