Jessie Kolvin

Toronto: a city to be proud of

Famously (within Canada, at least) Toronto and the rest of Canada do not like each other. Toronto considers itself to be the best the country has to offer, while non-Torontonians perceive the city to be arrogant and too American. Prior to my trip to Toronto last summer, I was inclined...
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Posted Feb. 12, 2018

Is slang killing our individual expression?

Purists decry the reign of such words as “sick”, “bruv” and “lol” (if we’re being fussy, this isn’t even a word: it’s an acronym). Our parents don’t understand them, and our teachers despair of them. Many people view today’s youth slanguage as the plague of our previously rich English tongue....
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Posted Nov. 2, 2017