Did you know we have 2,000 words in the English language that are strictly Canadian and are not swear words?Find out how you can help protect endangered Canadian words like "pipsissewa", "cheechako" and "molson muscle" with the Festival City Rotary Club of Stratford, as it presents An Evening with Katherine Barber, Editor-In-Chief of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary on Wednesday May 14 at the Festival Inn, 1144 Ontario Street, Stratford, ON.
Katherine is best known as the Word Lady on CBC Radio's Metro Morning. She is also an accomplished author with a number of books to her credit. She has written Six Words You Never Knew Had Something To Do With Pigs,and Only in Canada You Say. She is the author of over 11 Canadian dictionaries. She is known for her lively and engaging take on the history of our language. Her hobbies include ballet, gardening, choral singing and cooking.
Tickets are $40.00 (CDN) each.
30% of Book Sale proceeds will go to Club's local and international literacy projects.
Cash bar at 6:00pm and Dinner at 6:30pm.
For tickets contact Etienne Leushius, Club President at 519-276-0205.
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count me in. this is great and i am looking forward to it.
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