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speaking Canadian to a (mostly) American audience  Fun Fact:
According to current stats, the majority of my blog's visitors -
66.60%, in fact - reside in the United States, while only 13.00%
are from my native country of Canada. That's quite an extreme
difference! Really, though, apart from being a rather odd little
statistical quirk, this tidbit of information shouldn't make any
difference as to how I write, or what I post, or the way I
construct my comments or replies... should it?  Surprisingly
enough, it actually does.  Though the two nations share a border
(and an incredibly long one at that), we are notably different
in ways that cross my mind nearly every time I sit down to share
my thoughts through my writing.   I've heard it said that when
it comes to informal communication - such as an e-mail to a
friend, a comment on Facebook, or perhaps a personal blog post -
perfection in editing should take a back seat to deference for
your reader. For exa