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My favourite Canada Day story involves my nephew franco-Mum/anglo-Dad who proudly told me on that day when he was 10 or 11 years old: "Mon oncle, je suis canadien sans-tiret!"
Peace, order and good government, eh?: June 2006 Archives 2006
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Pourquoi y a un tiret entre stephanie et booth dans ton nouveau nom de domaine ?
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Pourquoi y a un tiret entre stephanie et booth dans ton nouveau nom de domaine ?
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"Maype he don'd pelief we vos goin 'pack here to bury him, und he got tiret uf vaiting for der funerals."
Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905
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"Weel, I wadna be sorry to rist a bit, for I hae tint mysel a'thegither, an 'I'm some tiret," answered Donal.
Sir Gibbie George MacDonald 1864
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Je ne savais même pas qu’un tiret doit être plus long qu’un trait d’union.
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Den, zey shtole ze golt Madonna and brings it oop on ze deck; and den, zey get vighting vor ze vigure, and shtab von ze ozers, and dey vas vake me oop mit ze row, vor I vas tiret and vas ashleep in ze boate over ze taffrail. "
The Island Treasure 1887
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