A growing number of American travelers have been accused of “flag-jacking”—displaying a Canadian flag or claiming to be from ...

Hockey players are famous for their distinctive jargon, but while researching this phenomenon, a linguist and hockey player realized another interesting pattern in hockey speech: American hockey ...

University of Rochester linguist Andrew Bray started out studying the evolution of the trademark sports jargon used in hockey for his master’s thesis. For instance, a hockey arena is a “barn,” while ...

Travel pros weigh in on the differences between travelers from the United States and Canada. There are definitely distinctions, they say.