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Ben CitM @contemplativeinthemud.com · 05/09/2026

NB misunderstood or forgotten in both official languages is fairly on brand for Canada?

NB Power sends you a hydro bill or maybe a power bill or an electricity bill—but absolutely NOT an electric bill (what is this newfound phrase?) Not making it up; you can easily verify in news story quotes from residents

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Ben CitM @contemplativeinthemud.com · 05/09/2026

The original source has fascinating ideas about NB Power (Point Lepreau Nuclear is 40% today, but vocabulary here in the Canadian-Appalachians-with-Big-But-Not-Too-Big-River developed before the advent of nuclear power, as is also true for Ontario, where it's acknowledged they still say "hydro")

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Ben CitM @contemplativeinthemud.com · 05/09/2026

Le source de l'OP ne distingue pas entre anglophones et francophones au N.-B. – même si on distingue Cape Breton et la péninsule Avalon. Une décision que n'importe quel canadien doit connaître est absurde er interfère avec l'interprétation de tous les résultats N.-B.?!

Ben CitM@contemplativeinthemud.com

The original source also shows virtually zero preference for NB on one of the three questions in this chart (esp. compared to NS, PEI). And if it pays to distinguish Avalon and Cape Breton, why even is NB not divided as anglo/franco? That's obviously messing with interpretation and categorization.

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