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	: I have not expressed a strong objection to the use of the British long format. In fact, I have insisted on its use in ] articles, most recently in the ] article. I have simply stated that it is not the most common format used in Canada. ] has on at least two occasions (on the ] and ] articles) insisted that consensus had been reached and that the British long format should be kept. It was later discovered that he himself changed them within the previous twelve to eighteen months. I suspect the same has happened with the GG articles. I can go through the others to determine if the date format was changed to the British format or if they were created and existed after no longer being stubs using that format. I will report back if requested. I would prefer ] to simply admit to making the changes and revert them, but will do the work if he is unwilling to do so. Since this article was already in the US format I suggest keeping it in that format until this has been resolved. --] (]) 19:49, 8 July 2010 (UTC)		: I have not expressed a strong objection to the use of the British long format. In fact, I have insisted on its use in ] articles, most recently in the ] article. I have simply stated that it is not the most common format used in Canada. ] has on at least two occasions (on the ] and ] articles) insisted that consensus had been reached and that the British long format should be kept. It was later discovered that he himself changed them within the previous twelve to eighteen months. I suspect the same has happened with the GG articles. I can go through the others to determine if the date format was changed to the British format or if they were created and existed after no longer being stubs using that format. I will report back if requested. I would prefer ] to simply admit to making the changes and revert them, but will do the work if he is unwilling to do so. Since this article was already in the US format I suggest keeping it in that format until this has been resolved. --] (]) 19:49, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
	::And your first comment here launches into an attack on my character. Regardless, I never suggested I didn't change any other biography article on a Canadian governor general; I said there was a consistency throughout them that this one does not now conform to. Your personal opinions on what is and isn't the "official" date format in Canada are irrelevant. --<span style="border-top:1px solid black;font-size:80%">] ]</span> 19:52, 8 July 2010 (UTC)		::And your first comment here launches into an attack on my character. Regardless, I never suggested I didn't change any other biography article on a Canadian governor general; I said there was a consistency throughout them that this one does not now conform to. Your personal opinions on what is and isn't the "official" date format in Canada are irrelevant. --<span style="border-top:1px solid black;font-size:80%">] ]</span> 19:52, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
			:: I have no feelings on which is the appropriate format to use but i do agree it does make sense for all articles on Governor Generals to use the same format. ] (]) 19:54, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

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How is Johnston pronounced? Tetsuo (talk) 16:13, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

~~dʒɑːn' stən or~~ dʒɒn' stən. ~~I'm an American, so I don't know which.~~ -Rrius (talk) 16:24, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Definitely the latter, at least for the first syllable. I could be wrong on the second since I don't deal much with IPA. -Rrius (talk) 16:27, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

No such thing as a Governor General-Designate

I re-worded it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.114.87.236 (talk) 16:47, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

It's a used term. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 16:52, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Indeed. Even the PM's press release uses the term. The only question is how to capitalise and punctuate it, and I think at the very least we reflect a perfectly sound usage, and maintain internal consistency with Governor General of Canada's discussion of appointments and the like. -Rrius (talk) 16:55, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Date format

User:Walter Görlitz has expressed a stong objection (as evidenced by his attempts to slander me with lame accusations of vandalism) to the use of DD MM YY date format on this page. I have tried to employ that format here so that this article falls in-line with all the other biography pages for Canada's governors general. Does anyone else feel as WG does and think this page should not be consistent with the others in the series? --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 19:40, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

I have not expressed a strong objection to the use of the British long format. In fact, I have insisted on its use in association football articles, most recently in the 2010 FIFA World Cup article. I have simply stated that it is not the most common format used in Canada. User talk:Miesianiacal has on at least two occasions (on the Victoria Day and Canada Day articles) insisted that consensus had been reached and that the British long format should be kept. It was later discovered that he himself changed them within the previous twelve to eighteen months. I suspect the same has happened with the GG articles. I can go through the others to determine if the date format was changed to the British format or if they were created and existed after no longer being stubs using that format. I will report back if requested. I would prefer User talk:Miesianiacal to simply admit to making the changes and revert them, but will do the work if he is unwilling to do so. Since this article was already in the US format I suggest keeping it in that format until this has been resolved. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:49, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

And your first comment here launches into an attack on my character. Regardless, I never suggested I didn't change any other biography article on a Canadian governor general; I said there was a consistency throughout them that this one does not now conform to. Your personal opinions on what is and isn't the "official" date format in Canada are irrelevant. --Ħ MIESIANIACAL 19:52, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

I have no feelings on which is the appropriate format to use but i do agree it does make sense for all articles on Governor Generals to use the same format. BritishWatcher (talk) 19:54, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

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