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You know what's really weird? Until I was in OAC (final year of high school), I didn't even know that other Canadians called the "prom" their "grad". At my school it was always "The Formal". I got really confused as well when a friend of mine said her "graduation". I was like, waitaminute, GRADUATION as in COMMENCEMENT (Convocation is the term used for university students, at least in my area)? It's only April, and you haven't done finals yet! She had to explain to me that it was her Formal (though lately, I've seen more and more Toronto area schools use the term "prom". Holt Renfrew and Fairweather both advertise "Prom Dresses") It's like "public school" vs "elementary school". Most Torontonians and those who went to non-public schools say "elementary school", but once I got to university, I heard many small town Ontarians say "public school"
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