Nova Scotian here , I ' ve only ever heard iern . So not all of Maritime Canada . <| sep |> You were the one who brought up the positive uses argument . <| sep |> speakingpopulationLand size , you got the great white north . but I don ' t think they have quite as much weight globally . Still shouldn ' t impose their changes of language on the creators of the language though . <| sep |> I ' m into macro real estate analysis right now , and I like the way you put that . Another thing that is interesting about real estate is that the land value is not affected by efficiencies in engineering or productivity . It doesn ' t matter how cheaply that clothes and cell phones can be manufactured , land values will always be more tightly related to factors such as median income or net worth .