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svenska84 wrote:One thing that's important to remember is that political boundaries don't always entail exact dialectal or language boundaries (in fact it's relatively rare that that's the case amongst human languages).
I've met Americans who sounded Canadian to me, and vice versa. I recently found out that a girl I work with is from Ottawa, and I had no idea before that, as she has no Canadian Raising in her speech or other telltale Canadian pronunciations. However, she has lived here for a few years so any Canadianisms she had before might've been diminished with time here. The same can happen to Americans who move to Canada and acquire Canadian pronunciations and sayings unconsciously.
lillekvinne wrote:I do think that there are many varieties of accents across canada similar to the way they are in the states...
lillekvinne wrote:the point is as I was saying before...it all depends on the part of canada they are from and what part of the US you are from...(or more generally...what accent you use)
JackFrost wrote:Hunef wrote:that in Canada they say "aboot" instead of 'about'. (If this is true, 'ou' is more or less general "oo" in Canada.)
That's just a stereotype, I never ever met a Canadian that says "aboot" instead of "about".
and it was going into the hundreds within hours and we decided to stop...
Could be a significant influence from the native Gaelic speakers that reside in Nova Scotia.
ReikoZ wrote:Another note, I've heard Americans say ruff, instead of roof. I'm not sure if that is from a distinct accent, but I've never heard canadians say that.
gigant26 wrote:The Canadian Raising is not unique at all. It is a very important part of Northern Irish accent and Scottish accent. For example, in Northern Ireland the word "house" would sound like [hois] not [haus].
The same refers to loads and loads of other words...
Ooh, aym from Bewfasht...
gigant26 wrote:The Canadian Raising is not unique at all. It is a very important part of Northern Irish accent and Scottish accent. For example, in Northern Ireland the word "house" would sound like [hois] not [haus].
The same refers to loads and loads of other words...
Ooh, aym from Bewfasht...
ReikoZ wrote:and it was going into the hundreds within hours and we decided to stop...
I find this too hard to believe. I bet that they were pulling your leg.
gigant26 wrote:The Canadian Raising is not unique at all. It is a very important part of Northern Irish accent and Scottish accent. For example, in Northern Ireland the word "house" would sound like [hois] not [haus].
The same refers to loads and loads of other words...
Ooh, aym from Bewfasht...
ReikoZ wrote:Another note, I've heard Americans say ruff, instead of roof. I'm not sure if that is from a distinct accent, but I've never heard canadians say that.
Stancel wrote:man I need to learn IPA one of these days
ReikoZ wrote:There are a number of different accents in Canada, although I will agree that there really isn't much of a difference in the way Northern American's and Canadians speak with a few exceptions. I am from Western Canada and there really is no difference between the way I speak and say people in Washington, Idaho, Montana, California.
ReikoZ wrote:However in the East, I can usually tell if a person is from Newfoundland, or Nova Scotia as they have a different accent. The aboot instead of about is bull.
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