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re: Speaking of accents, how does all of Canada have a singularly recognizable one?
Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:25 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:25 pm to Y.A. Tittle
what?? 
Within Vancouver they barely have much of the "canadian" accent or one in general. Head out more into BC and you definitely hear it. Toronto is more americanized.
The newfies have a horrible accent. very strong.
Even among the french canadians (i'm friends with quite a few) their accents vary. Some are so fricking nasal and strong that you want to choke them. That strong accent is typically found by those who are in towns that speak little to no english. Others...don't really sound much different than anyone else.
Within Vancouver they barely have much of the "canadian" accent or one in general. Head out more into BC and you definitely hear it. Toronto is more americanized.
The newfies have a horrible accent. very strong.
Even among the french canadians (i'm friends with quite a few) their accents vary. Some are so fricking nasal and strong that you want to choke them. That strong accent is typically found by those who are in towns that speak little to no english. Others...don't really sound much different than anyone else.
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Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:27 pm to hoginthesw
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Some are so fricking nasal and strong
that's where the term "honky" comes from
Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:27 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Australia is probably more recognizable. You could get Canadians confused with some northern US states like Minnesota.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:27 pm to TheBorg
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They are also raging alcoholics and pot smokers.
I don't know how they're alcoholics. Their booze is crazy expensive.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:30 pm to Hermit Crab
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You could get Canadians confused with some northern US states like Minnesota.
Yeah, good point. That's the only place in the US where people sound like that, maybe some into N. Dakota (thinking the movie, Fargo). So, why do Canadians living near Seattle and Buffalo sound like Minnesotans, but pretty much nobody else in the US sounds like Minnesotans?
Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:40 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Que?
...bec
...bec
Posted on 9/23/16 at 1:55 pm to hoginthesw
Demographics are the reason if you're serious.
They are A LOT more homogenous than the United States.
Its like 85% stone cold white up there. The US has like 20% hispanic, 15% black, etc.
Same can be said for religion and ancestry. Americans come from all the frick over the world. Canadian ancestry is a pretty narrow scope.
They are A LOT more homogenous than the United States.
Its like 85% stone cold white up there. The US has like 20% hispanic, 15% black, etc.
Same can be said for religion and ancestry. Americans come from all the frick over the world. Canadian ancestry is a pretty narrow scope.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:00 pm to TheCaterpillar
And as far as Seattle not sounding Canadian like Northern Minnesota and North Dakota is that far more people in Seattle are transplants.
Not a lot of people from all over the country are moving to Northern Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin, and Northern North Dakota.
Not a lot of people from all over the country are moving to Northern Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin, and Northern North Dakota.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:02 pm to TheCaterpillar
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And as far as Seattle not sounding Canadian like Northern Minnesota and North Dakota is that far more people in Seattle are transplants.
My point was not that people in Seattle should sound Canadian, just that it would seem like people in Vancouver would sound more like people living just over the border than those living 3000 miles away in Toronto.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:04 pm to Y.A. Tittle
How does Louisiana have it's own accent?!
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:08 pm to Old Money
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How does Louisiana have it's own accent?!
It doesn't. It's got several. Three really chief distinct ones (cajun, yat, redneck) but several variations amongst those with a few other's sprinkled in. Hell, and each of the three chief distinct ones have black variations.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:13 pm to Y.A. Tittle
It doesn't. It's got several. Three really chief distinct ones (cajun, yat, redneck) but several variations amongst those with a few other's sprinkled in. Hell, and each of the three chief distinct ones have black variations.
:Sarcasm:
:Sarcasm:
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:16 pm to Old Money
I didn't realize what you were getting at, but ultimately I think you are getting at my point of confusion.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:21 pm to TheCaterpillar
How did I miss this thread ... ya there is kind of a “CDN” accent from Ontario to BC. The Atlantic provinces have their own distinct accent and Newfoundland is a world unto it own. Not sure why it is the same across the great white north, it is much more uniform than the US.
Within each province there are regional differences in phrases – the Ottawa valley has a real strong CDN accent. When I moved to the great state I said EH after each sentence and got chirped about it. After a cpl of years I stopped saying it and now CDNs think I’m American because I have a mutt of an accent between S LA and Ontario .... but I have always said zee and lieutenant not lefttenant (could never figure that one out).
Below is a commercial poking a wee bit of fun at our yankee neighbours and ya they are selling beer
LINK
Within each province there are regional differences in phrases – the Ottawa valley has a real strong CDN accent. When I moved to the great state I said EH after each sentence and got chirped about it. After a cpl of years I stopped saying it and now CDNs think I’m American because I have a mutt of an accent between S LA and Ontario .... but I have always said zee and lieutenant not lefttenant (could never figure that one out).
Below is a commercial poking a wee bit of fun at our yankee neighbours and ya they are selling beer
LINK
Posted on 9/23/16 at 2:37 pm to TheBorg
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And I never heard anyone say "aboot."
I run into people from BC and the Yukon all the time, they all say "aboot" or aboat."
Posted on 9/23/16 at 5:12 pm to TheBorg
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I lived in Calgary, AB for 2 years. They all have different accents from Province to Province. They just say the same word..."eh?" after every sentence. And I never heard anyone say "aboot."
More aboat than aboot. Canadians oat themselves when they say a word that ends in o-u-t.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 5:29 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Le francais
Posted on 9/23/16 at 5:36 pm to upgrayedd
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. Their booze is crazy expensive.
they have different requirements. canadian whiskey from rye is aged 6 years
ours is cheap to produce.
Posted on 9/23/16 at 5:41 pm to Y.A. Tittle
LINK
link to the many regional accents in Canada.
32 (including several in Quebec and the Maritimes)
link to the many regional accents in Canada.
32 (including several in Quebec and the Maritimes)
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