Do you hear your Canadian accent?
andyt @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:46 pm
When you say the Canadian accent is very pronounced, that sounds like you're a mericun - it's only pronounced to a non-Canadian. Want to hear a pronounce accent, listen to Aussie strine - i think even they recognize they talk funny - horrible sounding. I like the Queens English as spoken by Tony Blair, say, and the African English accent - they sound to regal.
Jabberwalker @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:12 pm
Coldootside Coldootside:
^ there's actually little variation in canadian dialects outside of the Maritimes and Quebec. Most Canadians sound the same from Ontario to B.C.
There is a unique, little brogue spoken in the Ottawa Valley. It is more like a Maritime accent but quite distinctive and very different from Southern Ontario (lots 'o Celt). It is so different that someone from Trona may not even understand a speaker from Lanark or around Perth. It extends from about Pembroke East through to Glengarry and Stormont counties long the Quebec border. There you hit the oddest phenomenon: people with Francophone surnames like Villeneuve who speak with a Scottish brogue and their neighbousr with names like Davidson (it's true) who are unilingual Francophone. The region has an odd and interesting history and it is one of a small handful of places in Canada that are truly bilingual.
Coldootside @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:17 pm
^ "Ottawa valley twang" I know. But that's just a little linguistic enclave. Other than Ottawa valley, Quebec and the Maritimes there isn't that much regional diversity. I sound just like someone from B.C or Alberta being from Ontario.
Coldootside @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:19 pm
andyt andyt:
When you say the Canadian accent is very pronounced, that sounds like you're a mericun - it's only pronounced to a non-Canadian. Want to hear a pronounce accent, listen to Aussie strine - i think even they recognize they talk funny - horrible sounding. I like the Queens English as spoken by Tony Blair, say, and the African English accent - they sound to regal.
It's only "pronounced" to me because I briefly studied language. I find it interesting how american and Canadians vowels diverge in the opposite direction. We say "Sorey" they say "sarry".
Jabberwalker @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:21 pm
Coldootside Coldootside:
^ "Ottawa valley twang" I know. But that's just a little linguistic enclave. Other than Ottawa valley, Quebec and the Maritimes there isn't that much regional diversity. I sound just like someone from B.C or Alberta being from Ontario.
Do you know, the only other place on Earth where you can fly for five or six hours, get off the plane and have everyone there speak the same dialect of a language as you is probably Russia and Russia alone.
Jabberwalker @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:24 pm
Coldootside Coldootside:
andyt andyt:
When you say the Canadian accent is very pronounced, that sounds like you're a mericun - it's only pronounced to a non-Canadian. Want to hear a pronounce accent, listen to Aussie strine - i think even they recognize they talk funny - horrible sounding. I like the Queens English as spoken by Tony Blair, say, and the African English accent - they sound to regal.
It's only "pronounced" to me because I briefly studied language. I find it interesting how american and Canadians vowels diverge in the opposite direction. We say "Sorey" they say "sarry".
They laugh at our pronunciation of "roof". They say "ruff" and then laugh at us. They don't, however eat "fud", or need "pruff" when they're up on the ruff, do they?
Don't get me started about "Warshington" ...
Coldootside @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 7:37 pm
Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:
Coldootside Coldootside:
andyt andyt:
When you say the Canadian accent is very pronounced, that sounds like you're a mericun - it's only pronounced to a non-Canadian. Want to hear a pronounce accent, listen to Aussie strine - i think even they recognize they talk funny - horrible sounding. I like the Queens English as spoken by Tony Blair, say, and the African English accent - they sound to regal.
It's only "pronounced" to me because I briefly studied language. I find it interesting how american and Canadians vowels diverge in the opposite direction. We say "Sorey" they say "sarry".
They laugh at our pronunciation of "roof". They say "ruff" and then laugh at us. They don't, however eat "fud", or need "pruff" when they're up on the ruff, do they?
Don't get me started about "Warshington" ...
A lot of their vowels are f***** up but I can not say "about" properly to save my life so I shouldn't exactly talk.
Delwin @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:05 pm
I've been selling to us markets for about 11 years now and although certain areas have very distinct accents, something interesting that I have noticed is that the closer you are to a major city, the less pronounced the accents seem to be. Could be a question of local schooling versus regional schooling but the trend is pretty consistent across the US.
rickc @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:29 pm
Coldootside Coldootside:
andyt andyt:
When you say the Canadian accent is very pronounced, that sounds like you're a mericun - it's only pronounced to a non-Canadian. Want to hear a pronounce accent, listen to Aussie strine - i think even they recognize they talk funny - horrible sounding. I like the Queens English as spoken by Tony Blair, say, and the African English accent - they sound to regal.
It's only "pronounced" to me because I briefly studied language. I find it interesting how american and Canadians vowels diverge in the opposite direction. We say "Sorey" they say "sarry".
So you studied language did you? Perhaps you should have spent some more time studying the English language. If you had, you would know that we capitalize proper nouns, and national and regional adjectives like American. I notice that you were not that careless (disrespectful) with your own nationality.
Coldootside @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:56 pm
rickc rickc:
Coldootside Coldootside:
andyt andyt:
When you say the Canadian accent is very pronounced, that sounds like you're a mericun - it's only pronounced to a non-Canadian. Want to hear a pronounce accent, listen to Aussie strine - i think even they recognize they talk funny - horrible sounding. I like the Queens English as spoken by Tony Blair, say, and the African English accent - they sound to regal.
It's only "pronounced" to me because I briefly studied language. I find it interesting how american and Canadians vowels diverge in the opposite direction. We say "Sorey" they say "sarry".
So you studied language did you? Perhaps you should have spent some more time studying the English language. If you had, you would know that we capitalize proper nouns, and national and regional adjectives like American. I notice that you were not that careless (disrespectful) with your own nationality.
I'm Sorey I meant to type *MURICA
rickc @ Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:17 pm
Coldootside Coldootside:
I'm Sorey I meant to type *MURICA
You are still fucking up, you only capitalize the first letter of the word. Get it together man.
PublicAnimalNo9 @ Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:15 am
Hell, having grown up across the river from Detroit, for years whenever I went anywhere in Canada that wasn't in southwestern Ontario I got the inevitable, "Are you American?"
After another 15 years of living in the largest Newfie community outside of Newfoundland, the two accents mixed together and now I sound more like someone from New England.
Coldootside @ Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:33 am
^ really? Canadians in windsor tend to not have the northern cities vowel shift like they do in detroit. The accents change as soon as you cross the border. No Canadian pronounces "block" as "black" and hockey like "hackey" like a Michigander. I know a woman from Michigan who works at shoppers drug mart and her accent is the most nasal thing I've ever heard.
susanlinda8234 @ Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:41 am
Definitely accents change where ever you are in Canada. Newfies accents make me giggle. Quebec accents can be like nails on chalkboards sometimes. I am forever a user of the phrase. "eh" Anyone else?
Coldootside @ Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:56 am
susanlinda8234 susanlinda8234:
Definitely accents change where ever you are in Canada. Newfies accents make me giggle. Quebec accents can be like nails on chalkboards sometimes. I am forever a user of the phrase. "eh" Anyone else?
Yeah but from Ontario west there isn't a whole lot of difference. The east is a different story but even some Newfies are beginning to speak General Canadian.