I know there are a few canucks 'aboot' on here!
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Happy Canada Day!
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Hey, I know a Canadian guy. He doesn't say 'aboot' tho. Is it a regional thing?
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Hey, I know a Canadian guy. He doesn't say 'aboot' tho. Is it a regional thing
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_English
"Canadian raising
Perhaps the most recognizable feature of CanE is Canadian raising. The diphthongs /aɪ/ and /aʊ/ are "raised" before voiceless consonants, namely /p/, /t/, /k/, /s/, and /f/. In these environments, /aɪ/ becomes [ʌɪ~ɜɪ~ɐɪ]. One of the few phonetic variables that divides Canadians regionally is the articulation of the raised allophone of /aʊ/: in Ontario, it tends to have a mid-central or even mid-front articulation, sometimes approaching [ɛʊ], while in the West and Maritimes a more retracted sound is heard, closer to [ʌʊ].[22] Among some speakers in the Prairies and in Nova Scotia, the retraction is strong enough to cause some tokens of raised /aʊ/ to merge with /oʊ/, so that couch and coach sound the same, and about sounds like a boat (though never like a boot, as in the American stereotype of Canadian raising). Canadian raising is found throughout western and central Canada, as well as in parts of the Atlantic Provinces.[3] It is the strongest in the inland region, and is receding in younger speakers in Lower Mainland British Columbia, as well as certain parts of Ontario."Posted 1 year ago # -
Hurrah!! I've just been told my immigration lawyers have filed - yesterday - my working visa application. Of course because it's Canada Day, nothing's going to happen on it til Monday, but hey ho.
The aboot thing seems quite regional. In Toronto it's amazing the range of accents you come across, from fairly neutral north american, through 'aboot' and 'stoooow' to the full-on "I'm.... Canaaydien.... eh...." slow 'sound slightly subnormal' effect. It's ace!
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My wife's got some Canadian-ish sounds going on, she's from Wisconsin. For example, they say that ey thing on the end of sentences often
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wishing i could be celebrating with a jug of Creemore..
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remember canadians are like vampires. never let them see a mirror.
not becasue it makes them melt or anything it makes them say a weird word that sounds like
myyyyrrrr
weird!!
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canadians - ****
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My wife says the word mirror as one syllable too.
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Canada....America's hat.
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The aboot's on the other fout now.
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Good call on the Creemore can-uk. Tankhouse ftw though eh?
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have a good day- totally eh!
enfht - TPB, class!
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Waiting a few hours before cracking open the first bottle of Sleemans
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Jim Dunk says don't drink it.
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Canada....America's hat.
lol
reminds me of the Simpsons
"You Shatner-stealing, Mexico-touchers!!"Posted 1 year ago # -
and then there was South Park:
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