Canadian Accent
 

americans let's be serious for a second, you are jealous of our accents (eastern and western canada... probably more western canada).

I know you think our accent is super hot, so why over exaggerate it and make fun of it on television. admit it, you love it.

Always thought it sounded pretty much the same to me, or well, not a huge, great difference.
But whatever, I don't listen.

i've had many americans tell me that they thought i was american by my 'accent' no idea why.

Because you don't have an accent...You really do sound American :)

Most of the Canadians that I speak to really do say "aboot"...I think it's adorable...I love accents and language diversity...Heck, I'm even fond of the different accents within our own country, especially the New England/Massachusetts thing :)

People say I don't sound like I'm from Kentucky either.

I don't get it. I'm from Central Canada, I don't think I have an accent, but whenever I talk to someone outside of Canada they say I have "such a cute accent" and ask me to say about, or speak french. Sure I can speak french, but I'm not from Quebec so it doesn't sound pretty.

I love it when chicks sound French. Im not so crazy about it when guys sound that way though.

Nope, sounds silly to me, eh.

I don't know what your talking aboot.

i've been told by americans that i dont say 'aboot'

and i've never heard anyone else say it either.

what part of canada says 'aboot' ?

Yoopers (Upper Peninsula folk) and people from Wisconsin also sound Canadian. No... I don't have a point.

I was trying to remember which parts...But...I don't :o

The Mckenzie brothers part.

Actually, I'm thinking Winnipeg or somewhere around there

Then again...I know some people in BC, too.

too much can be annoying, unless its from a really hot chick.

Lol. Canadian accents sound goofy and ridiculous. I'd want an Aussie accent if anything. Sexxxxxy.

funny, Posher doesn't strike me as someone who has ever been to Canada... too much of a whiner etc.

I'd want a british accent, so snobby and intelligent sounding...

I've been to Canada...

sure you weren't in buffalo or something?

Nova Scotia, actually. :)

ahh

they do have goofy accents.

If I had to choose, I think I'd go for the Canadian accent over most American ones. But I won't have to, because I have this one which makes me perfect to play a vampire or main villain in a film.


Or a scruffy little orphan.

Oliver :D
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Actually, the people I've spoken to in Australia sound mostly like Americans, kinda disappointing to be honest.

My favorite accents are British and Hindi...They are the most different from ours, in my opinion, which is what makes them more appealing to me.


I've been to Canada, but only Ontario/Niagara Falls.

I find the Aussie accent to be something in between Brit and US, but still very different to both. I think it's pretty cool.

And thanks Rayne, we do try. :p

I'm just glad I got my international calling plan back...WOOT!...Now I can subject myself to all of those wonderfully diverse accents again :)

He's more of a Gavroche from Les Mis.

You call that a tourist trap? I call that my backyard.....



much less fun my way :(

Aww, that's a shame...We really did have a lot of fun up there...Heck, just trying to cross the border without passports was a blast :D

But, I could imagine what it would be like if it was something you see everyday...Come to Kentucky, we'll take you spelunking in our caves :)

omg I so will. I owe Posh a visit anyway :P annnd I love caves. no matter how small, I will go in there prepared like I was starring the The Descent 2!

LMAO...Well, the baby is too little to go right now (he'll need a couple more years), but I can give you and Posher some maps...And a video camera because I would HAVE to see it...OH, and you guys could watch the video of me and Seri in the caves when I was pregnant with Alex...I saw the entire cave through the lens...haha.

I was in the Niagara Falls area (Canadian side) a few years ago and I would say that about half had American accents and the other had the stereo typical Canadian accent. Though the ones with the American accents could have actually been Americans who just work on the Canadian side.

Honestly though, the Canadian accent isn't much different than Wisconsin/Minnesota accent. That whole Great Lakes area was heavily settled by Scandinavians so in addition to the Brits and the French, so it's almost like an evolved combination of British and Scandinavian.

@Ferret
I agree, Australian sounds like a cross between British and American with their own slang thrown in. Though I always thought that the American half of that equation sounded very Southern American.

Most generic movie represented Aussies sound like what we call rednecks here...our "country" people sound like that mainly, I guess that part could be towards southern states in the US, yknow...a little bit...I'd probably notice it less.

Most of the coastal/city folks sound a bit more like Hugh Jackman, or Hugo weaving or Sam Neil if you've heard them on any interviews...etc

australian accents are probably my favorite.

I like Japanische

australian and south african are fairly similar until you here one of those distinct words Like black (blick)

once in canada for a few years they're really hard to tell apart.


as far as stereotypical strong accents go - (in movies, etc) they almost always represent what you get in the more rural areas where slang is more heavily used.

when you get to the urban centres - you rarely see strong accents - from my experience anyway

The Canadian accent is to the American as Aussie is to New Zealand, similar to almost everyone unless you're from that neck of the woods.

If you want to be a criminal mastermind, you better have a British accent

I see some similarities with the Scottish accent and Canadian accent, obviously not every one... I live in Glasgow and it's a small city, but they tend to have a different accent in each side of the city. then you go to the other parts of the country. But there are small similarities, like the way they say "about".

I can't believe how many times I have had people been scared of getting my Australian accent wrong and calling me kiwi or vice versa, as though I would kill them if they did...

Aparently Kiwis hate being mistaken for Aussies, funny how they all move to Australia though.

I hate being mistaken for a kiwi because they all sound so monotone and I sound nothing like them..

But it doesn't bother me really. I generally just laugh.

I was in a training day just last week, there was 4 Scots me (Aussie) and a Kiwiw girl, for an example in a situation the word chips was used and the Kiwi had to say it, but Kiwis say chups, not chips... ahh, funny stuff. They also say sex instead of six... :D

I had a Kiwi friend back in Uni, when I first met her I went with Australian. She wasnt happy but I think it was more that everyone she meets assumes shes Aussie and it pissed her off.

Only after meeting her and talking to her could I begin to distinguish between the two accents.


I wonder if you've met people in Glasgow with really strong accents, its frickin' impossible to understand what the hell is being said!

You just listen for the key words with some people... ;)


But I understand it all pretty well now.