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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 11:52 PM Original message |
Canadian Accents? |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. What's this all aboot? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That accent is a myth |
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freeforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 11:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. True HeyHey... |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 12:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I watched a show on Discovery. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 12:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. There's at least on "aboot"... |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 12:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Tu vien de ou? |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 11:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Thanks for the effort! |
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BonjourUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 05:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. A very charming accent |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. It definitely exists.... |
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Interrobang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 11:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. The technical term is "schwa." |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 05:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Interesting! |
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Fish08 (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 05:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Southern deleloped from what now? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I'd have said American Southern sounds somewhat like |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 08:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. My mom told me this years ago.... |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. I spent some time in England... |
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Melsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have heard the aboot too |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-04 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. I was up in Thunder Bay... |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. What you've really got to hear is a Mennonite accent |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-04 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. don't Albertans have an accent? |
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freeforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-31-04 11:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I've heard the Albertan twang! |
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philosophyqueen (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 06:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Ottawa Valley accent |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Yes, especially rural Alberta |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-04-04 08:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. You're right. |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-04 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. We used to have an accent in the Pacfic Northwest |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 03:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I have noticed that as well... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-12-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. When I moved from the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-04 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. My accent |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-04 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. There is one word that is a dead giveaway, my Canadian friends |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-03-04 08:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Nah. It's more of an owwwt for me. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
30. My Mom.. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-11-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. My in-laws are from Milton, Ont |
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