Lusty Posted January 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 I can't differentiate between the American(northern states)and the Canadian accents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 For most Canadians, the only give away is the "ou' sound and possibly an "eh" at the end of the sentence. (They don't say "eh" in the west, nor do Newfies.) The Canadian "ou" is sort of an "uh-oo" sound, not an "ah-oh". Other than that, they sound like the US Midwest. I had a colleague a while back who was from Toronto. As soon as he opened his mouth, I knew he was a Canuck. He was amazed and was unaware that he sounded any differently from folks south of the border. Listen to the great "Homeworld" PC games series. I was surprised to hear the voices all speaking Canuck. First time I'd heard that in a PC game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 I found a lot of amercians confuse the English and the Austalian accent. For some reason when I went aussie was always the first guess!!! bizarre as England has 10 times the population is just across the pond and I'm pretty pasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_of_town_hall Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Hi Lusty, Cross the border literally 1 mile and the accent is 100% scottish... . come the other way and it is 100% northern english.... The reason I summise is that the people above the border are 100% scottish and the education system is scottish.... Same on the England / Wales border, again different schooling and a strong sense of identity . STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_of_town_hall Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 Kiwi people have very short vowels ... I view Kiwi people as lovable dumwits, they say Fishhh and Chups, instead of Fish and Chips... STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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