Just about all my Canadian friends say ‘about’ with an accent so just wondering.
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Is The Canadian Accent Sterotype (i.e. ‘about’) Legit Or Is It Just A Niche Thing For A Particular Locale?
Posted on June 20, 2012.
Some areas in Canada have the accent where others speak French or don’t have an accent at all. I have a friend from Canada who talks like me and I’m from California.
It’s legit!
I am Canadian and worked at a call center dealing with Americans. We do pronounce some words differently. We use “EH!” alot. American’s will say “Huh”
You like that “eh, huh”
What! (huh, eh)
There are a few differences between us that makes us unique.
Just like in the US, there’s no one standard Canadian accent. The accents along the east coast of Canada tend to be stronger than those further west in Canada. And there’s more variation in the accents on the east coast, versus elsewhere in the country.
Let’s put the accents of the French Canadians aside, to avoid confusion. There’s a real difference between the accent of someone from Newfoundland, versus someone from Prince Edward Island. But there’s less of a difference between the accent of someone from Toronto versus someone from Calgary – although there are differences. If you want to hear some of the east coast Canadian accents, check out the link I’ve provided, below.
So there’s no one typical Canadian accent, just like there’s no one typical US accent. However…
The accent used in most of Canada does have certain “tells”, or common sounds and ways of pronouncing certain words. “Aboot”, “rahd-iator”, “proh-gress” and other “tells”, or things that make the accent uniquely Canadian versus possibly being from the US, do exist.