I find it impossible to try and distinguish between Canadians and Americans. Ive heard its something aboot a certain word?
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MOT wrote:I find it impossible to try and distinguish between Canadians and Americans. Ive heard its something aboot a certain word?
eh?
I meant the word 'about', as in they say it like aboot!
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tweedle wrote:Hahaha! I was saying to Jus.me today that Americans and Canadians are practically the same and she was having a go. haha
They really aren't. To quote myself on the analysis:
Weedguru Caro wrote:Now, let us examine the case of the Canadian pronunciation of the word “about”. The Canadians do not not properly combine the O and the U in this word. The diphthong is skewered due to an infirm grasp of grammatical rules in speech and pronunciation, again due to cultural isolation. A diphthong is a complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable. If O and U were fighting, O would kick ass. O is a dominant vowel whereas U is submissive. You must not grant them equal playing time in your diphthong. This would be like putting Michael Jordan on the bench to give Steve Irkel the free-throw. Understand the diphthong, put more O than U into the word, and you will say it properly.
I conclude with the sentiment that, as a single American in the land of Canada, I am the only one who correctly pronounces the sentence, "Sorry, I'm not going about town tomorrow".
Yawn! It was only a joke! Canadians are similar to Americans in Europeans eye's because they are not that disimilar!
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