Worldwide Accent Project- London, Ontario, Canada

[facrunkn]

iv lived here 18 years thats a decently canadain accent

but not quite TOTALLY canadain if you know what i mean

[markthewhalekiller]

Wow your accent is really Canadian! Way more noticeable than mine, and I'm just a couple hours south of you in Windsor.

[MonsterSandwich99]

I'm from BC, Canada, but I've noticed in Ontario you guys drop the "ar" as in like "Car" and instead make it "Curr" BC people tend to round it more.

[KaleeCali]

You sound pretty normal to me, although we have the same accents :)

[UnleashThePower1]

Go Dorian

[withjusticeand]

yeaa im american and ive never heard anyone say "job" or "cot" like that

[Naebug19]

@withjusticeand thats exactly what i said :) lolz im going to go get a jab.

[Naebug19]

@withjusticeand thats what i said we dont say jab as in, im going to go get a jab lol

[TheChaosQueen]

just got a text... oh my god, i got 2 texts, i'm so popular hahahaha xD thats so cute

[Kanoki989]

You sound exactly like Americans...

[GothicLolitaGirl45]

I've never *ever* heard anyone pronounce 'caught' as in 'cat', that's just strange, hahaha (from California). Also never really paid attention to the differences between American and Canadian accents, but I can hear them so clearly in how you talk, especially in the little things like 'oh' and other small words. Kind of makes me wish I had taken the offer to go to Tyndale University, ha :)

[Naebug19]

@GothicLolitaGirl45 exactly what i said im going to go get a jab. lol

[shabangawang]

London represent. :) Yeah, I think your voice /accent is very similiar to every Londoner I know, including myself ahha.

[raedenjay]

I'll make one of these videos in about 2 months and you'll see how a real ontarian accent is. My family has been here for like 7 generations.

[raedenjay]

I'm from Canada, and there are MANY canadians that say "aboat" for example, watch "rick mercer's polar bear dip new year" video the guy will say "no doubt aboat that"

I've heard SO MANY people in Ontario say it like "aboat"

Just need to know what to listen for. Even my family and I say "aboat"

[dawngalloper12]

your voice sounds like it could be on tv lol .. I like it ;)

[UofLCardFan08]

It's only on certain words can I detect a Canadian accent. For example, with the word 'sorry', we Americans say sahr-ry and you all say sore-ry (judging by some Candians I've come across, anyway).

Yeah, and the majority of American's pronounce 'job' as you do. :-)

[NeroNemo]

you are sooo handsome

[numberonealcove]

@kazoopilot Best guess, since you are from the upper midwest maybe you have that Canadian dipthong yourself so it is invisible to you?

[numberonealcove]

It's awesome that you cannot hear the "out and about" thing, and then say it exactly like Americans hear it in the first place.

Pretty typical example of Canadian raising. I grew up in Detroit with Canadian friends and family and today work with a lot of people from Markham, just outside Toronto. If I met you in real life I would be able to peg you as Canadian in no time at all.

[Klinkerklunk]

You sound like a born and raised Canadian with non Canadian parents. Elongated O's among other things.

[3510211]

Hahah I love how everybody's assumptions about Canadians accents are so far off

[MyMonkeylover123]

aperantly i sound like you, thats what my friends say haha

you kinda have an accent but its not as bad as this hockey coach i know, OMG i can barley understand a word he says! idk where in canada hes from but its from where ever they have a stereotypical canadian accent, i bet hes from by minnestoa! lol

[awreslr2]

The [ou] diphthong differentiates Canadians from Americans, yeah, well for some Canadians it does, but some sound like Americans, most Canadians live 100 miles from the USA. Canada has accents that are different between Canadians, and accepts many people from the UK, or many other nations, based upon skills. So no Canadian really is typical Canadian; some sound just like Americans, some don't. Some sound like Scots, some sound like Aussies. You, American!

Your entry here is appreciated.

[Red199021]

@awreslr2 lol very well said! actually so true haha cuz i live like 2 hours away from the border so we're really close to the US. don't really hear too much of a difference between my accent and a lot of northern US state accents. thanks a lot for the comment!

[coolomancp]

i hear no canadian accent why? cause im canadian and born in canada and im in southern ontario too so of course i cant hear my own type of accent

[sheltiemum]

It cut me off.... Oops

I'll finish

3) eh = "isn't that cool/weird/etc"

[sheltiemum]

I'm actually from Tillsonburg, which is about a 40 minutes drive from London. Lol.

Anyway, I talk pretty much like you. I do notice that you really have the Canadian "accent" when you say Canadian (like Caneedian) and there (like theere). But you pretty much sound like me and everyone I know.

I tend to say eh a lot like: 1) "it's cold out, eh?" or 2) "the Smiths broke up, eh!" or the one i use most often, 3) "I know, eh!"

1) Eh = "don't you think?

2) Eh = "did you know?"

3) Eh = "isn't that

[Red199021]

@sheltiemum hahaha thats jokes never really noticed that till u pointed it out. lol i actually don't say eh too much. the only time i can really think of when i would apply it is like you said, when saying "i know eh". other than that I probably say the word eh like once a day lol

[JASaare]

I love your accent. The words in that passage were odd, weren't they? ;-)

[golazybusted]

Canadian! You sounded so Canadian when you said "Canadian" :)

[Red199021]

@golazybusted lmaoooo thats hilarious! i don't hear it at all. just sayin it as anyone here would say it lol

[xdancex0128x]

A Canadian! What an endearing accent.

[OmniPictures]

Thanks for taking part! :)

I liked how you talked about a few words that are said differently. Wish I had that idea when I made the initial video, haha. :)

[MrRandyKomi]

man, this kid has a sexy voice! nice Canadian accent! S<3s