What is the Canadian Accent? - 1/4

[TheSkyRising]

I HURD BRITISH IN THERE!

[jobjemimah]

@TheSkyRising yupp!

i heard it too!

[TakeMyHeartWithYou]

It bugs me so much when i talk to an American online and i tell them i'm Canadian and they go all off on me about an accent, then i talk to them on the phone and we sound the same.

[awesomeskier12345]

seriously, canadian accents are just like americans: it totally depends where you live! I am canadian, and I know I sound nothing like someone living in newfoundland, or yukon, or anywhere else. so there is no 'canadian" accent. just liek there is no 'american" accent, there are jsut many slightly different variations.

[klutzfan334]

@jonjojonmw3 I think that an IRISH person would be the most suitable person to judge whether or not he sounds Irish and I say that he doesn't. Have you ever been to Ireland ? Do you even know what an Irish accent sounds like. Since you think he sounds Irish , it is clear that you don't.

[klutzfan334]

Why are people saying he sounds Irish ? I'm Irish and he does not

[jonjonjonmw3]

@klutzfan334 He definitely does. I think you don't hear it as much BECAUSE you're Irish.

[wisers001]

ise de bye !

[celciusringerrune]

sounds like he's from vancouver

[billboardnumber1]

who the hell cares what you sound like? just be your friggin self as long as it's english and you use the english alphabet and you can spell properly and not stupidly interchange "your" with "you're" and "principle" with "principal" who cares what your accent is like?

[alvaradochris]

As a Canadian dude I will say that if there is a fairly average Canadian accent out there, this is it.

[heykeeko]

He sounds a mixture of British and American.

[yurismir1]

I could tell your were Canadian right when you said "know the answer" at 0:03. That sounded really Canadian to me. I really think you have to be American to hear all the subtle differences and even many Americans can't (see top comment #2 for example)

[wespalladini]

Trumpet is a brass instrument, sax is a woodwind, just trolling

[Beanmusic1]

Why did he start speaking like an Irishman at 1:06?

[brassbandlover123]

His accent is very Canadian. I can tell how he first pronounced the word "about"

Canadians have a stronger emphasis in the "ou" sound than the Americans do usually.

I lived in both US and Canada so I can tell.

[Afgprincess77]

he sounds irish

[XileLord]

I live in Canada (born and raised) and I know for a fact that Canada has a particular accent. Not all Canadians but there are many who do. I've noticed Canadians tend to hit the "OU" sounds really hard. What I mean by that is words such as "About, out, doubt, pout" the ou sounds are pronounced more strongly. It's been said before but Western Canada tends to lack this accent for the most part. Still it's the accent most commonly associated with our country.

[abla99er]

Everyone has accents because if you are from any where in the world like Russia and you talk to an American they have an accent to you, because its not the same as yours.

[theAYLEEYUN]

Western Canada doesn't have much of an accent. When I play games and talk online almost everyone thinks I'm American. I live and was born in Edmonton Alberta

[thekooldude987]

I have a true canadian accent im from newfoundland eh lol ;D

[fruitbat816]

im from vancouver canada and there is no accent down in the west coast, we sound sound like americans, so u cant rule out every canadian by saying "canadian accent'.

[DjangoStella]

I cant put my finger on it but I could swear this guy is hiding an Irish accent!!! LOL!

[DivineScheme]

Canadians have accents. I'm Canadian, moved to Oklahoma in Dec 2010. I hear the Canadian accent quite a bit now hahaha! :P

[00Powell]

1:08 dude sounds irish O_o

[andehaas]

okay, for people on here saying that we canadians dont have an accent. of course we do, its like how british people have accents. think of it this way, if the have an accent to you, you have an accent to them. and plus the speaker in the video sounded a little irish in some words.

[ralphyization]

I, "usually" can tell the difference from an American and Canadian, EVEN if they're from my twin city Sault , Mich. They say, huh, we say eh? Little nuances like that. There are tons of them., white belts help too, eh? For SURE, they're American if they're wearing a white belt. 

[Kaissie3]

At first I had no idea what you were talking aboot.

[GlambertHumanoid]

was that your canadian accent? my great grandparents were from canada, AM I ADOPTED?

[lotusflower281]

Apparently to outsiders, our accents are milder than American ones and we have a bit of a sing song voice. It's very subtle so that's why most people don't notice the difference, not even Canadians or Americans themselves. We do have a certain way of saying "about" and any other words with "o" sounds to them.

[slugfly]

Your own accent is so rubbery, by which I mean it's hard to pinpoint, shifts subtly. Tone sounds a little like a cult leader...

@comments: Everyone has accent, and the group size can get as small as you like. There are language families > languages > national dialects > regional dialects > jargon or "in group" lingo > household lingo > personal style. :P Here in NB there is a lot of Irish and some Scottish and British influence in the accent.

[ROCKalyandaj]

@KaitlinChristel I am also Canadian.. and never tought we had one. But people say, we have a tiny tiny tiny tiny bit of an English Accent, 'cause of are country being the "brother" of England.

[KaitlinChristel]

Im Canadian I didnt know we had an accent :s lmao

[iamthewintertime]

Canadians don't really have accents, well atleast not in Ontario and B.C.

[Counterbrilliance]

@iamthewintertime Ahahahah!!!! Yes they do! in Ottawa they have the stereotypical ''Oooooooot'' and ''Abooooot'' thing going and sound ridiculously Canadian in every sense of the word. And Torontonians have a hilariosly strong stereotypical Can''EH''dian accent as well, and they say ''Eh'' more than they breathe, so you do have a goofy accent indeed I would suggest to stop living in denial, or learn to speak American.

[MissChristinaMeagan]

im canadian but i thought we sounds the same as americans?

[sstupidssmile]

@MissChristinaMeagan So did i ... except for places like New Jersey and what not

[TheCorporalClegg]

@MissChristinaMeagan spend more time in the states and you'll realize we dont. Also I thought the fact that we say eh all the time was B.S until i went to europe and everyone pointed it out whenever i said it, which was like every 4 sentences.

[CancorseTV1]

i live on the west coast of canada my cousin says that i have uber long o's and u's

[Masterpivot292]

@rewindgirl54

Some do, people close to Newfoundland or BC usually have a stronger stereotypical Canadian accent.

[SoccerBeauty97]

This guy sounds SO Canadian...

[MsMusic3001]

@creativespeechcentre

hi could you make more of those videos?

[MrHuhuhahahehe]

Well you sound american to me.

[juniormaximus]

@MrHuhuhahahehe because in canada we speak the "american" English. duh

[Euterpe001]

@MrHuhuhahahehe He sounds CANADIAN to me.

[AniisaCaali]

@MrHuhuhahahehe America is a continent. Canada is in it. Canadians are American.

[jethrodassam]

@AniisaCaali America is not a continent.

[AniisaCaali]

@jethrodassam America is a continent, with two other continents within it. North America is generally considered to be Canada, the US, Mexico, and the other 'Central' American countries. South America consists of Brazil and the other countries on the piece of land.

[jethrodassam]

@AniisaCaali America, and Central America ar not continents. North America and Sounth America. There are 7 continents. Central America is part of North America.

[masterblend100]

@jethrodassam it's called North America, duh!!

[jethrodassam]

@masterblend100  Wrong, duh!!!

[masterblend100]

@jethrodassam they don't have geography class in U.S. I know, so it's not your fault

[jethrodassam]

@masterblend100 You're from the U.S. What kind of a nut are you?

[masterblend100]

@jethrodassam I'm in the U.S., not from there. Read this from wikipedia:

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

[masterblend100]

@jethrodassam And if you're saying North and South America are one continent that is wrong.

"South America broke off from the west of the supercontinent Gondwanaland around 135 million years ago (Ma), forming its own continent.[28] Starting around 15 Ma, the collision of the Caribbean Plate and the Pacific Plate resulted in the emergence of a series of volcanoes along the border that created a number of islands.

[jethrodassam]

@masterblend100 Why would I say North and South America are one continent? You're weird.

[masterblend100]

@jethrodassam here's the last part of that paragraph:

The gaps in the archipelago of Central America filled in with material eroded off North America and South America, plus new land created by continued volcanism. By 3 Ma, the continents of North America and South America were linked by the Isthmus of Panama, thereby forming the single landmass of the Americas.[29]

That's why North and South America are separate continents.

[masterblend100]

@AniisaCaali Canadians are not American, and don't really speak American English either...

[auronsquall]

dude where are your other three parts

[rockubabe]

Are the next videos coming soon??