Do people outside Ontario sound as American as they do? Do all Canadians sound this way when saying 'how urrrrr yehheuuu?'
I just hate the American/Canadian 'r' sound, it truly annoys me. Isn't this just the valley girl accent of old? I doubt Canadians or Americans in the 60s talked like this.
Well if you didn’t know the the following were Canadians, then it is safe to say there is not much difference between American and Canadian Accents.
1. John Candy 2. Peter Jennings 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Jim Carrey 5. Mike Myers (well of course he was acting out as a brit in Austin Powers so that’s an exception) 6. Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd.
All are Canadians. Do they sound any different from the Americans? There ya go.
We went to Southern Michigan for a hockey tournament, and they were teasing US about our Canadian accent??!! They say ice hackey. we say hockey! I told them that it's assumed to be ice hockey(is there anything else?!!) Good times, though. Friendly folk. They just don't know how funny they sound! (to me) haha!!
When I watch HDTV with my mother, most of the shows take place in Canada, and I'm not sure if they really say oat and aboat, for out and about, but I feel like it's a mix between aboot and aboat. It was the one thing that made me realize they were Canadian, otherwise, the Canadian accent sounds exactly the same I think.
Every US region has its own accent. They say people in Chicago use alot of street slang and that area. People in NY have accents and ppl in Bahhstonnn have that accent too.
I was vacationing in Massachusetts and a waitress there said I had an accent - I was shocked. Then I asked her where she thought I was from and she said Pennsylvania but I am from southern Ontario. We say: foyer as foyay rather than foyer (emphasizing the er sound) like many Americans do. The crick vs. creek thing I first heard on King of Queens tv show when Doug was recalling his childhood. But when I asked for a double-double coffee, now that really stumped them a Dunkin Donuts O_o
I'm sorry I still can't tell the difference anyhelp? I'm English and when I was in America I kept being mistaken for Australian- I want to try and not make this mistake-
'anyway..s' ...?? It's "ANYWAY" .. there is no S. Makes you sound like a 14 year old girl from LA. Sorry, I'm being rude, but.. anyway.. that's how I feel !
I suspect the "aboot" thing might be (just might be) a hangover from Scotland, as I think the Scots say "aboot" for about. So if your ancestry or the area you live in has Scottish roots, you would say "aboot" for about??? Just a thought.
I suspect the "eh" thing is more babyboomers on down to younger people. My mom says she never said "eh" and none of her friend do either. She is 86 and lived all her life in the lower mainland of BC and recently has lived on Vancouver Island.
Well America has at least 11 accents and I say roof but some Americans mostly in California say reauf like the French say eau or eaux or like put and crick is for the farmers accent mostely
@BRPhillis I've said creek. I live on a border city, and you can cross the "ditch", and fairly, accurately pinpoint the Canadians and Americans fairly easily. We say eh, they say huh? haha!
I don't get the whole "aboot" thing. I'm Canadian and I never say "aboot," nor does anyone else around me. I pronounce it the American way. I'm from Ontario. I never say eh either. I'm a strange Canadian I guess. :/
I lived in Canada for 5 years and I can tell the difference between the two - Canadians sound very flat. When when a Canucks say "about" it sounds as if there is a 'w' there.
I live in Toronto and I hear Canadians say OAT and ABOAT all the time. But it seems like a class thing. The less money in the background, the more you hear the OAT and ABOAT. Then more money in the background, and less you hear it.
I love accents and dialects. But it just sooooo hard for me to distinguish an american from a canadian. Thanks fot the video, anyway. I've learnt some interesting things.
Good sir, as you recognized there are regional dialects. Nobody I know out here in the state of California says "ruff" nor "crick" but as I said on another video, those accents are part of what make our language great and we should enjoy and foster their continuation before we all end up... speaking like the people on television.
1)Nova Scotia= dialect of the massive Scottish/Gaelic speaking peoples with a Canadian twist e.g. floor= Flewr
2) Newfoundland and Labrador= the biggest noticeable dialect in the Canadian accent with a heavy population of people with British ancestry namely Irish, Scottish and western England(Bristol) even more so that it's isolation and weather played a role in its untainted dialect
@pejb83 LOLOLOL! - im from Nova Scotia & i do not say floor as Flewr .. I say it like this Fl'OR . & i do not sound scotish or gaelic .. but nice guess .
canadians basically sound american but more proper and almost robotic sounding. i never been to canada but black canadians dont sound much different from whites. obviously black americans have a very distinctive accents from white americans
i met a few canadians and just hearing their accents, i always assumed they were from minnesota
from a canuck living in the usa; i can definately hear the difference between how 'about' is pronounced. in canada, it is pronounced a-boat. in the the us it is pronounced a bawt.
dude im from montreal and i say eh ALOT n aboot...and what r u taling bout that we dont speak english??? montreal is mega english granted the rest of quebec speaks mostly french.
I was unloading a beer truck the other day, and the driver almost had a sentence finished, and I asked if he was a Newfie, Oh yeah!!! Such a cute accent!! It was kind of faint, because I think he's been in Ontario for a while, but you can run, but you can't hide, eh?? haha!!! He actually thought I was a Newfie, because I picked up on it so fast! They do have the cutest accent, to be sure!!
In Vancouver, I know that 'eh' is about half and half. We say 'about' and 'out' not 'aboot' and 'oot.' And yeah, as I saw in another comment, Canadian accents and American accents really don't have much of a difference.
I'm from Ireland and to me and everyone I no. We can't tell the defference between canada and American accents to us sound the same except when they say out and about but thats it.Americans all sound the same maybe the new york accent we can tell but that's it . Haha lol .....
you know what's really cool? I'm from Northern Ontario,I say "eh" all the time. Someone from Nova Scotia said the same, and he's from the praries. Maybe hockey and the expression, "eh" is the glue that holds us together, eh? ha ha! I might add, the ONLY time I really notice that I say ,eh, is when I get teased when I'm in the States. If you're around a bunch of Americans for a while, you feel at home when you're back on the plane, and everyone is saying "eh". Warms my heart!
It's funny because I am from Minnesota and can easily tell the difference between American and Canadian accents, because most people believe that Minnesotans and Canadians have the same accents but they don't, and I am able to pick up on the differences. But I could still tell you were Canadian by the way you said "about" you didn't say aboot or aboat, but closer to abeut. just something i noticed. :)
@ztrapp I live on the border at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Mich. I notice, even though a lot of us cross the border everyday, in Mich, they say "huh" in place of our "eh". But I've heard from people who live in the "Upper Peninsula" of Mich. say that they get accused of being Canadian! haha!! whenever they're down in the lower peninsula....??? To me, even though I can see the bridge from my house, there is a LITTLE bit of a difference. Not much, we're neighbours, but we can tell, eh?
Great discussion! Accents are fascinating. I grew up on the Quebec side of the Upper Ottawa Valley. In the mid '70s my dad and some co-workers attended a convention in Toronto. The entertainers were the Irish Rovers. One of them heard their accents and stopped to ask them where in Ireland they came from. He thought they sounded Irish but couldn't place it. lol My dad is fourth generation Irish-Canadian. Unfortunately only the older people talk like that now. It's dying out. :(
I say eh ALL the time :) I love being Canadian. I'm from BC...and I don't think I say anything weird...oot aboot. but who knows I might say other words weird :P
@Ceighty76 BC people say it too??? COOL! I remember going to the States when I was young, and they razzed the snot out of me, every time I said "eh" I was SO glad to be on the plane, and hearing , intermittently, all these,,,,ehs... haha!! I never noticed how much we, collectively, said it before.,,, But , it was COOL,. being with my own. Even though, we were on the plane in Florida, on the way back, I instantly knew I was with my own ! It made me all warm inside!:)
I think accents are very fascinating as well! I'm from the prairies in Canada, and I do find I say eh all the time too! Although sometimes I try to pronounce it as "hey". It often comes out slurred as "eh". And I don't think it's annoying or offensive for that to be part of the canadian stereotype. Because it's true. Also, I've discovered that americans and canadian's pronounce Saskatchewan differently too. I say it SaskatcheWIN. While amaricans tend to do it SaskatcheWAN. Thanks for the video.
@Mickeydudie I'm from the prairies too! Saskatchewan to be exact. I use "eh" quite a bit, but not as much as some of my friends. I also say "Saskatchewin". That's the correct way isn't it? LOL
@Mickeydudie Over here in the West (British Columbia) we say SaksatcheWAN and KWUbec (quebec) and we say "eh" occasionally... we sound alot like they do in Seattle
Jim I think people's accents are fascinating. People tell me I have a heavy accent and I never believed that until I got on You Tube and closed my eyes and listened to myself. And by golly, I'm pretty bad! haha. Hugs!
I can't hear the difference between Canadian and American accents at all! I was watching how I met your mother last night and there was a Canadian character in that and still next to American accents I can't hear a difference at all. I'm from England btw.
I also don't say "aboot" nor have I ever heard anyone say that in person (I'm from Montreal, QC). For the longest time I was convinced the accent was made up but I did eventually hear someone say it--on youtube I think--so I guess *some* Canadians speak like that. I do, however, say "eh" ALL the time. I didn't even realize how much I did until i spoke with a guy from Cali who kept pointing it out. I love that word tho and I prolly use it even more now! lol
@FoxyBia You're from Montreal, and you still say, eh? eh? haha! That's how I noticed how much I was saying it, too. It was my American friends. Nobody says it in the "deep" south, so I was a bit of an anomoly... haha!! They pointed out every time I said it. I was okay, until I had a couple drinks under my belt, and the "ehs" were flying fast and furious. They thought it ws "cute". but after a couple of days, it kind of got old, on my part., eh?
hi there, here in Ohio, i have heard ruff for roof, but not the way you said it. Rather the third u sound. Not the one found in the words "but" or "food" but instead the u sound in the word "would" It's a tiny difference but you can surely notice it when said.
I'm from northeastern Nevada (pronounced Nev-ADD-uh), and there are people here who say "crick" for creek and I actually say "rough" for roof. I also say "semi" like your co-worker did, sem-i. It's not uncommon at all. Thanks for the video. It's really interesting to see how others speak. Have a good day!
@janieforever In Northern Ontario, we don't say, "semi's, we say transports. If someone says semi, when they're talking about a transport with 18 wheels, we KNOW they're American! haha
Jim, whatever you say, I do assure you, as an Asian living in France and having U.S. Eglish as his own English, that the only Canadians I've conversed with so far said "aboat" instead of "about", and "oat" insatead of "out". Now the reason your own accent is different from theirs may province-related, that is, you're probably from a different province than Ontario. Other examples of "oat" for "out" that I know of came to me from television shows made in Canada...
@Bernytheplayboy I'm Canadian too and no one in my province says "aboot" either. People shouldn't call this a "Canadian" accent because it is only specific to a small region in Canada. It's as though we would call the accent found in Texas or Minnesota the "American" accent. And you are an Asian who lives in France who speaks "U.S. English"... I don't know how much weight your isolated conversations with Canadians holds on the subject. No offense.
Its just the hormonal little teenage kids and immature 20 somethings that spout off against Americans online. I wish with every post they made they'd be required by law to post their real age and education level alongside to show just how insignificant the poster and his or her thoughts are.
Hey thanks! There is a lot of anti-Americanism up here in Canada, but I like most of the Americans I've met. I like visiting your country too, it's cool!
Im sure our little anti-Canada/USA sentiment is simply a joke, kind of like how you make fun of your buddies when they do something stupid but you dont really mean anything by it.
Ive traveled all around the USA and Ive been to Ontario (Toronto, Thunder Bay) on several occasions. I have found that the further north you go, generally the nicer the people are. Canadians, albeit silly sometimes, are pretty standup people.
PS Good luck tonight on the ice, USA is gunnin' for the upset!
Yea you Michiganers are pretty indistinguishable from a lot of us Canadians. Minnesotaites? in my ignorance, sound more East Coast Canadian while you guys are more Ontario and West. I wonder, does the CIA recruit a lot of spies from Michigan for Canadian infiltration? ;)
@GrandpaJim777 hmm I think it depends on where you go in Canada and who you speak to. The "anti" stuff goes both ways but it's not representative of our countries as a whole. Some people seem to think that loving your own country means you have to hate all others. I have seen stuff I didn't like on both sides but I don't give it much weight--they are just ignorant people. We are all sooo much more similar than we are different and should focus on that :)
Or if not Scotland, North Ireland, Ireland (forgive my inclusion) or Whales, do you mean Midlands, Scouse, Cockney, Mancunian, Lancashire, Geordie, Yorkshire pudding etc? (just copying from wikipedia ;) I can tell the difference but couldn't name many of them if I heard them as I've not travelled England, Britain or Ireland)
I'm from south eastern Ontario but now i live in B.C and the accent in Washington State is so thick the funny thing about it is that it changes as you get nearer to Seattle it almost disappears and then starts up again as you get near Oregon it's really thick next to the Canadian boarder and Really thick near the Oregon border so your right fatmiked not everyone has the same accent
Im from southern New York State, about 20 miles north of New York City. I don't pronounce roof like "ruff" and creek like "crick"...but i have heard people from vermont say the "roof" like "ruff" though so you're right it does exist, but it's not very common in most parts of the U.S...most of us say those words just as you do.
No such thing as an American accent.We have no set accent.We have more than three distinct accents here in New York state alone.I can tell what part of America someone is from by their accent.And I say Roof correctly! Our accents can even vary from town to town,or family to family.I know 2 different families that say everything wrong!
And likewise here in Canada. We have a multitude of accents as well. And I know where the "ABOOT" thing comes from. Nova Scotia(New Scotland). Makes sense, right?
I like that he mocks a girl saying a stereotypical Canadian "out" when, mate, you do too. When you say "I've never heard anyone say out for out and about for about" both sound distinctly Canadian, one less stereotypical then the other I suppose.
The roof = ruff and creek = crick pronunciation is generally confined to the Great Lakes/ northern Midwest region. Accents in the U.S. vary *a lot* as you probably know.
Nope, if anything we southerners would lengthen the vowels instead of shortening them:) Ruff and crick are definitely far northernisms. Maybe you lived in lower Michigan (below the UP)?
protosswannabe - I've done some research on the net and found the word crick (meaning a creek) was/is used in many areas of the country...Ohio, WVA, Colorado, Iowa and Texas to name a few. Old movies and books used it too, so it must have some early American roots.
Saying "eh" isn't just a give in in the prairies, all Canadians say it. I'm from Eastern Ontario and everyone I know including myself use the word "eh" at the end of most of our sentences. It's like us Canadians have to make everything into a question. "Ya, eh." "See ya later, eh" "Have a good one, eh"
I guess the reason you haven't noticed many Canadians saying 'aboat' is because you say it almost that way yourself. That's the thing with accents. some differences may not be noticeable if they're close to the way you say something. The 'ow' sound as we say it in most of the US is very different from how you're pronouncing it.
I've never heard any American say 'ruff' for 'roof', but it's often pronounced with a short 'oo' sound, as in 'book' or 'foot'. We also can pronounce it your way.
Ok, i'm from Nova Scotia and we do not say oot or aboot. Those stereotypes are american made. I've never heard neone in canada say oot or aboot. The only place that might would be in newfoundland, maybe. Otherwise, yeah, do tend to say 'oat' and 'aboat'..and eh is used alot in the maritimes as well.
I'm from NS too and it annoys me with these "Canadian stereotype" because we don't talk like that. Also "eh" is not used over here often my dad occasionaly says it but he's the only one that I can even think of that says "eh". Some places in the martimes have a accent like Cape Breton and Newfoundland not all of course because a high majority of Canadians don't have a accent I talk american and have no "canadian" accent what so ever. Friends from the states on xboxlive even say I don't.
@uhgsoisd2 im from CAPE BRITAIN and non of us say oot or aboot, but when i was in newfoundland they sad it when were talking so fast.so there is proof that nefies say that!!:);)p)
@uhgsoisd2 im from bc and although our "out" sound might not be as prominent or strong as yours, ours sounds more like "oat" than "owt" (owt being how americans say it...as in "ow i hurt myself" with a t on the end)
@uhgsoisd2 im from bc and although our "out" sound might not be as prominent or strong as yours, ours sounds more like "oat" than "owt" (owt being how americans say it...as in "ow i hurt myself" with a t on the end) too. so yeah youre right. never oot or aboot.
@uhgsoisd2 yes, many nova scotians say oat and aboat, but i've never heard one say oot and aboot. i'm from pei and i say ehout and abehout as opposed to the more american ahout and abahout.
@uhgsoisd2 I've figured this problem out ;) We do NOT say oot and aboot, but because the American OU in ABOUT is so pronounced and ours is almost a lazy and dropped "ou" it sounds very distinct and quite similar to oot to an American. I spent a lot of time in Europe around only Europeans and Germans...after a few months you can TELL if someone is Canadian simply because of the oot sound or the sound of 'o' in general.
I'm from B.C. and we say 'eh' a lot as well. I don't think we really say 'oot' so much, probably more like 'oat' if anything. I think 'oot' is more for the people in the maritime provinces and possibly the territories. To be quite honest i have never met or heard any one talk(that i can remember or think of that is) from the territories so dont know. I have heard they sound more like the maritimes though but cant really say for myself.
I'm from Colombia, in my personal opinion when I hear an american speaking english and then I listen to a canadian I can't feel the difference, well I don't know, I'm studying english, I'm not bilingual yet, maybe that's why I cannot feel the diference.
I'm learning Spanish, and often I can't pick out different Spanish accents. There are a few I notice however, the Argentinian and Northern Spain accents.
I'm from Wisconsin and we say a lot of those words the way you have said them and said you don't pronounce them like that. LOL!!!!! accents are definitely interesting.
My brother's wife (very newly married, yaaay!) is from Nova Scotia, and we like to tease her because she says "aboat" instead of "about". (PS We're Ontarian, so, we don't say "aboat" out here.)
and though she says aboat, she doesn't say "oat". =3
also, midwestern is the best accent in the english language as long as we speak quickly and don't let ourselves get annoying with the long A's. I guess the west coast sounds almost the same too. we talk the best, bitch! represent!
americans do say ruf for roof, but its not the way you say it. you're saying it like I would say rough. there's a subtle but important difference in the u sound.
I think the reason people think Canadians say "oat" and "aboat" is because Canadians tend to pronounce these words with a very quick ending (the same with "right"), or so I've heard.
Yes, I have seen Americans on TV saying "ruff" for roof. I watch a home improvement show which is from New England area in USA and hear people on that show saying ruff.
A Native Michigander here, enjoyed this vid! Regional differences in dialect have fascinated me for years. I spent one year in Ontario in the mid eighties and loved it. People there could tell right away I was from the States. Since those days, I have never stopped using the term "aye", yet some native Michiganders also use this term, as well as "crick" for creek. Creek just sounds wrong aye!! Peace!
something is that if i had an english accent out and about would sound like oat and a boat i am canadian and i agree that americans say ruff not as much sounding like barking dogs but in a way a little similar
also, i can tell you're canadian because in the words "out", "about" and "lot", you use the 't' sound at the end. most americans skip the 't' sound from these words.
roof is more like "ruf". like room is "rum"; the "ummm" (taste) sound coming after the 'r' in 'room'. also, the "tube" is more like "toobe". it is the 'u' sound that comes out like "oo".
"SEM-i" is a regional pronounciation. if you go to new jersey, people speak it normally like semi, but if you go to LA or california, you might hear the "SEM-i". Also, another difference between canadians and americans is the "o" sound. canadians call it "lobby" while americans like me call it "labby".
Do people outside Ontario sound as American as they do? Do all Canadians sound this way when saying 'how urrrrr yehheuuu?'
I just hate the American/Canadian 'r' sound, it truly annoys me. Isn't this just the valley girl accent of old? I doubt Canadians or Americans in the 60s talked like this.
ColtraneTaylor 2 weeks ago
you live in the prairies? is that...saskatchewan?
AlyssaFgt 2 weeks ago
@AlyssaFgt You got it....Saskatchewan it is.
GrandpaJim777 2 weeks ago
so basically canadians speak better english than americans, right, got it.
Lazybabyz 3 weeks ago
i cant ell the difference, rarely anyway
Lazybabyz 3 weeks ago
Well if you didn’t know the the following were Canadians, then it is safe to say there is not much difference between American and Canadian Accents.
1. John Candy 2. Peter Jennings 3. Michael J. Fox 4. Jim Carrey 5. Mike Myers (well of course he was acting out as a brit in Austin Powers so that’s an exception) 6. Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd.
All are Canadians. Do they sound any different from the Americans? There ya go.
billboardnumber1 1 month ago
We went to Southern Michigan for a hockey tournament, and they were teasing US about our Canadian accent??!! They say ice hackey. we say hockey! I told them that it's assumed to be ice hockey(is there anything else?!!) Good times, though. Friendly folk. They just don't know how funny they sound! (to me) haha!!
ralphyization 1 month ago
Does anyone else feel a bit creeped by the intro? Grandpa Jim? lol
Plashing 1 month ago 2
O-O Holyfrickfhsf That song is from my birth video...
toeloese 2 months ago
I was born n raised in Kansas and we don't have any dialects or accents. If anything there are those with accents who are from the south
TheIntrinsic 3 months ago
When I watch HDTV with my mother, most of the shows take place in Canada, and I'm not sure if they really say oat and aboat, for out and about, but I feel like it's a mix between aboot and aboat. It was the one thing that made me realize they were Canadian, otherwise, the Canadian accent sounds exactly the same I think.
ianpolitano07 3 months ago
for some reason you remind me of Paul Martin :p
893160007 3 months ago
great video grandpa, Can I call you grandpa? I lost my grandpa as a baby.
kaleem091983 5 months ago in playlist Canadian accent 3
@kaleem091983 Hey, I would be proud if you called me grandpa. Thanks for watching and the comment.
GrandpaJim777 5 months ago
@kaleem091983 Hey, I would be proud if you called me grandpa. Thanks for watching and the comment.
GrandpaJim777 5 months ago
Every US region has its own accent. They say people in Chicago use alot of street slang and that area. People in NY have accents and ppl in Bahhstonnn have that accent too.
BLOCK19PRODUCTIONS 6 months ago
I was vacationing in Massachusetts and a waitress there said I had an accent - I was shocked. Then I asked her where she thought I was from and she said Pennsylvania but I am from southern Ontario. We say: foyer as foyay rather than foyer (emphasizing the er sound) like many Americans do. The crick vs. creek thing I first heard on King of Queens tv show when Doug was recalling his childhood. But when I asked for a double-double coffee, now that really stumped them a Dunkin Donuts O_o
goldengirl67 6 months ago
I'm sorry I still can't tell the difference anyhelp? I'm English and when I was in America I kept being mistaken for Australian- I want to try and not make this mistake-
Chimplockgrapehead 6 months ago
@Chimplockgrapehead: consider it an honour to be considered Australian..that is all I can say mate.
TheLoyalhuman 3 months ago
'anyway..s' ...?? It's "ANYWAY" .. there is no S. Makes you sound like a 14 year old girl from LA. Sorry, I'm being rude, but.. anyway.. that's how I feel !
-- from lazy/bad grammar hater
chaolan77 6 months ago
@chaolan77 Ummm, I am a 14 year old girl from LA!
GrandpaJim777 6 months ago 5
@chaolan77 Also see that "any ways" is a variant of the words "any way".
Word Origin & History
anyway
1560s, any way; variant any ways (with adv. gen.) attested from c.1560. One-word form predominated from 1830s.
GrandpaJim777 6 months ago
I suspect the "aboot" thing might be (just might be) a hangover from Scotland, as I think the Scots say "aboot" for about. So if your ancestry or the area you live in has Scottish roots, you would say "aboot" for about??? Just a thought.
mmcrosbie 6 months ago
I suspect the "eh" thing is more babyboomers on down to younger people. My mom says she never said "eh" and none of her friend do either. She is 86 and lived all her life in the lower mainland of BC and recently has lived on Vancouver Island.
mmcrosbie 6 months ago
Well America has at least 11 accents and I say roof but some Americans mostly in California say reauf like the French say eau or eaux or like put and crick is for the farmers accent mostely
palmetto292 6 months ago
We dont all say aboot !! lmao we do all say Eh?
KaitlinChristel 6 months ago
a lot of people here in the US say creek like crick.
BRPhillis 6 months ago
@BRPhillis I've said creek. I live on a border city, and you can cross the "ditch", and fairly, accurately pinpoint the Canadians and Americans fairly easily. We say eh, they say huh? haha!
ralphyization 1 month ago
I don't get the whole "aboot" thing. I'm Canadian and I never say "aboot," nor does anyone else around me. I pronounce it the American way. I'm from Ontario. I never say eh either. I'm a strange Canadian I guess. :/
literaturechick12 6 months ago
b my grandpa u r cool eh!
agram420 6 months ago
b my grandpa u r cool
agram420 6 months ago
the intro made me laugh super hard
MJismyname100 7 months ago
I lived in Canada for 5 years and I can tell the difference between the two - Canadians sound very flat. When when a Canucks say "about" it sounds as if there is a 'w' there.
So I'm guessing you are a Canuck.
nopecharliesnoangel 7 months ago
i think its funny im canadian and i actually do say eh XD
buttercup0023 8 months ago
I live in Toronto and I hear Canadians say OAT and ABOAT all the time. But it seems like a class thing. The less money in the background, the more you hear the OAT and ABOAT. Then more money in the background, and less you hear it.
warmflash 8 months ago
I have noticed that Americans do not pronounce words with a "hard" pronunciation. American pronunciation is very different than ours.
Interesting!
TySn0w 9 months ago
I love accents and dialects. But it just sooooo hard for me to distinguish an american from a canadian. Thanks fot the video, anyway. I've learnt some interesting things.
martaboldu 9 months ago
Good sir, as you recognized there are regional dialects. Nobody I know out here in the state of California says "ruff" nor "crick" but as I said on another video, those accents are part of what make our language great and we should enjoy and foster their continuation before we all end up... speaking like the people on television.
AkimboJoe 10 months ago
biggest differences in dialects of Canada
1)Nova Scotia= dialect of the massive Scottish/Gaelic speaking peoples with a Canadian twist e.g. floor= Flewr
2) Newfoundland and Labrador= the biggest noticeable dialect in the Canadian accent with a heavy population of people with British ancestry namely Irish, Scottish and western England(Bristol) even more so that it's isolation and weather played a role in its untainted dialect
pejb83 10 months ago
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@pejb83 LOLOLOL! - im from Nova Scotia & i do not say floor as Flewr .. I say it like this Fl'OR . & i do not sound scotish or gaelic .. but nice guess .
TheOfficialJanellee 7 months ago
i meant hearing black canadians on tv and youtube vids the canadians i've personally met were tourists
tagspin 10 months ago
canadians basically sound american but more proper and almost robotic sounding. i never been to canada but black canadians dont sound much different from whites. obviously black americans have a very distinctive accents from white americans
i met a few canadians and just hearing their accents, i always assumed they were from minnesota
tagspin 10 months ago
from a canuck living in the usa; i can definately hear the difference between how 'about' is pronounced. in canada, it is pronounced a-boat. in the the us it is pronounced a bawt.
gunt76 10 months ago
No way Ontarians say oot or aboot.So Ontario is out.Probably it was just a parody
realtotherealest 11 months ago
No way do Ontarians say oot or aboot so Ontario is out
realtotherealest 11 months ago
dude im from montreal and i say eh ALOT n aboot...and what r u taling bout that we dont speak english??? montreal is mega english granted the rest of quebec speaks mostly french.
vaginapapaya 1 year ago
I'm from Québec and we don't say eh or aboot we just don't speak english.
felixpotvin1996 1 year ago
I was unloading a beer truck the other day, and the driver almost had a sentence finished, and I asked if he was a Newfie, Oh yeah!!! Such a cute accent!! It was kind of faint, because I think he's been in Ontario for a while, but you can run, but you can't hide, eh?? haha!!! He actually thought I was a Newfie, because I picked up on it so fast! They do have the cutest accent, to be sure!!
ralphyization 1 year ago
In Vancouver, I know that 'eh' is about half and half. We say 'about' and 'out' not 'aboot' and 'oot.' And yeah, as I saw in another comment, Canadian accents and American accents really don't have much of a difference.
MysteryMisery123 1 year ago
I'm from Ireland and to me and everyone I no. We can't tell the defference between canada and American accents to us sound the same except when they say out and about but thats it.Americans all sound the same maybe the new york accent we can tell but that's it . Haha lol .....
LeahC1996 1 year ago
you know what's really cool? I'm from Northern Ontario,I say "eh" all the time. Someone from Nova Scotia said the same, and he's from the praries. Maybe hockey and the expression, "eh" is the glue that holds us together, eh? ha ha! I might add, the ONLY time I really notice that I say ,eh, is when I get teased when I'm in the States. If you're around a bunch of Americans for a while, you feel at home when you're back on the plane, and everyone is saying "eh". Warms my heart!
ralphyization 1 year ago
It's funny because I am from Minnesota and can easily tell the difference between American and Canadian accents, because most people believe that Minnesotans and Canadians have the same accents but they don't, and I am able to pick up on the differences. But I could still tell you were Canadian by the way you said "about" you didn't say aboot or aboat, but closer to abeut. just something i noticed. :)
ztrapp 1 year ago
@ztrapp I live on the border at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Mich. I notice, even though a lot of us cross the border everyday, in Mich, they say "huh" in place of our "eh". But I've heard from people who live in the "Upper Peninsula" of Mich. say that they get accused of being Canadian! haha!! whenever they're down in the lower peninsula....??? To me, even though I can see the bridge from my house, there is a LITTLE bit of a difference. Not much, we're neighbours, but we can tell, eh?
ralphyization 1 year ago
Great discussion! Accents are fascinating. I grew up on the Quebec side of the Upper Ottawa Valley. In the mid '70s my dad and some co-workers attended a convention in Toronto. The entertainers were the Irish Rovers. One of them heard their accents and stopped to ask them where in Ireland they came from. He thought they sounded Irish but couldn't place it. lol My dad is fourth generation Irish-Canadian. Unfortunately only the older people talk like that now. It's dying out. :(
beguilyn 1 year ago
I say eh ALL the time :) I love being Canadian. I'm from BC...and I don't think I say anything weird...oot aboot. but who knows I might say other words weird :P
Ceighty76 1 year ago
@Ceighty76 BC people say it too??? COOL! I remember going to the States when I was young, and they razzed the snot out of me, every time I said "eh" I was SO glad to be on the plane, and hearing , intermittently, all these,,,,ehs... haha!! I never noticed how much we, collectively, said it before.,,, But , it was COOL,. being with my own. Even though, we were on the plane in Florida, on the way back, I instantly knew I was with my own ! It made me all warm inside!:)
ralphyization 1 year ago
Americans do say the things you said...
but it's mainly the mid-west.
Kelsie154 1 year ago
I think accents are very fascinating as well! I'm from the prairies in Canada, and I do find I say eh all the time too! Although sometimes I try to pronounce it as "hey". It often comes out slurred as "eh". And I don't think it's annoying or offensive for that to be part of the canadian stereotype. Because it's true. Also, I've discovered that americans and canadian's pronounce Saskatchewan differently too. I say it SaskatcheWIN. While amaricans tend to do it SaskatcheWAN. Thanks for the video.
Mickeydudie 1 year ago 4
@Mickeydudie I'm from the prairies too! Saskatchewan to be exact. I use "eh" quite a bit, but not as much as some of my friends. I also say "Saskatchewin". That's the correct way isn't it? LOL
GrandpaJim777 1 year ago 6
@Mickeydudie I'm from Prince Albert, and I've heard people say that PA tends to have it's own accent thats a little different from the rest of Sask.
Amandainthekettle 1 year ago
@Mickeydudie Over here in the West (British Columbia) we say SaksatcheWAN and KWUbec (quebec) and we say "eh" occasionally... we sound alot like they do in Seattle
wawahwario 1 year ago
Jim I think people's accents are fascinating. People tell me I have a heavy accent and I never believed that until I got on You Tube and closed my eyes and listened to myself. And by golly, I'm pretty bad! haha. Hugs!
imperceptibleme 1 year ago
I'm Canadian and people where I live never say "eh." It depends on the area I guess.
pausebeforeviewtube 1 year ago
@pausebeforeviewtube What???? hahaha
ralphyization 1 year ago
That's why spanish is better!!! No problem with pronunciation
armandres30 1 year ago
canada is USA's hat
asianboyJhC 1 year ago
@asianboyJhC You're right... we've got them covered!
GrandpaJim777 1 year ago 55
@GrandpaJim777
yeah... but thats right... were still on top
ktemke 1 year ago 2
@asianboyJhC the USA is Canada's pants....think about it.
AmandaDeVerteuil 1 year ago 2
@AmandaDeVerteuil if the US is canada's pants what does that make lake michigan?
woodpoetry 1 year ago
@woodpoetry Ha ha !!!!
ralphyization 1 year ago
@asianboyJhC
then what does that make mexico?
signofzeta 1 year ago
@asianboyJhC usa is canada's asshole ;)
12345lulu 7 months ago
I can't hear the difference between Canadian and American accents at all! I was watching how I met your mother last night and there was a Canadian character in that and still next to American accents I can't hear a difference at all. I'm from England btw.
DiamondGina 1 year ago
You seem really nice.
kerrie1234567890 1 year ago 14
@kerrie1234567890 Thanks, Kerrie
GrandpaJim777 1 year ago
I also don't say "aboot" nor have I ever heard anyone say that in person (I'm from Montreal, QC). For the longest time I was convinced the accent was made up but I did eventually hear someone say it--on youtube I think--so I guess *some* Canadians speak like that. I do, however, say "eh" ALL the time. I didn't even realize how much I did until i spoke with a guy from Cali who kept pointing it out. I love that word tho and I prolly use it even more now! lol
FoxyBia 1 year ago
@FoxyBia You're from Montreal, and you still say, eh? eh? haha! That's how I noticed how much I was saying it, too. It was my American friends. Nobody says it in the "deep" south, so I was a bit of an anomoly... haha!! They pointed out every time I said it. I was okay, until I had a couple drinks under my belt, and the "ehs" were flying fast and furious. They thought it ws "cute". but after a couple of days, it kind of got old, on my part., eh?
ralphyization 1 year ago
hi there, here in Ohio, i have heard ruff for roof, but not the way you said it. Rather the third u sound. Not the one found in the words "but" or "food" but instead the u sound in the word "would" It's a tiny difference but you can surely notice it when said.
scubavike 1 year ago
@scubavike same i live in ohio too and i was thinking the same thing he pronounces "rough" differently
Subzzero93 1 year ago
I'm from northeastern Nevada (pronounced Nev-ADD-uh), and there are people here who say "crick" for creek and I actually say "rough" for roof. I also say "semi" like your co-worker did, sem-i. It's not uncommon at all. Thanks for the video. It's really interesting to see how others speak. Have a good day!
janieforever 1 year ago
@janieforever In Northern Ontario, we don't say, "semi's, we say transports. If someone says semi, when they're talking about a transport with 18 wheels, we KNOW they're American! haha
ralphyization 1 year ago
americans dont say rough for roof. i never heard any american say that.
gudlukinguy 1 year ago
@gudlukinguy I have, it was one of my dad's friends' friends' from Texas.
sugoipop16 1 year ago
Jim, whatever you say, I do assure you, as an Asian living in France and having U.S. Eglish as his own English, that the only Canadians I've conversed with so far said "aboat" instead of "about", and "oat" insatead of "out". Now the reason your own accent is different from theirs may province-related, that is, you're probably from a different province than Ontario. Other examples of "oat" for "out" that I know of came to me from television shows made in Canada...
Bernytheplayboy 1 year ago
@Bernytheplayboy I'm Canadian too and no one in my province says "aboot" either. People shouldn't call this a "Canadian" accent because it is only specific to a small region in Canada. It's as though we would call the accent found in Texas or Minnesota the "American" accent. And you are an Asian who lives in France who speaks "U.S. English"... I don't know how much weight your isolated conversations with Canadians holds on the subject. No offense.
FoxyBia 1 year ago
@Bernytheplayboy What evs, my friend, I live in Canada, and I've never heard aboat, unless it was someone talking about a boat! haha
ralphyization 1 year ago
wtf we dont say rough and crek, but I agree with semi.
r2d23678 1 year ago
i dont think we have a rivalry with america at least i dont i love americans there so nice it depends on the person i guess
nbr1kategosselinfan 1 year ago
Its just the hormonal little teenage kids and immature 20 somethings that spout off against Americans online. I wish with every post they made they'd be required by law to post their real age and education level alongside to show just how insignificant the poster and his or her thoughts are.
CJDiggs 1 year ago
Hi there. I'm from England and this is a subject that has always bugged me. Thanks for helping to answer it. Very interesting. Take care.
ASTMA193 1 year ago
In Northern Wisconsin, we do alot of "eh" and "yakno?" and we say "about" funny too. Were not Canadians, but we have our special dialect too.
PS, I think Canadian accents sound awesome. Canadians are way cooler than the damn Brits or Aussies
Slotten68 2 years ago
Hey thanks! There is a lot of anti-Americanism up here in Canada, but I like most of the Americans I've met. I like visiting your country too, it's cool!
GrandpaJim777 2 years ago 3
Im sure our little anti-Canada/USA sentiment is simply a joke, kind of like how you make fun of your buddies when they do something stupid but you dont really mean anything by it.
Ive traveled all around the USA and Ive been to Ontario (Toronto, Thunder Bay) on several occasions. I have found that the further north you go, generally the nicer the people are. Canadians, albeit silly sometimes, are pretty standup people.
PS Good luck tonight on the ice, USA is gunnin' for the upset!
Slotten68 2 years ago
@GrandpaJim777
I laugh when people consider Canada a foreign country. I am from Michigan, which means I'm half-Canadian.
tool987ja 1 year ago 3
Yea you Michiganers are pretty indistinguishable from a lot of us Canadians. Minnesotaites? in my ignorance, sound more East Coast Canadian while you guys are more Ontario and West. I wonder, does the CIA recruit a lot of spies from Michigan for Canadian infiltration? ;)
CJDiggs 1 year ago
@CJDiggs better watch....
ralphyization 1 year ago
@tool987ja That's right! I go into Michigan probably twice a week! It's like a neighbourhood, except for the stupid passport business!!!
ralphyization 1 year ago
@GrandpaJim777 hmm I think it depends on where you go in Canada and who you speak to. The "anti" stuff goes both ways but it's not representative of our countries as a whole. Some people seem to think that loving your own country means you have to hate all others. I have seen stuff I didn't like on both sides but I don't give it much weight--they are just ignorant people. We are all sooo much more similar than we are different and should focus on that :)
FoxyBia 1 year ago
@Slotten68 Do u mean Brits as in England or do u mean Scotland and Ireland aswell?.
whoarerangers 1 year ago
Or if not Scotland, North Ireland, Ireland (forgive my inclusion) or Whales, do you mean Midlands, Scouse, Cockney, Mancunian, Lancashire, Geordie, Yorkshire pudding etc? (just copying from wikipedia ;) I can tell the difference but couldn't name many of them if I heard them as I've not travelled England, Britain or Ireland)
CJDiggs 1 year ago
@Slotten68 thanks eh!
MissAlbaNuadh 1 year ago
I have not heard 'ruff' before' but I have heard 'roof,' you know, with that 'other' sound oo makes that isn't U.
baigandine 2 years ago
Crick there is no justification for.
baigandine 2 years ago
"eh?" is essential in winnipeg. I can't get how people DON'T say it.
CameramaDingDang 2 years ago
on the west of canada or north they dont but here in the east of canada, people say "aboot", pronounce "sorry" a bit "different" and oout
stelist4life0 2 years ago
aboot or aboat?
baigandine 2 years ago
im canadian and iv'e never heard of a boat or aboot just about
nbr1kategosselinfan 1 year ago
its aboot that they say we sound like....
snowboarder1019 2 years ago
I think the Canadian accent in Saskatoon is pretty different than in Montreal. Dunno why ?
johnnycheck99 2 years ago
@johnnycheck99 i no lyk in mtl i dont rlyy c ppl say ehh alot
tina123456ss 2 years ago
er ok dude.
johnnycheck99 2 years ago
I'm from south eastern Ontario but now i live in B.C and the accent in Washington State is so thick the funny thing about it is that it changes as you get nearer to Seattle it almost disappears and then starts up again as you get near Oregon it's really thick next to the Canadian boarder and Really thick near the Oregon border so your right fatmiked not everyone has the same accent
bcboy3n2 2 years ago
Im from southern New York State, about 20 miles north of New York City. I don't pronounce roof like "ruff" and creek like "crick"...but i have heard people from vermont say the "roof" like "ruff" though so you're right it does exist, but it's not very common in most parts of the U.S...most of us say those words just as you do.
sgtgiggles 2 years ago
No such thing as an American accent.We have no set accent.We have more than three distinct accents here in New York state alone.I can tell what part of America someone is from by their accent.And I say Roof correctly! Our accents can even vary from town to town,or family to family.I know 2 different families that say everything wrong!
FATMIKED5183 2 years ago
And likewise here in Canada. We have a multitude of accents as well. And I know where the "ABOOT" thing comes from. Nova Scotia(New Scotland). Makes sense, right?
unwinsis 2 years ago
I'm from Nova Scotia and we don't say "ABOOT" maybe in Cape Breton because they do talk funny but thats it.
JuniorArtist27 2 years ago
I like that he mocks a girl saying a stereotypical Canadian "out" when, mate, you do too. When you say "I've never heard anyone say out for out and about for about" both sound distinctly Canadian, one less stereotypical then the other I suppose.
hexagonmoose 2 years ago
I've never said "ruff" or "crick," but my grandmother's from rural western Minnesota and she's been known to say "crick" for "creek."
belliebelle 2 years ago
who is this guy, get a life pal and stop shaming us jeez
Cdnsweety1 2 years ago
i say eyyy and im from vancouver
SunJohn1995 2 years ago
who are you, the fonz?
HitlersWetDream 2 years ago
The roof = ruff and creek = crick pronunciation is generally confined to the Great Lakes/ northern Midwest region. Accents in the U.S. vary *a lot* as you probably know.
protosswannabe 2 years ago
I was born and raised in Michigan. I've never heard any native say ruff or crick. To me, these pronunciations come from the southern states.
gmaureen 2 years ago
Nope, if anything we southerners would lengthen the vowels instead of shortening them:) Ruff and crick are definitely far northernisms. Maybe you lived in lower Michigan (below the UP)?
protosswannabe 2 years ago
Yes, you're right. I'm from the lower part of the state.
gmaureen 2 years ago
protosswannabe - I've done some research on the net and found the word crick (meaning a creek) was/is used in many areas of the country...Ohio, WVA, Colorado, Iowa and Texas to name a few. Old movies and books used it too, so it must have some early American roots.
gmaureen 2 years ago
Saying "eh" isn't just a give in in the prairies, all Canadians say it. I'm from Eastern Ontario and everyone I know including myself use the word "eh" at the end of most of our sentences. It's like us Canadians have to make everything into a question. "Ya, eh." "See ya later, eh" "Have a good one, eh"
26natasha26 2 years ago
same here.. but we dont say it the dumb way like everyone else thinks we do.. lol
MsSpickett07 2 years ago
I hear "ruff" alot from many Americans as well.
I rarely hear "eh" in B.C. maybe further to Alberta, not in Vancouver though.
ForgottenSouls666 2 years ago 3
I guess the reason you haven't noticed many Canadians saying 'aboat' is because you say it almost that way yourself. That's the thing with accents. some differences may not be noticeable if they're close to the way you say something. The 'ow' sound as we say it in most of the US is very different from how you're pronouncing it.
I've never heard any American say 'ruff' for 'roof', but it's often pronounced with a short 'oo' sound, as in 'book' or 'foot'. We also can pronounce it your way.
kittyprydekissme 2 years ago
Ok, i'm from Nova Scotia and we do not say oot or aboot. Those stereotypes are american made. I've never heard neone in canada say oot or aboot. The only place that might would be in newfoundland, maybe. Otherwise, yeah, do tend to say 'oat' and 'aboat'..and eh is used alot in the maritimes as well.
uhgsoisd2 2 years ago 13
In Newfoundland, people pronounce OUT as in the US, with no Canadian raising: [aut] and not [@ut]
camundongodance 2 years ago
I'm from NS too and it annoys me with these "Canadian stereotype" because we don't talk like that. Also "eh" is not used over here often my dad occasionaly says it but he's the only one that I can even think of that says "eh". Some places in the martimes have a accent like Cape Breton and Newfoundland not all of course because a high majority of Canadians don't have a accent I talk american and have no "canadian" accent what so ever. Friends from the states on xboxlive even say I don't.
JuniorArtist27 2 years ago
us americans sometimes say "eh"...it's i think more just a north american thing, rather than specific to canada or the U.S.
sgtgiggles 2 years ago
@uhgsoisd2 im from CAPE BRITAIN and non of us say oot or aboot, but when i was in newfoundland they sad it when were talking so fast.so there is proof that nefies say that!!:);)p)
tony97828 1 year ago
@uhgsoisd2 im from bc and although our "out" sound might not be as prominent or strong as yours, ours sounds more like "oat" than "owt" (owt being how americans say it...as in "ow i hurt myself" with a t on the end)
shalnpaw 1 year ago
@uhgsoisd2 im from bc and although our "out" sound might not be as prominent or strong as yours, ours sounds more like "oat" than "owt" (owt being how americans say it...as in "ow i hurt myself" with a t on the end) too. so yeah youre right. never oot or aboot.
shalnpaw 1 year ago
@uhgsoisd2 yes, many nova scotians say oat and aboat, but i've never heard one say oot and aboot. i'm from pei and i say ehout and abehout as opposed to the more american ahout and abahout.
pausebeforeviewtube 1 year ago
@uhgsoisd2 I've figured this problem out ;) We do NOT say oot and aboot, but because the American OU in ABOUT is so pronounced and ours is almost a lazy and dropped "ou" it sounds very distinct and quite similar to oot to an American. I spent a lot of time in Europe around only Europeans and Germans...after a few months you can TELL if someone is Canadian simply because of the oot sound or the sound of 'o' in general.
xyJeNzz 1 year ago
I'm from B.C. and we say 'eh' a lot as well. I don't think we really say 'oot' so much, probably more like 'oat' if anything. I think 'oot' is more for the people in the maritime provinces and possibly the territories. To be quite honest i have never met or heard any one talk(that i can remember or think of that is) from the territories so dont know. I have heard they sound more like the maritimes though but cant really say for myself.
meghanxx4 2 years ago
i went to America, and they say eh a lot too.
My God i thought it was a Canadian stereotype, but these people in Washington were all saying eh.
I hear it sometimes in Ontario
xpo50 2 years ago 5
Because washington is so close to Canada
Aliathis 2 years ago
ur sayin it lol u said oat and aboat ur like i say oat and aboat not oat and aboat
Ramox3 2 years ago
I'm from Colombia, in my personal opinion when I hear an american speaking english and then I listen to a canadian I can't feel the difference, well I don't know, I'm studying english, I'm not bilingual yet, maybe that's why I cannot feel the diference.
barranquillero2289 2 years ago
I'm learning Spanish, and often I can't pick out different Spanish accents. There are a few I notice however, the Argentinian and Northern Spain accents.
Pureownage1 2 years ago
well it took me about a month to find out the diff between quebecqois and french.
youll notice it eventually if you go to england or something
ConCon75 2 years ago
I'm from Wisconsin and we say a lot of those words the way you have said them and said you don't pronounce them like that. LOL!!!!! accents are definitely interesting.
grandplans 2 years ago
haha the people on the east coast liek nova scotia and such say aboot and oot lol
matticusxcore 3 years ago
hey grams... still a noob
ntuman 3 years ago
yeah.... the "ruff" and "crick" come from Michigan
jackthefrenchguy 3 years ago
hmm dude you can't say american accents! america has million of diffrent accents and people!
Loverofnothing00 3 years ago
Same with Canada. Or France. Or Spain. Or any country, really.
BoojumFed 3 years ago
He means in General
FreakyPjs 3 years ago
SASKATCHEWAN!!!!! i say eh way to much
GOhendrix 3 years ago
My brother's wife (very newly married, yaaay!) is from Nova Scotia, and we like to tease her because she says "aboat" instead of "about". (PS We're Ontarian, so, we don't say "aboat" out here.)
and though she says aboat, she doesn't say "oat". =3
RaventailBlacktalon 3 years ago
whet er ye tawkin aboe!?
alexmigda 3 years ago
also, midwestern is the best accent in the english language as long as we speak quickly and don't let ourselves get annoying with the long A's. I guess the west coast sounds almost the same too. we talk the best, bitch! represent!
alexmigda 3 years ago
americans do say ruf for roof, but its not the way you say it. you're saying it like I would say rough. there's a subtle but important difference in the u sound.
alexmigda 3 years ago
I think the reason people think Canadians say "oat" and "aboat" is because Canadians tend to pronounce these words with a very quick ending (the same with "right"), or so I've heard.
kenichiito 3 years ago
Yes, I have seen Americans on TV saying "ruff" for roof. I watch a home improvement show which is from New England area in USA and hear people on that show saying ruff.
makinawdandy6699 3 years ago
yeah! i watch home improvement often and tim allen often says "ruff" for roof haha
xllgibx 3 years ago
A Native Michigander here, enjoyed this vid! Regional differences in dialect have fascinated me for years. I spent one year in Ontario in the mid eighties and loved it. People there could tell right away I was from the States. Since those days, I have never stopped using the term "aye", yet some native Michiganders also use this term, as well as "crick" for creek. Creek just sounds wrong aye!! Peace!
user1154101 3 years ago 4
We have a similar word for "eh" in Milwaukee - it's "ain'a."
beerme0369 3 years ago
something is that if i had an english accent out and about would sound like oat and a boat i am canadian and i agree that americans say ruff not as much sounding like barking dogs but in a way a little similar
yourloveformewontbe 3 years ago
canadians dont say aboot and whenever americans try to say eh they use it wrong
GeorgeandMerdolf 3 years ago
also, i can tell you're canadian because in the words "out", "about" and "lot", you use the 't' sound at the end. most americans skip the 't' sound from these words.
sbh02 3 years ago
roof is more like "ruf". like room is "rum"; the "ummm" (taste) sound coming after the 'r' in 'room'. also, the "tube" is more like "toobe". it is the 'u' sound that comes out like "oo".
"SEM-i" is a regional pronounciation. if you go to new jersey, people speak it normally like semi, but if you go to LA or california, you might hear the "SEM-i". Also, another difference between canadians and americans is the "o" sound. canadians call it "lobby" while americans like me call it "labby".
sbh02 3 years ago