Canadains do have a unique accent

Here are a few things I've noticed that are different. Video response to GrandpaJim777

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Canadian
• Accents
• American
• differences
• dialects

[Alicej2O]

I have always wondered what the differences are but no-one has explained it as well as you! Thanks, very helpful :)

[zunathanzu]

@Alicej2O Well I'm happy I could have educated you in this small way. :)

[TheKuffarKid]

I grew up in ND and was once stuck in Edmonton for a weekend. One night I was sitting in the bar having a few Molsons (When in Rome) and got into a conversation with a guy from Vancouver BC. After an hour or so we got around to where we were from and he was stunned to find out that I wasn't from there. He thought I sounded just like Albertans. Also traveling down south in the US I regularly heard "You must be from Canada" so much I started saying "Yeah that other province ND".

[zunathanzu]

Thats funny. I went to school with someone from North Dakota. She said a few things weird, like "Ya you betcha!" and "ya don'tcha know!", she sounded kinda like Sarah Palin Actually.

Now that I've been here a while, people find out I'm Canadian and say "You don't talk like a Canadian". It's a subtle accent and easy to blend in.

[zunathanzu]

@masterblend100 Yeah, i have noticed. Also they say "sell" instead of "sale" and "set" instead of "sit"

[masterblend100]

@zunathanzu Have you noticed when people from Oklahoma say "pen" they say "pin" and when they say "roof" it's "ruff"

[zunathanzu]

That's interesting. I have noticed "sana" like you mentioned. I'm no linguistics expert, but I do share your interest in how people say things. I have noticed a LOT more differences, so maybe I will make another video about this topic!

[emilylime88]

This is a really interesting video. I'm in linguistics so I pay a lot of attention to what people say. One thing I've noticed is that I hear Americans say "winners" for "winters" or "sana" for "santa'. Also, there's this thing called Canadian Raising. It's where we raise the first vowel in a diphthong before t p or k. I hope you make another video like this when you think of more :)

[QuartuvLarry]

I personally try to avoid ending my sentences with a preposition like "at"

(LOL @ "zed")

There's a lot of variants contained inside the States, some of them including the differences you pointed out. I'm originally from Iowa, so instead of soda, we call it pop. In the deep South, folks call grocery carts "buggies"