Can you understand this accent? (American, typical, people)

[callmemaybe]

newfoundland accent - YouTube

Lmao, is that even English?

[adventuregurl]

Yes, about 95% of it....maybe you have to be Canadian to understand it!

[jambo101]

Regional dialects eh! love em.
Heres some mountain dialects from Appalachia Appalachian English - YouTube

Then theres Peter Mackay exhibiting another Canadian dialect Franglais.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY_G_aVt0Yg&feature=plcp

[Acajack]

I can understand most of it but I have had a lot more exposure to English than most francophone Canadians.

[mikmaq32]

I don`t think that`s actually hard to understand, it`s the fact that it`s mid way through conversation, if you just jump into the middle of any conversation it`s a little hard to figure out what there saying.

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

Do Acadians tend to sound like this?


New Orleans Cajun, Justin Wilson - Prize Bull - YouTube

[Jdawg8181]

Im American- that clip sounds British to me- is that how Canadians speak? Sorry, never met a Canadian before.

[Acajack]

This would be a typical Acadian accent in English:


Yvon Godin, EI and Altantic Canada - 060612 - YouTube

[BIMBAM]

Originally Posted by Jdawg8181

Im American- that clip sounds British to me- is that how Canadians speak? Sorry, never met a Canadian before.

It's how Canadians from the province of Newfoundland speak, but not all of Canada's regions have that accent. Most English speaking Canadians (about a quarter of the country speaks French) speak with accents that are closer to American ones, but not identical. The accents are close enough that people confuse Canadian accents for American ones sometimes.

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

Originally Posted by Acajack

This would be a typical Acadian accent in English:


Yvon Godin, EI and Altantic Canada - 060612 - YouTube

I think Justin Wilson (RIP) was funnier!