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Old 08-30-2014, 11:05 PM
 
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I can usually tell them apart, Americans don't normally ride bears

But really, I can tell distinctive Canadian accents, maybe not the border dwellers though.

I lived in WI for 12 years and even in the last couple of months I had to ask people with strong accents to repeat things.

Now I'm in AL and I have no problem at all with southern accents.
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Old 08-31-2014, 05:26 AM
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I can usually tell them apart, Americans don't normally ride bears

But really, I can tell distinctive Canadian accents, maybe not the border dwellers though.

I lived in WI for 12 years and even in the last couple of months I had to ask people with strong accents to repeat things.

Now I'm in AL and I have no problem at all with southern accents.
Border dwellers ...most Canadians live less than 100 miles from the US border, like 90%

Had to ask people with strong accents...any chance were they from Brampton, Ontario
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Old 08-31-2014, 02:00 PM
 
Location: WA
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I sometimes mistake Canadians for Minnesotans, but I never mistake Minnesotans for Canadians.
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Old 07-31-2015, 05:51 PM
 
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Sometimes...some Canadians sound American, some Americans sound Canadian. There is not a specific Canadian or American sound/accent - there are many different ones.
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Old 07-31-2015, 06:59 PM
 
Location: Windsor Ontario/Colchester Ontario
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Yes. Canadians say "aboot" and speak with a bit of a lisp in a slow halting way. The canadian accent is painfully obvious in adults, not so much in kids and teens but they will go on to develop it as they age.

American English is much more refined than Canadian. There is no sophistication or prestige in a Canadian Accent. The over all read I get from it is: goofy.
You have obviously never spoken to a real Canadian if this is your read on our accents, what a joke, lol.
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Old 07-31-2015, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Lakewood OH
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It depends upon what part of Canada they are from. When I lived in Portland I had friends in Victoria BC. They sounded just a little bit British at times. They had different accents from my brother-in-law and his family who were born in Montreal but live in Toronto and have a kind of Eastern accent a bit like New York.
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Old 07-31-2015, 09:33 PM
 
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You have obviously never spoken to a real Canadian if this is your read on our accents, what a joke, lol.
Somebody is sensitive...your accent may not be all that pronounced, living in Windsor just across the border. But the accent can be very heavy in areas north and west of you.
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Old 07-31-2015, 10:12 PM
 
Location: Twin Cities (StP)
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Yeah. The way Canadians say "about" is a dead giveaway.
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Old 08-01-2015, 01:04 PM
 
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Instantly. Canadians sound Scandinavian with a good helping of scottish in there too. I find the way they talk quite fascinating. They're so close to the United States yet their dialect is really so european/british.
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Old 08-01-2015, 01:58 PM
 
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Instantly. Canadians sound Scandinavian with a good helping of scottish in there too. I find the way they talk quite fascinating. They're so close to the United States yet their dialect is really so european/british.
All Americans don't sound alike though...some sound Canadian, especially around Minnesota/Wisconsin. And some Canadians sound more American, especially around southern Ontario.
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