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No, Canadians say 'aboat' and Americans say 'about'. It may take a minute, but eventually you can tell a Candadian apart from an American because of their French origin.
Hmm, only about 25% of Canadians are of French origin, and most of them are concentrated in one geographic area.
Didn't the French own Canada once until they traded it for Guadeloupe? Canada definitively has French roots and it still shows in their way of speaking. Even English speaking Canadians sound a little French although their accent is not as strong as when people from France are trying to speak English.
Didn't the French own Canada once until they traded it for Guadeloupe? Canada definitively has French roots and it still shows in their way of speaking. Even English speaking Canadians sound a little French although their accent is not as strong as when people from France are trying to speak English.
Your history of Canada is severely lacking. I suggest you do some research and get back to us.
You seem to be thinking of Newfoundlanders, who only number about 500,000 out of 25-28 million English-speaking Canadians.
If there is anything residual from the British Isles in the accent of most English-speaking Canadians, it's probably a bit of Scottish.
I did meet a linguist from the UK once and he spotted my English Canadian accent right away. He said that unlike most American accents that are flat, Canadians have a lilt that is much like the Irish.
Didn't the French own Canada once until they traded it for Guadeloupe? Canada definitively has French roots and it still shows in their way of speaking. Even English speaking Canadians sound a little French although their accent is not as strong as when people from France are trying to speak English.
Hmm... the demographics of Canada have changed quite a bit since 1763.
Today, the accent and speech of 98% of English-speaking Canadians are basically uninfluenced by the presence of 7 million French speakers in their country.
English-speaking Canadians generally sound like this (more of a discreet Scottish influence than anything else):
I did meet a linguist from the UK once and he spotted my English Canadian accent right away. He said that unlike most American accents that are flat, Canadians have a lilt that is much like the Irish.
Don't the Scots have a bit of lilt as well (though a different accent from the Irish of course)?
Today, the accent and speech of 98% of English-speaking Canadians are basically uninfluenced by the presence of 7 million French speakers in their country.
English speaking Canadians still have a slight French accent, here is an example of that. Skip to 0:45 and you can hear the guy say 'aboat', even almost 'aboot'. An American would never speak like that.
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What? lol
