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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.
If you think that sounds like it was influenced by French, then what can I say? You have a bad ear.
All American TV newscasters (for example) have an accent-less delivery that makes it difficult to associate them with their home region, although a few like Dan Rather and David Brinkley retained their southern style. I caught a Michiganism the other day coming from Miles O'Brien, and I had not known that he was from Michigan until I looked him up (he pronounces "since" like "sense"). But that uniformity, I presume, is the enforced American style, which is not the same as that enforced by Canadian broadcasting outlets.. If you watch the CBC news from Canada, you will recognize a Canadianism within a minute or two. British, Irish and Scots accents are perfectly acceptable among Canadian professional media speakers, even if conspicuous.
So I'd have to say it is not pronounced, but it is there for all to hear. Americans have a lot of regional accents within, but they're not allowed to leak through onto TV presenters. I was a TV presenter in Canada for many years. and I assume nearly all my audience knew I was American.
All American TV newscasters (for example) have an accent-less delivery that makes it difficult to associate them with their home region, although a few like Dan Rather and David Brinkley retained their southern style. I caught a Michiganism the other day coming from Miles O'Brien, and I had not known that he was from Michigan until I looked him up (he pronounces "since" like "sense"). But that uniformity, I presume, is the enforced American style, which is not the same as that enforced by Canadian broadcasting outlets.. If you watch the CBC news from Canada, you will recognize a Canadianism within a minute or two. British, Irish and Scots accents are perfectly acceptable among Canadian professional media speakers, even if conspicuous.
So I'd have to say it is not pronounced, but it is there for all to hear. Americans have a lot of regional accents within, but they're not allowed to leak through onto TV presenters. I was a TV presenter in Canada for many years. and I assume nearly all my audience knew I was American.
That's a very interesting point.
The main news commentator in (English) Canada is this guy:
The main news commentator in (English) Canada is this guy:
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I know Rex very well, we worked(and hung out) together for years. He still has a hint of his Newfoundland accent, but it seems largely overcome. He went to the CBC and I went to City-Data.
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.
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.
There is no slight French accent there.
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Originally Posted by Natnasci
If you think that sounds like it was influenced by French, then what can I say? You have a bad ear.
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Originally Posted by Acajack
Yeah, no French there lemme tell you...
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Originally Posted by saibot
It doesn't sound like French, no, but that is a classic example of Canadian pronunciation of "about."
Silly question as if all Canadians and Americans have the same accent my relatives in British Colombia have a different accent than those living in Ontario and my accent doesn't sound like either one of theirs. BTW I prefer the Ontario accent over the BC accent but there are even variations in Ontario.
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