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I've found that "eh?" never ends a question--rather, it ends a statement and creates a question in the process.
Thus, "Could I have another beer, eh?" would never be spoken by a Canadian. But "I need another beer, eh?" would be fine. More examples:
Wrong: You think it'll stop snowing, eh?
Correct: Do you think it will stop snowing?
Canadian: Snowing pretty bad, eh?
Answer to the Canadian: Yeah, but I hear it'll let up by Tuesday.
Wrong: Are the Maple Leafs always this bad, eh?
Correct: Are the Maple Leafs always this bad?
Canadian: Leafs suck, eh?
Answer to the Canadian: Yeah, they sure do.
Wrong: Where's the washroom, eh?
Correct: Where is the washroom?
Canadian:I need the can, eh?
Answer to the Canadian: Go to the back; it's on your left.
See the difference between the questions and the statements turned into questions by the use of "eh?"
LOL! "I'm gettin' whiplash from my burps, eh." "Beauty."
Americans would just replace "eh?" with "huh?"
That's about it. I've never heard anyone say "aboot" either. Unless we were making fun of Newfies.
Well I do say "eh" sometimes and never say "aboot". Maybe in the maritime provinces like Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island most people in that region have distinct accents. It almost either scottish or irish sounding actually. Where I'm at its either english or french.
My English is not that good to pick out different accents in the US and Canada but from what I understand reading what others where saying people in Canada who say about come across has aboot has there is fast hard drop on ou and more draw out t. Where people in US saying about sound like to people in Canada like abart with drawn out ar .The major emphasis on the word about come across has abaaaarrrt to people in Canada.Where in Canada there is little emphasis on ou sound it drops fast and hear aboot.
Same thing with house people in Canada draw out the word house where people US the word house drops really fast it the opposite of what they are doing with about..
What I read is the sounds OU is different in Canada .
If you check out the TV show trailer park boys when they say about it kinda almost does sound like aboot.
Canadians says 'melk', Americans say 'milk'
Canadians say 'happen', Americans say 'happin'
Canadians say 'soary', Americans say 'sawry'
Canadians say 'eh', Americans say 'huh'
Canadians say 'hoose', Americans say 'howse'
Canadians say 'aboat', Americans say 'abowt'
Canadians say 'ya know', Americans say 'you know'
Canadians say 'firehall', Americans say 'fire station'
Canadians says 'melk', Americans say 'milk'
Canadians say 'happen', Americans say 'happin'
Canadians say 'soary', Americans say 'sawry'
Canadians say 'eh', Americans say 'huh'
Canadians say 'hoose', Americans say 'howse'
Canadians say 'aboat', Americans say 'abowt'
Canadians say 'ya know', Americans say 'you know'
Canadians say 'firehall', Americans say 'fire station'
Canadians says 'melk', Americans say 'milk'
Canadians say 'happen', Americans say 'happin'
Canadians say 'soary', Americans say 'sawry'
Canadians say 'eh', Americans say 'huh'
Canadians say 'hoose', Americans say 'howse'
Canadians say 'aboat', Americans say 'abowt'
Canadians say 'ya know', Americans say 'you know'
Canadians say 'firehall', Americans say 'fire station'
Not sure about some of those
soary /sawry I would say is true but only for older Canadians.
I've noticed most under 30 say sawry.
aboat/abowt also is true, I hear it, however english Canadians from
Montreal area say abowt.
happen/happin, not sure, never noticed
"ya know" sounds more like movie "Fargo", Minnesota/North Dakota area to me.
Fire Station is used in Canada, I think Fire Hall might be a British thing?
To me key difference is how the letter a is pronounced.
In the US the letter a in alot of words is pronouced "aw" as in awesome,
in Canada the letter a in the many words is prounced like the words sack or black
Good examples are words like Mazda, Taco, plaza.
Most Canadians pronouce the a's differently.
Also US tend to change the letter o to sometimes sound like the letter a
Like first o in words borrow or sorrow.
Also second o in word tomorrow.
Bottom line is Canadians seem to be sounding more and more like Americans,
still noticeable different with less or no "drawl".
I have noticed too "Canadian raising", always sounds weird to my ears,
like they're constantly asking a question, particularly teenage girls,
they speak almost like SoCal "valley girls", sounds annoying.
American accents are so different from each other its tough to compare them to Canadian ones. Does someone from Boston sound alot different from Canadian?? yes very different. Southern US accents are not even in the same ball park as Canadian. However if you visit the upper midwest you will find it tough to tell the Canadian from Americans if you are not familiar with that part of the world. MN, Wi and Mi are often so close accent wiseto Canadian that they are confused as Canadian accents. Of course not all Canadian accents are the same either, but most people think of the Ontario accent when they think Canadian accents. In Quebec that accent is quite different. We really are talking about comparing alot of apples and oranges here.
American accents are so different from each other its tough to compare them to Canadian ones. Does someone from Boston sound alot different from Canadian?? yes very different. Southern US accents are not even in the same ball park as Canadian. However if you visit the upper midwest you will find it tough to tell the Canadian from Americans if you are not familiar with that part of the world. MN, Wi and Mi are often so close accent wiseto Canadian that they are confused as Canadian accents. Of course not all Canadian accents are the same either, but most people think of the Ontario accent when they think Canadian accents. In Quebec that accent is quite different. We really are talking about comparing alot of apples and oranges here.
I think southern part of Ontario may sound more like the US where other parts of Canada have more of Canadian accent with the exceptions of Vancouver that sounds more of the west coat of the US.
Some place in Canada have more draw and other places not .
I don't know if you can hear it but this girl really has draw and over pronunciation of words thepronunciation of words self may not sound American but the draw and and over pronunciation of words do.Don't really know what state she come close to but north east part of the US talk much faster and do not have draw or over pronunciation of words.
Has for other videos they have strong accent and give away they are from Canada.
Has for most southern accents in the US most of draw and over pronunciation of words is more subtle thing now in most cities and suburbs these days with so many people moving there and media and Hollywood Well the draw and over pronunciation of words is very strong for some one in north eat part US to hear them but very subtle to some one from west coast.
But when I read messages on internet non native speakers they tell me how strong the draw and over pronunciation is the US ,UK and Canada to their ears but to natives they don't hear it.
What does the accent of Anglo-Montrealers sound like?
The ones I've heard sounded very American to me, like I couldn't tell any Canadian features in their speech at all! You'd think it would be more influenced by French wouldn't you?
Is it perhaps because they're geographically isolated from other Anglo-Canadians so they pick up their cues on speaking English from American television?
Bottom line is Canadians seem to be sounding more and more like Americans,
still noticeable different with less or no "drawl".
I have noticed too "Canadian raising", always sounds weird to my ears,
like they're constantly asking a question, particularly teenage girls,
they speak almost like SoCal "valley girls", sounds annoying.
I think the thing that makes Americans sound American is the drawly speech. Canadians have a 'clipped' quality to their speech that makes them sound different from Americans regardless of how they pronounce 'sorry'.
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the pronunciation of words self may not sound American but the draw and and over pronunciation of words do.Don't really know what state she come close to but north east part of the US talk much faster and do not have draw or over pronunciation of words.
What does the accent of Anglo-Montrealers sound like?
