Which US state would fit best into Canada? (sales, real estate)
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There is no way every Canadian coming down to do film/television work in the States is getting speech training. That's preposterous. A lot of Canadians just simply don't have much of a discernible accent, especially among younger people.
I simply gave you a real life example of it happening. Also, you don't need specific training. If you are being hired to play a part and the character is American, any hint of a Canadian accent will be a hinderance in getting the part.
You are also probably judging their accent after they have adjusted them.
There is no way every Canadian coming down to do film/television work in the States is getting speech training. That's preposterous. A lot of Canadians just simply don't have much of a discernible accent, especially among younger people.
I can usually pick out another Canadian within the first few minutes of speaking to them. Accent, intonation, and the use of certain words are among the things that make them discernible from Americans. I think that any Canadian actors who haven't received speech training have simply trained themselves over the course of many years in the US.
Place names across the Midwest reflect French explorers, and this isn’t at all unique to Minnesota: see e.g., city and town names across Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, even parts of Indiana and Ohio. None of these places retain a French culture in modern times even remotely resembling what you see in Canada, or even the parts of the U.S. such as Louisiana, or northern Vermont/northern Maine. They’re just places named after French explorers and famous French individuals.
No one is arguing that. Focus for a second.
I responded to someone who said there was no "French Influence" -- Many communities founded and named are in fact influenced by the French.
Place names across the Midwest reflect French explorers, and this isn’t at all unique to Minnesota: see e.g., city and town names across Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, even parts of Indiana and Ohio. None of these places retain a French culture in modern times even remotely resembling what you see in Canada, or even the parts of the U.S. such as Louisiana, or northern Vermont/northern Maine. They’re just places named after French explorers and famous French individuals.
Are you saying that "places named after French explorers and famous French individuals" =/= "French influence"?
I responded to someone who said there was no "French Influence" -- Many communities founded and named are in fact influenced by the French.
Nobody mentioned "Culture"
I think that when many people speak of "influence" of a certain ethnic or national group, they do mean the mark the group left on the culture of the area. That could be reflected in its cuisine, or in the music, or in the language, or in the attitudes of the locals.
Southern Louisiana's French influence shows up in words in the language ("lagniappe," "fais do-do," "laissez les bons temps rouler"), in the cuisine (both Cajun and Creole), or in the attitude of the locals.
I think that when many people speak of "influence" of a certain ethnic or national group, they do mean the mark the group left on the culture of the area. That could be reflected in its cuisine, or in the music, or in the language, or in the attitudes of the locals.
Southern Louisiana's French influence shows up in words in the language ("lagniappe," "fais do-do," "laissez les bons temps rouler"), in the cuisine (both Cajun and Creole), or in the attitude of the locals.
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