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And honestly this has zero to do with Canadians not 'liking' Americans which is a juvenile way of looking.. I've said before and i'll say again on the whole I wouldn't want to be bordered by any other nation in the world.. The two countries have a great relationship.
I agree. The only time the three main North American countries had any conflict was in their infancy. Beyond that, we are all lucky to have the neighbors we have.
Some people in California do sound like Vancouverites, but I still hear a lot of a twang when I'm there. I just got back actually.
Even the people who sound similar to Vancouverites still pronounced certain words differently by putting the emphasis in different places and of course the elongated vowels some Americans use.
Two that stand out are " detail " and "permit " ( as in needing a permit from city hall ).
This depends on where you are in California too as there are slight differences between northern and southern California. Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco also have a slight difference from the rest which can be heard in long time residents and natives. For starters, there is no caught/cot merger. Northern CA tends to have more rounded vowels as well.
This depends on where you are in California too as there are slight differences between northern and southern California. Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco also have a slight difference from the rest which can be heard in long time residents and natives. For starters, there is no caught/cot merger. Northern CA tends to have more rounded vowels as well.
Yes, true. However as similar as the accents can be, an American and a Canadian can usually tell after a minute or so of conversation that they have slightly different ways of speaking.
Others outside of the US and Canada have a greater difficulty, like I do sometimes between a New Zealander and an Aussie.
To me a Canadian and a American that's not from Southern USA sound exactly the same to me or less the American shouts out ''USA USA USA'' or ''YEAHHHH 'MURICA'' or something along those lines.
To me a Canadian and a American that's not from Southern USA sound exactly the same to me or less the American shouts out ''USA USA USA'' or ''YEAHHHH 'MURICA'' or something along those lines.
Actually its funny - when I was in Morocco quite a few people had mistaken me for being for being British (My ancestry is Scottish so that is ok in terms of how I look of course) but they had mistaken me even after I was speaking to them in my 'Canamerican' accent.. I thought wow that is weird the accent is completely different from British like totally.. Point being is you may not detect the difference between a 'Canadian' accent and American but it is certainly there. As soon as I cross the border from Canada to Buffalo which is only 120 km from Toronto I instantly notice a difference. The more familiar you would become with Canada and America the more you'd pick up on the differences... Even within Canada you can detect differences - listen to a native from Newfoundland
I used to think Americans and Canadians sounded the same, but I can definitely tell them apart now. They are very similar, but Canadians have a slight twang that differentiates them from Americans. I was once watching Hoarders (terrible, I know) and I could easily tell when the people were in Canada or the US by the accent.
Haaar! This thread reminds me of that terribly annoying pink bunny with the bass drum.
Geeez louise; it has gone through the genesis of at least twelve other threads and even been dragged down the "accent lane" between Canada and America.
Virtually all of that has been generated by one particular poster seemingly bent on keeping this stupid thread alive regardless. A poster who has yet to realize if proximity of cities to a border were a deciding factor; all of Ireland would have ceased to exist long ago. Toronto has a lake between it and the U.S. that is larger than Ireland for heaven's sake.
Actually its funny - when I was in Morocco quite a few people had mistaken me for being for being British (My ancestry is Scottish so that is ok in terms of how I look of course) but they had mistaken me even after I was speaking to them in my 'Canamerican' accent.. I thought wow that is weird the accent is completely different from British like totally.. Point being is you may not detect the difference between a 'Canadian' accent and American but it is certainly there. As soon as I cross the border from Canada to Buffalo which is only 120 km from Toronto I instantly notice a difference. The more familiar you would become with Canada and America the more you'd pick up on the differences... Even within Canada you can detect differences - listen to a native from Newfoundland
I was mistaken for being British once...only once LOL in San Francisco...a long time ago.
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