Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 06:39:01 02/15/05
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On February 15, 2005 at 08:56:04, Andrew Wagner wrote: >On February 15, 2005 at 08:40:40, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On February 15, 2005 at 08:34:22, Andrew Wagner wrote: >> >>>[snip] >>>>Since quite a very people... >>>[snip] >>> >>>Is that a Canadian phrase? Don't mind me, strange things interest my curiosity. >> >>Nope, just a typo. >> >>Here is one from the eastern part of Canada and is quite funny: >> >>"Hey 'der boy" >> >>In the proper "Newfoundland" accent, it will have you rolling. >> >>Peter > >I get distracted just hearing my Boston-born professor talk about "arithmAtic >expressions", or canadians talking "abOOt" things instead of "abOWt" them. I'm >just wierd, I guess. I pronounce about as "abowt". The Canadians that normal say it weird are the eastern most Canadians. The accent out there is very thick. Especially in Newfoundland. My family originally comes from Nova Scotia where the accent is still there, but now as heavy. When talking to my Uncle or Grandfather who still live in Sydney, I have to think about what they say sometimes. Since I was raised primarily in western Canada, and on military bases in Germany and Greece (this is when I was _very_ young), I don't have the accent. Peter
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