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Did you really have to ask?.....canman wrote:..Even Jack, you are Canadian what do you think?
canman wrote:I've never really thought of "Canadian English" being any different than that of English spoken in other countries, except for some reason so many Americans think we always pronounce "about, like aboot", which I've never heard.
Samurai_Jerk wrote: We'll leave the Newfies and Francophones out of the discussion, but basically I've heard two accents from Canadians. The one that I can't distiguish from a "generic" American accent (think Mid-West newscaster) and the one that I can automatically peg as Canadian
jingai wrote:Education also changes the way people speak (I'm from Philly but don't sound like Rocky Balboa).
Russell wrote:
Brilliant, though his Japanese accent is a little off.
canman wrote:"why do Canadians all sound the same, while Americans don't, and why is Canadian English so clear".
Language is fluid, bae. It's always changing.
In fact, it shifts so frequently, differences can remain unseen/heard.
Just 12 months ago, we hadn't heard the term "on fleek". Those were simpler times.
Research shows the English language is evolving faster than ever, leaving an older generation trailing in the forgotten verbal dust.
But what happens when we go back further than, say, last year. How about 500 years ago? Can we comprehend our ancestors' tongue?
In short, absolutely not.
A Dutch University professor read aloud a political satire written 500 years ago by Englishman John Skelton, pronouncing each word as close to Middle English as possible.
Can you understand Speke Parott?
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FG Lurker wrote:I'm from Victoria.
To west coast ears people from Toronto have a bit of a grating accent..
dimwit wrote:Canadian English is essentially the same from coast to coast largely because it originates from United Empire Loyalists who arrived after the American Revolution. Maritime English differs somewhat because there was an existing English population prior to the influx of UELs. .
Russell wrote:Interestingly, it somewhat resembles classical Dutch, and especially Frysian, which is the language spoken in the north of the Netherlands. I think it also sounds a bit like Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, though I am not a speaker of those languages, so it is difficult to judge.
English has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English.
dimwit wrote:it is an interesting idea, but there is so little to go on. Writing from the early post Roman period is rare at best, and archelogical site are few and sparse.
kurogane wrote:From reading that ARTICLE I would suggest that THE KEY to full understanding is not to accept cliched assumptions but to come up with an entirely new set based on your own identification of OBVIOUS PATTERNS.
I see them too, you know. Patterns.
kurogane wrote:Back when Scotland was de-evolving there was quite a movement to reestablish Scottish Gaelic with a huge Cape Breton contingent jumping on board. Then sombody pointed out that east and south of some line or other Scotland has never been anything but English speaking, which helped to highlight what a shame it is when people with opinions don't pay attention in school.
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