tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369162053296381708.post6315950089969354048..comments2023-08-07T07:26:14.105-06:00Comments on deletia: Talking to Canadians!Prolixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09040760623641858824noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369162053296381708.post-50715594836456167052009-11-19T16:50:03.193-07:002009-11-19T16:50:03.193-07:00Someone, in my home state, asked me once if I was ...Someone, in my home state, asked me once if I was from Australia. I still have no idea why.<br /><br />That said, there's definitely a Canadian accent. My linguist ears were buzzing the whole time I lived up there.aleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07433827353031591799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369162053296381708.post-44094846076216467942009-11-18T02:07:31.933-07:002009-11-18T02:07:31.933-07:00According to Molson, it's give'r. I grew u...According to Molson, it's give'r. I grew up in Ontario, and I've lived in Alberta a bit, and the -'r thing seems to be more common in Ontario in general. Although, I didn't realize it WAS a thing until I came back to Canada a couple months ago. Eh seems more of an Ontario/eastern thing, too. In fact, the entire American stereotype for the "Canadian" accent is more Ontario than anything. Western and eastern accents vs. Ontario accents are quite different.<br /><br />It's strange to have lived or frequently visited so many places where the accents are only so very slightly different (various parts of Ontario, Alberta, Indiana, Illinois, Nova Scotia). You become sensitized to all of the minor differences. I can pin certain people down to a VERY specific location pretty easily. It's also given me a geeky interest in amateur linguistics. Give me a beer or two and I start harassing people about the various consonant and vowel shifts (and specifically the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_cities_vowel_shift" rel="nofollow">northern cities vowel shift</a>. And also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_raising" rel="nofollow">Canadian Raising</a>.<br /><br />The whole thing with Sarah Palin and her wacko accent was of great interest, too.<br /><br />So yeah, I'm a nerd. I'm glad somebody else notices this kind of thing.Candicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895357395246645400noreply@blogger.com