Do Canadians sing with the same vocab they speak in?
lmao I can hear it now
Dont stop thinkin aboot tomorrow..... eh!
lmao I can hear it now
Dont stop thinkin aboot tomorrow..... eh!
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Myth Busters, Canadian Style!
- Thread starter Cory Lover
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No, were just like people form the UK, when we sing our accents magically disappear. Funny how this happens.
"The Truth About 'Aboot'"
As a Canadian working in a call center that deal predominately with American ISPs, I can assure every single Canadian here that yes, we say "aboot". Or at least something close to it that those from the US hear. We just don't hear it.
Don't believe me?
I want every Canadian to say about, out loud, but really slowly. The sound you will hear is "A-bow-oot" And I can even tell why: the french! "OU" in french is pronounced "oo", so their languange has had an influence on ours.
- the more you know.
But I rarely, if ever, say "eh".
As a Canadian working in a call center that deal predominately with American ISPs, I can assure every single Canadian here that yes, we say "aboot". Or at least something close to it that those from the US hear. We just don't hear it.
Don't believe me?
I want every Canadian to say about, out loud, but really slowly. The sound you will hear is "A-bow-oot" And I can even tell why: the french! "OU" in french is pronounced "oo", so their languange has had an influence on ours.
- the more you know.
But I rarely, if ever, say "eh".
Haha thats awesome! I did the call center thing for 4-5 years and yes I will admit, I must of had this convo atleast 10 times a day:
Caller: Yur A Canadian aint ya.
Me: Yes, I am.
Caller: Know what gave yu away?
Me: Oh, I have no idea...
Caller: Ya said aboot instead of about. I know a guy from Canada who argues ya'll don't say aboot, but You Bet ya do and I just prooved it.
Me: Wow, you got me, I had no idea.
Bolded words are bolded to point some stereotypes Canadians have of American speech.
my mom and my aunts brought me up to canada when i was 2 or 3. i thought she kept saying we were going to Canid, and i kept saying it like that. (or so the story goes, i don't remember). finally, she tried to correct me and said, "no, it's Ca-na-Duh" so i called it CanaDuh all day, which wasn't much better, because i said the 'duh' part really loudly.
Some of this is just blatantly false. Canada does not take part in more peace keeping missions than the US, and they do not even come close to the US in the amount of time, manpower, or money spent for such missions. Canada may be ranked 13th in terms of the their Country's amount of military spending, however they barely spend 1/100 of what the US does. Canada spends 16 Billion to the 530 Billion the US spends. Yes you are correct Canada has more troops in Afghanistan *per capita*, but it is misleading to say that and not say that the US has over 20,000 troops there to Canada's 2,000 troops.
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