The Canadian Experience. Talking Canadian. (English speech of Canadians) Thread poster: PB Trans
| PB Trans Local time: 06:40 French to English + ... | How to speak Canadian or whatever | Jan 24, 2004 |
Pronounciation and Grammar: Diphthongs combining two vowels to make one used in words with "out" (eg. aboot a-bow-t) used in words with "ue" (eg. Tuesday Tooz-dee) Changing vowel location ie. diffurnt, cumpnee Silent vowels dropping the vowel if it starts with a vowel (eg. mazin', maircan) Replacing Y with two E's ie. Mundee, Calgree An inconstant consonant pronounc... See more Pronounciation and Grammar: Diphthongs combining two vowels to make one used in words with "out" (eg. aboot a-bow-t) used in words with "ue" (eg. Tuesday Tooz-dee) Changing vowel location ie. diffurnt, cumpnee Silent vowels dropping the vowel if it starts with a vowel (eg. mazin', maircan) Replacing Y with two E's ie. Mundee, Calgree An inconstant consonant pronouncing t as a d (eg. priddy) or as a t (eg. boycott) taking out consonants in some words (eg. Tronno) but adding some consonants in others (eg. fambly) Verb Tenses leaving out have or has (eg. I seen that film already) Present Tense adding s to the word to make it past (eg. I goes into the hotel) Joining prepositions with words when using a preposition (eg. to, in, until) combine it with the nearest word (eg. coupla, uptilate) EH? use instead of huh, ya know, etc. short form for what did you say, would you repeat that please, etc. Whatever use when you don't know what to say ******* more brutal(brew-tal)Canadian stuff can be found here:http://www.tourcanada.com/comedy.htm ▲ Collapse | | | NancyLynn Canada Local time: 02:40 Member (2002) French to English + ... MODERATOR
My British friends, now repatriated to the Southern US (ooooh.... another topic altogether...) thought that 'eh' was not really true, like the sasquatch (from British Columbia, fyi) and the tooth fairy (she's worse than the mafia, that one).;-) But on attending a birthday party here in our little corner of Eastern Ontario, they had to admit that next to the f*** word (much more noticeable both in frequency an volume, as the night wore on and our world-famous brew was consumed in unequalled... See more My British friends, now repatriated to the Southern US (ooooh.... another topic altogether...) thought that 'eh' was not really true, like the sasquatch (from British Columbia, fyi) and the tooth fairy (she's worse than the mafia, that one).;-) But on attending a birthday party here in our little corner of Eastern Ontario, they had to admit that next to the f*** word (much more noticeable both in frequency an volume, as the night wore on and our world-famous brew was consumed in unequalled quantities), 'eh' was popping up all over the room, as a punctuation, an emphasis, a request for agreement with the speaker's views, and a short-form version of: pardon, could you repeat that, your accent is hard to follow through the beery haze... Just part of our national heritage, eh? Nancy ▲ Collapse | | | nyamuk United States Local time: 00:40 Indonesian to English + ... repatriation | Jan 25, 2004 |
NancyLynn wrote: My British friends, now repatriated to the Southern US (ooooh.... another topic altogether...) Best of luck to your friends Canadian English won't be very useful at Guantanamo Bay, eh?
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