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We have a Canadian thread for discussing the Canadian dialects. http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187041
Canadian dialects? That's kinda funny...I'm pretty sure unless you're a newfie or French, 'Canadian dialect' is the same as 'American dialect.' We just don't use as many 'u's in our words.
Canadian dialects? That's kinda funny...I'm pretty sure unless you're a newfie or French, 'Canadian dialect' is the same as 'American dialect.' We just don't use as many 'u's in our words.
Well, no, actually, there are approximately several still thriving Canadian dialects of English.
Someone from Ottawa, a native, sounds quite different from someone from Qubec, say, or Labrador, and there are differences in names for some common items, too.
Oh, I see, I see. guess I never noticed it. I've travelled all over Canada and the U.S., and never spotted any differences, except in Newfoundland (which is why everyone makes fun of Newfies) But, everyone else seems to be posting there are differences, so I suppose maybe I'm just blind. Just for curiosities sake, what are some of the different names for common items?
Huh. Crazy. This summer I was in southern Ontario, then Northern Ontario (the real north, not North Bay) and then B.C. I met some kids from Quebec while up in Northern Ont, and they had French accents, but all English people sounded exactly the same. either I'm deaf, or crazy, or everyone else is. I'm just going to go ahead and say it's me.Seriously? I can go forty miles and hear a different accent further north. the differences are huge...all over the country.
Having said that, there are major differences in America. New York, for example, or the southern states like Texas have distinct accents. Canada, though, I guess I'm crazy.Huh. Crazy. This summer I was in southern Ontario, then Northern Ontario (the real north, not North Bay) and then B.C. I met some kids from Quebec while up in Northern Ont, and they had French accents, but all English people sounded exactly the same. either I'm deaf, or crazy, or everyone else is. I'm just going to go ahead and say it's me.
Don't know about SK, but living in MB for 7 years I noticed that perogies are served with everything (including Christmas dinner) and on the menu at nearly all the restaurants. I even saw them on Chinese take out menus. But they're always boiled. They'd never even consider frying them.Also, are there regional dishes in Saskatchewan and Manitoba?