Are there any other ways to distinguish the difference between an American and Canadian accent, apart from the way Canadians pronounce 'ou' as in 'about'?
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hey?
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no they sound to alike
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There are different accents all over the U.S. and Canada that all sound different to me. I live in Michigan, and there are different accents just here.
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Per capita, you have more french speaking people in a great deal of the areas with french backgrounds. Down in Louisiana, you have a large population of french backgrounds, but the drawl is different then up north.
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huh? Canada is in North America....therefore Canadians ARE Americans. Even those from Central and South America are "Americans". Okay...so you probably meant USA citizens...but that's silly as well. Northern Mainers speak the same as many Canadians, Someone from New Orleans or Boston sounds completely different than someone in Montreal. You might as well have asked "How can I tell the different between the color of a rainbow and the color of paint?"
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One give away is Kanuks end a sentence with Heh!. Heh! People from Hawaii end their sentences with Yah! lol
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To people with accents from the various parts of the country, Canadians have distinctive accents. The accents in the US are quite varied and a good ear can tell the difference between someone from Florida and someone from Georgia. The closer one is to an area where an accent comes from the harder it is for him to distinguish the differences.
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Not sure if this answers your question, but an English school in South Korea told me they liked hiring Canadians because they speak more clearly and articulate and pronounce words a little better than other English-speaking countries. They ended by saying that, "Canadians sound like the people on American t.v. Many Americans don't sound like the people on American t.v."
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You have many different accents with States never mind different accents in Canada. If you are a person that travels around and has a good ear you can differentiate an accent from different cities and country areas within a small region. I think if you have a good ear you could definately tell a Canadian accent as easily as you can tell a New York from a Tennessee accent.
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Sometimes it's in the position of the words, not the accent: someone from Canada says 'How's it goin', eh?', someone from NYC says 'Eh, how's it goin'?'
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Also, not really an answer... but just a note: Not that many Canadians pronounce "about" like "aboot". Atleast, not really any of the Canadians I know... and considering I'm Canadian, born and raised, and still live here, well...
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