TZUTC: -0500   
   MSGID: 610.canada@1:2320/105 2bf3896b   
   REPLY: 604.canada@1:2320/105 2bf0fe93   
   PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: CAPCITY2   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   MP>This has not happened in a long time but, when I moved to the area I live   
     >in now (about 28 years ago), for several years people would sometimes ask   
     >me if I was from Canada.   
      
   MP>I don't know why.  I was born in Kentucky, and so were my parents and   
     >theirs, and the city I live in now is in Kentucky.   
      
   Being Kentucky for generations it wouldn't be an 'accent' issue so it's   
   hard to know why they thought that.   
      
   I know most Canadians travelling in the USA are often told to say they   
   are from Ohio because they have the similar 'accent' (or lack there-of)   
   that most Canadians have. We just have to make sure not to say things   
   like Hydro instead of Power and to leave the U's out if we write   
   anything down like Colour or Neighbour..    B)   
      
   Re: the 'Accent'.. When most Americans think of a Canadian accent they   
   think of what is mostly a Northern or Eastern accent actually used by   
   very few of us. You expect us to say 'aboot' instead of about. For the   
   most part the bulk of us have no true accent, we just say words exactly   
   as they are spelled but, like in the USA, there are areas that do have   
   a distinctly different accent and often use different words for things.   
   ---   
    * SLMR Rob  * When Puns Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Puns   
    * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)   
   SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/305 153/7715 154/110 218/700 226/30   
   SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 114 300 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 705 291/111   
   SEEN-BY: 292/854 320/219 322/757 396/45 460/58 712/848 902/26 2320/0   
   SEEN-BY: 2320/105 5020/400 5075/35   
   PATH: 2320/105 229/426