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   Message 613 of 1,128   
   Mike Powell to ROB MCCART   
   National Anthem   
   20 Jan 25 08:57:00   
   
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   > 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.   
      
   When I was in Canada, I noticed that most of the Canadians I ran into had   
   no accent.  They were sometimes difficult to understand, though, because by   
   no accent I mean they also didn't accent any of their syllables.  If they   
   spoke fast, it was difficult to catch some words.   
      
   This would have been in Ontario, mostly north of Lakes Superior and Huron.   
      
   The few people I ran into that had accents either sounded like a Red Green   
   character, sounded slighly British, or sounded slightly French.  That was   
   very few people.   
      
   Mike   
      
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