I went to college at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, which
is only about 90 miles north of where I live, but populated with people
mostly from Chicagoland and central Illinois. I didn't come back home to
visit for several months at first, and when I did, I was astonished at
how much my ear had grown attuned to the flat, Midwestern accent. There
were even a couple of times when I couldn't make out what one of my
friends' girlfriends was saying.
My part of Kentucky has a very heavy Irish influence -- Buchanans ,
Dunns & Sullivans abound, and it's very apparent when you're not used to
hearing it. I really was taken aback at first.
-- Walt
On 9/18/2012 5:59 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Yes, but to our ears you southerners say "a-bay-out".
;-)
Of course we Canadians have lots of different local accents (the Newfoundland
accent probably being the best known - rumour has it that local Newfies can
actually tell what fishing village one comes from by their accent).
That being said the central Canadian accent is so flat and "neutral" that quite a few
Canadians are newsreaders down south (as in the USA). Robert Macneil (Macneil - Lehrer Report),
Keith Morrison, Peter Jennings and John Roberts (we knew him as JD Roberts) come to mind. Oh yeah,
and the "Scud Stud", what was his name, Arthur Kent?
cheers,
frank
"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." --
Christopher Hitchens
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From: Walt <[email protected]>
Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12
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Subject: Re: OT: Humor For our Canadian Friends
The thing is, it's always sound more like "a boat" to my ear. But, then,
I speak Kentuckese.
On 9/18/2012 8:41 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
Thats aboot it
Dave
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote:
http://themetapicture.com/canadian-investigators/
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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