Re: [tips] The Canadian "about"and "out"

John Kulig Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:30:25 -0800

Speaking about bad accents, remember Paul McCartney's Dakota accent in Rocky Racoon? He couldn't keep it after second :30 Cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNRH7_Kd5Yc

btw I ran "capital of Canada" past my kids and they of course knew it Cool

.. they were puzzled by the Harvard clip. If fairness to Harvard, US news outlets carry virtually _no_ news from Canada. When I got into short-wave international radio many years ago I thought I really would get international news and I was surprised at how much US news was covered, at least by the western european air waves. (Except Rob Ford of course!)

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John W. Kulig, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Coordinator, Psychology Honors
Plymouth State University
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From: "Maxwell Gwynn" <[email protected]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 10:51:01 AM
Subject: Re: [tips] The Canadian "about"and "out"

Michael:

Be mindful of incorrect stereotypes based on media characterizations. Have you personally ever heard a Canadian pronounce these words differently than you would?

Along these lines, most fellow Canadians to whom I have spoken have said that last weekend's Saturday Night Live sketch characterizing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was humorous not due to its content but rather the terrible "Canadian" accents which the actors adopted. Most of us felt that the accent sounded like it came from Minnesota or North Dakota; it seemed as if Rob Ford came straight out of the movie "Fargo."

Now, since I've never spoken with someone from that area, I'm basing my interpretation of such an accent from that movie, which I acknowledge is likely an exaggerated media characterization.

Never Been Oot and Aboot, AFAIK,

-Max

Max Gwynn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Academic Advisor

Dept. of Psychology
Wilfrid Laurier University

Waterloo, ON Canada
(519) 884-0710 ext 3854
[email protected]

>>> "[email protected]" [email protected]> 22/11/2013 10:14 AM >>

What is so funny about how Canadians pronounce those two words?
Are they similar to Australian creole?

michael

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