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sarab · 12-10-2007, 03:31 AM

I agree with Carla...the "o" sound can easily distinguish which part of the northern U.S. or Canada a person comes from. Also, I looked around on the internet and found this quote that was interesting:

"In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages without trying to invent slang, so we just go right ahead and use English for literature, Scotch for sermons and American for conversation." -- Stephen Leacock

There are lots of pages dedicated to Canadian English, but here is one I found that was good:

http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm

Hope it helps!

12-10-2007, 03:31 AM	#3
sarab Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 252 Rep Power: 212	I agree with Carla...the "o" sound can easily distinguish which part of the northern U.S. or Canada a person comes from. Also, I looked around on the internet and found this quote that was interesting: "In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages without trying to invent slang, so we just go right ahead and use English for literature, Scotch for sermons and American for conversation." -- Stephen Leacock There are lots of pages dedicated to Canadian English, but here is one I found that was good: http://www.cornerstoneword.com/misc/cdneng/cdneng.htm Hope it helps!