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Fancy someone mistaking me for a Canadian! But yes, even *I* thought the people on Fargo sounded funny.
I'd just like to point out that even this quiz concedes that we do NOT say 'aboot', okay? IT JUST DOESN'T RHYME WITH LOUD.
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Any chance you can give me a call?
*hopeful*
Sorry, I would have called but literally the minute you posted this comment, Jenica came upstairs and needed to talk about living arrangement things. She's moving out! Wah....
Gimme a call today if you get a chance? Need insider info etc etc and stuff plz.
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I'm from Alberta, grew up in Saskatchewan, and spent a number of years in B.C. In other words, I'm a complete Westerner. Our 'about's aren't 'aboot', I swear! I'll record myself saying it or something.
In phonetic terms, the diphthong that we Western Canadians use for the second syllable of 'about' is ah-oo, where 'ah' is like 'father' and 'oo' is like 'mood'. That is, I think, why Americans perceive an 'oo' sound so strongly, because most Americans I've met are more likely to say ah-oh (where 'oh' is like 'over') or to omit the second vowel almost entirely so (to our ears) it sounds like 'abaht'. Easterners let the second part of the diphthong flavour the first part a lot more than Westerners, so that the oo sound really does predominate.
Ha! This is what happens when you ask a singer about vowel shapes.
because most Americans I've met are more likely to say ah-oh (where 'oh' is like 'over') or to omit the second vowel almost entirely so (to our ears) it sounds like 'abaht'
Hmm. I say it with an 'ow' sound. But I guess that the 'ah-oh' would sound like 'ow' to me.