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American vs Canadian accents
Posted By: Wolfspirit, on host 206.47.244.94
Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999, at 21:08:25
In Reply To: Re: Here's one for you, Spider-Boy posted by Faux Pas on Friday, October 29, 1999, at 08:22:34:

> Back in Reilingen, we could only pick up four English-speaking radio stations: BBC, which didn't come in too clearly; Radio Moscow, which was all Soviet propaganda; AFN, which was all American propaganda; and CFN (the Canadian Forces Network), which I listened to when it wasn't broadcasting in French. From CFN, I managed to pick up a Canadian accent -- everyone at Heidelberg High School thought I was Canadian.

How do you define a "Canadian accent"?

I've had an argument over the years with friends over what a Canadian sounds like; they claim we have "no" accent. But I disagree -- when I've met Canucks in Florida and on the radio in Miami, I *knew* they were Canadian, but it's hard for me to define why.


> -Faux "Ah, Germany: where the Sun only shines on TV." Pas

Nah, that must be England...

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