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Re: American vs Canadian accents
Posted By: Spider-Boy, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Monday, November 1, 1999, at 15:10:42
In Reply To: Re: American vs Canadian accents posted by Brunnen-G on Monday, November 1, 1999, at 15:04:24:

> > About the New Zeland Austrailan thing, it gets worse, I've been known to confusse English accents and Austrailan accents. So, I do know that Canadains seem to take longer to say something, and often and turn statements into questions, eh?
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> > Spider-BornintheUSA-Boy
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> Oh, Canadians do that too? That does explain the similarity. We are well known for the Rising Inflection (turning statements into questions), which among the (to be polite) lesser educated members of society becomes painfully prominent and irritating.
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Actually Vally Girls from California do the rising inflection thing. Canadians just put an "eh?" at the end of sentences and often start with "So,". The rest of the sentece it just spoken slower with the "oo" stuff that has been discussed earler.

Spider-So,Igotnothingtosayhere,eh?-Boy

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