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| 8 MAY 2005 at 9:40am |
MorgausePrivate Detective
Posts : 687
Joined: 2 SEP 2004
Status : Online | Gracious you say? I guess that settles all queries: if they are gracious, how could they be either Americans or French? *Ducks*
From my limited experience dealing with Canadians, I have to agree with you... I won't admit that, of course. Hey, I must live up to my reputation.
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| 8 MAY 2005 at 2:51pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Caroline (8 MAY 2005 1:40am)
I've lost count how many Canadians I've verbally assaulted by asking which part of America they come from.
...and yet I am also insulted when I'm asked from which part of Canada I'm from.
Anyway, here's about the city where I live:
Trois-Rivières; exactly between Montréal and Québec city, TR is one of the oldest city in North America, but has no old buildings since everything burned down at the end of 1800s. Result: ugly architecture pretty much everywhere.
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| 8 MAY 2005 at 3:58pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Caroline (8 MAY 2005 1:40am)
I've lost count how many Canadians I've verbally assaulted by asking which part of America they come from.
I've heard that even Americans do this. Is there actually even a Canadian accent, so we can distinguish them from Americans?
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 8 MAY 2005 at 10:05pm |
gailSchattenjger
Posts : 1659
Joined: 19 JAN 2004
Status : Offline | There is a subtle Canadian accent Chris, but even inside the US borders of North America you will find several accents.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 8 MAY 2005 at 10:16pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | Sorry, I didn't mean to come across like "those foreigners all sound the same" It's just that if I hear an American actor with a particular accent then I could say what area of the US they come from, but if I hear a Canadian actor (like Jim Carrey or Michael J Fox), they just seem to have a standard American accent. I wouldn't be able to tell if someone was Canadian unless they were wearing a t-shirt with a big maple leaf on it.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 8 MAY 2005 at 10:35pm |
gailSchattenjger
Posts : 1659
Joined: 19 JAN 2004
Status : Offline | No apology needed. The only time I hear a Canadian accent on TV is when the show is supposed to take place in Canada or it's a news broadcast from there. If I had not been to Canada so often, I may not have known about any accent either.
Beware: tourists buy maple leaf t-shirts too.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!!!
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| 8 MAY 2005 at 11:02pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | My cousins live in Alberta and paid us a visit on a round the world trip two years ago. We last met in UK when I was 14. So for a few months after their visit I was able to distinguish between American and Canadian accents but I've lost the knack now.
I can however recognise a Californian accent (got rellies down there too) as opposed to a New York accent or a Southern States drawl. All delightful as are the British variations too. :-*
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