American vs. Canadian English?

Question

Is there a difference between American and Canadian English? Grammar, pronuntiation.....

Answer 1

american and canadian english is thesame but they differ in the accent.

Answer 2

Yes there is a difference between American and Canadian English in spelling and pronunciation. Standard Canadian spelling follows British spelling in many, though not all, cases and in some parts of Canada the British English is co mingled with American English due to a heavy influence of Americans living in the area. This is becoming a huge pattern for the new wave of Canadian English grammar because many young people are influence by the media and are adopting American ways of spelling and pronunciation words. There is notable confusion on who to spell certain words - most notably center or centre. As a young girl I use to always spell it (centre) and now I find myself switching between the two because I see so many things (American products written (center).)

There are many words like that - see the link provided.

There is also a difference in labeling things like pop vs soda

and there is a difference in pronunciation. Americans slur they words and Canadians sing it in a question format. Having said that I have been to Georgia and San Francisco, New York and Florida and I must say that even in the USA in varies among states. As it also does in Canada. New Newfoundlanders speak differently in terms of pronunciation to Ontarians etc.

I hope that helps a bit

Answer 3

Canadian English is very similar to American English in pronunciation, except for the accents (that "oot" for "out" thing, and OF-fence instead of of-FENSE). Spelling in Canadian English is similar to the British spellings, since they didn't have Noah Webster and we did.

Grammar throughout English is similar, except that the Brits don't understand how to use a collective noun (e.g. when speaking of the English football team, they would say "England are s**t" whereas Americans would say "England is s**t).

Answer 4

There's not much difference in American and Canadian English except for:
1) some words are spelled differently (i.e. colour, neighbour, written and spelled in Canada, also influenced by Britain)
2) regional dialects in both countries; and
3) Americans pronounce the letter z as "zee" while Canadians pronounce it differently as "zed."
I hoped that would answer your question.

Answer 5

Of course there is a difference. They have different spelling and pronunciation of certain words. Also, certain phrases. For more you might refer to The Oxford Canadian Dictionary and the The Canadian Style (style guide to using Canadian English).

Answer 6

There are a lot of words used in Canadian english that are not in the U.S. Touque (said took) as an example, meaning a knit hat.

Grammar is pretty similar.

Spelling is often different though. Canadian english uses the silent 'e' more often as well as 'ou' in place of just 'o' for some words such as color which is colour in Canada.

Answer 7

Just spelling differences and some subtle punctuation. In my experience, Canadians use more of a British English than a U.S. English. Things like "colour" vs. "color" and where they put a period when dealing with a quotation.

Answer 8

Canadians don't speak English with a french accent. It's more like a New England accent with the exception of a few words.
like aboot (about)
And eh? (Hey?) After almost every sentence.
But they don't overuse "like" the way Americans do.

Answer 9

Well, there's always the spelling (American is color, Canadian is colour, etc.), and there's also the pronunciation of the letter z (American="zee", Canadian="zed"). Other than that, the proper grammer is all the same, but hicks in both countries tend to ignore the proper rules.

Answer 10

They speak English the same way but Canadians spell words like Color as Colour. Favorite/Favourite, etc.

Answer 11

Canadians are Americans. The Canadians use eeehh? and eehh! at the end of sentences more often than people from the US. There are some spelling differences. the our instead of or in color/colour, labor/labour ... re finstead of er in center/centre, theatre,/theater ...

and the vowels have different sounds,
some difference in vocabulary.