what is the difference between the canadian and american accent, i dont hear it?

Question

ive listened to both americans and canadians talk and i dont hear much of a difference. Ive hears ppl say canadians say aboot instead of about but that isnt true, what is the difference?

Answer 1

I agree with Angel Baby. The differences are subtle. My daughter married a Canadian and I spent 5 weeks with them this summer (they had my first grandchild and it was wonderful to be there!). Anyway, my son-in-law said I had an accent, but it wasn't that much different and I felt that way about his. They do say "ay" a lot ... and have certain ways of saying things in dialect, but there's not much difference at all.

I too think that television has a lot to do with it. We don't see as much Canadian TV as they see American. They watched all American networks when I was there! LOL It probably is causing blending of speech patterns.

One difference might be in Quebec where French is the primary language. I was in northern Alberta and no one I met spoke French!

Sue

Answer 2

The easist word I have heard to make a distinction between American and Canadian is how they pronounce the word "out" .Canadians at least those from the Toronto area say "Oh wt" whereas Americans say the word Awt with a different effensis the the vowel depending on where they hail from

Answer 3

In maximum of southern Canada, the people have the North American Vernacular accessory, that's the "familiar" accessory in both the U. S. and Canada... that's the only you listen on television each and every of the time. that's considered the most "knowledgeable" of the accents and the most "television and radio pleasant". a strong bite of the people in both the U. S. and Canada have this accessory, alongside with the obviously various interior of reach accents that are diverse in both international places. I extremely have a chum from Vancouver and a chum from Toronto. they basically those days got here over for a pair weeks. i'm from California. We sound similar, all of us have the conventional accessory.

Answer 4

Canadians have a very slight British accent. Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and their Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II.

Answer 5

I am a Canadian who lived in NYC for 5 years, and people knew I was Canadian from my accent. (BTW, I grew up in Toronto)

The words that really stick out are "out" and "about" which Americans think we pronounce "oot" and "aboot"

Also, Americans pronounce "process" praw-cess; Canadians pronounce it pro-cess.

Answer 6

its more of a difference in word useage, slang, and grammer than anything else. both countries have regional differences as well. an upstate new yorker and and somebody from ontario sound very much alike but somebody from the south would be very different.

Answer 7

it's a very subtle difference. i bet most americans don't even notice it. americans even have different accents, but with TV setting the standard, more people are losing their accents and sounding the same.

Answer 8

it depends on what part of the country you are in.