Since we say about it just cracks me up every time. And is that how all Canadians say it or am I misinformed? No disrespect intended, I love Canada.
2007-03-02 20:03:38 · 7 answers · asked by strawberry 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Hey Kelly Bundy, don't get all bent out of shape! It's not good for your health. I don't claim to know about every country's culture just as I'm sure you don't know either. I don't live in Canada therefore the only reference I have about your culture, other than when I visited, is the Canadians we know and they pronounce about "aboot". I get it that there are all types of people and social classes and levels of education, that's why I asked if I was misinformed.
2007-03-04 03:37:01 · update #1
Everyone else, thankyou for setting me straight in a decent manner.
2007-03-04 03:38:21 · update #2
Strawberry my girl they have no idea what you are talking a b o u t I mean aboot. You are, like me probably from the south and if you think Canadians talk funny can you imagine what They think when they hear me with my Oklahoma drawl speak single syllable w o r d s slower then they speak sentences. Ya all understand what I mean? Eah!!
2007-03-02 21:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by johnnyjumpup2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am from Toronto, Canada and have never said 'aboot' in my life... I know people who pronounce it that way but I believe they are just lazy and it is the dialect that they grew up with...
it's like an American who pronounces "wash" as "warsh"
back home we call those people "HOSERS", I suppose it's a similar insult to the american "trailer park trash" ... it just means common or uneducated...
If you ever meet anyone from the Maritime provinces you will hear it a great deal as they have the Irish/Scottish/English seafaring heritage and are staunchly proud of the Gaelic culture
2007-03-04 00:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by pale_vixen 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uhhhh...you are misinformed. I am Canadian and have never in my life heard "aboot". This 'aboot' word - is a really strange MYTH, shrouded in confusion..we Canadians can never figure out why you think we say this...it's just toooo weird...Americans are obcessed with this...this THING...this strange 'aboot' thing....
2007-03-02 20:24:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm Australian. Yes, Canadians do say 'aboot' for 'about' (at least that's how it sounds to my ear). In fact, that's the only way I can distinguish a Canadian from an American - the way Canadians pronounce 'out' and 'about'.
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2007-03-03 02:30:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
WE DON'T SAY ABOOT, maybe waaay up north but uggh no sorry we don't talk that way... what else would u like to know?
how big is my igloo eh?
its aboot time i cleared this up.
2007-03-03 15:54:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You've been watching too much TV, sweetie.
Most of us don't speak that way. Maybe farmer Moo-Cow somewhere in the middle of nowhere... but I've certainly never heard it where I live in a big city.
2007-03-02 20:08:29 · answer #6 · answered by ladybugewa 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
what's "aboot"?
2007-03-02 20:07:07 · answer #7 · answered by wordsofapoet 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋