#but americans don't tend to hear as many canadian accents so i guess it stands out more | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

iwritenarrativesandstuff · 8 months ago

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We can tell you're Canadian bc of the "ow" sound in house & about! It's pretty much the only noticeable difference between a Midwestern American and a general Canadian accent lol

I just spent the better part of five minutes recording myself saying these two words and trying to listen for the difference hjdfbvhs

I guess, on listening back, there is one, but to me it's so minor. Apparently it's real obvious to Californians and New Yorkers though...

#i think it may be that i'm really accustomed to hearing american accents on tv and stuff so the difference to me doesn't register super well #since i'm accustomed to them #but americans don't tend to hear as many canadian accents so i guess it stands out more #storyrambles #thanks for the ask!#actually that reminds me of this one guy in new york who we stopped to chat with because he had a vendor with some neat products #and he realized we were canadian and. immediately got really weird about it #like. tried to get us to say stereotypical 'aboot' and 'eh' and when we said no one actually says that he just straight up didn't believe u #and then got more forceful about it. like we were hiding our true accents from him. we eventually had to walk away because it got #way too uncomfortable.#really weird experience.

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