I really don’t understand where the “aboot” thing comes from. I’ve lived here all my life and have family in every part of the country and never heard it before except by Americans mocking us.
I get the “sorry” and “eh” though, I do both of those all the time (though not as much as the stereotypes probably). But I have no idea where “aboot” came from.
I’m not sure exactly which region, but I know for a fact that there is a region in Canada that speaks like this. I thought it was just a joke until I met someone from there. My memory suggests maybe from near Winnipeg? I could be entirely wrong there, it was twentyish years ago. (We were both volunteering for Hurricane Katrina cleanup in Mississippi)
Anyway, he legitimately had the most stereotypical thick THICK Canadian accent I’ve ever heard before, and at first I was convinced it was affected or a joke he was making. Nope, that’s just how he talked.
Most Brits never do what they're famous for, like having crooked teeth, say things like inni' and bo'ol o' wo'ah, etc. It's a combination of regional differences and predominantly white civilisations' disrespect for 'otherness'.
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I really don’t understand where the “aboot” thing comes from. I’ve lived here all my life and have family in every part of the country and never heard it before except by Americans mocking us.
The thing is, that's just it. It is an excuse for Americans tooooo ridicule Canadians for being tooooo Canadian. Sorrrrry. Eh?
I get the “sorry” and “eh” though, I do both of those all the time (though not as much as the stereotypes probably). But I have no idea where “aboot” came from.
I’m not sure exactly which region, but I know for a fact that there is a region in Canada that speaks like this. I thought it was just a joke until I met someone from there. My memory suggests maybe from near Winnipeg? I could be entirely wrong there, it was twentyish years ago. (We were both volunteering for Hurricane Katrina cleanup in Mississippi)
Anyway, he legitimately had the most stereotypical thick THICK Canadian accent I’ve ever heard before, and at first I was convinced it was affected or a joke he was making. Nope, that’s just how he talked.
It’s definitely a thing, but sounds more like a-boat to me than a-boot. Very heavy around Toronto and Ottawa.
It’s a documented dialect feature called Canadian Raising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_raising
I've heard it in the wild.
it's equally that americans really over pronounce the "owt"
Stereotype, innit
Most Brits never do what they're famous for, like having crooked teeth, say things like inni' and bo'ol o' wo'ah, etc. It's a combination of regional differences and predominantly white civilisations' disrespect for 'otherness'.
I do all of these. Do I get a prize? 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
You get a luverly bunch of coconuts.
Canada goose*
Looks more like an Australian kind of bird imo
Australian? That little chap?
It barely hatched, doesn't even have its acid fire-breath and the spike-launcher.
Peace was never an option
Now I wish I had Untitled Goose Game on PC so I could mod the goose to be a dragon.
Tiny Fatalis from Monster Hunter whose waddling on his hind legs is all I could think
Canadian geese are pushovers. I have no idea how they got their reputation. Maybe people are just startled by their hissing?
They got to from their own desire to see geese that way.
House of the dragon marketing getting out of hand
https://youtube.com/shorts/5qpbWxqmQ4k?is=kgbLN8FMtbPdTixz
Suggest you let that marinade
You could say tgat theyre goose-d.
Silly goose.
Tarriffs will triple if that thing breathes fire!
Silly goose.