[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[Malthus]

Yeah, a lot of the language usage Americans like to attribute to Canada comes out of Ontario - aboot is another example. 

Its like saying all people in the US talk like Texans.

A lot of this accent stuff is relative.

My GF from California, decades ago, laughed at my accent because she thought I said "aboot", whereas she said the word normally ... but to me, it sounded like she said "abaaauuut". 

[crazy canuck]

Yes, some Californians have a bit of a lazy drawl to their speech.  But I hear Ontarians saying aboot too

[Admiral Yi]

OK, in my distant memory of visiting Vancouver when I was 19 I don't recall much eh and aboot (or proe-cess) so I can see it mostly being an Ontario thing.  But Ontario is what, like 40% of the pop, more like 60% of Anglophone pop?

But I have committed to the Beeb deal, so I'll just have to avoid him.

[Malthus]

Yes, some Californians have a bit of a lazy drawl to their speech.  But I hear Ontarians saying aboot too

I'm pretty sure I don't say "aboot". 

Anyway, point is that California lazy drawl is sexy on a beautiful woman ... wait, what was the point again? 

[Barrister]

OK, in my distant memory of visiting Vancouver when I was 19 I don't recall much eh and aboot (or proe-cess) so I can see it mostly being an Ontario thing.  But Ontario is what, like 40% of the pop, more like 60% of Anglophone pop?

But I have committed to the Beeb deal, so I'll just have to avoid him.

The "aboot" thing... it's in the ear of the beholder.  I've been told I say "aboot", but I don't hear it myself.

[Admiral Yi]

Anyway, point is that California lazy drawl is sexy on a beautiful woman ... wait, what was the point again? 

Any accent sounds good on a beautiful woman.  The test of a sexy accent is how it makes  a plain woman sound.

[Malthus]

Anyway, point is that California lazy drawl is sexy on a beautiful woman ... wait, what was the point again? 

Any accent sounds good on a beautiful woman.  The test of a sexy accent is how it makes  a plain woman sound.

Can't tell you that - this particular ex-gf was hot as hell. Or at least, so I thought. 

Never really known any other women from California ...

[Admiral Yi]

The "aboot" thing... it's in the ear of the beholder.  I've been told I say "aboot", but I don't hear it myself.

If you can hear the difference between what you're saying and "abowt," then you're saying "aboot."

[Barrister]

The "aboot" thing... it's in the ear of the beholder.  I've been told I say "aboot", but I don't hear it myself.

If you can hear the difference between what you're saying and "abowt," then you're saying "aboot."

I heard how the Americans were saying "about" and it sounded the same as what I was saying.  But they insisted I was saying "aboot".

[Admiral Yi]

I heard how the Americans were saying "about" and it sounded the same as what I was saying.  But they insisted I was saying "aboot".

Maybe they were fucking with you.  You know how we like to pick on Canadians.

[garbon]

What's a Californian drawl?

[Admiral Yi]

Maybe they mean Surf Punk Speak like Spiccoli in Fast Times at Ridgement High.  But I've never heard a girl talk like that.

Maybe Valley Girl Speak?

[garbon]

Maybe Valley Girl Speak?

Yeah I could see that.  The drawl bit they talk about (in Mal's example) isn't something I'd say is typical of California. Maybe someone imported into California.

[garbon]

Oh wait, wiki has something:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_English

Many rural white Californians speak with a western Oklahoma-like drawl that is quite distinct from the high-pitched, fast-talking of city folk in coastal Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay region.

[Admiral Yi]

I have a hard time seeing Malthus with a chick from Bakersfield.