LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.05.03 (01) [E]

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From: Gary Taylor <gary_taylor_98 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Canada English

I'm new to the list, so I'm not sure this is in the
correct format, but I'll give it a go anyway.

Someone made a comment a while back that Canadian
English was half way between American and 'British'
English. Although this may be true lexically, I have
the impression that in some respects Canadian is
phonetically further removed from British varieties
than General American. In most British accents there
are oppositions between the vowels in cart, cot and
caught. In GA the vowels of cart and cot are merged
(although an opposition is still made with the 'r',
often absent in British English), however the vowels
of cot and caught are still in opposition. In Canadian
English, the three vowels are identical. (I've read
this and don't have first hand experience - so please
correct me if I'm wrong).

Also Canadian has a difference (unique in Canada)
between the vowels of ride and right, and I think also
rote and road.

Gary Taylor

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