LL-L "Language varieties" 2002.10.31 (12) [E]

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From: ezinsser at icon.co.za <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.10.30 (10) [E]

Hello all,

Ed wrote: "One must also keep in mind that Canada is some 4,000+ miles
across, and there
are some minor regional vocabulary and speech differences."

I have found a fail proof means of distinguishing Cakneeden speech from
Uneeded Steets
speech, barring of course the extremities in Quebec, the Maritimes and on
the west coast.
This normally takes 5 minutes.

out is pronounced /oot/
about is pronounced /aboot/
route is pronounced /rout/ rhyming with 'bout'.

Cheers!
Elsie Zinsser

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Elsie:

> out is pronounced /oot/
> about is pronounced /aboot/
> route is pronounced /rout/ rhyming with 'bout'

Whose "bout"?  Like "boot"?  Cakneeden or Uneeded Steets or Soothafrikeeden?

There are two kinds of "route" in the US: the one that rhymes with "loot"
and the one that rhymes with "lout".

I hear the "funny" Canadian "ou" (which not *all* Canadians have) not as a
monophthong [u:] but as a slightly rising diphthong, something like [oU].

Reinhard/Ron

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