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<blockquote data-quote="fcukernaut" data-source="post: 292743"><p>I know I'm a few days late to this party but what the hell I'll bring it up to throw my two cents in:</p><p></p><p>First, I lived in New Zealand for five years and when I first got there I had no clue what anyone was talking about. Couldn't understand a damn thing. In fact we had this test and it was an audio tape in class that spat out the times tables and you had to write it down the answer from the question you heard. Well I failed miserably and was put in remedial maths because i had no idea. Also that's another thing NZer's say I have to go to math<strong>s</strong> as opposed to just i have to go to math. And they are a fan of sport as opposed to sport<strong>s</strong>. Also silly things like Subaaaahroo(subaru) instead of subaru. It now only takes me about 20mins to adjust when i go and visit my brother.</p><p></p><p>Love the Welsh accent but haven't got a clue what the women are saying when they get drunk. Seriously, it's high paced jibberish. I went all over the place on my two rugby tours and no idea what they are talking about, even in Cardiff. But they are all quite friendly if you catch my drift as one Canadian international rugby player once said to my rugby coach: "If you can't get p*ssy in Wales you're a f**king idiot" </p><p></p><p>Canadian accent where to begin. Well places in Newfoundland speak the closest thing that resembles old English, that's a fact. and then the rest are a bunch of Newfies. Most people in southern Ontario don't say aboot, they say about. But I will admit i throw on the "eh?" after most sentences. Those in the praries sound different than those in either BC or Ontario and the Maritimes are just another whole kettle of fish. They can sound partly, Irish, partly Scottish partly anything but it's a hybrid sound that doesn't sound anything like maritime areas in the states ie the boston accent which ****** me off enormously.</p><p></p><p>I think the Canadian accent, like the rest of Canadian culture, is a lot more conservative and a lot less brash than the American accents. It's softer and less harsh. You can tell the second you go from Windsor to Detroit (apart from the obvious like not getting robbed or shot in Windsor) which is just across a small bridge.</p><p></p><p>Great project though</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fcukernaut, post: 292743"] I know I'm a few days late to this party but what the hell I'll bring it up to throw my two cents in: First, I lived in New Zealand for five years and when I first got there I had no clue what anyone was talking about. Couldn't understand a damn thing. In fact we had this test and it was an audio tape in class that spat out the times tables and you had to write it down the answer from the question you heard. Well I failed miserably and was put in remedial maths because i had no idea. Also that's another thing NZer's say I have to go to math[b]s[/b] as opposed to just i have to go to math. And they are a fan of sport as opposed to sport[b]s[/b]. Also silly things like Subaaaahroo(subaru) instead of subaru. It now only takes me about 20mins to adjust when i go and visit my brother. Love the Welsh accent but haven't got a clue what the women are saying when they get drunk. Seriously, it's high paced jibberish. I went all over the place on my two rugby tours and no idea what they are talking about, even in Cardiff. But they are all quite friendly if you catch my drift as one Canadian international rugby player once said to my rugby coach: "If you can't get p*ssy in Wales you're a f**king idiot" Canadian accent where to begin. Well places in Newfoundland speak the closest thing that resembles old English, that's a fact. and then the rest are a bunch of Newfies. Most people in southern Ontario don't say aboot, they say about. But I will admit i throw on the "eh?" after most sentences. Those in the praries sound different than those in either BC or Ontario and the Maritimes are just another whole kettle of fish. They can sound partly, Irish, partly Scottish partly anything but it's a hybrid sound that doesn't sound anything like maritime areas in the states ie the boston accent which ****** me off enormously. I think the Canadian accent, like the rest of Canadian culture, is a lot more conservative and a lot less brash than the American accents. It's softer and less harsh. You can tell the second you go from Windsor to Detroit (apart from the obvious like not getting robbed or shot in Windsor) which is just across a small bridge. Great project though [/QUOTE]
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