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Point Roberts, WA has about 1,100 full-time residents and I know quite a few that are dual U.S./Canuck citizens that reside there. Also know a few that have picked up a few Americanisms while residing there, over the years, such as saying "ruf" for the word "roof". BTW, I oft see Whatcom County, WA sheriff's patrol vehicles traverse local Canadian highways to head to mainland U.S.A and vice versa - along with school buses. As an aside, apparently ~1/20 full-time Point Roberts residents are also part of the U.S. Marshal's Witness Protection Program. Point Bob is a nice, quiet rural area with secluded beaches and I also enjoy horse-back riding there as well. Def a unique area that should belong to Canada but am kinda glad that it doesn't. http://www.citylab.com/design/2012/0...shington/1265/ |
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Campobello seems like an interesting place - one of our few victories in the border "wars". |
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Unfortunately for the Americans, the natural currents flowed near the US mainland thus all the offshore islands in Passamaquoddy Bay ended up belonging to Canada. Further out in the Bay of Fundy proper, Grand Manan also belongs to Canada, despite being physically closer to the US. The Americans however seem to have drawn the line at Machias Seal Island, steadfastly claiming ownership, despite the fact that Canada has maintained a lighthouse and life saving station on the island since the mid 19th century. Every so often, Maine fishermen will fish for lobster (illegally) around the island and thumb their noses at Canadian authorities. Also, they have been known to make unannounced visits to the island in order to piss on the shoreline. Curiously, the last permanently manned lighthouse in Canada is located on Machias Seal Island. Gee, I wonder why....... :haha: |
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Re Machias Seal Island, if I recall correctly there's a family in Maine that claim it not only as U.S. territory but as their private property. I recall that the old man used to sail out every year and the lighthouse keeper would make a point of being on hand to welcome him politely to Canada! |
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Peter Mansbridge? Stephen Harper? |
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From what I gather the accent is very predominantly France French, with some traces of the North American French spoken by Acadiens, Québécois, etc. Which shows very clearly the impact of administrative divisions and authorities on accents. If they'd been made part of Canada way back when like the rest of us, today they'd have accents much more similar to ours. |
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Harper? No problem, but very middle class. I was thinking more in terms of the Anglo elite. By the way, I also listened to an dismissed Robertson Davies - the most British sounding born in Canada Canadian I can imagine, although he certainly could carry it off! Same with Christopher Plummer - very elegant, but not really "Canadian" when he opens his mouth. |
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I asked about accent and was told that it depends who you speak with. There are some who moved there from France so their accents are obvious. But for those who were raised there, they have a mix of French (France) and Acadian/Quebec accent. They do a lot of shopping and travel in Newfoundland so there are heavy Canadian (including Newfoundland) influences for terminology and lingo. The people there also travel a lot throughout Atlantic Canada and Quebec and have regular communication with the people there. I went on YouTube and it seems as though what I wrote is correct but maybe others should check it out as well. |
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They definitely consider their accent to be better than Quebec's - whether it actually is all that different I wouldn't know. I assume they understand Quebec French quite well. Lots of Canadiens games on TV there.
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I heard Rachel Notley speak for the first time (on the news) and she seemed to have a generic North American Anglo accent. For those of you with a finer ear, could she pass as a native Torontonian or not? Would she have been immediately identified as a Westerner or, even more narrowed down, a Prairisian? Or more precisely even, an Albertan?
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To my ear there is nothing that gives Rachel Notley away as Albertan. She could plausibly be from anywhere west of Montreal.
If I didn't know where she was from, I'd certainly believe that she could be from Toronto. |
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^ Atlantic Canada is a bit of an anglo accent wonderland with various distinct sounds (French-tinged Acadian, the standard Nova Scotia English, the turbocharged Cape Breton accent, urban Newfoundlander and the one that might as well be Gaelic, outport Newfoundlander).
But yeah, west of Quebec it's almost impossible for me to pick out accents. I can identify the Southern Ontario/Niagara Peninsula vaguely American sounding accent you sometimes hear (e.g. "I'm from around Hemmmilton"... "think you"), and if someone has an ethnic sounding accent that helps to place them. But by and large I find it hard to distinguish and I'm skeptical of anyone who claims they can, for example, tell a Saskatoon vs. a Kamloops native by how they sound. |
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