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Old Posted Jan 26, 2014, 3:54 PM
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Originally Posted by middeljohn View Post
There's a definite American influence on how Windsorites talk. Eg. Kahrmel instead of Kehremel.
The extreme Southwest of Ontario is influenced by the Michigan accent, but we still pronounce most words like most Southern Ontarian's. It seems to be a real hybrid of the two, but most of us don't even realize this until we are elsewhere in Canada, and people ask if we're american. Windsor probably has the strongest American influence in the region.
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