Speech pattern and typographical variations across Canada - Page 210

jamincan · #**4181** Posted **Jul 4, 2021, 2:29 PM**

-bury on a name is always 'bur-ee'. As a word, though, 'bur-ee' would be uncommon.

esquire · #**4182** Posted **Jul 4, 2021, 2:41 PM**

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-bury on a name is always 'bur-ee'. As a word, though, 'bur-ee' would be uncommon.

Yeah, Sud-berry sounds weird to my ears. It's just off, it's like when people say Cal-gairy.

megadude · #**4183** Posted **Jul 4, 2021, 10:29 PM**

These guys in SK are pretty funny. Really lay the hoser accent on thick for great comedic effect. And I love how they always sign off with "I'm Leroy, he's Leroy, there's always something to do."

• Video Link

thewave46 · #**4184** Posted **Jul 4, 2021, 10:51 PM**

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Yeah, Sud-berry sounds weird to my ears. It's just off, it's like when people say Cal-gairy.

It's a complete marker for an out-of-towner when one does hear it in either Sudbury or Calgary.

Acajack · #**4185** Posted **Jul 5, 2021, 9:01 PM**

The surname or placename Bury I would pronounce BEW-ree.

kwoldtimer · #**4186** Posted **Jul 5, 2021, 9:55 PM**

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The surname or placename Bury I would pronounce BEW-ree.

“Bew” rhyming with “few”???

Acajack · #**4187** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 1:12 AM**

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“Bew” rhyming with “few”???

Yes.

MolsonExport · #**4188** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 1:20 AM**

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Sud-burr-ee is correct.

yep. my wife's hometown.

Architype · #**4189** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 2:05 AM**

Burry is also a surname I am familiar with, it rhymes with "hurry", so to say "berry", as in Chuck Berry, would be incorrect.

Acajack · #**4190** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 2:07 AM**

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Burry is also a surname I am familiar with, it rhymes with "hurry", so to say "berry", as in Chuck Berry, would be incorrect.

In my lifetime that's always been a Newfoundland name.

Architype · #**4191** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 2:14 AM**

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In my lifetime that's always been a Newfoundland name.

It's a name in my ancestry, from Dorset.

Acajack · #**4192** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 2:39 AM**

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It's a name in my ancestry, from Dorset.

You are from NL, are you not?

Architype · #**4193** Posted **Jul 6, 2021, 3:12 AM**

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You are from NL, are you not?

Yes, the connection to the name goes back to the 1700s, so the name is widespread.

megadude · #**4194** Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 11:50 PM**

Funny convo between a Toronto mans and a hockey bro:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRH9cMAC/

Dengler Avenue · #**4195** Posted **Sep 13, 2021, 1:25 AM**

Huh, it's not "Calgrie" and "Sudbrie"?

Sarah89 · #**4196** Posted **Sep 26, 2021, 6:38 PM**

I remember watching the ontario provincial election debate three years back and thinking how Kathleen barely had a noticeable accent in comparison to Doug or Andrea ( who both had pretty hard Ontario accents). I was thinking Kathleen Wynne nearly sounded American (as in general American) and found this puzzling. Well now I've learned the woman studied linguistics of all things and has her master's degree in that. It's no wonder she sounded the way she did.

I believe Stephen Harper also had accent reduction to get a more Americanized sound.

Innsertnamehere · #**4197** Posted **Sep 26, 2021, 6:56 PM**

It relates to their backgrounds too - Fords and Horwaths are more working class (well, Fords is wealthy class but in a weird working class way), while Wynne was solidly inner city old money.

MonctonRad · #**4198** Posted **Sep 26, 2021, 7:38 PM**

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Fords is wealthy class but in a weird working class way), while Wynne was solidly inner city old money.

Yes, being wealthy doesn't mean that you are upper crust.

Being "upper class" more refers to professional class, educated, intellectual, artistic or "old" money (inherited wealth).

There's a lot of "white trash" out there who might become rich because of what they do, but "nouveau riche" like this are frequently looked down upon.

kwoldtimer · #**4199** Posted **Sep 26, 2021, 8:17 PM**

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Sarah89 · #**4200** Posted **Sep 26, 2021, 11:46 PM**

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It relates to their backgrounds too - Fords and Horwaths are more working class (well, Fords is wealthy class but in a weird working class way), while Wynne was solidly inner city old money.

To a degree. But I'm not really buying that totally as even upper crust and well educated Toronto folks have the typical Canadian ''tell's'' in their speech. They may speak better than say a lower class person without much education but they still sound Canadian even in the mildest sense.

Kathleen has studied languages and has studied all the vowel and speech characteristics. I'm sure she knows what Canadian Raising is and is more than skilled at suppressing it during public speaking hence her quasi American accent. Even John Tory displays a Canadian Accent.

The thing about the Canadian accent is you literally have to live out of Canada or study linguistics (which she has) to even be aware of it. 90% of anglo Canadians don't even know they speak differently than ''The Americans on TV''.