Speech pattern and typographical variations across Canada

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Repeat after me, darling. "In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen".

I remember someone teasing me once years ago because I sometimes say "How do you do?" when being introduced to someone rather than "Howjado" or whatever!

Weird how things stick with you.

I had an ex say to me once in the mall, "Slow down, you'll lose your dignity." and now I generally walk slower, more respectably, in public. lol

None of those words are especially prone to laziness in pronunciation though?

"In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen"

[kwoldtimer]

[QUOTE=SignalHillHiker;6457635] Weird how things stick with you.

I had an ex say to me once in the mall, "Slow down, you'll lose your dignity." and now I generally walk slower, more respectably, in public. lol

None of those words are especially prone to laziness in pronunciation though?

"In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen"[/QUOTE]

Just me being silly because of where that quote comes from.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUQpoyfbWJ0

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by Acajack

More linguistic pet peeves:

"noo-kew-lar" for nuclear

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[Aylmer]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Whenever I hear "noo-kew-lar" I think of George W Bush. It is not pleasant.

How do people pronounce "new", "due", and the first syllable of "student"? I make them rhyme with "few", but most people around here tend to make them rhyme with "moo". In my case, I think it is something that developed while living abroad.

Nuclear: Nyoo-clee-ur or Noo-clee-ur

New: Nyoo
Due: Doo
Student: Stoo-dint
Tuesday: Tyoos-dehy
Few: Foo

Just kidding about that last one

Probably: Prohb-ahb-lee ('oh' as in 'lot') or Prohb-[labial stop]-blee if I'm speaking fast.

[SignalHillHiker]

I realized I say Chews-day and now I'm kinda bummed.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I realized I say Chews-day and now I'm kinda bummed.

Don't fret. It could be worse. You could say Chews-dee!

[SignalHillHiker]

So I'm laughing at that prospect and then I think, I bet if I said Tuesday Day, the first Day would be Dee. I wonder why we don't do that?

Then I realized you probably don't do this:

Older Newfoundlanders often add titles to things that don't need them, such as:

"Sure I haven't seen Sister Yvonne since November Month."
"Sure Cousin Liam has been up in Alberta since February Month."

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I realized I say Chews-day and now I'm kinda bummed.

Head out for a spin in your chruck and you'll soon feel better!

[esquire]

Originally Posted by Aylmer

I like the Québec English accent's quirks like the differentiation between 'Merry' and 'Marry' (I don't know of any other accent that does that)

Irwin Cotler does this to the max. Until you pointed out that it's a Quebec English thing, I thought it was some sort of academic affectation.

[softee]

T-dot, baby!

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[middeljohn]

Haha, that was pretty amusing. Fun fact, Brampton (where he's from) is the second-most black municipality in Canada after Ajax. Ajax is 14% black, Brampton is 13%.

[ozonemania]

One pet peeve of mine, and I always listen for this, is on TV when Canadian newscasters/reporters/anchors for example identify themselves at the end of their story, and say the word NEWS.

Some painfully accentuate the pronunciation "N-YEW-Z", like they are deliberately making a point.
Some painfully leave out whole vowel sounds "NOOZ", what's the rush?
Some get it just right, you know the correct Canadian way, right in between, getting that triphthong just right.

Don't these people have speech coaches or editors that watch out for these things? Maybe just on CBC Radio One... their Canadian English is impeccable. I mean, for CBC Radio's Bernie Macnamee to be able to say his name and make it sound suave and cool... well that's just ownage.

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Originally Posted by Aylmer

Nuclear: Nyoo-clee-ur or Noo-clee-ur

New: Nyoo
Due: Doo
Student: Stoo-dint
Tuesday: Tyoos-dehy
Few: Foo

Just kidding about that last one

Probably: Prohb-ahb-lee ('oh' as in 'lot') or Prohb-[labial stop]-blee if I'm speaking fast.

Nuclear: Noo-clee-ur
New: Noo
Due: Doo
Student: Stoo-dint/stoo-dent
Tuesday: Toos-dae
Few: Fyoo
Probably: same as you

[GlassCity]

I don't really agree with his entire point, but that's irrelevant. What I found interesting is the traditional urban/suburban divide that I always thought was an American thing. I've talked about this in another thread, but it was funny to hear him refer to Toronto as "the hood" and then the suburbs as the safe, affluent communities kind of like you see on TV.

Here in Vancouver, the city proper obviously has gang activity and crime, but I'd say it is predominantly wealthy and safe, and even iffy areas like East Van (NOT to be confused with the downtown eastside) have slowly started to get safer as property values rise. The "Vancouver address" is a frequent marketing slogan. The real municipalities with significant gang activity are Surrey, Langley and Abbotsford, far outside Vancouver, due to being cheaper and having a border with the US.

I don't really have a point to make, it was just something that really jumped out at me. The entire video just seemed to remind me of cities you see in movies, something that never seemed to apply to Vancouver.

[SignalHillHiker]

Oh my...

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EDIT: Just thought... why are they rebroadcasting Canada-Sweden? Totally thought we were playing U.S.A. for gold, even though I had hear earlier what was correct.

[SpongeG]

there is a player called toews - but cbc pronounces it taves

anyone i've ever met or known by that surname has pronounced it tows

[SignalHillHiker]

In Winnipeg they pronounce it Taves.

I got used to all the eastern European names there.

It's funny because on my Facebook now, whenever it recommends people I have mutual friends with, I can always tell which are in Winnipeg.

Anjelika Kowalchuk wants to be your friend.
Kathy Zienkiewicz wants to be your friend.

Versus locals...

Sheilagh O'Doyle wants to be your friend.
Geoff Galway wants to be your friend.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

there is a player called toews - but cbc pronounces it taves

anyone i've ever met or known by that surname has pronounced it tows

It's a common Mennonite name. I've only heard it as Taves.

[SpongeG]

weird

[esquire]

One guy I know with that last name said he's grateful that all confusion over how to pronounce "Toews" cleared up once Jonathan Toews became a dominant NHL player!