Speech pattern and typographical variations across Canada - Page 67

kwoldtimer · #**1321** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 7:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

A lot of my Mom's family says it that way. Nice, drawn-out, one-syllable "hire". But not me. '

Would you say my name (Ryan) as Rye-un or Rhine? The ones who do "hire" also do "Rhine".

I'm somewhere between RYE-un and RYE-in. For sure not Rhine.

Xelebes · #**1322** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 8:32 PM**

It's RYE-en for me.

GlassCity · #**1323** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 8:45 PM**

RYE-in for me too.

MolsonExport · #**1324** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 9:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by rousseau

Things that get on my nerves:

3 "I'm like...and she's like..." This is old one, I know, but I still wince when I hear it. Though it seems to be fading somewhat. You don't hear it quite so much as you used to, do you?

I hate this style of conversation. Seems to be the vernacular among a certain type of young females. "And she goes like...and I'm like, and then, like, what the hell is he, like...while I'm like...." Makes the speaker sound extremely stupid.

MolsonExport · #**1325** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 9:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by GlassCity

RYE-in for me too.

This.

FrAnKs · #**1326** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 9:59 PM**

I get Ry-Anne

SignalHillHiker · #**1327** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:01 PM**

I keep calling you Francois, everywhere.

BTW - funny pronunciation story. I had to spell my uncle's name for a bartender on Saturday night. Ayreonaut happened to be within ear shot (he's met this uncle).

Me: It's R-O-Y.
Ayreonaut: WTF? HIS NAME IS ROY!? WHY DO YOU PEOPLE ALL PRONOUNCE IT RYE? I THOUGHT HIS NAME WAS THE BOOZE!

I've no idea the answer, really.

Tie/Toy don't rhyme for me. They're pretty close to the same, but nowhere near a rhyme.

FrAnKs · #**1328** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I keep calling you Francois, everywhere.

Oh dare ya !

True story, until the age of 16 I didn't knew Francis was an English name

SignalHillHiker · #**1329** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:07 PM**

It's not a particularly common one, at least here - but yeah, I'd assume someone with that name was English.

Acajack · #**1330** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Oh dare ya !

True story, until the age of 16 I didn't knew Francis was an English name

It isn't, really. I think it's both.

Acajack · #**1331** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:09 PM**

The Québécois surname Ryan is usually pronounced Ry-yunn. With a French rolled R at the start.

SignalHillHiker · #**1332** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:10 PM**

We have a horrible one like that. Brazil.

It's a common enough surname in St. John's, also the name of a street and a square.

It's pronounced such that it rhymes with frazzle.

No one would pronounce the country name that way, but for some reason that's how the surname is said.

Sample:

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Acajack · #**1333** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:11 PM**

Also common:

Ross = russ (with the French R rolled again)

Harvey = ar-vay (rolled R too)

Xelebes · #**1334** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

Sample:

Odd that Fear and Fair are homophones.

SignalHillHiker · #**1335** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 10:30 PM**

For him, yeah. Not me.

This is REALLY exaggerated but the difference for me is: Fee-yurr and Fay-yurr. Obviously it's a smooth, one-syllable word for me but there is that slight little difference in the beginning. At least to my ears. You might think I say them identically, though.

God only knows.

Another weird rhyming thing here (for the last vid).

Buddy pronounces "catch" such that is rhymes with "stitch".

kwoldtimer · #**1336** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 12:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I hate this style of conversation. Seems to be the vernacular among a certain type of young females. "And she goes like...and I'm like, and then, like, what the hell is he, like...while I'm like...." Makes the speaker sound extremely stupid.

Usually "goes" or "like", rather than both together, no?

MolsonExport · #**1337** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 1:36 PM**

^UWO Sub-dialect. Spoken by the Canada-Goose Gals.

kwoldtimer · #**1338** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 2:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I keep calling you Francois, everywhere.

BTW - funny pronunciation story. I had to spell my uncle's name for a bartender on Saturday night. Ayreonaut happened to be within ear shot (he's met this uncle).

Me: It's R-O-Y.
Ayreonaut: WTF? HIS NAME IS ROY!? WHY DO YOU PEOPLE ALL PRONOUNCE IT RYE? I THOUGHT HIS NAME WAS THE BOOZE!

I've no idea the answer, really.

Tie/Toy don't rhyme for me. They're pretty close to the same, but nowhere near a rhyme.

For you to pronounce it "Roy", his name would have to be "Rhy".

kwoldtimer · #**1339** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 2:44 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

^UWO Sub-dialect. Spoken by the Canada-Goose Gals.

Surprising that more university professors don't end up committing suicide.

kwoldtimer · #**1340** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 2:51 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

We have a horrible one like that. Brazil.

It's a common enough surname in St. John's, also the name of a street and a square.

It's pronounced such that it rhymes with frazzle.

No one would pronounce the country name that way, but for some reason that's how the surname is said.

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As a kid, we had neighbours named "Nippel", which of course was always pronounced "Nipple". Today, the family prefers "Ni-PELL" with the accent on the second syllable. Always reminds me of Mrs Bucket insisting that the name is "Bouquet"!