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by CosmicShadow 2792 days ago
I've lived in Ontario my whole life, North Western and South Western and I've never heard anyone sound like that. It seems like that's such a stereotypical Canadian accent, but I've never heard it and assumed it only existed in the maritimes, although on my recent trip to Halifax I did not hear it. Maybe it's a bit longer and I don't notice, but at least not like the overly portrayed version on TV.
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carlmr 2792 days ago
It's very distinct from what you hear on TV. TV doesn't even do the right sound, nevermind the length, but it's definitely noticeable for an American.

It has some similarity to some oh the northern mid-west accents.

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CosmicShadow 2791 days ago
It's just so interesting to hear that I have an immediately identifiable accent when I don't even think I have one, so weird. It feels like you have a competitive advantage that I cannot easily copy or get back at you with :)

Perhaps this is also how folks with "real" accents think too (that they can't hear it), but I gotta feel like they can recognize that they sound different from the "people on TV". My wife did however tell me that in a phone conversation with a US colleague that she immediately heard herself sound obviously Canadian after saying something, but I think it was more phrase based, a question followed by "eh?". "Ok, I definitely heard it that time" she immediately said.

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carlmr 2791 days ago
I think Australians and so on they know. The Canadian accent, compared to standard American, is much more subtle, but even after living in Canada for 2 years I got so used to it that I wasn't thinking about it in daily conversation. However when I left and came back a year later on vacation it was back to being obvious.
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