[robocat]

There is a recording “Rochelle Bragg speaks Oji-Cree”.

I can hear she speaks it with a massive USA accent, even though I don’t know squat about Oji-Cree. It is weird how we can hear an accent even without knowing anything about a language.

[nkurz]

You have a good point about carry-over accents, but since she's Canadian she might take offense that you think her accent is clearly from the USA: "Rochelle Wabunn Bragg is a band member of Muskrat Dam First Nation and currently lives in Mississauga, Ont., with her family."

As an American, it's true that if I heard her recording without context I'd probably guess she's from Michigan or Minnesota, but I could convince myself to go with urban Ontario if I thought about it more. Unless you are making a deeper point about the lack of a distinct Canadian identity?

[robocat]

Thanks for the correction. I’m from New Zealand so (a) I don’t always recognise the difference, and (b) I know how it feels to be called the wrong nationality (when travelling, I sometimes get asked if I am Australian - grrrrr!)

[Beltalowda]

Wait, isn't New Zealand a province of Australia?

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