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  • #16
    Huh. Maybe I somehow avoided it -- in NOLA, I heard the occasional "floah" or "flow," (as in, 'Let da bodies hit da...' or 'Son, put cha dirty britches an' drawers in da hampah, you know bettah dan tuh drop 'em on da floah!')... but never "flaw" o_O
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    • #17
      I think it's just how the o and a are pronounced. And I think I've heard "floah" but with the accent and me trying to get through how fast he was going it sounded like "flaw" with the w having a ah sound. It's the same when he says "window" it sounds more like "windah"

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      • #18
        Not all Americans pronounce it "floah" or "flaw" or "flow". That looks like a regional accent. Here in NM, except for the transplants and snowbirds, we pronounce it "flor".

        Except for some people that insist on calling the floor the "ground".
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        • #19
          Quoth Pagan View Post
          ... calling the floor the "ground".
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          • #20
            Quoth wolfie View Post
            Hey! Toronto isn't in Eastern Canada - we're in Central Canada (Eastern Canada would cover the Maritimes and Newfoundland). Of course, when the Globe and Mail wants to find out how people in Eastern and Western Canada feel about a certain issue, they send reporters to Pickering and Mississauga.
            ?? Sure looks like the eastern side of the country to me...? There's a lot more Canada to the west of you than there is to the east.
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            • #21
              Quoth MoonCat View Post
              ?? Sure looks like the eastern side of the country to me...? There's a lot more Canada to the west of you than there is to the east.
              Yeah, but Toronto thinks it's the center of the universe. That's why the area's called Central Canada.
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              • #22
                Quoth MoonCat View Post
                ?? Sure looks like the eastern side of the country to me...? There's a lot more Canada to the west of you than there is to the east.
                If you look at it on the basis of population distribution rather than land area, Toronto is definitely in Central Canada.
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