Difference between American and Canadian SCs

[RetailWorkhorse]

true but do you know what really really sucks?


a vaccuum

You know what really really really sucks?









a black hole.

[lightmylamb]

But that's Minnesota? I've never been able to make it through that movie. The accent, I'm sorry, is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

I watched that whole movie because the accents tricked me into thinking it was a comedy. I was kinda upset.

I also, have never heard anyone say 'aboot' unless it was a joke, or there really was a boot. Although I have heard a man with a thick... Nova Scotian?.. Accent prattle on for an hour about nothing I could understand while I was supposed to be working.

Back to the original story though, at first I couldn't think of any Canadian I know who wrote these letters. Then I remembered my mother, who writes, or threatens to write, angry letters all the time, and my Granddad, who used to write angry letters to BC Rail. So, now I agree.

[lordlundar]

I was going to guess that the difference is one of them says 'eh?' alot.

<brings out baseball bat>
<looks at bat>
<looks at mandaliz>
<puts bat away>
<Brings out 40lb sledge>

Oh mandaliz,,, I want to introduce you to an old friend.

[Broomjockey]

I also, have never heard anyone say 'aboot' unless it was a joke, or there really was a boot. Although I have heard a man with a thick... Nova Scotian?.. Accent prattle on for an hour about nothing I could understand while I was supposed to be working.

If it was thick, it was either Newfie or New Brunswick.

[lightmylamb]

If it was thick, it was either Newfie or New Brunswick.

New Brunswick is the forgotton province, to me. Are you sure it's a real place? I never hear anything about it unless I have to label a map.

[froglet]

New Brunswick is the forgotton province, to me. Are you sure it's a real place? I never hear anything about it unless I have to label a map.

My sister's husband got posted there after his training and their marriage. There isn't much there. I haven't even visited her.

[bunnyboy]

New Brunswick is the forgotton province, to me. Are you sure it's a real place? I never hear anything about it unless I have to label a map.

Ha New Brunswick, the Wyoming of the north... it doesn't exist, more than likely a fun fact brought to you by Garfield.

[mandaliz8704]

<brings out baseball bat>
<looks at bat>
<looks at mandaliz>
<puts bat away>
<Brings out 40lb sledge>

Oh mandaliz,,, I want to introduce you to an old friend.

Are you gonna hit me with that, or tear down a wall?

[Ironclad Alibi]

Yesterday we received a 4 page complaint letter from a Canadian customer. A real letter, not an email! Granted some of his complaints were valid, he complained about a bunch of stupid crap that made the rest of his letter lose value.

When I worked in the US Auto Safety Recall Office we would get letters like that. They were almost always from some guy that retired and bought a new car as a retirement present for himself. Whenever something would go wrong with the car, he would write to us complaining about it, including a laundry list of every single thing that had gone wrong to his car since he bought it. It got to the point where we decided these people were complaining for the sake of complaining, and didn't offer them much assistance.

[slavetotheman]

true but do you know what really really sucks?
a vaccuum

You know what really really really sucks?
a black hole.

Hm, how long before this deteriorates into a yo momma joke?

[Jay 2K Winger]

Ha New Brunswick, the Wyoming of the north... it doesn't exist, more than likely a fun fact brought to you by Garfield.

And remember! If they say it on TV (or if you read it on the Internet), IT MUST BE TRUE!

[Digitalpotato]

Ever have mistakes from people who don't know that you can't really expect a lot of people to speak English or French inside/outside of Quebec?

My parents probably were like that. ^^; they were in Ontario for a vacation and accidentally drove into Quebec and didn't realize it until they finally found someone who spoke enough english to tell them they went the wrong way.

[lordlundar]

Are you gonna hit me with that, or tear down a wall?

If I was going to take down a wall, I'd have stuck with the bat.

[Mordecai]

I watched that whole movie because the accents tricked me into thinking it was a comedy. I was kinda upset.

Shame, I thought it was pretty good.

[Gravekeeper]

The majority of the maritime provinces have a language onto themselves. You won't hear "aboot" west of New Brunswick though really. Though, being from PEI, I'm not sure I've ever heard aboot to begin with unless the person was making fun of an American making fun of a Canadian.... -.-

I've heard "eh" of course as well as the maritime tendency to combine two or three words into new, fused forms. "Good day" for example is one word in the Maritimes.

Once you get deep in the woods in New Brunswick or Newfoundland though, things get weird. Roof becomes ruff, R becomes ARR, 3 becomes tree, etc etc.

If you've ever stopped in Miramichi, NB on a road trip, you'll know what I mean. Only place I've ever stopped where the gas station actually sells English > Miramichi dictionaries so you can understand the clerk.