Re: [tied] Re: OT American dialects

> Present-day Canadians, I suspect, probably make more of an effort
> not to sound like USA-ites. (Perhaps Glen G. will tell us.......
> :-)) )

Well, I don't know if we make an effort or not but personally I
discovered while taking a course on IPA in university that the
"standard Canadian English" just wasn't me. I was simply not saying
/Ej/ and /Ow/. At best, maybe /EI/ and /OU/ but even then, I swear
that I'm saying /e/ instead.

>> But I once heard "about" [&'b&wt], almost [&'but], from a
>> gas-station kid in Delaware.)

Most Canadians are sick and tired of Americans claiming we talk
like this. I say /&'bAU?/.


Torsten:

> BTW I heard someone (white) in Oklahoma in 1971 address his child
> as [bo:] "boy". Where does that form come from?

Yeah, that reminds me of "beau" too. Could there be Cajun influence?


= gLeN