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04-18-2013, 01:38 PM | #16 |
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You'll definitely have to become fluent in Canadian. Be sure to say 'oot and aboot' a lot and do all your swearing in French.
eta - I forgot the most important thing, eh?
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To shreds, you say?
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04-18-2013, 04:52 PM | #18 |
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Non, non, il faut dire 'poutine, eh?'
The 'eh' is critical. If you forget it you'll blow your cover. Eta poutine is disgusting. You have to order it but at a propitious moment you can surreptitiously dispose of it in the nearest potted plant. There are unfortunately no handy spittoons in Canadian bars.
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04-18-2013, 05:42 PM | #19 |
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Ahh poutine. Looked great up until the curd cheese which I mistakenly correctly read as crud cheese.
I think the oot and aboot sound is an approximation of a more glottal pronunciation of the ow sound. When I say out my throat is relaxed and the sound comes from the front of my mouth. When I imitate that girl I have to make the sound from the back of my throat, almost glottal. If I try to make that sound in the front of my mouth it sounds like oot. I'm sure a speech therapist has got proper terms for all that, eh?
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04-18-2013, 06:55 PM | #20 |
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You're getting it! And the 'oot' thing is exactly as you say. A shorter, glottal-stop vowel combination that truly doesn't sound like 'oo'.
I never said 'eh' (never!) but after living here awhile, I realized that all my relatives do! And my bff from Ottawa! And they all have accents! Of course they interrupt my snickering by laughing at my Pennsylvania accent.
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