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6 in 10 Canadians say they can never trust Americans the same way again (globalnews.ca)
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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

It’s exaggerated.

I watch a lot of Canadian Youtube, it's totally a mix.

80% of the time it's identical to US about

19% of the time it's aboawt.

1% of the time it's totally a-boot.

With a US English ear, it's jarring. (not in a bad way) but we totally notice it.

Not eveyone does it. Linus from Linus tech tips drops one every few shows, but then Electro Boom never does. Bobsdecline does it a little less often.

It's kind of like the US and Brittish people saying Idear instead of idea. it happens once in a while

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I think Linus does it as a meme, more than as part of his natural speech.

    And Bobsdecline is from the opposite coast.

    The aboot thing is mostly a southern Ontario thing, but since that is where a lot of traditional media comes from, it is the most commonly exported Canadian regional accent.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Linus might be meaming it, but I have heard others say it. The aboat version of it is even common across the northern border in central US.

    I also just ran across a video of two Canadian English teachers talking about it, but they too were almost in the aboat class.

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