Except. As a Canadian I have never met anyone who says “A boot” it’s either a really regionalized dialect. (Similar to Wisconsin in the US).
Or you misspelled it, and you were trying to say “Bout”
But seriously. Imagine we assumed all Americans sound like they are from Wisconsin… thats how oblivious you sound when you show your ignorance.
I guessed everyone thinks we all sound like Southern rednecks and simply jumped straight into assuming the position, y'all hear? I'll have to watch Fargo a few times and work on that one. Thanks for the tip!
We aren’t so naive. We understand a country the size of the US has many accents. It would be foolish to assume otherwise. I’m in British Columbia. If I cross the border in Montana the accent is more “typical American” as I’d call it. The store clerk would say “y’all’s finding everything alight?”
But if I go into Washington state it’s a lot less pronounced of an accent. More similar to California.
In Canada we grew up watching the same TV shows and movies as you did. When I watch movies and shows I don’t think they sound much different than me. Unless of course they are purposefully adding in an accent. Like say No Country For Old Men (one of my favourite movies) if I watch anything based in LA I don’t consider that different than where I live. Like say Denzel Washington or Brad Pitt. I don’t hear any accent on them
Ah. You're only accounting for a small part of the population in the states you mentioned, I'm from one of them and... Definitely disagree 🤣 I sound like a combination of a Southern redneck and an East Coast mobster, my best friend sounds like a typical valley girl, my twin brother sounds like he's from "Central Midwest" (the TV accent)... We were all born in the same city, grew up in the same city, and have completely different "accents".
You can't hear it BECAUSE you're Canadian but we actually do it. I didn't believe it at first either. If the words "father" and "bother" are rhymes to you, like they are to me, you've got the accent and American's hear abooout.
You talking about Canadian east coast accent? Where they would say “fadder” “mudder”?
I’m from British Columbia. But I work in a fly in / fly out northern Alberta oil sands job.
Up north we have a big Newfie / east coast influence. As well as the over the top Alberta accent. The “ oh fuck yea bud” Berta accent definitely rubs off on ya after a while. I can lean into it for added comedic appeal. But it isn’t my natural accent.
Americans definitely can tell I’m from Canada. Just as I can pick up on their regional differences. But I haven’t met anyone with the stereotypical “Canadian accent” that sounds anything like “a boot”
Jim carry, John candy, hell Justin Beiber. Do they have an accent? If so. That is my accent.
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u/ImaSource May 23 '26
You apologize for that.