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According to the quiz I did on that site, I'm "bloody British" (which I find terribly reassuring! ;-))

re #1 : http://metronews.ca/canadian-english-from-eh-...

Interessant auch, dass unter den Begriffen, die laut der Grafik das CanE ausmachen, zum einen viele kulinarische sind, zum anderen einige solche, die es zwar nicht im AE, wohl aber im BE gibt.

I'm "a little bit American" apparently;
I blame my girlfriend, she learned her English in New York. ;-)

9 Jahre Englischunterricht in Deutschland und ein 9-monatiger Aufenthalt in den USA führen zu folgendem Ergebnis:
Like many Canadians, your speech is a near-perfect blend of American and British English.

Kanadier bin ich doch gar nicht :-). Also habe ich das umsonst gemacht ?

"You're rather British.
Canadians probably find your manner of speaking somewhat formal."

Mein Ergebnis:
You're bloody British!In fact, you probably did this quiz on your tea break.
ganz originell für einen NNS ; allerdings ohne amerikanische Freundin (siehe #6)... :-)

@KinkyAfro
same here :-)

Übrigens hat der Artikel bei mir einen Ohrwurm reaktiviert: http://www.metrolyrics.com/canadian-idiot-lyr...

Jetzt verstehe ich auch, dass im Lied möglicherweise gar nicht, wie im Link angegeben, A to Zed, sondern Eh to Zed gemeint ist :-).

You're mostly American. You probably don't sound like you're from Texas, but maybe you grew up listening to U.S. radio, or perhaps one of your parents hails from south of the border.

Glad that I don't sound like I come from Texas! "South of the border"? -- to me, that's Mexico! ;-)

You are rather British.

Das überrascht mich nicht.

You're a little bit American.

While functionally indistinguishable from most Canadians, your speech has more in common with our southern neighbours than our colonial cousins.

But in real life, I don't sound British, either :-)

Well, back in the dark ages when I went to school, we had to learn BE for writing. (it's still ingrained in my case for the most part, although sometimes I'm no longer sure which is which ....)
As for speaking, even back then, the influence was mainly AE, thanks to television, radio, etc., not to mention proximity. (I think our vowels were and are less flat, even if you are as close to the border as I am (1.5 hours to NY state, 3 hours to Michigan, give or take).
When my now young adult children went to school, both BE and AE writing were accepted, as long as consistency reigned.

What's interesting is that even today, we "older" folks at work (inhouse translation), set our language preference to Canadian English, the "younger ones", to US, or not at all since US is the default.

I would say that idioms, other expressions, and general vocabulary are definitely more AE (even if we have a few of our own). The influence is just too great (and I'm not saying that in any negative way).

Some of the Canadianisms I think are really regional.. I do say "eh", but I don't think I've ever said "aboot", for example.

I do say "eh", but I don't think I've ever said "aboot", for example.

I've heard various degrees of "aboot" coming from Canadians -- for some, it represents a huge difference from the American "about"; for others, the difference is extremely small, but detectable to my Midwestern-trained ears if I listened carefully or heard them say it repeatedly over time.

Gleiches Ergebnis wie rennmotte, dabei dachte ich immer, ich würde mehr zu AE tendieren. Wohl nur von der Schreibweise und nicht der Aussprache xD

Never in my life did I hear a Canadian saying "aboot"! The pronunciation is somewhere between "about" and "aboot" (... at least that's the way I pronounce the word "about"). "Eh, you're Canadian, eh?" is a question I asked on many occasions in my life. :-)

You're rather British.

Canadians probably find your manner of speaking somewhat formal.

I blame it all on my English wife and her family. They've spoiled my accent!!!!

You're mostly American. You probably don't sound like you're from Texas, but maybe you grew up listening to U.S. radio, or perhaps one of your parents hails from south of the border.


Well, I would certainly hope so, being American and residing in California :-) I agree with Wolfman on "aboot" and "oot". The Canadian diphthong actually sounds more like interpolated between "about" and "aboot" as he says. In my experience that is a near 100% accurate way of identifying English-speaking Canadians. On the other hand, very few Canadians I have met use "eh", I have heard it only from a few people in the Toronto area.

You're bloody British! In fact, you probably did this quiz on your tea break.

LOL.

I tried to answer the way I thought Canadians would, based on my exposure to them, and this was my result: Like many Canadians, your speech is a near-perfect blend of American and British English.

Then I did the quiz again to reflect my actual English and I got this: You're totally American! Chances are you spent your youth in the U.S., or maybe you grew up in a border town. You might even say "y'all."

I agree with all of that except the "y'all" part. That grates every time I hear someone say it.

*edit* Re: eh. Some Canadians certainly say it. When I was living closer to the border (i.e. Detroit/Windsor), I picked it up from somewhere. I still remember my chagrin when someone said about me, "No, never mind, I'm just going to pull up my chair here and listen to Amy speak Canadian." I had no idea I had picked up any Canadian flavor to my speech, but it must have come either from a roommate who grew up in the Detroit area or from Canadian media. To be honest, I can't imagine where. At that time I didn't work with any Canadians, that I knew of, anyway.

I have always been susceptible to picking up accents, though.

Amy, I've always associated "y'all" with my southern relatives - family joke: Y'all com' back, now, y'ah hear :-))

@Norbert Juffa: In the late 1960s to mid-1970s I frequently visited Canadian Forces Bases in the Westphalia and Black Forest regions in Germany and heard the "eh" everywhere. In 1985 my (English) wife and I paid a visit to a Canadian friend's family at the Lahr military base in the Black Forest. When we arrived he said to his son, "Chris, now you can meet a couple of people who speak real English." I replied, pointing towards my wife, "She does but, just like you, I don't ...". My wife was amazed at the frequent usage of "eh".

#24, I think we live somewhat in denial, but truth is, 'eh' is alive and well :)

Like many Canadians, your speech is a near-perfect blend of American and British English.
You're the linguistic equivalent of Benedict Arnold.

Muss ich den kennen?

Aha, Schulunterricht in British English ist offenbar immer noch drin, aber ein paar Jahre USA haben Einfluss hinterlassen.

Ist das nicht einer, der was mit der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung zu tun hatte?

@Speireata, hier erfährst Du mehr über Benedict Arnold:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold

Ich dachte mir schon, dass es einen Wikipedia - Artikel dazu gibt. Ich wollte mit meinem Post nur zeigen, dass andere Nicht-Amerikaner / -Kanadier auch nicht wissen, wer das ist.

Ich wurde am Ende als "bloody British" bezeichnet :-).
Kann kubik nur zustimmen:
"Aha, Schulunterricht in British English ist offenbar immer noch drin"
Und dann jede Menge britische Bücher, Zeitungen/Zeitschriften, Filme und Familienbesuche. Da bleibt von den amerikanischen DVDs nicht so viel hängen.

Ist übrigens auffällig, wie sehr das Englisch meiner ~15 Jahre jüngeren Kollegen amerikanisch geprägt ist (Aussprache und Wortwahl). Mehr amerikanische DVDs?

Ich fand Eure Kommentare zu diesem Thema alle sehr interessant. Vielen Dank dafür! :-)

Re: #25: RES-Can: Thank you very much for your support! ;-)

#32, Wolfman, I figured you'd like that, eh? LOL