"mikeos" wrote in message
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> Brian wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:52:45 +0100, "Andy Pandy"
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Even same language countries have problems - Americans often can't tell
>>> British and Australian accents apart. And I often mistake Canadians for
>>> Americans, which tends to piss them off!
>>
>> I'm from CT and my wife is from GA. Our accents are quite a bit
>> different. When we had dinner with a Canadian couple who we had never
>> met in person, I was surprised that they couldn't tell any difference
>> between us.
>>
> All American women sound like Sarah Palin to me (like I'm being battered
> around the head).
Many Canadians will say "out" like "oat" and "about" like "aboat", many
Americans will sound more like "owt" and "abowt". But these vary widely by
region. I just know I've never heard a yank say "aboat".
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