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How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Old Jul 20th 2013, 12:35 am
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Not sure... only been here 4 weeks but working on the counter of a certain bank I find it amazing that only 2 people have commented - one expressing great joy "oh, she has an accent", the other asking if I was German.
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 12:37 am
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Are you basing where to move to on which country 'likes' an English accent?
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Originally Posted by ExKiwilass
you need an option for 'no one cares'
Oh yes they do The Ladies adore it to the extent of moistness .
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 1:28 am
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Originally Posted by Sally Redux
Are you basing where to move to on which country 'likes' an English accent?
Certainly looks that way doesn't it......... well over the years I've seen people base moves on stranger things, like the woman who refused to emigrate cos Australia wasn't up to date with Coronation Street, so I guess it takes all sorts
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 2:24 am
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Originally Posted by bats
Just about every shift I work someone will ask me where I am from, then want to know exactly where in England. If I ask them if they know England well the reply is usually no, but their grandfather/grandmother/great aunt was from England, or Wales, or was it Scotland.

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Yes, heard that scenario a few times! The other annoying one is where Canadians think England = all of the UK and vice versa. Don't they teach geography at school here?
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 9:39 am
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

I've just got back from a visit to Vancouver, and my resounding impression is this:

I go to lunch at a restaurant/diner with friends (Canadian/Asian). Waitress/Waiter comes over to ask if we want anything to drink. Everyone will separately ask for water or cola. It gets to me and I'll say (in my clearest voice possible) "Water, please". *EVERY* single time they'll ask me to repeat myself.

So yeah, apparently I'm incomprehensible. XD
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 5:09 pm
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Originally Posted by ExKiwilass
you need an option for 'no one cares'
Isn't 'never popular' essentially the same thing?
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 5:11 pm
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Originally Posted by Sally Redux
Are you basing where to move to on which country 'likes' an English accent?
No lol. I am going travelling a lot of the next two years and started a thread about the reception in Australia of accents and then it got me thinking about other countries that I plan to go too.
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 5:26 pm
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Originally Posted by Jimbo2012
Yes, heard that scenario a few times! The other annoying one is where Canadians think England = all of the UK and vice versa. Don't they teach geography at school here?
The reverse is also true. So don't go getting your knickers in a twist.

Tell the average UK resident where you live, in my case Calgary and you're just as likely going to get a response like, I have a cousin in Toronto do you know him?

An other example my sister (who I was not close to) was visiting a cousin in Ottawa. She phones me here in Calgary and wants to know if I can come for tea some afternoon. She was shocked when I told her it was a only a three day drive as long as I didn't stop other than to eat or gas up.

No flaming idea how big Canada is, and this is a common occurrence just read some of the threads in this forum. Do they not teach geography in school over there?
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 5:33 pm
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Originally Posted by Steve_P
Tell the average UK resident where you live, in my case Calgary and you're just as likely going to get a response like, I have a cousin in Toronto do you know him?
From my post upthread
Back in The Cotham Porter Stores (a Bristol pub even though it doesn't sound like it) my brother's then girlfriend met someone there from Canada and, much to everyone's mirth, asked if they knew a friend of hers who moved to Canada some years earlier.

Guess who laughed last when the Canadian was at the same school as the friend.
You see? What more proof could you want that Canada is just a small place where everyone knows each other.
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 5:50 pm
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

When I was in Vaughan in 2011

I got commented on my accent about 5 times in the space of 9 days. Twice in Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre, both shop assistants.

They loved it, my accent is Cheshire (North West England).
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 5:57 pm
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

I don't think I quite understand the question. I've never come across a cradle imitating any (of the multitude) of English accents, so I conclude that they aren't popular in Canada.

I come across (indirectly) English vocalists, on the other hand, who are determined to sound as American as apple pie.

Pathetic really.
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Old Jul 20th 2013, 6:30 pm
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Originally Posted by Steve_P
The reverse is also true. So don't go getting your knickers in a twist.

Tell the average UK resident where you live, in my case Calgary and you're just as likely going to get a response like, I have a cousin in Toronto do you know him?

An other example my sister (who I was not close to) was visiting a cousin in Ottawa. She phones me here in Calgary and wants to know if I can come for tea some afternoon. She was shocked when I told her it was a only a three day drive as long as I didn't stop other than to eat or gas up.

No flaming idea how big Canada is, and this is a common occurrence just read some of the threads in this forum. Do they not teach geography in school over there?
Quite right, no flaming idea. It's hard to comprehend the distances involved in Canada, the same way it's hard for a Canadian to understand the number of people that are in the UK. . Was having this conversation only last evening
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Very occasionally someone will comment on my English accent which always surprises me as almost every other person that lives around here has either a English, Scottish, Irish or Welsh accent!

I agree that people back home have no idea just how big Canada is. We`ve had a couple of similar experiences. Bearing in mind we live close to Calgary; the first was an ex-colleague of my husband`s back in the UK who was going to the Olympics at Vancouver to work and asked if he could stay with us and how long the drive each day would be. Needless to say, he didn`t stay with us in the end. We`ve also some friends coming to stay in a couple of weeks. They emailed to ask if we could pick them up from Pearson International Airport (I guess the flights were cheaper!). Quickly emailed them back suggesting Calgary would be a better option!
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Default Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Originally Posted by TheThornes
We`ve also some friends coming to stay in a couple of weeks. They emailed to ask if we could pick them up from Pearson International Airport (I guess the flights were cheaper!). Quickly emailed them back suggesting Calgary would be a better option!
Some friends you are. It's only a 32 hour non-stop drive and you wouldn't do that for them.
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