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How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
Jul 25th 2013, 5:00 pm
#61
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
It's pretty much the same sort of information as in that video.
There's a video on youtube explaining everything I'm sure.
Personally I find it confusing that American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico have their own teams for sports, etc. so I don't see what the difference is. I remember talking to a couple of Americans once who thought Canada was part of the US.
They understand the concept of one country comprised of 50 states and that's usually all they need. As has already been discussed, people encounter the terms UK, GB, Britain, British Isles, England, etc and I have met many people who are seriously confused as to what those all actually mean. Doesn't it say something that there even is such a video on YouTube to explain the confusion? And it's got over 4 millions views!
Personally I find it confusing that American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico have their own teams for sports, etc. so I don't see what the difference is. I remember talking to a couple of Americans once who thought Canada was part of the US.
Jul 25th 2013, 5:05 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
I guess that stagehand was from Canada originally.Watch this from 4 minutes on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHON2Zub_2s
Hey it's only Princeton.
Jul 25th 2013, 5:37 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
It's pretty much the same sort of information as in that video.
There's a video on youtube explaining everything I'm sure.
Personally I find it confusing that American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico have their own teams for sports, etc. so I don't see what the difference is. I remember talking to a couple of Americans once who thought Canada was part of the US.
There's a video on youtube explaining everything I'm sure.
Personally I find it confusing that American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico have their own teams for sports, etc. so I don't see what the difference is. I remember talking to a couple of Americans once who thought Canada was part of the US.
Last edited by MarylandNed; Jul 25th 2013 at 5:40 pm.
Jul 25th 2013, 5:47 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
Watch this from 4 minutes on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHON2Zub_2s
I'm sure this sort of thing could be done for people everywhere but the results wouldn't be quite so spectacular when you consider how well educated many of those people are.
Jul 25th 2013, 6:00 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
Also the UK (and its various constituent parts) is talked about and in the news a hell of a lot more than American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico for most people in the world.
Perhaps the difference is that you live on the east coast and I live out west.
I remember one conversation I had about the Spanish Virgin Islands, that was confusing, it was a conversation about European possessions in the Caribbean.
Does Spain have any? No I don't think so. But there are the "Spanish Virgin Islands" on the map? Those are part of Puerto Rico. That sounds Spanish. It was, the US invaded and took it over. So the Spanish Virgin Islands are American? Yes. So what are the US Virgin Islands? Those are American as well. Oh.
Jul 25th 2013, 6:17 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
- "Britain" to mean UK
- "Britain" to mean Great Britain (which is technically England + Scotland + Wales)
- "Great Britain" to mean UK
- "England" to mean UK
- "England" to mean GB
- "England" to mean England
- "Ireland" to mean the Republic of Ireland
- "Ireland" to mean the island of Ireland
- "Ulster" to mean Northern Ireland
- "Ulster" to mean Ulster (which is Northern Ireland plus 3 counties in the Republic of Ireland)
ad infinitum
You or others might be confused by some US terms but this is nothing in comparison to the confusion I frequently encounter when dealing with the above.
Jul 25th 2013, 6:25 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
Well of those ten examples, six of them are used commonly in the UK and mean the same thing, so I don't think they're as confused as you seem to think they are. 
The one that does irritate me and personally I think causes 90% of the confusion is the American colloquialism, "The Queen of England". Okay yes she is but that's not her formal title.
The one that does irritate me and personally I think causes 90% of the confusion is the American colloquialism, "The Queen of England". Okay yes she is but that's not her formal title.
Jul 25th 2013, 6:31 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
Yes - exactly. But that proves my point and is an example of them using England to mean UK as I stated above.
Jul 25th 2013, 7:48 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
I'm welsh and my accent is popular here but it shocks me when Some have no idea about Wales.....
Jul 25th 2013, 9:21 pm
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Jul 25th 2013, 9:46 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
How do you get 2 whales in a mini?
Jul 25th 2013, 10:10 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
Jul 26th 2013, 12:20 am
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
Of course, there's an additional route available from when I first heard that joke. 
Jul 26th 2013, 1:34 am
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
Id like to add, weve been here for a month now and not only do the local kids on my sons soccer team think he has the skills of messi (which he definately isnt), but the teenage girls attending games are bringing more and more friends to watch as they think hes cute and love the accent. Thats one happy 13yr old!!
Jul 26th 2013, 12:23 pm
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Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?
My 15 yr old son, has a stream of female friends. In his opinion all he has to do is open his mouth!
I find that the majority of people like it, once they've worked out what your actually saying. But occasionally it instantly rubs someone up the wrong way.
This is probably more to do with their own personal association with something else. Rather like liking or disliking a name, because of someone you already know with it!
I find that the majority of people like it, once they've worked out what your actually saying. But occasionally it instantly rubs someone up the wrong way.
This is probably more to do with their own personal association with something else. Rather like liking or disliking a name, because of someone you already know with it!