Originally Posted by John_B

Herbs should be pronounced with an 'H'. In Britain we mis-pronounce words depending on which part of the country we're from, but generally we know we're just being slack. But the mis-pronunciation of the word Herb is universal in Canada. Even on the TV adverts they pronounce it without the H.

And Maths without the s. Everybody in North America says Math. But Maths is an abbreviation of Mathematics. If you use the word Math, then surely you are abbreviating the word Mathematic? Is that singular?

Originally Posted by John_B

And Maths without the s. Everybody in North America says Math. But Maths is an abbreviation of Mathematics. If you use the word Math, then surely you are abbreviating the word Mathematic? Is that singular?

Originally Posted by flipance

I am back in the UK after being in Canada for a year and can honestly say that there isn't anything that I can think of that I don't like about Canada. Sure there are a few things I miss about the UK, Beer, sausages, Cheese, but most of it is nif naf and trivia. The only thing I can really think of is I dont like the TV, again just trivia.

Originally Posted by Lorry1

I'm not posh either and I do pronounce alot of words the 'quick way', but I do say 'herbs'.

I've never used 'proper English' but I have to say that since I've moved to Canada, I find myself pronouncing things properly and cringing when other people don't.

I hate how my kids now say 'wader' instead of water.

Originally Posted by John_B

And Maths without the s. Everybody in North America says Math. But Maths is an abbreviation of Mathematics. If you use the word Math, then surely you are abbreviating the word Mathematic? Is that singular?

Originally Posted by rwin

This from the people bring us Warwick.

Originally Posted by dgagitw

I rather like the Canadian accent myself. It's very different from the US one once you get used to it.

Originally Posted by dbd33

If you're comparing Lousiana and Newfoundland, perhaps, but, in my vast experience, neither Canadians nor Americans can tell which country most people come from. Canadians do not often say "aboot".

Originally Posted by Alan2005

I've met a few that do talk like that - mainly older people. Mostly what I hear in Vancouver is that vacant sounding west coast accent like you would expect from paris hilton.

Originally Posted by Juliew

As a Canadian I quite enjoy reading these comments. Some I agree with and some not.

The one thing I didn't like about Britain was the buying the round culture at Pubs. I am not a big drinker. Actually I quite enjoy having one small glass of wine and that is it. However whenever I went out to a Pub in the UK I was having to buy a round for everyone! So even though I only wanted to have one drink I would have to pay for about 8 people. I also noticed that people drank more as a result - they wanted to get their monies worth. Needless to say I started to avoid Friday afternoon drinks-too many drunken workmates and too expensive.

Originally Posted by jandro

I liked the social atmosphere around pub culture in England to a certain extent. It was no big deal to go to the pub with workmates at lunch or afterwork. Whereas here it rarely happens as there are few pubs and I find people can be really picky about who they socialise with at work.

Originally Posted by dgagitw

In Toronto at least the cheese complaint doesn't stand - go to the St Lawrence Market and you'll find more types of cheese than you can count. It is a bit pricey on the whole but there's certainly no availability issue that I've spotted. Metro also stocks pretty much all the types of cheese I could want.

Is this something that varies a lot by city/province?

Originally Posted by Alan2005

Not to mention all those other metals with "ium" at the end - it makes logical sense. Aluminum just sounds retarded.

Originally Posted by dbd33

If you're comparing Lousiana and Newfoundland, perhaps, but, in my vast experience, neither Canadians nor Americans can tell which country most people come from. Canadians do not often say "aboot".