Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
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Apr 25th 2018, 11:58 pm
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
In Canada we usually call it Emergency, just as it's spelled on the big sign in front.
Anita will drive you there in the van.
Anita will drive you there in the van.
Apr 25th 2018, 11:58 pm
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
Do you say "I saw this ad in the paper ....." or "I saw this advert in the paper ..."??????
That's really the sort of thing I meant by adapting!
We used to get lunch at a cafeteria style place, and the guy serving tomatoes and I used to have a little game .... I'd ask for tom-ah-toe and he'd say tom-ay-toe back to me. Then we'd share a smile. Sometimes he'd add "I just love your accent!", which made me cringe!!
TBH ........... I wouldn't have the faintest idea what you meant if you called something "cracking" so I'm not surprised that your waitress didn't understand.
That's more what I would call dialect.
That's really the sort of thing I meant by adapting!
We used to get lunch at a cafeteria style place, and the guy serving tomatoes and I used to have a little game .... I'd ask for tom-ah-toe and he'd say tom-ay-toe back to me. Then we'd share a smile. Sometimes he'd add "I just love your accent!", which made me cringe!!
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I told a waitress in a pizzeria we often go to that the soup there is usually cracking but, on that particular day, it was exceptional. What she somehow heard was that the soup is usually crappy except that day. Took us a few moments to establish effective communication, and I am still not completely sure she got it.
I told a waitress in a pizzeria we often go to that the soup there is usually cracking but, on that particular day, it was exceptional. What she somehow heard was that the soup is usually crappy except that day. Took us a few moments to establish effective communication, and I am still not completely sure she got it.
That's more what I would call dialect.
Apr 26th 2018, 12:11 am
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Apr 26th 2018, 12:16 am
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
Do you say "I saw this ad in the paper ....." or "I saw this advert in the paper ..."??????
That's really the sort of thing I meant by adapting!
We used to get lunch at a cafeteria style place, and the guy serving tomatoes and I used to have a little game .... I'd ask for tom-ah-toe and he'd say tom-ay-toe back to me. Then we'd share a smile. Sometimes he'd add "I just love your accent!", which made me cringe!!
TBH ........... I wouldn't have the faintest idea what you meant if you called something "cracking" so I'm not surprised that your waitress didn't understand.
That's more what I would call dialect.
That's really the sort of thing I meant by adapting!
We used to get lunch at a cafeteria style place, and the guy serving tomatoes and I used to have a little game .... I'd ask for tom-ah-toe and he'd say tom-ay-toe back to me. Then we'd share a smile. Sometimes he'd add "I just love your accent!", which made me cringe!!
TBH ........... I wouldn't have the faintest idea what you meant if you called something "cracking" so I'm not surprised that your waitress didn't understand.
That's more what I would call dialect.
Apr 26th 2018, 1:56 am
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Apr 26th 2018, 5:58 am
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
People from the south east of England don't have an accent. It's just how English words sound when they're pronounced correctly.
Apr 26th 2018, 6:20 am
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
You could force everyone to talk like Elizabeth Windsor and her family. On reflection, maybe not.
Apr 26th 2018, 6:27 am
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Apr 26th 2018, 10:28 am
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Apr 26th 2018, 1:49 pm
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
Patty is a short form of Patricia.
Paddy is the usual short form for Patrick.
They should not be pronounced the same.
And people called Patrick get very annoyed when they receive mail (or even birthday cards from their friends, who should know better) addressed to Patty. Especially when they're teenagers.
Paddy is the usual short form for Patrick.
They should not be pronounced the same.
And people called Patrick get very annoyed when they receive mail (or even birthday cards from their friends, who should know better) addressed to Patty. Especially when they're teenagers.
Apr 26th 2018, 2:01 pm
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
Patty is a short form of Patricia.
Paddy is the usual short form for Patrick.
They should not be pronounced the same.
And people called Patrick get very annoyed when they receive mail (or even birthday cards from their friends, who should know better) addressed to Patty. Especially when they're teenagers.
Paddy is the usual short form for Patrick.
They should not be pronounced the same.
And people called Patrick get very annoyed when they receive mail (or even birthday cards from their friends, who should know better) addressed to Patty. Especially when they're teenagers.
Apr 26th 2018, 2:03 pm
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
Patty is a short form of Patricia.
Paddy is the usual short form for Patrick.
They should not be pronounced the same.
And people called Patrick get very annoyed when they receive mail (or even birthday cards from their friends, who should know better) addressed to Patty. Especially when they're teenagers.
Paddy is the usual short form for Patrick.
They should not be pronounced the same.
And people called Patrick get very annoyed when they receive mail (or even birthday cards from their friends, who should know better) addressed to Patty. Especially when they're teenagers.
Apr 26th 2018, 2:19 pm
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
See, this is exactly what this thread is all about - "normally" for Canadians perhaps, but not otherwise. I know several Patricks who call themselves Paddy, but I struggle to think of a single Brit/Irish Patrick who would acknowledge somebody calling him Pat.
Apr 26th 2018, 2:32 pm
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Re: Accents, pronunciation, Canadianisms
Remember Pat Jennings?