Re: Words that Canadians struggle with
 

Router or router? Depends if you are shaping wood or surfing porn.

Nissan sounds like Knee Sawn

Out is Owwwwwt

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No...the natives pronounce it more like callous

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Just got back from Canadian Tire as I had to buy a new battery. What a nightmare trying to tell the kid behind the parts desk that though. I had to say battery 4 times before he understood what I was saying. I tried my best to pronounce it as Canadian as possible but it wasn't happening.

Luckily I don't have to say battery that often.

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The last time I bought a baddry from Canadian Tire was several years ago.

I took it home and put it in the JD lawn tractor but the tractor still wouldn't start.

In the end I had to get a local small engine service company to come and pick the tractor up and figure out what the problem was.

The problem was that the baddry I'd been sold didn't contain any baddry acid.

FFS.

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I have greeted everyone always with a 'Alright?' - more like 'A'ite?' (Sound a like Karl Pilkington) as I am from Lancashire (Lancyshur). And I ALWAYS get a blank stare.

"Morning"

"aw'ite?"

Pregnant pause, blank stare, cogs furiously turning.

..........

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My neighbour has an Oodi - an A4 - lovely Oodi it is!

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You'd get a similar reaction in Lancashire if you greeted everyone with a "wassup".

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An American perspective on "aw'ite":

"If I were to greet somebody by asking "Are you all right?" it would imply that he or she appears to be having some sort of problem, e.g. stumbling, looks pale, slurred speech, etc."

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1611454

... I imagine it's the same context for Canada. In other words, they think you think they're ill.

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nucular.

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Nookiller?

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How would you like your steak?
Me: Rare
Uh?
Me: Rare
I'm sorry?
Me: RARE
Uh? .... "Dry?"
Me, joined by chorus of three other diners who weren't even dining with me: RARE!
Oh! Rare.

Grrr! :frown:

Re: Words that Canadians struggle with
 

Yes it always helps to shout at foreigners.

In the context of steaks, I've never had a problem with actually having "rare" misunderstood in terms of pronunciation, it's just that "rare" in Canada means "medium to well done".

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The "noo" and "doo" instead of neeoo etc is really American, Canadians are just adopting bit alog with everything else American.

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The neuuooo instead of "no" has been adopted by our youngest and all her little friends. It drives us nuts - but what do you do?

It's hardly her fault really. When in Rome.......

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Mind you, I suppose this is the sort of attitude that lost us the Empire.