Dgar

Me: Have you seen Titanic?

Canadian: What's that about?

Me: Yes, it was. A huge one that sank.

Mar 28 at 9:21pmWeb
Show threadMikeZilla Minus One1d ago

@dgar

Nice

Show threadDamonHD1d ago
@dgar May work with a #Geordie accent too...
Show threadDroppie [infosec] 🐨    ​1d ago
@dgar buttons cardigan...
Show threadGary 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇪🇺1d ago
@dgar At least, the implication is Canadians pronounce "about" like "aboat", which is much more accurate than the asinine "aboot" which we're normally saddled with.
Show threadn3wjack1d ago
@mxhdroom
@dgar
Thanks for explaining. EU here. I don't know what the Canadian accent sounds like. 😂
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️23h ago

@n3wjack @mxhdroom @dgar

There is no "Canadian accent" because it differs across the country--it's regional.

Show threadGary 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇪🇺22h ago
@SnowyCA @n3wjack @dgar I didn't think we had an accent at all until we spent a couple of years in Kentucky, where we were told quite unequivocally we had an accent.
Show thread❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️22h ago
@mxhdroom @n3wjack @dgar
"Kentucky", I can see why.
Same if we go to the deep southern states.
For a while I lived in the western states and some people asked me to "speak Canadian"- our accents were nearly the same🙄
Show threadMoss da Bard 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱19h ago
@mxhdroom @dgar
Believe it or not, there are Canadians who say aboot. You need to listen to more hockey broadcasts.
Show threadDigitalDruid1d ago
@dgar my fave (north) Scottish/ Canadian gag:
Show threadViking Chieftain1d ago

@dgar

Clever joke. 🙂

Show threadDgar1d ago
@VikingChieftain
*all jokes are to be considered stolen, or found in a dumpster
Show threaddragonfrog1d ago

@dgar
Me (a Canadian): Have you seen Die Fledermaus?

American: What's that about?

Me: Yes it is. Well, in the opera it's a guy dressed as one.

Show threadMoss da Bard 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱19h ago
@dragonfrog @dgar
Thumbs down. Nobody says a bat.
Show threaddragonfrog18h ago

@bardmoss @dgar If "about" is the way Americans pronounce it, Canadians pronounce it "aboat".

If "about" is the way Canadians pronounce it, Americans pronounce it "abaht".

To an Englishman named Bob, Americans can't say his name and are all calling him "Barb".

Show threadMoss da Bard 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱18h ago
@dragonfrog @dgar
Really? I've never heard an American accent like you describe. The "ou" in "about" is pronounced like the "ou" in "couch" or "Fauci". Bob is, well, Bob, but you might say "Bahb". The greatest difference between English and American is the "r" sound, we roll nothing and most of us say "carr" rather than "cah". (New Englanders excepted)
Show threaddragonfrog17h ago
@bardmoss @dgar my reference American is from small town North Carolina, for what it's worth - that's where the American side of my family lived
Show threadMoss da Bard 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱16h ago
@dragonfrog
Don't know what to tell you. I was raised in the Los Angeles area, but I've lived in 8 states (including NC, SC & TN) and visited 40 (plus my travels in Alberta, BC, and Ontario). No, nothing here to argue about. Just say the joke didn't land with me.
Show threadPanic In The Darkroom23h ago

@dgar mates from down under making fun of people's accents :P

Although, I shouldn't complain, with my Slavic English :)