Talking...Weird?

Roddy
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Joined: 29 Jul 2006
Posts: 6
Location: Niagara Falls

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:54 pm

 

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I`m just curious, have you lost your Canadian accent?
haha do you have a British accent now that your in England?

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oohmercyme
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Joined: 21 Mar 2004
Posts: 312
Location: London, England

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:27 am

 

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I've been here for about 20 months and definately have not lost my accent. I cannot get my tongue the way they say things here (like skipping all the middle letters of a word). I do, however, use a lot more "Britishisms" otherwise people look at me like I am a daft cow!
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Scootter
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Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Posts: 57
Location: Sawtry (Nr Peterborough)

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:27 am

 

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I've been here 5 years now, and my friends in Canada tell me I sound more English, but my friends here say I still sound Canadian.

Apparently you can develop a mid-Atlantic accent which just confuses both.

My wife tells me though that within 30 minutes of touching down in Canada and talking I am right back sounding Canadian.

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tavcanada
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Laura

Joined: 30 Jun 2006
Posts: 33
Location: Oxfordshire

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:24 am

 

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My husband and I and our two oldest kids haven't picked up a Brit accent but our vocabulary has definitely changed! You don't really have a choice or else people don't always understand what you are talking about or just look at you strangely.can't tell you the number of times I went into shops (see, not stores.haha) asking for help looking for "pants", when I should have been asking for trousers! Our almost 9 year old daughter could easily pass for a proper little Oxfordshire child and our little one, almost 4, is picking up an accent now that he is at preschool.EEK! My parents chuckle every time they are over for a visit at how bizarre our family sounds now! People who know me well now finally agree with me that I DON'T sound like I'm from the U.S., they can now hear the difference.phew! LOL

All that said, my official favourite British word is: "Bollocks", hands down!

Laura
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CanuckAbroad
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Back in Victoria after living in Budapest

Joined: 04 Mar 2003
Posts: 482
Location: Victoria

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:31 am

 

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Hey everyone!

I've been AWOL for a while because of travelling, but just flew back to Canada last night!

I am totally hearing the accent again, and it's kind of funny. While I didn't live in the UK, I got used to speaking very clearly and annunciating every word, and knowing that whoever I was speaking to was probably only understanding half of what I said since they wouldn't really speak English.

So anyways I have people here telling me now that I have a bit of an accent, just because I'm prnouncing words very clearly. But I'm sure by the end of the day I'll be back to normal

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Canadianchris
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Joined: 30 Jun 2006
Posts: 6

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:58 am

 

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I've been living in the country since 1994 (When i was 13) and I still haven't lost the accent. Like the above, I use a lot of British slang and words like 'innit', but thats just from going to school in North London.

A new development for me is that I've started going a little bit cockney since I've started seeing my girlfriend. God knows what I'll be like in a few years.

I realised recently that I'm a foreigner in two countries now. In Canada, I'm sure I would be considered English and here I'm definately Canadian.

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