[Aylmer]

I dunno - I've always kind of disliked how all vowels in American English seem to want to be 'A's (Psycalagy, Haase, Abaat, Saarry as opposed to Psycohlowgy, House, Aboat/Abow-oot, Soh-ry) - the closed and rounded canadian vowels have just always seemed to me to be less loud.

I like our ticks and quirks - shortened and rounded vowels, bouncy rythm and intonation. If one of the defining elements of our national identity is that we're not Americans, then I think we should take pride in our outs and abouts!