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Originally Posted by rousseau
It's "aboat," not "aboot." "Aboot" is Scottish. The Canadian one is more pronounced the less educated you get.
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Vowels are the easiest way to tell mainland Canadians from different parts of the country apart. Whenever Ayreonaut says "downtown", I pretend to check my watch. Albertans drag out those Os forever.
As for "aboat"... that's a really striking word when mainland Canadians say it, it really stands out to my ears. I'd describe the way most of you pronounce as "a-bay-out", but not as exaggerated. There's just this... I get this feeling in my throat when I hear you guys say it, like my body can just sense exactly the extra thing you're doing to make that... yodelling vowel sound... but just can't do it.