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Old Posted Jan 26, 2014, 1:49 AM
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Originally Posted by rousseau View Post
It's "aboat," not "aboot." "Aboot" is Scottish. The Canadian one is more pronounced the less educated you get.
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.
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