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Originally Posted by rousseau
This is not true, though. We've been through this on this forum before. Go to baitcar.com for the standard working class BC accent. BCers are closer to baitcar.com than they are to Seattle.
Sorry, but you're in denial if you think you sound more like Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle than baitcar.com.
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Tom Hanks didn't exactly nail the Seattle accent in that movie. You can pretty tell he's from California (the accent there is quite distinct from the PNW).
The accents aren't identical, obviously, but the southern Ontario accent isn't really any more similar. Honestly, the closest thing to an Ontario accent in the States is probably around Minnesota, or maybe Alaska.
While she makes me cringe, Sarah Palin could pretty easily pass as eastern Canadian, accent-wise, whereas she'd stand out in BC as not being from here.
Working class accents are always quite exaggerated. Most people in around Vancouver don't sound all that much like baitcar.com.
And again, there is a pretty large disconnect between younger generations and older groups in Vancouver in terms of accent. On the news, a good example is any sort of RCMP interview with an officer over 30. That's the accent you'll typically find amongst older generations, whereas the ones under 25 and especially under 20 are starting to sound less and less like that. My guess is that it's due to all the exposure from American media, as well as heavy immigration.
A good example of the younger accent would be Andrew Chang from CBC Vancouver.
While distinct from accents in places like Seattle, it's also distinct from Eastern Canada.