[Vision2020] Aboot?

[Ralph Nielsen]

Many Americans have weird ideas about Canada. Canadians do not say  
"aboot" or "oot" or "hoos" or "moos." They say "about," "out,"  
"house," and "mouse" like everyone else. It's only in some parts of  
Scotland where they speak like this.

The last letter of the alphabet is "zed" in all of the English- 
speaking world except the U.S.

The rather affected British "-our" ending of "-or" words, like  
"colour" and "harbour" was abandoned by the Canadian everyday press  
years ago.

The much-discussed "eh?" was apparently made popular by a Canadian TV  
comedy program about 40 years ago. It was not unknown before then and  
is not over-used today.

I'll let you in on an unmistakable Canadianism in common use today.  
They invariably say "lineup" where we say "line" and the British say  
"queue."

Now you're cued in.

Ralph


Tom Ivie the_ivies3 at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 10 16:13:27 PDT 2008

Don't forget "aboot" instead of about.


"Kai Eiselein, Editor" <editor at lataheagle.com> wrote: [snip]

But, if you REALLY want to go, Tom, there are some things you need to  
know.
First, it's "Eh", not "ay"
Second, the last letter of the alphabet is not "zee", it is "zed".
Third, you'll need to relearn how to spell words like color and harbor.
Me, I'll warn my family to buy plenty of cheese and crackers if you  
show up.