Hockey player with the thickest Canadian accent

[Pyrophorus]

Canadians from Ontario say aboot, owt, organeyezation among other words, it's more pronounced. Of course, they probably don't think they have an accent just like I don't think I have an accent but if I were to go to say England, they would say I have an accent and vice versa. Watching a hockey game and listening to a guy talk, if he didn't have an obvious european name, for the most part, I can tell who's canadian and who's american without looking at their place of birth. It's the sublteties

I'm from there, I don't useit , nor have I heard anyone use it.
As the Sharks fan said-funny, but not accurate.

 

[maacoshark]

Getzlaf

I don't think Getzlaf has an accent. He is from my hometown. Geez maybe I do have an accent.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Doesn’t Giroux have a pretty noticeable one?

He's from a small Franco-Ontarian town. Pierre LeBrun the same one.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Its going to be a long summer on HF.

Yep

 

[Hoverhand]

Ray and Landon Ferraro

The emphasis they put on their O's is very rural Canada esque

 

[SoupaTroupa]

Canadians from Ontario say aboot? I’m going to have to disagree on that one.

The only people I have ever heard say aboot are Americans making fun of Canadians, and Bob and Doug Mckenzie. No one says that. From what I've heard, people from Ontario say something that sounds kind of like "aboat", but still, nothing close to aBOOT.

 

[Nakawick]

My husband works with ex Coastguards in Ottawa he says the weirdest one he’s heard is Cape Breton (we’re english and haven’t learnt the nuances of the various accents yet). For the first couple of weeks he was convinced they weren’t speaking English

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Not a player but Kate Beirness is the worst ABOOTer I've ever heard.

I feel like this is a Southern Ontario thing.

I've lived in Manitoba my entire life, and the only ABOOTers I've ever met grew up or spent a significant portion of their life in the Golden Horseshoe.

 

[Master P]

 

[NeelyWasAWarrior]

That's actually a good question. How did New Yorkers, Bostonians, Texans etc. develop their respective regional accents?

I know the Ontarian accent was loosely derived from the Scots and Irish who migrated here in the 1800's. But I don't see that same pattern in certain areas of the US.

Yeah I do alot of learning just watching youtube. I might have to watch a few videos on how that came to be. I'm actually watching this video right now:

 

[Pyrophorus]

I feel like this is a Southern Ontario thing.

I've lived in Manitoba my entire life, and the only ABOOTers I've ever met grew up or spent a significant portion of their life in the Golden Horseshoe.

Don't know any...

 

[allevat]

I think David Perron has the thickest French Canadian accent.

At least on VGK, I think Fleury has a stronger accent than Perron or Marchessault.

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Canadians from Ontario say aboot? I’m going to have to disagree on that one.

'Aboot' is a major exaggeration, but there's a difference in pronounciation.

 

[Los Patos de Anaheim]

Aboot, aGAIN, organeyezation, OhFense

Those are the ones that stick out the most to me. I'm not gonna say that Paul Romanuk or Chris Cuthbert have super strong accents, but those words stick out a lot when they speak.

 

[Los Patos de Anaheim]

Ryan Kesler sounds extremely Canadian

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Don't know any...

No one thinks they or anyone from their hometown has an accent lol.

I'm absolutely sure you'd pick up slightly different pronounciations if you spent enough time with me or anyone from the Canadian Prairies.

 

[Pyrophorus]

No one thinks they or anyone from their hometown has an accent lol.

I'm absolutely sure you'd pick up slightly different pronounciations if you spent enough time with me or anyone from the Canadian Prairies.

Everyone has an accent.
I just don't know anyone who says "aboot"

 

[Akrapovince]

Hockey players with the thiccest* Canadian accents

 

[Hank Chinaski]

Everyone has an accent.
I just don't know anyone who says "aboot"

Watch SportsCentre and listen to how Beirness pronounces it.

Maybe you don't notice anything, but there's a difference to me (and many others), and it's not just limited to her. It seems to be one of those regional variations.

By enlarge, there doesn't seem to be a huge amount of difference across Canada in terms of accent. You notice more difference as you get out to the Maritimes (especially with some 'ar' words), and then a very noticeable difference with the Newfoundland accent.

 

[Iapyi]

Canadians do not have accents. Everyone else does.

 

[Semantics]

kessel sounds more canadian than any canadians

What? Kessel doesn't sound the least bit Canadian to me. "Haaackey" is not something I've ever heard a Canadian say. His accent is classic nasally Chicago-region to me (though I realize he's from WI).

 

[Chet Manley]

Going speak out my butt. Say pout. Say bout like when coming down with the flu. Add an a to the front to create a-bout.

Perhaps people that pronounce about as a-boat hear the difference as a-boot? Using the boat sound seems nonsensical to me.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Watch SportsCentre and listen to how Beirness pronounces it.

Its more like a quick "abit"
I don't know anyone who pronounces it like that either

 

[Semantics]

watch and consume american media

canadians in urban cities sound the exact same

Gotta disagree, that's what I thought after growing up in Canada, but now living in the US for several years I can spot a Canadian from Toronto or Vancouver from their accent every. single. time. It's not in your face, but if you listen to them for a couple of minutes it's very clear.

 

[CanadienShark]

The stereotypical Canadian accent is very, very different from the Newfoundland accent. The "aboot" thing I've never gotten though.

Working at a call centre for a few summers, it was strange that most people in USA seemed to assume that the person they were talking to came from the same area as them and shared an accent. One sound in particular consistently threw this off though - "ouse". For instance house or spouse, for a lot of the Canadian callers the Americans couldn't understand those words. The Canadians took to saying "howse" and "spowse" instead of the typical Canadian way. Another difference I consistently notice is with the a sound in words like "Mario". I find that Canadians typically say it like "mare - io" but Americans say "marr - io".

Canada is far too big to have anything close to a consistent accent (listen to a Newfoundlander talk to a British Columbian for instance or consider various American accents) but Babcock seems to be a good pick. Strangely Lidstrom had one of the most Canadian sounding accents I can recall. Scott Hartnell too.

I agree. It's hard to paint all of Canada with the same brush. I'm a born and raised BC boy. I moved to Ontario as an adult. I love to travel, so I fully recognize the differences in region even within different countries.

I won't paint anyone with the same brush. I do think the Newfie accent is the stereotypical Canadian one, and that's not a bad thing. I love to put on a stereotypical Canadian accent for fun sometimes. If that's all we can get made fun of as Canadians, I think we've got it pretty good.