not really gay

Discussion in 'Coming Out and Confused!' started by Jack_Straw2208, Oct 13, 2004.

  1. monosphere

    monosphere Holly's Hubby

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    Nah, it sounds kinda Bostonian. But folks who aren't from the east coast, especially those who aren't from the US, have a hard time telling the difference between the various east coast accents.
     
  2. LogsOnSticks

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    Shit, its funny you mentioned the "aboot" thing SelfControl, because I just came back from Canada...
    And they do!
    It's funny....
    They also say "Eh?" a lot....
    My mother wished the waitress a Happy Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving is celebrated on Columbus Day) and she replied saying, "You too, eh?"

    Anyway, I was doing this 3D ride, and we were introduced to a little clip first...The guy went, "You'll be watching a story aboot..."
    It was amusing...Its interesting to see how the English language is used in different ways...
     
  3. SelfControl

    SelfControl Boned.

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    The "aboot" thing comes up on US TV a lot, I've never actually heard anyone Canadian saying it though.
     
  4. SageDreamer

    SageDreamer Senior Member

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    Canadians don't say "aboot" but something that sounds an awful lot like "aboot," at least to American ears.

    The sound is a cross between "uh" as in "love" and "oo" as in "boot."

    The sound Americans make in "about" is a cross between the "ah" in "all" and the "oo" in "boot."


    As for me, I've got a bit of a Great Lakes accent and some people think it's funny to hear me say "water." It's not just a Cleveland thing, but something you hear all along the shore from Chicago to Buffalo. I've also heard people comment ont he way I say "jack"; they think it sounds like it's got two syllables.
     
  5. Defence_mechanism

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    man i dunno how you can distinguish how an accent changes over a country. lol, i live in australia and the accent doesnt really differ wherever you go. but you can tell a new zealander by the way they say "fush end chups" instead "fish and chips" lol.... they're funny. i wanna move there.

    in regards to this other guy... if you're pretending to be gay in a derogatory way - dont be a jerk. its not funny. and you just end up looking stupid. if you're trying to be nice brightening everyones day by telling them you love them regardless of gender... then whatever. do what you want. i dont care.
     
  6. MusicMan19

    MusicMan19 Music Elitist

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    haha, New Zealanders say it like "feesh and cheeps". Canadians do say "aboot", though. If you watch about 20 minutes of hockey tonight, you'll hear that. lol I always think of Barry Melrose. "I think he's probably thinking more aboot the defense problems than aboot his offense, which is aboot as good as the Wings'."

    "Bax" is really more northern American/ southern Canadian, like Michigan, N./S. Dakota, Minnesota, Alberta etc. Boston is similar. "He paaked his caah in Haavad yahd."

    Really learning any accent is just about vowel substitution, obviously you're not going to substitute the sound of consinants. That's how I learned to speak in an Irish and Scottish accent.
     
  7. FrozenMoonbeam

    FrozenMoonbeam nerd

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    :) lol, nah bro, that's the aussies.

    We say "fush and chups" like Defence_mechanism mentioned earlier. But, even in a place as small as here the accent changes heaps, with things like extreme r-rolling in the south (as in gurrrrrrl for girl or purrrrrrple for purple).
     
  8. Down_In_It

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    Whi we crack'en 'bout accents? A rekon dialect cun be wus thun accents!... Like my Cumbrian one
     
  9. Orsino2

    Orsino2 Hip Forums Supporter HipForums Supporter

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    omg... you sound exactly like me and everything you do sounds like things I do. Even the way you think...lol.
     
  10. moonlightdelerium

    moonlightdelerium Senior Member

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    This is coming from a Canadian.

    We do not say aboot, we say aboat. And, yes, we do say 'eh', after like EVERYTHING! Also, we say our 'a's funny. We say them like the brits I guess you could say, must be our relation with the queen or something.
     
  11. Orsino2

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    Most people around here have the "aboat" accent in eastern Virginia... especially the older people. It's because of all the colonists and loyalists and rich families from England who lived here and we also have the accent more than other parts of the US because of the rich families that sent their kids to schools up north.
     

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