Why do candians say "aboat" instead of about?

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SteveN

Why do people from Boston area say "cah" instead of "car"? Why does someone from Texas say "yall" instead of "you all"?

Its all about the accents. People in different regions say things a bit differently. That's what makes Canada and USA so great is our variety of languages, cultures, and mannerisms. I personally love the diversity!

By the way, not all of Canada says about the same way. You would hear people pronounce it "aboot" more often in the Atlantic provinces than you would in western Canada.

I personally don't know anyone who says "aboat". When I say it, it sounds like the word "out", Idon't know how y'all say it!

;-)

thinkingtime

They don't.

tuppenybitz

why do americans say yall instead of you all?

it just is what it is

Cariad

I always thought we said "a boot" not "aboat" :)

Its just a different dialect....just like a stereotypical Californian will talk "Valley Talk" and a Texan will have a drawl. Or someone in Minnesota talks very different from a person from Louisiana. :)

Remember too that your average Newfie talks very different from someone in the northern parts of the country or middle of the prairies.

Best accent I have heard is my cousin from Alabama who grew up in Newfoundland long enough to combine both of their accents. You know who she is when she calls on the phone! :D

Justin

why do us yanks spell colour as color or centre as center?

hey....you could argue, why do you say "about" instead of aboat. To be honest tho, people really over exagerate. I mean from country to country, province to province, state to state....there are going to be accent differences. This is just how people evolve, the way people talk evolves just like people do. Im canadian and i have never been told I say aboat....so i guess it depends on that individual and which province they originate from. Maybe I just dont notice it, cuz i am canadian. Ha

hope i helped

My3Boys

I'm Canadian. I say ab-out'. Not aboat, or aboot, or anything like it. Some Canadians do say it that way, it's just their regional accent.

Why do some Americans say ruff for roof, and rut beer for root beer? Because they do. That's why.

I'm Canadian and I don't say "aboat". Come to think of it, I don't know any Canadians who say "aboat".

Gretchen

nope I don't say aboat its your imagination

Andi

Why do southerners inbreed?

HAPA CHIC

you obviously have been watching too much tv stereotypes.
Not every one is from the maritimes Canada is vast .Does everyone in the USA talk the same ??! obviously not.

Stjacques

we don't

Gypsy

We just freakin' don't! That's all there is too it!

jake.jakobson

we don't, I've never heard anyone say that other than americans claiming that we say it..i don't get that one at all...

Crone

For the same reason that some other people say "abayowt" instead of about.

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