CANADIAN and AMERICAN accent, whats the difference? - page 3

kiss my ass

Carla Fernandez, where are you? I would love to bury my face in your ass!

No, just kidding. I do not like you. I love Canadia!

I have lived in Ontario my entire life and only have been to the states a few times... Honestly, I do recognize an accent in americans when I meet them here in Canada. Especially if they're fromt he south... I think we do speak differently but it's hard to actually mark down what sounds different. I know that the word "sorry" is pronounced more "sourry" by canadians rather than "sarry" by the americans. Of course you have those common expressions like eh (whixh I gotta admit I don't say too ofte...) I guess the definition that some here have used like "british pronounciation" is correct. And for that halfwit who said that we had no culture, I would ask you to please take a look around yourself: that is culture... Doesn't matter how similar some countries can be. At least we speak English and French, NOT AMERICAN !!!! BTW our beer taste like... beer ! And not water...hehe

You mean Canada is a trash of Britain and France where there are only the people who can bear to live next to the USA?

It is true Americans stereotype Canadians, and in return we surely stereotype them, though the extent of both is unknown to me.

However, like someone posted earlier, the intelligent americans (and canadians) can overlook this, as they know that Canada and the U.S have a history that began very much the same time and to some extent the same way.

Those who can't see past the stereotypes are simply society's sheep.
BAHHHHH.

Grow up.

going slightly off the accents thing.

to all those americans mentionned as society's sheep,
go ahead and stereotype us,

while the rest of the world stereotype's you.

and btw, someone needs to pop america's huge ego won after WWII.

thinking they were the heros and the rulers of the world.
well hey!, if I had trouble opening a bottle, twisted and turned the cap in all directions, and then passed it to my friend who opened it right away.

is she the hero? or am I? Or was it team work. I loosened it, she opened it.
we did it together.

maybe america should learn the meaning of this.
because every other country has.

That's a great point Joan! They think they won the war for Europe and all the other countries involved. They think without them, Hitler would have run rife throughout Europe and taken over many lands...It could not be further from the truth. If the japenese hadn't bombed them in the first place, they would never had helped us out (or so they say!) in the first place!

Andrew, no, we do not all think that America was the saving grace for the British and the allies in WWII. As you guessed I am American, but I am half-English/half-American; so I usually see things through both English and American eyes. Some Americans will say that "if it were not for us..." But not me. So you cannot say all Americans think that way, now can you?

And like Joan did say, it was not just the Americans, it was the Australians, Canadians, British AS WELL AS the Americans (and the French; but not much). And yes, I think that if it were not for Pearl Harbour, America would not have joined the war at that point. However, I do not think that we are that selfish. We were neutral in WWI (I am pretty sure, correct me if I am wrong), and America entered for the last year of the Great War and ended the stale mate. So, I think America would have looked at the situation in Europe and thought about our allies getting beat up by the Nazis, and then I think America would have joined the war.

Ok, first of all this reply is for Mr. X !!!!

The Queen is NOT HEAD OF OUR COUNTRY YOU IGNORANT HALFWIT !! We have a prime minister, he is the leader. The Queen is just the queen and we have a governor general that represents the queen, and the gg is chosen by the PRIME MINISTER !!!

Check your FACTS before babbling alot of BS here and there. Thanks

Danielle, this is what the CIA world factbook says:

"chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Adrienne CLARKSON (since 7 October 1999)
elections: none; the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister for a five-year term; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons is automatically designated by the governor general to become prime minister
head of government: Prime Minister Jean CHRETIEN (since 4 November 1993); Deputy Prime Minister John MANLEY (since NA January 2002)
cabinet: Federal Ministry chosen by the prime minister from among the members of his own party sitting in Parliament"

Please address any complaints to the CIA...

What the CIA forgot to mention is that Jean Chretien only speaks out of one side of his mouth like Popeye the Sailorman.

The Queen is the head of state the Governor General is here representitive but very very rarely do either of them have any say in how the country is run. The Prime Minister is the head of government and is in charge of policy. Though it is the Queen's face which is on all the coins (since 1952)and the $20 bill.

When I say "very very rarely" I mean the Governor General still has some power. For example, (s)he has the power to sack the Prime Minister like what happened to Gough Whitlam in Australia on the 11th of November 1975.

typo: "here" should be "her".

Joan, don't you think it's a bit presumptuious to say that we Americans are all egocentric bastards? Contrary to popular belief, we all don't sit around day in and day out telling ourselves that we're God's gift to the world, nor do we sit around acting as if the rest of the world should be our subjects or whatnot.

I am so sick and tired of being the target of unwarranted hatred and revulsion from the international community because of my *perceived* thoughts and prejudices. Do you know how fucked up and frustrating it is when you're forced to hide your nationality when going over seas because of the risk of being mobbed or openly mocked on the street?

Just because one illiterate American moron comes onto this forum shoving his misplaced arrogance and blind national pride in everyone's faces (like that "George" character over in the Which Accent Do You Hate? thread)doesn't mean that everyone else from his country - my country - feels the same as he. God, at least give us the benefit of doubt.