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Old 16-May-2007, 04:48
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Default Clarification about a Canadian accent

YouTube - Ottawa accent

I thought that the accent displayed in the video was typical of Canadians in general and not just used by women in Ottawa. I'm Canadian but don't pronounce the words in the video like that; however, I was under the impression that that was because of the fact that I live relatively close to the US border (Calgary). I thought that those in the northern parts of Canada would have these features in their speech but this video states that it's an Ottawa specific phenomenon.
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