Canadian English pronunciation

[utsavviradiya]

Hello. I am planning to come to Canada for a master's program a couple of years later. Actually, I can't seem to find any online resource that provides Canadian English pronunciation. All the resources I found online have only AmE and BrE versions, but not the Canadian ones. Please share with me online resources if you happen to know any.

Also, in general, Is Canadian English much of an American one or British, or Is it different altogether?

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello. I am planning to come go to Canada to study for a master's program in a couple of years. later. Actually Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any online resource that provides Canadian English pronunciation. All the resources I have found online have only AmE and BrE versions, but not the Canadian. ones. Please share with me any online resources if you happen to you know of. any.

Also, in general, Is Canadian English much of an like American English one or British English, or is it completely/totally different? altogether?

Please note my corrections above. You'll find some pronunciations of individual words by Canadian English speakers on Forvo. As a sweeping generalisation, Canadian pronunciation has more in common with AmE than BrE, but it certainly has its own lovely idiosyncracies.
Are you interested in listening to Canadian pronunciation before you go, to help you understand the locals or are you hoping to emulate the accent in your own English? If it's the former, great. If it's the latter, I really don't think that's necessary. You just need to concentrate on making sure people understand you.

 

[utsavviradiya]

Thanks for the recommendation. I've started using it and loved it so far! Also, please provide answers to the following.

1) what you meant by "lime" in the last paragraph? I guess it's a typo, if it's not, can you, please, show me how it's used in a few sentences?
2) Can you please elaborate on why the sentence "Is it different altogether?" is incorrect?

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks for the recommendation. I've started using it and loved it so far! Also, please provide answers to the following.

1) What did you meant mean by "lime" in the last paragraph? I guess it's a typo. If it's not, can you no comma here please no comma here show me how it's used in a few sentences?
2) Can you please elaborate on why the sentence "Is it different altogether?" is incorrect?

Note my corrections above.

1. Sorry. It was a typo. It was supposed to be "like". I have now edited my post.
2. Your sentence wasn't grammatical. We don't use "altogether" like that. You'll hear a few native speakers use it with a different word order in declarative sentences but not in questions. For example:
Helen: Is that the same dress you wore to Sarah's wedding?
Jane: No! It's altogether different!

My grandfather (born in 1921) might have used it that way but it's rather old-fashioned these days.

 

[SoothingDave]

In my experience with Canadians, they speak much like Americans, except for certain words that give them away.

"About" is the classic stereotypical word.

In general, if you can understand an American accent, you will understand Canadians.

 

[probus]

Speaking as a Canadian, I think the following is one of the best discussions of the differences (slight though they are) between American and Canadian English.

 

[SoothingDave]

Another "tell" is the word "process."

Americans say "praw-cess," while Canadians say "proh-cess."

 

[ryankopf]

Pay attention to vowel sounds: Canadian English has a few unique vowel sounds that can trip up non-native speakers. For example, the "ou" sound in words like "out" and "about" is pronounced differently than in American English. Instead of the "ow" sound, Canadians use a more rounded "oo" sound.

And by the wya, use the "eh" sound sparingly: While the stereotype of Canadians saying "eh" at the end of every sentence is pervasive, in reality, this is not a common feature of Canadian English. While some Canadians do use the "eh" sound occasionally, it is not a defining characteristic of the accent and should not be overused.