Elsewhere” it wasn’t the medical jargon he struggled with — it was his Canadian accent. “They just kicked the Canada out of me.”Over Canada’s 150-year history, the Canuck English accent has varied in sound and strength, depending on the region. Though the accent can be subtle at times, it can be a hard one for some homegrown actors to shake when they’re playing non-Canadian characters. “The word ‘been,’ Americans say ‘bin’ but Canadians say ‘bee-n.”‘Still, some actors don’t bother going through such great pains. “One of them is called ‘Canadian rising,’ and this is the stereotype that most Americans have of Canadian English and it involves the ‘OU’ vowel and the ‘I’ vowel.

Source: National Post June 26, 2017 16:02 UTC