Now that Carb's PM, and Liarg has taken over as MoD, I noticed something kinda interesting....there are no longer any RL Canadians in Cabinet! :D (Well at least any that currently live in Canada).

Carb = England, C6 = Portugal, Liarg = U.S., Parrrrtay = U.S., JG = U.S., Red = U.S.



We've been conquered! :P :lol:

Yes, very interesting indeed...

Wow that is weird...

well...hmm...iCan understand the UK and US, but iDidn't realize that the portugese had any colonies in the area claimed by canada! :P ^_^

edit: yes, this is mav...

Actually, in my mind, I'm Canadian.

^_^ :clapping:

:D

Several of my RL Canadian sailing friends have granted me honorary Canadian status due to my proximity and my behavior so I feel right at home here. :D

Well I like canadian accents :P

Canadians have accents?

eh?

I didn't think so... I've had an Australian tell me I have hardly any accent at all...

aboot those canadian accents...

I have *never* heard someone say "aboot."

:unsure:

Me neither.

Although, I don't say "eh."

I hadn't noticed this at all.

They say home is where the heart is. Despite the fact that I reside in Portugal (and enjoy doing so), I was born in Canada. I am Canadian in mind and in heart.

About accents, I think Canadian English is impossible to distinguish from most American English. On the other hand, I've heard of a Scottish football (aka soccer) coach that had to toss the voice recognition computer on his brand new car, because it could not understand his heavy Scotish accent. :P

Part of my studies have involved both linguistics and acting. There are various Canadian accents that are somewhat distinct (to me), but to others they are subtle and hard to hear.

Despite being a Canadian all my life, I can actually hear the subtle differences between "out" and "owwt" as well as "about" and "a-bow-t."

But no ... never ever an "aboot"

Some time back Ess conferred on me the title of "Honourary Canuck" so I suppose I'm Canadian in spirit too.

My best Canadian friend says it "aboowt"--I think saying it in a way other than "about" is an Eastern thing but I'm not sure.

I can't use voice recognition on phones because of my accent...

If you want to here a thick canadian accent go to rural Newfoundland, I swear i'm still trying to figure out what some of the Newfoundland harvesters at ASL were talking about.

THANK YOU!!

I've always wondered if the voice recognition software in my Nintendo Game Cube microphone for Mario Party 7 would understand an accent or not. I didn't think VR technology had become that smart yet.

It doesnt. I actually called one service once and it says:

Please state who you would like to reach after the beep. If you are from the southern United States or from somewhere other than the United States please press three.

and I was like... wimper...

OMG ... that is just great. Thank you for the laugh ... and believe me ... it wasn't at your expense.