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To me, Australians sometimes sound like they're saying "feesh and cheeps"
I have noticed some New Zealanders pronouncing saw a bit like sore.
Speaking of my own accent, I've been told that I sound British; there's a strong polynesian influence in the area I currently live, and I wonder how I sound to people from the area I grew up in, which, at the time, was mostly British and European.
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It's not really that. Where I'm from, some people say "rowt" and some people say "root". But the song Route 66 pronounces it "root", so that's what we all just say, even if we pronounce the word "rowt" every other time.
Also, where I'm from, we have interstates, state roads, county roads, etc. We don't have any roads around here called "Route" something, so I don't know what I would call a road like that. Probably "root", even though I really pronounce the word "rowt". If I'm talking about the GPS device calculating a route, I pronounce it "rowt". But every once in a while, you'll run across people here who pronounce it "root".
What gets me is when people pronounce "data" with a short 'a' sound, and "status" with a long 'a' sound.
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so im in ann aurbour ordering food the girly looks at me and says you talk funny . its true we have accents !
No matter route is "rowt" for me, same with router is "rowter"
If ya ain't from Montana ya ain't able to talk proper anyhow, so who cares?
Now where'd I put my can o' Copenhagen?
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Ooh, a language and accent thread - what fun!
To the OP...
I didn't notice any Canadianisms in the young lady's speech, she sounded standard North American English to me.
Grew up in Southern California. For me, Route 75 is “Root 75”, but a network router is a “rowter”.
Also, “erb” for herb is standard American English.
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